Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-04
ALL Go TO
COLDFlELD
EVERYBODY WITHIN A RADIUS
OF 200 MILES BOUND TO
SEE THE MATCH
FIGHTERS TAKE REST

Odds Are on Joe Gans-Llttle Nelson
Money Available Yet - Large
Amount Of Money Taken In for
Seats for Fight-Hundreds Waiting.
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Goldfield, New, Sept. s.-Every able
bodied man within a radius Of 200
miles is in Goldfield today. Cans and
Nelson did no work today, but rested
preparatory to weighing in at u
o'clock. Cans rules favorite, 10 to Z.
There was not much early betting,
Nelson money not being in evidence
at 8 O'Clock. Seventh thousand dol
lars was taken in and there is still a
long line Of miners waiting to pur-
chase s. seats.
For lightweight Championship.
Cans weighed on the official scales
at 11:30. He weighed 1854 pounds
with all his clothes on. These includ
ed shoes, trousers, cap, sweater and
glasses. He will easily be under the
required weight when the final of1ciol
weighing is made at noon.
Goldfeld, Nevada, Sept. 3.-When
tie gray-haired referee calls the men
to tha rcptor op }bo r;o.x AT, of4o.~ao,,
the two greatest lightweights of the
past decade will shake hands. Here
in the midst Of the great crowd Of
cowboys, miners. and eastern and
western men Of all classes. these two
boxers will battle for the lightweight
championship of the world and one of
the largest purses ever offered for a
boxing contest
Joe Cans and Battling Nelson repre-.
sent two entirely different styles of
fighters. Which is the best mode, so
far ss these men are able to demon
strate 1t. will be settled today. It is
the crafty, cunning boxer against C.
tireless. rushing slugger
Greatest Since McAuIiffe.
Cans is the greatest toxing fighter
since the days Of Jack McAuliffe.
There are fighters and there are box
ers, but Joe possesses both requisites.
He Is the boxer ar excellence and he
also has the ability to strike a power
full blow. Cans is specimen of ply
s1cal perfection-not a big man, but
for his height and weight. judged from
physical standpoint. he is the per.
feet type of the human fighting ma
chino oI~ a. sIa y
ders splendid arms, tapering waist
and legs have been the envy Of ath-
letes for many years Added to this
physical equipment is knowledge of
every phase and angle Of the prize
ring-a past master in ring general
ship and all the finer points Of the
game.
Joe Cans is about 80 years Of age,
and has been fighting for more than
twelve years. In that time he has had
more than 100 fights and has won all
Of them but four or f1ve No pugilist
either past or present, can show such
q strine Of victorios with so few de.
feats. While he NAV have participat.
ed in one or two fakes he has not
done SO often enough to be classed as
a CROOKED" boxer.
Weigh Almost the Same.
While the two men will weigh al.
most the same and are practically the
same heigl.l. they are as different in
their physical makeup as they are in
color. While Cans is symmetry per
sonified. Nelson is aneles and angular
from top to bottom. He does not ply
sically agree with any standard o1
measurements. A glance at these two
Dugilists. who, by their previous con
tests. have shown that their prowess
is about equal conclusively demon
strates that tape line measurements
are Of but little use in properly judg
ing man. Nelson is a kind Of round
bodied sort Of fellow. and that body Il
covered with punches Of muscles, hard
AS a rawhide, yet pliable and supple
His neck is very muscular and his
arms seem to just stick out from the
sides Of his body, fastened there BY
big muscles that begin up at his necl
and run down over his shoulders. His
legs are nearly as ungainly looking as
those OF Bob Fitzsimmons. Certainly
physically. Nelson is not pretty, but he
gets there just the same. He has beer
prodigally endowed with a constitution
that seems absolutely impervious tc
any i'll effect from his body or jaw com
i ing in contact with boxing glove. He
is able to simply shake his head anG
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.