Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-03

| to jaw. Not for a moment did Nelson
| break ground. He swung heavily to Cans
! face with left, but was rebuked by stiff
| right to face. Gong changed and Nelson
went to his seat splitting blood. Nelson
was badly punished in this round.
Betting now two to ono in favor Of
Cans.
Sixth Round.
Round 6-Nelson rushed Cans, but the
| latter smashed him on the face three times
with right, and easily avoided Nelson's at
tempts to land. Nelson bored in, forcing
Cans to ropes. Crowd objected to Nelson's
boring atctics. especially with his head
against Cans chest. After breaking from
clinch Cans planted. right to jaw and fol-
lowed with several right drives to face,
sending blood from Nelson's mouth IN a
stream. Cans sent Nelson's head back.
hammering his man almost at WILL Nelson
was in bad shape when he took his chair.
His face was cut into ribbons. Cans has big
lead and looks to be sure winner.
Seventh Round.
Round 7-As usual Nelson forced Cans
about the ring, Cans continuing to watch
for an opening Cans pecked away at the
face with left and right Nelson missed
two right swings and Cans met Nelson
with volley OF right and left punches to
face that staggered Nelson. Cans received
a right punch on body as men worked into
a corner. Cans swung right twice to face
and Nelson swung back wildly. Nelson
neatly ducked two right swings and kept
up hammering on Cans face. Bell rings.
Nelson retired with blood flowing from
nose and mouth. Notwithstanding punish
ment Nelson does not break ground.
Eighth Round.
Round Scans had no trouble in avoiding
Nelson's onslaughts and met Nelson with
right swings over kidneys, then swung right
and left to Nelson's face and found no
| trouble in getting away. Cans played with
Nelson, sending raking right to jaw then
| working left shift to face. Nelson swung
for Cans face, but seldom, II at any time
found the black mans body. They close
| in. mixing roughly. Cans swung his right
and left with fearful force and Nelson slip
ped to his knees. He got up quickly and
Cans went at him like demon, landing at
WILL Bell rings. Nelson appeared groggy
when he fell into his seat.
Ninth Round.
Round 9-The men stood shoulder to
shoulder in the center of the ring Cans
walloped the Dane with right and left to
the face. Nelson tried desperately to work
in a hard swing to the body, and for his
pains received wallops of the short-arm va
riety to the Jaw.
At close quarters Nelson swung his left
twice to Cans jaw and a moment later
swung right to same place. They mixed
1t furiously, Nelson getting four punches
to the others one. Nelson swung right and
left hard to Cans Jaw. but Cans more
than evened matters, sending the Dane
back with rapid-flre rights and lefts to
Jaw. Cans bled slightly from the mouth
after the bell rang.
Tenth Round.
Round 1O-Gans met Nelson's rush with
straight left to face. Stay with him. don't
let him get away" was the injunction from
the Danes corner. They went in close and
Cans smothered Nelson with two rights
and succession Of lefts to face. Nelson
bored In and whipped right and left to
negroes Jaw. Nelson then brought blood
from Cans mouth in a stream with success
sion Of lefts and rights to that member A
terrific mix resulted at close quarters. Bell
rings.
Eleventh Round. =.
They closed in with Cans fighting hard
He had requested Referee Siler to see that
Nelson stopped butting with his head Nell
son apparently realized his only chance was
to fight breast to breast. and judging from
preceding round he is the better man at
this game. Nelson started a stream Of
blood from Cans mouth by two wicked
right uppercuts.
They broke from clinch and Cans imme-
diately whipped in two rights to Nelson's
Jaw. Cans was cautioned to keep away by
his seconds. but Nelson kept at close quar-
tiers. Nelson swung light left to mouth az
bell rang. II anything, Nelson had slight
lead this round.
Twelfth Round,
Nelson rushed in and they fought shout:
der to shoulder for an advantage. Cans
gets Nelson away from him and whipped
stin right to face. Nelson forced Cans
against ropes and slipped to door. Cans
held out his hand and assisted him to his
feet and they Immediately renewed hostili-
ties. Cans rested himself and seemed CON-
tent to permit Nelson to DO the leading.
They fought breast to breast like two bulls,
and Nelson butted Cans on jaw with his
head. They bent very low. head to head.
each seeking to fight according to his own
best style When the beil rang Cans was
slightly in the lead Of q tame round.
Thirtsepth Round.
Nelson rushed in ana sent Cans back
CONTINUED on second Pa9e,l