Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-04
CANS WINS GREAT
BATTLE ON FOUL
DANE FORFEITED CONTEST IN
AID ROUND
Thousands Who Gather Within Gold,
field Arena Witness Most
Terrific Struggle In Re-
cent Ring Annals
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ordinary. Time after time Cans would
iolt him on the Jaw sending the Dane
back.
His knees would bend and his eyes
become glazed, but he always felt
into q clnch and held on and then
vvould come back as hard as ever In
his peculiar rough style. The minutes $
rest in the corner always did him good
and he would come up fresh and
on nearly half a dozen occasions
when II seemed another blow would
mt the white boy out the gong rang
and saved him. In several instances
however, Nelson apparently had the
advantage. He would MT cans as
thew broke from a clinch and the
colored boxer would hang on and
wrestle.
Cans fought a remarkably clean
Aoht He was fair in everything ana
twice when he knocked Nelson down
nicked him up. One time when one
Of Cans punches knocked Nelson
through the ropes, Cans picked him up
and helped him to his feet: AS the
oolored boy stood with his nanos
down waiting for Nelson to steady him
self the Battler gave him vicious
blow in the stomach. He was roundly
Kissed for this by the big crowd.
GoIdfieId Orderly
Although Goldfield is a mining camp,
# is seldom that more orderly crowd
ever attended such a contest. There
was no disturbance of any kino ana
no rough language used.
Cans was undoubtedly the flvor1te
with the people. His gentlemanly pc
favior won the admiration of the Cold
CHI
is a hero in Goldfield tonight.
The attendance was about 5000. al
though estimates were made as hlgn
as 650O. The Goldfeld Athletic club
arrangements were perfect. There was
not hitch of any kind and the fight
could be seen from any portion OF the
arena. About 200 women were In at
tendance.
That mart of Goldfield which slept
last evening awoke early this morning
to the brightest, most perfect Septem-
ber day that can be imagined. At 8
o'clock nearly every resident of the
mining town was on the main street
to greet the throng of visitors that
had swept in on the trains during the
night. That busy artery of traffic was
soon congested and at o'clock when
the bands began to play the various
holiday sports started up and the crowd
to- thrill the most sluggish blood OF
strangers and old timers alike.
The training quarters of both men
were thronged from 10 o'clock on to
luncheon time. The confidence of the
fighters wrought their respective ad-
mirers up to a fine frenzy of excite
ment and there was continual run
ming to and fro of couriers and betting
commissioners.
In, h. To- xUaU
and when, under its influence, men be-
gan to grow bold and brave, there was
much talk of what would happen in
the event of a fake" There was the
usual amount of speculation during
the morning of possibilities in this di-
rection. Breathlessly it was passed
from mouth to mouth that Cans had
been offered $4,000 to LAY down."
Only the added statement that Cans
had steadfastly refused all bribes al
layed the feeling that fared up like a
prairie fire in gale Of wind.
Cans weighed in on the official scales
in the arena at 1870 o'clock. He
weighed 1851 pounds with all his
clothes on. These included shoes,
trousers cap, sweater and glasses.
Ringsters Weigh
Both men weighed in promptly at
noon in full ring costume. Neither man
tipped the beam, which was set at 1873
pounds. There was some little wrang-
ling over trif1es by Manager Nolan,
but little attention was paid to him.
The only time Cans had anything to
say was when Nelson weighed in. Cans
had started to leave the ring when
Nelson stepped onto the scales.
Cans returned and demanded that
Nelson weigh in so that he could see
it. Referee Siler told Cans that it was
unnecessary. Nelson made a remark
to Cans and the colored man turned
and said:
"I'll attend to you when you get in
the ring and you can attend to me-"
After everybody had left the ring
Cans returned and stepped on the
scales naked. His weight was 1914
pounds.
The timekeeper selected by the club
failed to respond and another man had
TO be selected. Nelson's manager pro-
tested against any California man be-
ing chosen to act. However, Bert Ul-
mer of Goldfield was finally selected.
The deputy sheriffs, 6f which there
We're about a score, lent picturesque
western tinge to the scene They stood
around in SLOUGH hats, unbuttoned
vests and corduroy trousers. Occasion
ally the breeze lifted a vest and
showed an able-bodied 45-caliber pis-
tol protruding from holster.
As usual, Nolan was there with more
objections. He claimed that Cans
should have weighed in with bandages.
Cans then said:
II don't want any tape. anyway"
and the crowd cheered. Nelson's arms
were bound with white tape.
Young Roosevelt Present
The club sent a telegram to Presi-
dent Roosevelt but received no reply,
but the presidents son was at the
ringside.
The announcement that young
Roosevelt was at the ringside was re-
ceiVed with cheers and some one yelled
out, "Show yourself and turn your
face toward the moving pictures"
Battling Nelson entered the ring first.
He was closely followed by Joe Cans.
Both entered the ring clad in heavy
bathrobes.
Cans addressed the newspaper men.
saying that he wanted them to under
stand that he did not want any of his
men to enter the ring or throw up the
sponge for him. The only thing that
would go would be II Siler asked him
II he had enough or was counted out.
He did not want to take chances on a
foul by any of the men In his corner
or any one else.