The San Francisco call., 1906-09-04

the Dane to put on his clothes. Cans
was angry for the moment and. turn
ing to Nelson, said with an .ominous
look on his face, Il will attend TO you
when / get you in the ring
All the stores in town were closed.
many employers purchasing tickets for
the people working for them. The
great engines of the rich Mohawk
mine, which are heard throbbing in
cessantly day and night, were as silent
as their sphinxlike owner.
Nelson presented a CORY appearance
for the major portion of the fight. His
blood took on deep crimson in the
Sarish light. The spectators thought
from the PAGE at which the men fought
from the start that the contest could
hardly last ten rounds. AS time went
on each man had his bad spells, but
at no time did Cans look a loser. When
twenty rounds had been fought and
then thirty the spectators commenced
to prepare. for a long siege
While Nelson was badly beaten, he
came back each time so strong that
it seemed Cans could never wear him
down. During the major part of the
fight Cans seemed unconcerned and
laughed and joked with some of the
spectators. Once he asked Billy Nolan
What time is it getting to be, Billy?"
'bAl NOEr u .
Nelson tried to be cheerful. and once
made an effort to wink with his good
eye, but it was a sad failure. When
the men came together the first round
Cans led at once with a left to the
mead and went right after Nelson
When the men weighed in the sec
ond time, at 1870, the photographers
were on hand and a number of pic
lures were taken of the boxers and of
the men identified with the fight
The final weighing at 8 o'clock was
done IN the presence of the great
crowd gathered to witness the fight
For a time there seemed a possibility
of trouble. as Cans objected to Nelson
putting surgical bandages on his
hands Nelson's trainers claimed he
held the bandages in his hands during
the process of weighing.
Larry Sullivan was the official an
nouncer of the occasion and proved
marked success.
Before the fight commenced, Selig,
representing Cans. took up his station
in Nelson's corner, while Bill Otis, rep
resenting Nelson, was in Cans corner.
1t was announced neither man wanted
his seconds TO toss up the sponge to
keep him from being badly punished,
each declaring that he wanted to be
beaten decisively and that the referee
nounced that there were 500 sheriff's
deputies about the arena, and asked
the spectators not to move into the
ring at the conclusion of the fight.
saying there would be serious trouble
If they did.
When it came to the selection of an
official timekeeper to represent the
club, Nolan objected to any Californian
being given the position. Finally a
member of the Goldfield club was Sc
lected 1t was given out that Cans
actual weight when the first wei Ching
took place was 1914 pounds. Nelson
was probably shade under this.
SAN FRANCISCO THERE.
The ringside- scene seemed almost a
duplicate of that at any championship
fight in San Francisco. An unusual
number of familiar faces was to be
seen. few OF the regulars being miss
ing. Possibly never in the history of
the ring before had such a remarkable
ga rnering been seen at a fight. Ladies
In the lightest of summer attire were
scattered among the spectators and
watched the progress of the fight with
eager interest
After the first few blows had been
struck 1t was apparent that Nelson
did not class with the Baltimore man
as a boxer Nelson missed. while Cans
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During the entire fight Nelson was ad-
vancing at all times. except at long in
tervals, when he and Cans were en-
gagged in a showing match around the
ring. Cans had all his old-time judg-
ment of time and distance and could
apparently hit Nelson wherever he
wanted to. Cans drew blood from Nell
sons ear early In the second round.
The efforts of Nelson to break down
Cans marvellous guard were SO futile