Evening journal., 1906-09-10
OVERLY WISE BILLY NOLAN
KILLED THE DANES CAREER
BaltIer Will Never Cut Much
Ice in the Ring
Again

Billy Nolan must now realize what
IA big mistake he made in sending Bat
uing Nelson up against Cans. He
must now be aware that he not only
gor his charge fairly slaughtered but
.discredited as well. It was to be ex-
.pectod that Nelson would be beaten in
Ia battle with such a past-master in
pugiism as Cans, but it was not
thought possible that the "Battler"
would emerge from the conflict a thor
'oughly discredited man-even to the
|extent of having his courage question
ed
1t is really TOO bad that such a grand
little ring warrior as Nelson has
shown himself TO be in all his battles
should be put in such a predicament as
he now finds himself by a stubborn,
pig-headed manager who tried to- do
something smart and got caught with
the goods How Nolan expects to
square himself with Nelson and with
the public for his pusillanimous con-
duct toward the black man in this
match is hard to ". The whole
thing will probably end i'm Nelson find
ing another manager Battling Mel
son is not a coward, as has been charg-
ed by some Of the sporting writer's who
witnessed the battle. His rough way
~ milling may have led them to be-
lieve he possesses a streak of yellow,
and in ninety-nine cases in a hundred
when a fighter strikes a deliberate foul
blow he does il so as to be disqualified.
preferring to lose the battle in that
manner than to go down in honorable
"a saN 10. A..
Nelson. He would stand up and take
his medicine as well as any man that
ever entered a prizering for the pur-
pose Of doing battle.
There is not the least doubt that he
committed a deliberate foul when he
was disqualified. but stop just a mo-
ment and consider what must have
been the condition of his brain at the
time, and then add to that the prob
ability that he had been told to do that
very thing when he left his corner in
as Cans himself said-a delirious con-
dition.
Nelson received an unmerciful beat
ing from the very commencement of
the battle until the end came I'm the
forty-second round. No man ever went
into a prizering and received a greater
amount Of punishment than did this
boy Nelson, and there is probably no
fighter living that would have stood
up under one-half the punishment he
took from Cans.
Battling Nelson is a courageous
clean-minded, honorable man, and
should not be dumped into the discard
ijust because he delivered one foul blow
In fight at a time when he perhaps
did not know whether he was in Den
mark or Goldfeld on account Of tn,
battered condition of his head. Mel
son does not really butt an opponent
as he has been charged with doing
The manner in which he uses his head
when fighting in close quarters give.
the impression that he is endeavorin,
to butt his opponent, but such is no
the case. It is his style of fghtins
and now that the fight is over and ev.
eryone connected with it has had ,
chance to view IT in retrospect II I,
almost certain that both Cans and Silei
viii admit that Nelson did no harm
with his head. The "Battler" may b,
able to still draw big houses in tn,
show business but it Is extremel,
doubtful if he ever again figures in tn,
prizering.
He has had his. He got it at Gold.
field on Labor Day from Joe Cans.