The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-11
.:.||s.E||;'|I|.,..|S|||Ql'. ! |.
Ddn,t |l = 1Klant q |! lI|ll|l
With
Turned Down I. fiiIITI'iIl
Notwithstaatlip s. S lE|isEi; q;
ment Of De ) z ]; ''ssa \
*. an Eve 'ss'ss u

.I&~A = IF 8 Ea $Ess$$;st u, ,aasssssss4s
Chicago. April g 8 i, p.,ntis al
want to fight Isl ~. b. abiflSE: III YssS
demand is an even br6ax and; II
rereree to beat him, I" has beer A
ti1ng Nelson's battle cry sfIfGS lsfa. a
nght with Cans at1,Goldfield ofa f1Sf fS5
LABOR Day. In that cotteaty + it viii
probably be remembered, lie: dt1 not y
ask Tor an even break He yyTafIfsssIs N
-dftfeHs. He received TIVE th s,aK tE.,g
money and agreed to .fghte eAtEIS8Ss
pounds, stripped, The word strtfis,stl Il
was not mentioned In the aTtfciS
put IL was verbally agreed UPON III, ,sfhSs
members of the Goldfield AtniafiaSs;
Club. The Nelson party, whansfNBys
entered into the match, did not tE Es
Cans could train down to Iy 8 Doiin dr.
and when they learned he waa doSs1s
TO weight at least a week he4osd ANSss
date set for the fight they conEo kedE
a scheme whereby they codid Wass
MN by demanding he weigh 81
| intend to spring the new NE iS3.Ss
wrinkle until day before the {iKas
but the referee demanded thSt .Ths !!
club members settle the Qliest Soif :Sn n
the night of August 27, seven days
before the day Of the contest. b Tha8
club members were, with Cans and n
stood pat" but Nelson's IN aiia3As.
said he would forfeit unless u Xgifsa
knuckted to his demand. THE NSIaFr
| son party, 1t should be known. FhaSfs
| nothing to forfeit. as Tex RiclAarSif &
stood sponsor for the 5000 forfeit.
but fortunately for the NelsoIlff8s. 81
Cans being anxious to fight and: RAV.
ing some respect for the club. wlsiGfsS
had gone to considerable expense ,tfs \
pull on the fight, agreed to weigh IN
with his lighting togs. And; it SIC
should be known that had }Gans NOT &
acceded to Nelson's managers ssss
mand, there would not have beEsfs ay
night, and Nelson's spokesman s#aiSIiif
have been shown the shortest rsaaitsss
out or town on afraA., MelsnM had AlSs
the better Of the conditions ffn5 tina
contest and could not win. q$ ysk sS ss
his chances OF winning we've ias hlsssI,
he was coached to ignsl assts Syg 49,
to understand THAI kilss s. sss
hly WonldEnot detSE aeS ags s. 81 sSs
,l&' Tha: :story44sf
t tor foul; may seem ~
| of his chief seconds 1ssaSs saffas E8f
is responsible Tor Il: ks lit f4$ 1FeEs
foul was committed, ahG Ss3SE bon ysSl y
mitted It to Richard and ptkArs, DutS;
claimed 1t was u1lintent ionaA MxA
actly a week after the fight Nelson, ,sS-
manager sprung a story .thaEsno foul
had been committed and that, tBattss3s
had been robbed. and he aud ttI5att'sS
have told the, story. SO often they acf-
ually believe 1t to be true Then fol-
! lowed their supposed eagerneBs FOR
! return match. They quacked their
stories all over the country and I'M
England and left the public to beltsYe
that Cans was their meat, and WI hen
Joe said he would not fight unless he.
received a bonus they herated him
and accused him of cowardfce. fin
ally Cans waived the bonus money
| and also the weighing In time, three
hours before entering the ring, bnt
adhered to stripped weight. ..ass5
broke and will knuckle to u.s. WAS q
their slogan, but Joe, for once.
stood firm and said: Stripped or,
nothing doing" .| }%5,S AE ;%$53 ;;s5siE
On Thursday, he showed NefBom ttp5
in his true 'coIors. Cans arranged
to meet E, w. Dickson, Harry LaJsS4s
isc;s manager, to sign articles to- MI g3ssE US
for the lightweight champio omsh hsp. 3!
Nelson was at the meeting, and GasSs I
Intended to insert clause In $xSsataf
articles giving Nelson thetpgaferaaSSe SSe. 8
but the Durable Dane 3tcraWgea.! )!
stat1ngi ne did not care 10 highland
that he had money enough to rsare.
Thus the yelping of six months. Tor a 4
return match was 'snuffed IN two VI
minutes. Nelson undoubtedly liz d L
hard nut to crack, but he DOES not 1
fancy being cracked by Cans. y $SSf Z. S<
The articles for the Gans-L.ewis. !.
match stipulate they weigh 13as
pounds at the ring side, strtppSd:s
that the purse, not less than $a8s0g1. Il
be divided rs per cent to the winner
and 25 per cent to the loser, and thHt 4
either party falling to live ND to the
agreement to forfeit $1,000. n The
contest Is to go to the club Offering
the best inducements, and the battle
to take place within 100 daya from
date Of signing articles. Mr.. Dick k@ylS
son, who represents Lewis, held ont
for 1876 pounds, weigh In four hours
before entering the ring, but rather
than lose the match he agreed td, y s'
Gans's demand. IS j {Sssie, iE;s5 b IS =,