Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-10
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

Battling Nelson, on the Fourth, won
be title of lightweight champion
,ugilist of the world from the man a
Who defeated him at Goldfield, New,
llmcst two years ago. He knocked
,ut Joe Cans in the seventeenth round
After a fight as desperate as any that
had beer seen in San Francisco in
ears. Fighting froTi the beginning
to the end of every lounc, moving
forward and never giving
ground, Nelson, with HE bulldog
tenacity and wonderful statnina, slow
ly battered the veteran colored cham
ZION into submission. The end was
not sudden; there were few who
watched the progress of the battle
and saw Cans grow weaker and weak
er from round to round but had made
up their minds as to the result long
before the count was given that made
the Illinois land champion for the
second time. Three times Cans was
sent to the floor in the final round,
each time taking all the time allowed
| A blow from Nelson's left glove to
the pit of the stomach ended the fight
Eand as Cans toppled over and rested
on his knees his face wore most
painful expression. He tried in vain
to regain his feet, but failed, and was
counted out.
/ 1.-THE best man won beyond doubt,
/ was Cans frank admission as he left
| the ring. Its the old story of one
/ fight too many After the third round
III began to feel myself firing. Old age
j will tell. That is all l have to say
Il The attendance at the battle was
1.-THE greatest, with two exceptions, that
4 ever attended a prizefight in Cali
4 fornia. The receipts Appropriated
$40, 900.
"Tex" Richard of Goldfeld bet
$4,000 even that Cans would win in 20
rounds; he also wagered $4,000 to
S2500 that Cans would win on results
y1 and $4,000 even that that Cans would
? win in Is rounds Jim May of Reno
! took the Nelson end.
Eddie Santry and Eddie Marine
went to a 20 round draw recently at
Standpoint, although the crowd gave
Marine the best Of 1t and got sore al
the decision. He battered Santry
badly. Marine is now out to chal
= lenge Kid Scaler.
The Spokane Indians seem to be
= maging runaway race in the North
western league. The boys lose an oc
~ casional game, but so far no team hal
been able to put q consistent stop t
= their winning streak. And at tina
y there are five other strong teams il
=, the league.
u DR.. B. F. Roller seems to be a
:. good loser as he has heretofore bee
winner The defeated near-champio
- gives all credit to Gotch for defeatin
~ him and has no excuses to make, sin
~ ply saying he was up against be
= ter man, but did his best.
- Tonopah.-Terry Mustain wa
N awarded the decision over JAG
(Twin) Sullivan in the thirteent
q round before $500 people on tn
ae Fourth. The fight was tame up
ne the twelfth and in the thirteenth Sui
re van refused to fight, claiming his han
y was broken.
u Goldfeld.-Rube Smith of Denv'
M was given the decision over Fran
IT, Fields of Goldfeld at the end of
no rounds of free fighting on the Fourt
ne Hammondsport, N. Y.-Flying be
at ter than a mile in a minute and
3D. seconds, the G. H. Curtis aeroplal
Junebug won the scientific Americ;
Of trophy here. Leaving the ground
dead calm the Junebug made Il
record and landed without damag
New York and Washington enthu
asts and the entire committee Of t
e Aero Club Of America saw the VI
ming Of the $4,000 prize.
Los Angeles, Calm a 25-roul
draw, remarkable for fast and cleV
work, Packy Mcfarland of Chica
and Freddie WEIGH of England demo
y. strated their respective claims to &C
~ sideration as lightweights before
crowd of nearly 1000 spectators
fore the Jeffries club the Fourth.
a. A small crowd at Spirit Lake "
rn. messed fight between Charley Lo
"a bard of Chicago and Louie Long
rha Spokane Of 10 rounds to draw,
III, tho Fourth.
He Wallace A. McBurney evened m
the ters with Joe Tyler for the loss of
Wn. Spokane city championship In the op
city tournament of a week ago, 81
day. by defeating Tyler in the fin
for the Inland Empire championsh
y. DR.. B. F. Roller of Seattle. who
~ aspirations for the worlds wrestli
~ championship we're shattered by Fra
- Gotch recently. will now turn his
"a tention to the more scientific art
NC nsticuffs.
inn Tom Hopper, bear hunter and gui
axe Of Spokane. proved to be no match
he all for T. A ireland of Colfax in
sct. special match over the Spokane r
IRIS. and Revolver club range on the aft
A noon Of the Fourth. The men were
shoot 20 shots at 100 yards, str
measurement, for $3.50 side, but H
per made such poor showing that
shots were not measured at all.