The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-05
lBdtting Nelson Wins From Cans DeciSiVeIv


 away Cans staggered as he went to his corner
 Round 10-Nelson went right after Cans Cans drew away from Nelsons swings and peppered the face with left and right. Nelson kept forcing. Cans olinched and blocked the Danes blows. After a break Cans stood his ground and knocked Nelson's head from side to side with hard lefts and rights, but Nelson spread his legs and worried through a heavy siege of punishment.
 Round 11--Gans boxed cleverly, going away from Nelson's blows and shooting in straight lefts. Nelson pressed him around the ring, but missed many times. Cans seemed to be tiring. Nelson pressed him along the ropes, sending in jolts, with both right and left to face an1 stom- ach Nelson scored repeatedly with both hands and Cans sent in stinging right uppercuts.
 Cans Down Twice.
 Round 12-Gans put straight left to the face and followed with two rights. Nelson closed in and Cans held and saved his body. Nelson backed him into cor ner and battered him on the head with lefts and rights They fought to the middle of the ring and Cans went down in the mixup from right on body. He arose ana was KnOckeQ uOWn QufChly again Nelson was hammering him with both hands when the gong sounded.
 Round 13-Nelson rushed and swung left to body Cans backed and upper,ut with right when Nelson came in. Cans went clear around the ring backwards reach inu Nelson's face with left and rights whenever Nelson came within hitting dis tance. Cans gasped and dropped to the floor when Nelson caught him hard T IT. A5 ,a- T arose after a few seconds rest. Nelson rushed. Cans cllnched and held on as they swayed around the ring. Cans blocked Nelsons blows and rested up. Then he cut loose with right uppercuts, but soon went to clinching again. Nell son was hammering at his body and Cans was bent over and covered up at the bell.
 Round 14-Gans blocked a right and drew back from a left Nelson got in a right on the chin and two lefts to the body as Cans held. Cans was very much in clined to clinch and hold, but he fought back in the clinches, sending spitefu1 right uppercuts into Nelson's face Nel- son kept his head and fought determin- edly. Cans got in lefts and rights and Nelson stopped fighting as though dazed. He was hammering away again at the end of the round.
 Dodging and Clinching.
 Round 15.-Gans lodged away. Cans then tucked and kept out of the way. They clinched and Cans blocked the body punch es. Nelson finally got in q couple under the crossed guard and Cans came back with two right up percuts on the face Nelson sent home right to the mouth and an overland right to the ear. Bat went back to fba nd mt of nf, ct oh, that made Joe bend low. Cans rammed in an occasional right uppercut as they leaned together Nelson changed from the body to the jaw and sent two hard rights to the jaw. Cans acted as though he was hurt. They were clinched at the gong.
 Round 16-Nelson pressed Cans hard and reached his stomach several times with lefts as they held together. Cans backed to the ropes and tried hard to protect his body. Nelson punched and the face and ribs, and others were blocked. Cans brigh tened for second and rammed a right uppercut Nelson brought him to his knees at the ropes with right to the stomach When Cans arose he put a right to the jaw and the gong rang.
 Round 17.-Gans backed and Nelson followed him. They clinched and Nell son scored to the stomach with lefts and rights on the jaw. Cans divided his time between shooting right up- percuts and protecting his body. In a clinch Cans pushed Nelson half way through the ropes. The referee pulled them back and Cans clung on desper- ately. Nelson poked him in the ribs with the left and Cans fell near the ropes. When he arose he seemed ex- hausted and went down immediately from a right. Once more he arose but was so weak that his knees were bend ing. A right to the body sent him down again. He was counted out while in the act of rising and the referee turned to Nelson and said:
 "You win!''