The San Francisco call., 1908-08-31
ThrOngS Watch Boxers
in Practice Bouts
Nelson Goes Nine Rounds Be-
fore Record Crowd at
MfIIeffS Place

As the days roll by interest in the
approaching fstic carnival at the Mis-
sion street arena on Labor and Ad-
mission days grows with leaps and
bounds. Never before in the history OF
the boxing game here have such crowds
turned out as those that are visiting
the training quarters Of Cans. Nelson,
Attell and Moran. Though the fights
are still a week of, the sporting pub
lie seems to be as fully alive to them
as though the eve of battle were al
hand.
Battling Nelson played to the largesl
house in the history Of Joe Millett S
Colma training quarters yesterday aft
ernoon. When boxing time dawned
II was necessary for Manager Willis
o Britt to rope of ring in the vacant
lot adjoining the gymnasium. The
crowd was so large that Ii would
begin to fit under the roof where :
son intended to spar When the CHI,
pion spotted the assembled multitu-
his chest heaved with pride. He had
never trained before such a crowd be-
fore and he was so swelled up with
the Importance Of 1t all that ne wanted
to spend an hour OF so handshRking
would not stand for anything like this,
fearful lest Bat might lose one of his
mitts.
NINE STRENUOUS ROUNDS
When he did settle down to work
Nelson went nine of the fastest, tough
est rounds that any fighter ever en-
gagged in before a battle. He and his
sparring mates were chee-ed to the
echo every time they made d rally,
which was often. Bat wanted TO show
additional speed on account of the
crowd and Britt had a hard time hold
ing him back.
First he took on Red Cornett. From
the sound of time the champion sailed
scrHr in after hfc husky Hfr1o hnNrfp -
partner and hammered him for fair.
The bout went three rounds and during
that time Nelson was on the job every
moment He took all that Red shot
in and then rushed his man AL over
the lot landing everything he had in
his possession.
Jeff Perry was the next on the list
and he, too, got fine lacing. JEFF can
stall around and fiddle better than Cor
nett and consequently he did not take
so many in the first round, but Ihe
Dane tore at him in the second and
third and loosened- up with many a
jolly wallop. Perry was about.ready to
veil for the police when time was called
by Britt.
The star event Of the day twas the
third and finishing mill with the dan
gerOus Kid Dalton of Los Angeles. This
was the one that the crowd was wait
ing for and nobody was disappointed.
argument as any fan would wish to
view, and those who did not know the
game any too well were led to believe
chat both Dalton and Nelson were try
ing TO sneak over a sleeper.
CROWD CHEERS THE BOXERS
Dalton goes at his work something
like Nelson and they were not at it half
q minute before the fur began TO ny.
Whenever Nelson rushed, the Kid met
niIn squarely and a mtxup resulted. The
80 became so spirited in the last iound
that Britt was forced to cut it short,
fearful that either might be injured.
The crowd was cheering wildly at the
finish.
The Dane is none too heavy at the
present time, tipping the scales at just
l55 pounds when his days work was
done Britt does not want him to grow
stale. and Tor this season he will COM
pei Nelson to cut out his rOadWork
for few days and play roko IN the
mornings instead. 1t is Br;tts inten-
lion to put on a couple of pounds by
tse middle of the week
Outside Of his lightness in weight
nelson Is IN grand physical form. His
wind is perfect and If, anything be is
On the day that he beat Gans-and
everybody admitted then that Nelson
had never appeared in the ring in bet
ter fettle. He viii box every day from
now until the day before the fight
Nelson left his training cau12 Lag
evening for the first time since ne
started to work a couple OF weeks ago.
lie attended the theater in company
o Colma Immediately after the show.
This probably will be his last bit of
relaxation till after the fight, for the
coming week Will be a strenuous che
for him.
THOUSANDS VISIT CANS
Nearly 1000 men, women and chill
dren fought and struggled with one
another in an endeavor to crowd their
way into Crolls gardens, Alameda. yes
rNT0EE 1ftcTn0nV for a QIfmnSo = .IOa
Cans as he boxed with his three spar
ring partners. When all the other
space WAS exhausted many men and
small boys viewed the bouts from the
limbs OF convenient trees. Cans went
nine slashiDg rounds and let himself
cut more than at any other time since
he started his work First he took on
Fred LanderS for three rounds and al
lowed Landers to wade in and land on
his head and body many times. Not
until the last round did Joe cut loose
and then he planted several ugly ones
on the North Beach lad.
Johnny Murphy, the popular little 10
cal lightweight, came next He goes
very much after the order of Nelson
and Cans let him tear. Murphy is not
afraid of any of them and the way he
sailed into Cans called for cheer after
cheer Joe stood OF the tough little
fellow very nicely and derived a lot
Of benefit from the bout.
The m4xup with Attell was the last
on the list and the crowd was up on
usual, was clearly outboxed by the once
great old black boy. A counle of times
near the end Joe stung Attell with that
unerring left uppercut of his, but no
serious damage was done. and the
sports left convinced that Cans would
make great fight.
Moran varied the routine training
nonotony yesterday by whirling up to
Sonoma in an automobile and taking
part In cricket match in the morning.
This took uD two hours of his time and
when he returned he was ready to box
all comers. He went nine speedy rounds
and at the conclusion Of his work he
was down to weight. l22 pounds
Moran took on Eddie Carsey, Tom
Deal<in and Jim Butler for three rounds
apiece and gave them all a good ham,
mering, tearing into the boys as he al
ways does Butler made the thirty-first
sparring partner that the Britisher has
taken on since he began training A
big crowd watched him work out and
he made many friend from among the
sports OF this city who saw him for the
first time.
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