The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-07-10
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.


who defeated him at Goldfield, New,
almost two years ago. He knocked
out Joe Cans in the seventeenth round
afte- fight as desperate as any that
mad beer seen in San Francisco in
years. Fighting FROM the lightning
to the end of every lounc, moving
ceaselessly forward and never giving
ground, Nelson, with his bulldog
tenacity and wonderful stamina, slow
ly battered the veteran colored cham
p.on into submission. The end was
not sudden; there were few who
watched the progress of the battle
and saw Cans grow weaker and weak
err 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
and as Cans toppled over and rested
on his knees his face wore a most
painful expression. He tried in vain
to regain his feet but failed, and was
counted out.
"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
began to feel myself firing. Old age
will tell That is all l have to say"
The attendance at the battle was
the greatest, with two exceptions, that
ever attended prizefight in Cali
fornia. The receipts Appropriated
$4,000.
"Tex" Rickard of Goldfield bet
$4,000 even that Cans would win in 20
rounds; he also wagered $4,000 to
$4,000 that Cans would win on results
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 20 round draw recently at
Standpoint, although the crowd gave
Marine the best of it and got sore at
the decision. He battered Santry
badly. Marine is now out to chal-
lenge Kid Scaler
The Spokane Indians seem to be
maging a runaway race in the North
western league. The boys lose an &C.
casiOnal game, but so far no team has
been able to put consistent stop to
their winning streak. And at that
there are five other strong teams in
the league.
DR.. B. F. Roller seems to be as
good loser as he has heretofore been
winner. The defeated near-champion
gives all credit to Gotch for defeating
him and has no excuses to make, SIM
ply saying he was up against a bet
ter man, but did his best.
Tonopah.-Terry Mustain was
awarded the decision over Jack
(Twin) Sullivan in the thirteenth
round before $500 people on the
Fourth. The fight was tame up to
the twelfth and in the thirteenth Sulli-
van refused to fight, claiming his hand
was broken.
Goldfield.-Rube Smith of Denver
was given the decision over Frank
Fields of Goldfield at the end of 20
rounds of free fighting on the Fourth
Hammondsport, N. Y.-Flying bet
ter than mile in minute and As
seconds, the G. H. Curtis aeroplane
Junebug won the scientific American
trophy here. Leaving the ground in
dead calm the Junebug made the
record and landed without damage
New York and Washington enthusi-
asts and the entire committee of the
Aero Club of America saw the win
ming of the $500 prize.
Los Angeles, Calm 25-round
draw, remarkable for fast and clever
work, Packy Mcfarland of Chicago
and Freddie WEIGH of England demon
strated their respective claims to con-
sideration as lightweights before a
crowd of nearly 1000 spectators be-
fore the Jeffries club the Fourth.
A small crowd at Spirit Lake wit
messed fight between Charley Lom-
bard of Chicago and Louie Long of
Spokane of 10 rounds to a draw, on
the Fourth.
Wallace A. McBurney evened mat
tiers with Joe Tyler for the loss of the
tSpokane city championship in the open
city tournament of week ago, Sun
day, by defeating Tyler in the finals
for the Inland Empire championship.
Dr. B. F. Roller of Seattle, whose
aspirations for the worlds wrestling
championship were shattered by Frank
Gotch recently, will now turn his at
tention to the more scientific art of
fsticuffs.
Tom Hopper, bear hunter and guide,
of Spokane, proved to be no match at
all for T. A. Ireland of Colfax in the
special match over the Spokane Rifle
and Revolver club range on the after.
noon of the Fourth. The men were to
shoot 20 shotA at 100 yards, string
measurement, Mr. $3.50 a side, but Hop
per made such a poor showing that the
shots were not measured at all.