The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
In Great Contest Lasting Seventeen Fierce Rounds.
the Skilled Veteran Is Finally Defeated
CANS HAS BEEN WONDER OF THE SQUARED RING
After Years Of Wonderful Fighting The CoIored Man Finally Goes
Down Before Series Of Smashing Blows Played at His
Stomach and the Heart-he Fight by Rounds

day was the greatest that ever attend
ed fight in California.
The receipts approached $4,000.
Following Is the fight by rounds:
Round |. They shook hands. They
Icircled and Cans began stabbing Mel
son on the face with straight lefts.
Cans raped Nelson on the jaw with
the right and they clinched. After
the break Nelson forced Cans around.
Cans ducked the white mans blows
and grinned Cans shot in two right
luppercuts on the face and Nelson got
| in right on the head as they cIinch-
ed. Nelson got in a left hook on the
forehead and Cans ducked several
Ileft-hand ones Nelson kept forcing
and Cans ducked. Nelson pressed to
the ropes and reached the body with
both hands Cans held on and rested
himself. When they broke Cans hook
ed uppercuts with both hands reaching
| the Danes head Nelson brought
Iblood to Cans lip with a left jolt on
mouth
Round g. He tried with same result
Nelson missed with right and Cans
countered him sharply on jaw with
his right; they clihched and Cans got
in hard right and then they clinched
again. Nelson got in hard right
jolt on the face and Cans baffled Mel
sons attempts to reach the body.
Cans tried to measure Nelson with
1.-THE right but the Dane was too well
covered. Joe backed away and let
i fly with both hands as Nelson came
after him. He reached Nelson several
times.
| Round 5. They drove into half
clinch and Cans caught Nelson twice
on the jaw with the right After that
Cans sent his right against the face.
He drove a punching right into the
stomach. Nelson tried to get to close
quarters and Joe Strengthened him up
with series OF right uppercuts. Mel
son bled freely from the mouth.
There was a long drawn clinch Cans
resting and saving his ribs from Mel
sons attacks. They broke a order of
referee and Cans uppercut him with
right again Nelson put in hard
left on the stomach and dropped to
his knees when Cans uppercut him
on the chin. Cans uppercut him On
the mouth again as he was rising
They were smuggling 6ercely at the
gong and Cans appeared to be slight
ly tired.
Round A. Nelson missed with the
left couple Of times and they went
into clinch Cans drew away and
reached the face with both hands the
blows being uppercuts. Cans pro
tected his body in the clinch and they
held and swayed around for quite
while. Welsh broke them and Cans
was there with four or FIVE right up
percuts making the Danes head toss.
Then there was another clinch with
Nelson fighting at the body and Cans
blocking cleverly; one punch followed
another and Nelson did the most of
the punching His blows did not
land and Cans shot in a right upper
cut whenever he saw an opening
Cans got in one uppercut after the
bell and Nelson glared at him
grinning.
Round S. Nelson tried right
handler and Cans threw his head aside
from the blow They clinched and
Nelson tried hard to hammer the
body but failed Nelson put in an
over hand right on the ear and Cans
came back with left and two rights
on the face. They hung together,
Nelson trying body punches and
Cans holding and saving himself,
Once in a while Cans stepped back
and sent in Furnishing right upper
cut After they had swayed around
quite while Cans freed his arms and