Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-14


thing to tell whether he is becoming
downcast or not. In yesterdays at
fair he had us guessing as usual, and
occasionally when he saw fit to draw
away and send in tantalizing left and
right uppercuts, we were more at sea
as to Joes true condition than ever.
He punished Nelson severely at such
} times and the men in Joe's corner
murmured that whenever he slowed
he was simply resting SO as to have
something in reserve for long
drawn-out fight.
In the ninth round both men were
, hammered to the queens taste. Cans,
, by this time, was inclined to prolong
! the clinches and he acted as though
every seconds respite he struggled
; for was absolutely necessary. It was
told afterwards in the dressing rooms
; that In this particular round Nelson
muttered to Cans: II don't know
whether you are stalling or not, but
II you are as bad off as you seem to
be, I'll hammer the life out of you be-
, fore I'm through"
Possibly the threat acted as spur
to Cans. In any case he yanked him
self away from contact with Nelson's
, arms and began to ram in lifting
, punches with both gloves. Then
cheers for Cans were on the air. Nell
sons head wagged and he stood few
seconds without fighting back. He
spread his legs and weathered the
storm. Before the gong ended the
round Nelson was the aggressor
again and Cans eyes were rolling
from the effects of couple of solid
body punches. After seeing the way
Nelson bore himself after the batter
. ing Cans subjected him to, the hopes
, of the Cans men were dashed.
, The Dane was very jaunty when he
4 skipped from his chair at the signal
t to get together in the eleventh. He
e ropes and in the next round the fast
t firing and badly pummeled champion
g was brought to his knees three times.
a In no case was he flattened out.
t When the thirteenth round began
}, no one with an atom of sense would
: have given rotten apple for Cans
chances. He paid particular atten-
@ ton to holding on and protecting his
{ body. Once in while he rammed in
n uppercuts which were unerring as to
( distance and direction, but which
d Nelson cared no more for than he did
t for the hills breeze which blew on
J. his face.
: The Dane had scented victory now
G and his arms and fists were as busy
/. as fails at harvest time. He leaned
IS neck to neck with Cans and he tried
l. to tear away the crossed forearms
It which acted as fender for the ne.
/ gros ribs. Joe was badly used-ur
o champion at this time and by the use
of little stratagem the Dane man
d aged to sneak in hard punches below
It the guard. Then when Joe sank his
IS forearms still lower Nelson changed
n of to overland punches, which made
It poor Cans head twitch and roll.
y There was one brief spell in the
I, fourteenth round when Nelson wa'
@ fought to standstill. He paused {
IS moment, took fresh bearings, ant
Is then went at his man pell NELL BE
y. fore the round was over Cans wa
g crouching, holding and twisting hi
20 lot In, In, off n
e short-arm jolts that were tearing in
rs TO his ribs.
rs Through the fifteenth round agail
is Cans either backed or cllnched II
lie seven seconds out of every ten tn
rs men were fighting. Nelson finall
~ pinned him against the ropes an
st hammered at body and neck until 10
dropped to his knees. When Gan
IN arose Nelson was right after hin
T. punching and punching, and all tn
as Baltimorean' thoughts were atune t
III saving his hide and lasting out tn
re round.
nc Soon after the seventeenth roun
began and while the men were !
q half-clinch, Cans exerted his strengt
nd and pushed Nelson through the rope
nd 1t almost looked as IT, the negro wa
It. inclined to resort to any old subtel
he fuge to get rid of his merciless. pei
lie tering adversary. Welsh pulled thel
re back into fighting territory. and, tn
tn Dane battered his. leg and arm-wear
as opponent clear across the ring. The
n came the end.
lir On the showing made 1t woul
ell hardly do to say that Cans lost 10
cause he is old and ring-sore. 1t
ell doubtful II Cans, in his prime, cou
to have lived through such u storm
IL action and buffetinE as he eXperien