Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-10
NELSON WINS IN
 THE TWENTY FIRST

ner bleeding from the nose. Nelson put two lefts to jaw. Cans countered. They then fought at close quarters, Nelson reaching to stomach twice with left uppercut. They again clinch with Nelson fighting strongly. Cans was forced to the ropes and at close quarters Nelson drove him to the center of the ring, landing right and left on the negro's stomach, which greatly worried Cans. In the breakaway Cans worked in right and left uppercuts to the jaw, one Of which sent Nelson back a foot Cans put left to face The round ended in INelson's favor Gans's face wore a Irather serious expression.
 Round 3-Neson jumped right into the game. He went in close and fought to right upper. Some of his blows were blocked, but several found a resting place. They fought shoui- der to shoulder, Nelson doing the landing and Cans the blocking. The negro broke up the clinching by shooting in right and left to the Danes jaw and then tried to keep the Battler away and force him to fight at long range However, they closed, Nelson reaching the colored man body with short arm strokes and lefts. He varied this with right and let punches to mouth and nose and started the blood from Nelsons lip. Cans fought back valiantly and punched the Battler hard. The round ended slightly in Nelson's favor.
 Round 4-Nelson pushed in but Cans stopped him with short arm jab to lip. As Nelson waded in Cans met him with right and lefts to jaw, fore ing the Battler into still closer quar- ters. Cans backed away when Nelson led rights and then backed to the ropes. Some of Nelson's blows were blocked. Nelson landed a hard blow to stomach and followed this with short right, sending Cans to the ropes again. Cans chopped Nelson,s face with terrific right swing and mo- ment later swung right hard over the kidneys. They fought head to head and Nelson put in one hard body punch. Nelson's round.
 Round 5-Gans sent Nelson's head back twice in succession with right and left uppercuts. The Dane merely shook his head and Waded in. Cans uppercut twice in clinch and moment later sent one over left ear At close range Cans put in a hard uppercut to body and blocked all efforts to coun- ter. Just before gong rang Cans ap- parently staggered Nelson with wick ed right to jaw
 Round 6-Nelson rushed in fiercely and they closed in quickly without damage. Cans was alert and watched all of Nelson's leads for body which
 he successfully smothered. Nelson continued to pound away for the stom- ach. He finally changed his tactics and like flash hooked a left and right to jaw. forcing Cans to clinch. They closed in again and Cans after putting two to body received right and left short arm swings to the face Cans was busy trying to block Nel- sons leads for stomach and at the same time take the offensive. Cans caught Nelson on the face with right and left swings, but Nelson retaliated with similar blows as gong rang.
 Round 7-Nelson rushed in, but was met by two stinging rights to jaw. Nelson rushed Cans around the ring constantly, but Cans met him with a short hook to the stomach. Nelson rushed in close, hammering away at the colored mans stomach, which he followed to jaw. Nelson put in two rights to body and again with left uppercut. Cans staggered from two right blows to the body. The fighting is not very fast just now. Cans sent left to body and right up- percut to stomach. There is a small cut on Nelson's forehead.
 Round S-Nelson closed in immedi- ately and shot two. lefts to the mouth which started the blood They closed in, Nelson constantly playing for Cans stomach. Cans contented himself with blocking and smothering Nelson's stomach blows. Nelson tried hard with both hands for the body without effect. Nelson backed up left, an opening which Cans took advan- tage of quick as a flash. He sent in two vicious right uppercuts to jaw and they worked to close quarters. f fSohtino eyerv inch of the WAY Cans