The San Francisco call., 1908-12-01
ONE KNOCKOUT AND
TWO FIGHTS 10
A DRAW
Sam Nelson Receives Sleeping
YaHop From Kid Harrison
in Twelfth Round
BY w. j. SIaffery


borty-twe rounds of lighting unaer
the auspices Of Jack Gleason.s club al
l2reaa4and LAST night brought forth orc
kneekout and two hoty contested
draws The sleeping wanop was i'm
ffcted upon sam Nelson By his old OPP
ptinenl Kid Harrison and il came ali
q a sudden in the twelfth. when Nelson
appsrentlS had al the better OF the go
lns Jimmy Reagan ard Monte Atteil
io1Egtlt rs rounds 10 Il draw and the
~ " between Joe Leahg aud CharIet
ended likewise
NELSON THE AGGEsESsoR
lae Nelson Il Barrison. affair was fun
ol tsa from the moment the bell called
ne ooNs 70 the middle OF the ring.
sAhtei starting out cautiously both were
s-aeA 70 Get loose y.ifh ail they had.
ard = was apparent that They were try
1ae Tor q quick Knockout HoweNt.r.
ls9eA did not put enough steam into
3i1e5F blows 70 he them count
sNfl sen was the. aggressor most Of the
ffke nc. landed FAR more often than
elo.vi'aS dEskA opponent But when
: 1tslrfIkson did whip enc over il counted.
asis shown by the knockout Harrison
leueht better under pressure and no
matter how badly Nelson punished him
he dark one was game and ready to
ONE. back Tor another Slice Of the stun
FINISH IN TWELFTH
The fnish came about the middle Of
4 lie tweffth round Nelson was doing
1ile fsost -goon, hooking his man with
LlgntS and let's 10 the mead and press
4Ag I'm hard. He was a bit careless,
l3sMeAeff and went IN open. Harrison
y as waiting his coming. and bringing
over q short right hook 10 the point Of
slle g y. ne dropped bis man like the
Nelson. 1ayz prene for fre minutes.
= %. a doctor. was called FOR. II was
feared al nfst that the boy was Sc
riouslEs IN 1ured. but he revived after
restcratives had been applied and was
apse TO leave the ring unaided Har-
rrson seemed 10 be the most surprised
man an the house. for had the bout
gone tie limit Nelson would have sure
I ~ received the verdict.
FIGHT CAUTIOUSLY
Eeallv and Reilly fought too eau
1IopslA TO make anXbodyis blood curl.
ne latter had the advantage Of reach
and. skill. with both hands, but. lie was
unwilling TO. wade in and mix it at
snort range VITA Leahy This cost him
the decision.
Beahy showed far superior knowl-
edge Of the game and Whenever Reilly
came near him, which was seldom. he
met has man clean and tapped him
~ ~, kelilE contented himself with
dancing around and shooting one in
w aeneEer he saw q chance The de-
eiston. u Referee Billy Roche was well
received by 1.-THE crowd
REAGAN STANDS. orr ATTEII.
-Iol my Reagan. a toothpiek of a lad,
earned for himself the plaudIts Of the
multitude and the comn3endation of the
nght experts by going Is rounds to a
1tfaW with Monte -Atteil At Dreamland
FINK last night. So Tar as the house
went Reagan had the decision. but
Roche IS Verdic9 under the circumstances
seemed proper, as Attel landed the
Little Reagan showed himself a eIut-
ton Tor pun islr1 e7lt and there was no
such thing stop 10 him. The harder
he was hit the faster he came back
IT the gentle pastirne of pueilism he
WoHlu have won from Attell As il
was he had Monte badly cut and bleed
ing from a wound over his left eye and
there was more than one occasion when
3A{teh appeared TO be ready to take
nigh dive.
Before the lads. had gone six rounds
the fight fans present were comparing
voTng Reagan TO Battling Nelson. and
some called him Battling" Reagan:
but one fight follower. who did not
more originality than his fellows
named the yOungster Fighting Rea-
gan. and he is surely entitled to the
appellation. for there wasN not a mo-
nent in the entire Is rounds that be
was not busy. Atteli showed far more
knowledge OF the game than Reagan.
but there was more than one occasion
when Monte would have liked siesta
on the mat As il was. Monte slipped
down in nearly every round
Little Reagan is hardly larger than
an. overgrown canary bird. blt he gives
rare promise Of becoming a good MILL
man II properly handled. Between the
rounds Atfeil regaled the spectators
within range Of him with shower ha tbs
gratis. When Monte would go back
Tor the minutes rest ne would grab a
mourhful OF water and do a human
whale act. On one OF these spOuffnz
occasions Monte dropped small cloud
burst in COckey O'Brien's starboard
lamp. and the sage OF Fillmore street
declared that he would not require an
other bath for couple Of months.