The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-22
GREAT STORY OF
NELS0N-GANS CO
WV. Naughton Surpasses Him
self in Describing Nelson's
Hard Victory.

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Nelson in San Francisco on Admission
Day, September 9. The grand old man
of the ringside surpassed himself in
this account and draws very interest,
ing and noteworthy parallel between
this bout and the one between Moran
and Attell:
Joe Cans fought to the last ditch
with Bathing Nelson and collapsed
from pure exhaustion in the twenty
first round.
1t was while trying to escape a
merciless bombardment of his stomach
that the cold Master So knees crack
ed against the floor. He rested there
with the palms of his hands touching
the mat, and his poor bruised face was
a pitiable sight. His right eye was
closed tighter than buttOnhole; his
left glared beadily; his half-fattened
nose had a patched appearance where
his seconds had tried to stop the flow
of blood with collodion, and he gasped
like a chicken deprived of water.
As he balanced on palm and knee,
Official Timekeeper Harting counted
him into defeat.
If Cans had had any fight left in him
Just then there would have been a
chance for an argument, for Harting 8
method of calling off the passing sec
onds was erratic. Cans arose labor
iously. He was on his feet a good half
second before the limit expired, but
the rapid manner in which the watch
holder yelled "Nine and OUT left Ref
cree Ed Smith no recourse but to slap
Nelson lightly on the shoulder and say,
FYou win.D
As it happened, Cans was so far gone
that to prolong the agony would have
been unspOrtsmanlike A heart-break-
ING pace had carried him off his feet
and had wearied him to such an extent
that he cruld not maintain an effective
guard for his well hammered body.
Nelson s never-idle gloves were ripping
into the faded negroes mid-section
without hindrance, and, fast count or
slow count, Cans could hardly have
survived the twenty-frst round.
1t must be said for Cans that he
made a gallant stand. He battled des-
peratelv in an effort to retrieve his
fortunes as a champion. He proved
himself to be a stout hearted fellow.
He showed a vast improvement over
his work on July A. and at the same
time he showed that he had passed his
heyday as a ringman.
The belief that Cans would win in
comparatively short order faded in the
second round, and by the time the
third was finished the Norseman with
the flushed face was in the lead. Cans
nose was bleeding, both from the nos
trils and from a cut on the bridge,
and. even this early the rushing and
tearing around the ring was making
Joe ideeyed and causing him to
breathe heavily.
Cans began to systematic his mill
ing, lust as Attell did with Moran.
There was this difference, however:
that Attell loafed through pure oussed-
ness, while Cans had his hauts full
trying to protect himself from spite
fully persistent opponent and at the
same time make the best use possible
of his own fast-waning strength. Cans
would allow Nelson to close in on him,
and then back slowly around the ring,
protecting his body the while from
Nelson's blows. 1t is a legend of the
prize ring that Nelson has made the
majority of his opponents leaden-
legged through causing them to stalk
backwards. No doubt Joe felt that
since he had to travel the reverse way
it was less fatiguing to do so while
having Nelson s shoulders and arms
for support than when travelling alone.
haolyaH
and Nelson pegged and pegged at the
stomach. the fact that JOe's forearms
the majority of the punches
being nowise discouraging to the
Norseman.
By holding and permitting himself
f. be shouldered. Cans nusbanded his
hitting force. He did not, like Attell.
save himself for final squirt, but st
almost regular intervals in the rounds
he suddenly yanked himself clear of
and pumped choppy up
percuts into Nelson 5 face. These
were the blows that made the Dane
reel and lurch. and as the fight went
on the Battler's mouth was constantly
drip with blood.
The rounds began to be alike in the
main, but ever and anon there was
in the nature of prOmis-
ing incident to keep the enthusiasm ~
the SPECTATORS at the bubbling point.
In the sixth round. for instance, Mel
son. whether by accident or design,
placed full-ranged left swing on
Cans head and sent the ex-ehampion
lettering sideways. Then in the tenth
Cans tiptoed while infusing strength
into one of his uppereuts and Nelson $
head tilted as though his neck would
rack. This time the Battler's shout
lers dropped and many of the watchers
half arose in their seats. He was
,tung to a certainty, but he recupeT-
,ted before the yell of anticipation
that went up from the crowd subsidized.
All the special punches and all the
1aroxysms of punching that Cans re-
sorted to did not stay the Dane in his
leadIong course. He piled in and'i
after, and with his head beneath Cans !
hin. or his neck to Cans neck, jOlted |
AWAY at the ribs or dealt overland