The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-06
BATTLING NELSON'S "HALF.SCISSORS HOOK"
HELPED HIM WIN WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP

from the State Of Washington, where
he had won a lot Of glory In his four
round go with Young Corbett. at that
time the featherweight champion, and
going ef ga" at hi his be best when tn. Milwaukee
promoters signed me. up, expecting. Of
course, to see me trimmed. We went
six hot rounds, and Memsic was given
probably the worst trouncins he has
ever received In his entire fighting
career.
nv KNOCK out Closet" wherein hang
such famous and gallant warriors as
Art Smms. Spider Welsh. Martin Ca
mole, Eddie Hanlon. .Aurelia Herrera,
Young Corbett, with q couple Of
notches; Jimmy Britt. Jack clifford,
and. to make the morgue complete, !
slasi,es as anybody would care to see.
The closet contains right now no less
than twenty-five we'll battered and dried
scalps.
Llcks Clarence English.
Mr.. English. called Clarence. to whom
+ gave fifteen rounds OF pretty bad
usage in Kansas City In June, challenged
me for a return go and l accepted. the
battle ground was chosen at ST. Jo-
seph, where he made his headquarters
Again l packed up my o hshsnSS
hustled off Missouriward. We were 10
70 the same route, and English and his
friends figured that / would be easy
over that distance; however, ! found
that | had won hundreds Of friends
in Kansas City. by giving the
famous English such brushing up pre-,
viously. and imagine my surprise and
was y,ssn met a. the station by Johnny Web
ster the most famous brother Eagle
that flies and a hundred Kansas City
admirers. The odds at rings!de were
a to 2 in favor Of English. Despite this
nv Missouri friends went down on my
end hook, line and sinker for all they
had. They said, Bat, old boy. II you
lose to this fellow we,ll have No. 70 1901 or
nice boy and trim him right ! did all
right, and my Kansas City friends to
this day are spending the money they
won on that battle.
Tried to Smother Bat.
English tried to smother me with a
series of lightning swings from the
very outset. He was determined to
out.slug me as we'll as use his splendid
foOtworR 10 ulscoHce!t me- saN
through his scheme quickly, and IN the
frat round contented myself with
blocking and sparing my blows. I did
crack him two awful jolts In the wind
hefore the round had closed, but he
Won the round all right. He came
hack again and I worked him into
clinches at every opportunity. Here !!
played havoc with his wind and
roughed 1t with him furiously.. Round
three found Mr.. English bleeding
pretty badly and. strange to relate
breaking ground like good fellow
This round was all mine. I bad him
covering up, crying foul and doing his
best to stall through.
In round four | uncorked my special
left nalf-scissors hook, which true TO Its
training landed hard on his liver, Back
he went with both arms to his sides. II
was now shame ,, ~ iak SIm 'he e oUnes
With my right In the, wind, which
straightened him up The balance Of
he fight went all my way. Think Of
~ was handed down So0-regular
United States dollars. My Kansas City
friends had bet $500 for me as well. 30
there I stood. or rather i was carried
oH Of the ring in possession OF 1850
n small fortune then. AS usual, I'M
mediately wired every cent OF It home
TO mother.
Won $4,000 That Year.
This signal victory concluded my
years work. had won In purses
SIX, 900, besides, Of course. much more In
siis bets, &c. l began the year fighting
for IS. I ended up BY earning N.eD In
one evening
Though the year was ended and was
still a long way from the lightweight
championship, had learned something
that was destined to bring me fame and
fortune. I had learned 70 deliver the
half-scissors hook, and ] made up my
mind to try It out In the next night.
| then went homo and took a long rest. !
was determined to get fresh start and
20 after tho top-notch honors.
Chapter XIII. Of the Battling Vel
son stories win appear In The Eve