The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-18

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hash sIlnHerN Fhis was anix a Few
moments before Nelsotl landed the
terrific stomach punch that dropped
the Denver boy te the Hegr Fer line
final eeHnk. But in syite Oh the faci
| that it was the fftest sevefs beating
he ever received Cefbett was game
and full at fight to the last.
One Jsks sn Nelson.
| NelRen, by the way, was the victim
gf b practical joke eaee away eat In
Las Vegas, N. M, that made him lock
like q gHltter, and the sports OF thai
Lively Atle teRn are probably laugh
| Ing yet II appears that Nelson arep-
PED Int town and put up at the best
hetel, such as 1t was, where he was
welcomed by the ranchmen, sreasers
and Indians, They insisted on naming
their new park after the distinguished
visitor, alse showing him much at
tentien In ether ways, Nielsen was D.
here ut etlce, and the local newspaper
printed his picture and stories OF his
victories In the ring.
One day q sweeping challenge Ap-
pearsd III the paper from the "Chero-
kee KID" q leesi pugilfst, who had
been forced into the background by
NelsotLH presence. The Kid had drift
ed In from nowhere In particular sew
eral weeks before and had been In the
limelig1t until Bat appeared. There
was hot political fight on at the
time, the rival factions being led re-
spectively by q physician named Dea
Marias and q brother of Sheriff Rom
ero The Cherokee Kid had trimmed
every fighter for miles around, ex-
cepting, OF course, the gun men, and
was quickly hailed as the proper per-
son to lower the colors of the Battling
Dane. Between the prospective min
and the political convention, the doct-
ors and undertakers were kept ex-
tremely busy.
Nelson attended the convention with
Sheriff Romero. VINO soon Jumped upon
the platform and demanded silence.
As his aim was deadly, the sheriff's
orders were readily oheyed.
Gents. I'll give you two minutes
to shed your trons" he said, 'sI mean
business, and there's goin' to be no
more Of this lead tossin' unless I toss
1t myself! Every Teller walk up here
and put down his gun"
the sheriff had a small cannon in
each hand as he spoke. and as he was
no trifier the warning delegates quick
ly got rid Of their artillery. Just
ninety guns were handed up, and there
were 40 delegates in the hall Nelson
helped the sheriff carry the shooting
irons over to the latter's Office, after
which the convention got down TO
business, with nothing more serious
than a few fist fights.
The boys will be after their guns
tonight" said the sheriff to the BATTER.
"Of course, I'll have to give them all
backl" #G
will they carry them when they
come to Sec me fight next weel1?"
querried the Dane, who was clearly
nervous. aAs
Sure thing! And I wont be able
to control them, either! Likely to be
more fights than the one in the ring!"
Nelson Gets Out of Town.
Nelson said something about feeling
giddy in the head and guessed he'd go
up to his training quarters for a rest.
How Nelson got out of town nobody
knows, but it's a fact That ne quickly
disappeared and never went back.
at was all a joke" explained the
sheriff afterwards, 1--WE wouldn't have
hurt Bat at all. Just wanted to throw
a scare into him to see If he was
gamel",
"The funniest fight II ever had
said john L. Sullivan, were during
my big tour in 1888 When we struck
Victoria, B, c., the first man we met.
was the mayor. He wanted to know,
II the $1,000 I hung up for anybody
who could stay four rounds was al
genuine thousand dollar note.
There's only one real way of con-
vincing YOU / answered. Here's the
money. Hold it yourself!' That,
pleased the mayor and gave us an off,.
cial standing in the town. But the
mayor got on my nerves and I didn't
like him a little bit. He was a saw
ed-off Irishman, so small I could have
tucked him away In one of my pock-
cts,
"A Frenchman accepted my chaI-
lenge, and he had a pretty fair reputa-
tion In town as boxer He was fair
ly crazy to win the thousand, and wneng
ne was about to enter the ring dis
covered that his body and arms had
been bathed in oil SO that my punches
would slip off and he would not be in
jured. 49,
"The Frenchman had a crowd of
friends on hand VINO expected to see
him stay the limit. During the day
they had bought lot of hard stuff
for me, with the idea that / wouldn't |
be in any kind Of form wnen I faced
their fighter. But / was there with |
the punch and knocked Frenchy down
three times in the first round. The
third knockdown kept MIN on the floor
half an hour, dead to the world. When
he came to he asked to see me and |
while we were talking / asked him
how it felt to so to sleep so suddenly. |
He replied:
How Knock Out Felt.
When you hit me one time think |
see one French soldieri When you
hit me three times / think see whole
French army!' Then wiping the oil |
out of his eyes he looked at nv naw- /
legs and exclaimed:
oh, on! can break ze stone /
fences with my feests. but you, Mon
sieur Sullivan, can break re stone |
walls with yoursl'
Next night banquet was given |
Ned Hanlan. the oarsman, who was on /
his way to Australia, where he was |
to row for the worlds /
championship. When the mayor hand /
ed back my $1,000 note he invited |
Mike Gillespie and me To attand Tho /