The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-24

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one seemed to realize my condition but
myself. In fact, I-hardly showed any
effects OF being distressed until after
we passed the tenth round. as was
evident by the betting. AS late as the
seventh round they were betting even
money L would win inside or the ten
round limit, never stopped forcing
the fight, and tried to be as vicious as
knew how. knowing by Britt's ac-
tions that he was afraid 10 mix mat
ters. So bulled and blufled him
through to the finish.
Jimmy Britt lost tho chance OF
lifetime by not taking advantage OF
my condition, as II ever there was q
man In the world whom ] had fought
that had n show whatever OF putting
me down for the count 1t was this
same Jimmy Britt After tho thir-
teenth round only held up and fought
through gameness and my natural in
stinct OF hight. The old bulldog cour-
| age would not down tn me. notwith-
standing the fact that he was setting
a hot pace.
only once during tho entire fight
did Britt pick up enough courage to
mix 1T. This was in the last thirty
seconds OF the twentieth round. when
he tore after me In do or die" style.
and am glad that he didn't pick up
! courage any sooner. AS soon as the
last gong rang for the ending of the
! twentieth round Referee Jack Walsh
Immediately declared Britt the victor
retired to my corner and before
| got 10 the chair / was vomiting vio
! lently.
l went to my dressing room, whore
hurried to dress.
l drove to Burns baths in our aut-
| omobile, where retired for the night
very sick but much wiser young
man. The meal cost in actual value
S12.35, but / have dubbed 1T since
the ty-thousand-dollar steak" In
reality It cost a good deal more than
this amount, for the reason that most
of the sporting public thought that 1
was back number as fighter 1
knew the cause of losing this fight:
knew in my heart that l shouldn't
have lost, therefore would not give
| in, but was willing TO start from the
bottom and fight up to the champion
ship,
This | did, as is we'll known, when
] started by knocking Jack Clifford
out and fighting up to the worlds
championship. where | knocked out
the old master, Cans, without the
question of doubt, on two occasions
thereby winning the crown.of which |
am the possessor TO this day. Deter
mined to regain my laurelS, decided
to start over again and work my way
up, but the climb this time was not
| so long In one way my bad showing
with Britt was a blessing in disguise,
for it caused Cans to think | was all
in and he finally consented to a match
To make another start | went to
Ogden, Utah, and agreed to fight
with Jack Clifford on Jan. IL. sue
ceeded in knocking him out In the
fifth round. This convinced me as well
as my friends that | still had punch.
The Associated Press account of the
fight said, Nelson showed faster and
to better advantage than in any OF
his recent battlesr
After knocking out Jack Clifford l
went to Los Angeles. where | was bill
ed to meet one Rudolph (Boer) I'm"
holz. We met on Feb 4 before Tom
McCarey's club in ten-round bout,
which. in my opinion. resembled
1O0-yard sprint more than regular
boxing bout For ten rounds Rudolph
was content with racing from one side
of the ring to the other, with me In
hot pursuit OF all the fighters have
ever met, Unholz iS without doubt the
biggest joke of them all.
Owing to the boxing laws there. we
were compelled toofight ten rounds TO
! a no.decision verdict This law de-
prived me Of n well-earned victory.
Within month after the time had
! met the Joke of the prize ring, In
/ holz. In a tensesslon sprint l again
| met my old rival. Jimmy Britt, for the
fourth and last time,
was determined to fight each and
every month and meet all the minor
lights and force the public to make
Cans tie up with me. l met Britt on
March at McCarey's club.
| held the upper hand during the
contest and during the sixth round
| floored Britt The bell was the sweet
est kind of music to his ears. From
Il
the sixth round 10 the finish 1t was
case OF Britt stalling and running
away as best he could. AS he Is the
champion sta!ler OF the world. he man
aged to last the ten sessions. or
course, Referee Charlie Eyton was not
allowed to give decision under the
rules
Shortly after this l met Abe Attell
again This time 1t was Tor fifteen
| rounds. The decision was draw. The
general opinion OF the crowd was that
he had the best OF me In cleyerness,
| while | had the best In fighting abil-
| ity. I slipped one over on his Jaw
In the fourteenth round. but he man.
aged TO como back fresh IN the nj
teenth round That was a round OF
slugging until the bell sounded. Eddie
Smith refereed the match and gave
very fair decision.