Evening star., 1909-05-30
BATTLING NELSON
STILL CHAMPION
Knocks Out Dick HyIand After
Fierce Battle of Twenty
Three Rounds.
speeial pispstch 10 The Star.


10 defeat in twenty-three rounds at the
.hands of Battling Nelson before jimmy
Coffroth's Colma Club this afternoon.
The pair were to have fought forty
five rounds. and the lightweight cham
pionship of the world was at stake. Hy-
land. although whipped. was not dis
graced. He fought as hard as he could.
and gamely. too. but could not with
stand the knockout punches of the cham
pion. who was top of his rival In
his customary style from start to finish.
II was a great battle, full of thrills.
blood and exchanges. It was q case
of brawn and skill against Drawn alone,
with the latter winning.
Nelson had the endurance and strength
besides his ability to assimilate punish
ment. Hyland tried his level best to do
what Joe Cans Jimmy Britt and other
topnotchers failed to do-knock out the
Dane. But the Battler was as impreg-
nable as the rock of Gibraltar. and
withstood all of Hyland's bombardment
without whimper.
Nelson had Hyland's number in the
twenty-second round In this period Hy-
land went to the floor for the count
When he got up he had the marks of a
beaten man written all over him. He
was tired, weary. bloody and groggy.
The bell saved him.
Held Up by Grit.
In the twenty-third and final round
Hyland simply stuck 1t out through sheer
grit. His strength was spent. and when
the Dane put ,he final blow, a smash
to the stomach, Hyland went down and
out.
put on a large crowd was in the arena
The day was pleasant and the accommo-
dations excellent. Wilus Britt arrived
from the east this morning, especially
CharQa Nelson There
nothing amiss with the condition Of the
Dane. He appeared to be in the best
of trim. The boxers weighed in at las
o'clock this afternoon, under weight
Betting at the ringside opened at 10 to
4, with the Dane the favorite. Plenty of
wagers were made at even money that
Nelson would win inside of twenty-five
rounds.
In addition to Britt Nelson had behind
him Jack Grace, Abdul the Turk. JEFF
Barry and Abe silyerman- Hyland was
looked after by Jimmy Hyland, Jack
Perkins and Billy Mcdonald.
The fighters entered the ring at 2:56
The Fight by Rounds.
Round 1-They rushed into close quar-
ters and each sought an opening for the
others body. and they were locked in
close embrace. Nelson drove two short
arm rights to the body, and moment
later sank another hard right to the Cali
fornians stomach. Hyland whipped his
right to the champions jaw and they
exchanged short-arm jolts to the body.
Nelson forced Hyland against the ropes
and for the first time the men parted.
Nelson whipped his left twice to the face
and then danced to his corner as the
gong changed. 1t was evident that the
men intend to fight solely at close range.
There was no decided advantage for
either man in this round.
In the second round there was some
quick work at close quarters. both men
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times, but not dangerously, and honors
were even.
Round 3-Nelson rushed in and planted
straight TO the face, and duplicated it
moment later with left chop to the
chin. Hyland caught Nelson off Ibis
guard and almost floored the champion.
The crowd cheered the Californian Wig
orously. They mixed it at close range,
batterng at each others body, during
which Hyland landed more frequently.
Suddenly Nelson cut loose and caught his
man with left and right short-arm swings
on the face and jaw. They rushed to-
gether and Hyland swung his right twice
10 the body. and a moment later scored
again similarly. Hyland hooked Nelson
twice on the jaw with great force. Mel
son, however, retaliated with a stinging
left, and a clinch ended a rather vicious
round. Hyland had a slight advantage
due TO the fact that he landed the cleaner
blows.
First Blood for Hyland.
Round four saw the first blood, a right
to the face starting color from Nelson's
mouth. and a moment later Hyland
brought blood from the champions nose.
Hyland shot four vicious rights to the
jaw and the round ended in his favor.
In the next round Hyland countered
cleverly and there was some quick in
fighting. Hyland got in two left punches
on Nelson's jaw and stopped a rush with
a straight right to the face. Hyland
rushed Nelson TO the ropes, but the lat
ter got safely out, and after furious
outer ring rally the gong rang.
4 Round six was active but not vicious.
Nelson staying on the defensive and let
ting Hyland tire himself.
In round seven the crowd groaned when
Nelson hit bit low, and second later
he got stiff right uppercut on the chin.
He did not break ground, however. They
hard on Nelson's kidneys. Nelson wres-
tied his man around the ring and the
crowd hissed. Nelson landed two hard
rights to stomach and got two punches
10 the face in return.
In round eight Nelson landed his left
hard on Hyland's eye and instant
lster swung two hard lefts and right to
the head. Nelson then landed a hard
right and left to the body. but Hyland
countered with right uppercut to the
Jaw. Nelson wrestled his man against
the ropes and was cautioned for holding.
In round nine Nelson took the aggres-
sive. He landed several vicious ones and
got the same in return, but finally sent
Hyland against the ropes with a straight
riGat to the body.
Bat Tries for q Knockout.
In the next round Nelson seemed to be
trying for a knockout, but was unsuccess-
full. He landed two quick lefts. and Hy-
land countered with right to the ribs
that made him vince. Nelson slipped
TO his knees from a misdirected blow, but
Instantly got up.
In round eleven Nelson took the ag-
gressive and shot swift left to the
body, after which they clinched Hy-
land whipped his right to the mouth and
Nelson sent in two solid body punches
Tie men fought an instant at long range
and after an exchange of rights to the
face Hyiand swung terrific right to the
body. Nelson came back at him like a.
tiger and landed several rights and lefts
TO the face. He then rocked Hylands
head with a hard uppercut and forced
the latter against the ropes. seeking to
land a knockout punch Nelson had the
advantage OF the round.
Round 12-Nelson came up fresh. He
caught Hyland with a trio of lefts to
the face, and Hyland sought cover. Hy-
land appeared be bit tired at this
stage. but, finding Nelson uncovered, shot
two wicked lefts 10 the jaw and Nelson
fought back wildly. The best blow of
the round was staggering right TO the
by Nelson. ending vicious slug