The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-13

NO man who ever fought Battling
Nelson has amounted 90 much after
wards * the statement made by
John r. Robinson the lightweighl
champions manager AMI TREND Tor
years. The great lighters he mas
beaten down in some ot the historic
battles of the ring nave heen broken
loartcd rs well as physical wrecks
after the Dane finished with them.
And still. Nelson would Tar rather
have his opponents keep ON tshuhS
after hc whips them. lie Is naturally
a soft-hearted sort of a fellow ana
hates To see anybody go down anu out.
Fighting Is simply business WIN
him. He bears no hard feeling toward
the men he has defeated. win IN"
exception OF Joe Cans and II seems
to me thar all tho hate possible Tor
one man 10 concentrate AGAINST an
other has been gathered into Nelson :
system against Cans SlH. belleN'
that Ii benefit was engineered Tor
Cans tomorrow. Nelson would be- tlh
first man To send a substantial. check
.Rut To ret back Ia what becomes
of hts opponents The first great hat
tie NtlNNu itlAkAANs fAt''
himself. was with Spider Wclch. a.
SAT- Lake civ. Wclch bad been
cleaning up his opponents IN great
style on the coast. and VAS regarded
as coming champion. Nelson h2a
been picked rs soft mark through
the medium of which Spider would
lump another round in the ladder
For sixteen rounds the men fought
neck 10 neck. Wclch tor the first time
in his career found a man who could
not be hurt by his blows. All the
time Bat was wearing him down, and
i'm the sixteenth nature could stand
tho strain no longer. and Welch
crumpled M in a corner ~ the ring.
He was never heard of again IN the
squared circle his heart was broken
bv the knowledge that his blows mad"
no impression on the oioniehaired
Dane
After WelCh came-Martin Canol".
Canoie was the greatest lightweight
New England ever produced. HIS lett
hand was a marvellous affair, shooting
In and ont with the rapidity OF ser.
pent's fang. and carrying sure death
with every dart. He was big taV-
orte in the betting, the san Francis 20
critics refusing 10 believe that Nelson
had actually whipped WEIGH.
First crack Candle dropped Mel
son with the left 70 the jaw. In the
fifth ne almost put Nelson away again
with the left 10 the stomach. These
were Martin greatest blows, Int they
failed utterly TO hurt the rushing
Dane. At the end OF eighteen rounds
Canole took the count both Tor that
battle and for all time as far as ring
fame is concerned. lie returned east
and fought a few sec
ond-rateTs. hut never showed the old
Candle ability II WAS gone forever
battered out OF him boy the relentless
Nelson
Then came great game Eddie Van
Ion. Nelson was still the underdos IN
the betting Ianlon ndd virtually
whipped Corbett lie Was IN prime
shane. looked the parr ~ he tighter
while Nelson was stan -rrdWnef
undeveloped voungst"r Eddie had
everything punch speed and genera 3
ship. and Was As game as pc0o.".
But Nelson put him away I'm ~ rounds
and Eddie HanlOn never amounted ID
anything afterwards
The 20-rOuud whipping which Ne.
son gave Herrera afterwards was ih"
last appearance OF Herrera IN the ring
when he was regarded "a champion
ship contender tie fought number
of battles after being whipped by Bat
bur they We're only against easy men.
Bat drove ont OF his system th"
stamina 70 fight a topnotcher
Young Corbcu in 10 rounds was
next Corbett came back and fought
Battling again but only lasted min"
rounds. Three months ago ] was with
Corhett in philadelphia and he told
me- that Battling Nelson was the man
who actually finished his career in the
ring
"Rritt and Nelson fought ~ ror-~s
Britt getting the decision Then tn"F
fought again At Gonna. and Bat knock
cd out Britt in Is ROUNDS lbs Wa TT
fight I'm which Britt was eliminated
from tho prize ring calculations. lie
was never the same Jimmy Britt lie