The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

LADS GRIT
IS CHEERED
Carries Fight 10 Champion and
MeefS Him at Every POfHf
Win His Own Game
By WILLIAM J. sLATTERY

Hail 10 Battling Nelson, the king
Of all the lightweights He demon
strsted once again yesterday after
noon at the Mission street arena that
he is the tighter Of fighters. the gamest
of the game and one Of the greatest
ring generals Of them all In the
fwentv-third round he stood smiling
ever the PROSTATE form of the cour-
ageous little Dick Hyland, one of the
toughest men of his inches who ever
entered The ring. Hyland fell 10 the
floor a helpless mass. He was done
for. but not out. He could have risen
and fought on perhaps for another
minute, but the humane spirit reigned
supreme in the breast Of Referee Ed
die Smith and he mercifully called
halt 10 the needless slaughter. At the
same moment Hyland's brother, Jack,
was Just about TO step in and toss the
towel into the ring as a signal that his
relative had spent his course and
should be surrendered.
Hyland resembled a hard SNOWFALL.
developed in the midst Of the winter,
while the Battler played the part of
the penetrating rays Of the sun, which
slowly but surely wormed its way into
the heavy mass. During the earlier
stages the doughty little Californian
fought and punched and battered the
indestructibls Dane till half the crowd
rose TO its feet and cheered him on,
believing that he had a chance. But
once Nelson came on the finish could
be seen. He gauged and judged his
opponent 10 a nicely. and when he was
ready TO cut him down. he waded in
and did his work Systematically
MEETS CHAMPIONS BUSHES
To the credit of Hyland, il must be
said that he is the only man who ever
net the rushes Of the great champion
fairly and squsrely and made him back
I'D tine after tine. But just what
effect these rushes had on Nelson no
body knows. The Battler does not
mention them seriously, and from the
way he acted their force failed to up
set him in the least.
On several occasions Nelson ap-
psrently Eilted under the onslaughts
of his opponent and allowed himself to
be forced 10 the ropes. He rocked
and rocked and appeared TO be groggy
and weak, but when Hyland rushed
again in the hope of completing the
good work which seemed well on its
way, the Dane only shook him OF
and showed his real fighting super
ioriry-
DROPPED BIZ HEART BLOW
The real. decisive turning point of
The battle came about in the twenty
first round. Hyland opened 10 by
rushing, and. after a few clinchss, the
champion shot his right sqGarely over
the heart and Hyland dropped ike
The prOFerbial log for the count of
I've All those close up could see
thar he Was dzzed and In a bad way.
The Bst1ler saw 1t, too. and imme-
ciztaIy started 90 tear Ia. getting ready
with right and left for the head
So calm and cool was the champion
tha1 be mO7oned 10 the moving pic
tire men. whose machines had been
idle for three rounds. 70 get ready
10 tsks the knockout He brought
ight and LETT over 70 the head and
body tine and time again. bur BY
land held his feet IN near the end Of
the round. and then Nelson put him
down for nine With well placed
swing TO the jaw The bell saved the
little Californian then
When the twen1y-second opened up
Nelson sprung at Dick like the ira
ditional tigress. He fairly swamped
The little fellow under an avalanche
Of rights and let's for the head and
the body, and Hyland fell under a
left fun TO the jaw In the middle OF
The round. 1t was not a hard punch
and il looked as though Dick had
fallen more from the force OF bis
own exerions than that of the.
wallop.
He lay there for seven and gradually
got up, getting his feet at nine. Then
Nelson went at him systematically
and gradually, and, though Hyland
fought back and used all he had at his
command, it could plainly be seen that
his efforts were only those of the
drowning man clutching al the straw
in the stream He was going, and go
ing fast, but the clang Of the bell
saved him once more when nine
Is up.
DICK GAME TO THE LAST
The twenty-third found Hyland still
weaker. but as game as ever and with
a sort Of Wild. willing. fighting look