The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-27
Eliminated as Challen-.
ger for Lightweight
Championship.
MORAN SUPERIOR
A L EVERY POINT
Encompasses Former Champions
Defeat in Thorough Workman
like Fashion-The BattlerIs
Game to the Last. and
Shows Indomitable
Fighting Spirit.
by W. w. NAuGuroN.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
san Francisco, Cal, November 26.--
Farewell, a long farewell to all my
greatness"
SO said Cardinal wolscy, and in the
absence of anything better In the ma
turc of swan song. Battling Nelson
might borrow the Cardinals thunder.
For Battling Nelson has lost his great
est asset. He Is tho Durable Dane no
longer.
owen Moran did that for Nelson in
the eleventh round of their fight at
Blots Pavilion this afternoon. This
end was not unexpected Mt that for.
while on the receiving end of a volley
of hooks and upper cuts in the ninth
round, Nelson showed signs of going
through the eleventh round for
to pieces.
He worried through the tenth round
all right, principally because Moran
was biding his time, until the oppor
tunity for a settling punch Should
present Itself He all but lasted
similar reason
The opportunity finally came, how,
ever and Nelson went down full length
on his back. from n high. hand crack
on the chin, What followed was not
lovely to look upon. SPRAYING and
topping, more like Il toad than ! hli
| man being. the Dane was half up ana
wholly down no less than Ave times.
Once. while with bent legs and sig-
sing frame, he rested on his haunches.
there was a leer of defiance on his
olood-smeared face. His brain cleared
| partly, but not entirely. as he straight
ened up after each knowcdown. or fail;
| It was the easiest thing In the world
!. for Moran to ciout him and send him
aoorward again.
| The Battler Counted Out.
| Finally Nelson dropped to his knees.
1 He had been struck on the face before
| going down, but 1t was Moran's effort
to free himself from his embrace that
4 dragged Nelson to his knees as much
las anything. The Battler was IN a
bad way. His eyes seemed to be sight
less and his face was bruised and
swollen Referee Selis tolled off each
second in a clear voice. and with the.
tenth wave of his hand shouted.
you're out The official time keeper
! having meanwhile yelled ten. SO tina
LIT could be heard far back from the
| ring
Nelson made no effort to rise unit,
! fully two seconds had elapsed from
the time of his being counted out but
| just as soon as he stood erect lie
1 claimed that the timing was wrong
l
was q foolish claim, for even then
Nelson was but half awake to his sur
Iroundtngs, nor did he collect his wits
until fully minute had passed. IL
may be that Nelson, who Is at all,
| times stubborn in his contentious, Will
| try to make capital out of the fact
that he was not fiat on the floor while
the count was In progress, and that 4 E
! he had heard the count correctly. lie
could have jumped to his feet and re-
Suned boxing.
Such claim Will only make him Il
mark for rldicule. If anything Selig.
| was over-lenient with the Battler. Nell
son went down once or twice without.
| being struck IN the closing round and
might have been disqualified then and
| there.
When Nelson pulled himself togeth-
or sufficiently to realize what had zap
4 pened. he grasped Atoran's hand und
4 complimented MIN OF, his victory, tha'
crowd yelling as the bruser and brutS-
ed eXchangedga hearty grip.
sympathy for Nelson. ?
4 There We're expressions of sylnpa-
thy for Nelson as the spectators came
4 away, but this did not. prevent tho
4 regulars Yoicing their admiration for
i the splendid battle put up by Moran.
He cut down his opponent arttsti-
! cally. Tic little Britisher showed
4 signs once or twice OF being a tritie
ilurried when the action was fast. but
4 q warning yell from his corner
always caused him to steady down.
and he went through with his plan
4 OF licking the far-famed Dane little
by little Moran depended principally
4 upon body punches. He cut loose
Il time and again with right swings
4 for point above Nelsonfsi left hip,
Nelson intercepted many OF these With
4 his elbow and forearm. but still q
great number OF the punches landed
After the first knock down III the
eleventh round he laid on with tho
kidney punch" as he did with rights
to the jaw
A straight left jab also helped out
in Nloran's case. He, proddcd Nelson's
Il face repeatedly with IL and, rs q rule.
lmunas ed 70 avoid Nelson's counters.
About the only thing IN to-9aS's
contest TO recall NELSON'S other nshts
was the steady, aggressive manner W
(which Nelson kep- boring IN. Tho Eat
3t,,tler took for his motto IN his early
+ years as champion the words; y
never back up,s and It can always he
said that he went down with his
y cot6rs nailed to the mast.
found I--They rushed and fought
. shoulder to shoulder, Nelson scored
nrst, with q clean left hook to the Jaw,
They buffeted each other about, Moran
4 shooting rights and lefts to the face.
81 II was e,!ve and take, at close range,
a until the round terminated with hon-
ors 3cNeTi.{ -
Round :---Mlran drove his right to
3 tho ribs and followed u with several