The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-23

Battler in the mid
Gle or the tweut1 second round.
Was Nelson the fighter Of old2 say
no. The Nelson we have known ap-
peared with particular brilIiancy when
he had the other fellow going He
tore after him as though he was just
entering the ring, but yesterday he
tired SO badly that he could not stop
the young lion from Milwaukee when
the latter appeared on his last legs.
NELSON'S UNLUCkY NUMBER
AT that Nelson was not knocked out.
nor even once knocked down VOL
CAST viii enjoy the unique distinction
of having won a championship contest
without scoring knockout or
llnockdown, or having a decision rem
dered in his favor in the ordinary
sense. When the fortieth round had
some just % seconds-Nelson's lucky
number-Referee Smith stopped the
night and declared a new champion.
Did he do right? say he did. The
BattIer was gone. one eye was closed
lightly and the other so nearly shut
81 was almost impossible for him to
see IN the gathering twilight The left
side Of Ills face swollen twice its nat
ursl size, his ears torn and bloody it
was "a humane act on the part Of the
referee Many persons will caviI at
smiths actions. thinking that Nelson
. should have been permitted 10 stay
the limit but what good would that
have done the sturdy Dane2 The de-
l.-eF.-r, -4,r-cr 1,---e orov,a
ii was q merciful act to save him from
further punishment
WoLGAsT FOUGHT MARILY
The boys started on their journey at
$50. Nelson looked considerably taller
and a bit heavier than his opponent
one could not help thinking that the
usual beating was in store for Wolgast,
as in the case Of so many former chaI-
Iengers Of the champion. wolgast
fought warily. II led US to believe
that the Dane would have an easy vic
rory. Nelson forced Ad around the ring
and the latter would but seldom make
a stand It looked like pay off" on
the old Battler in each succeeding
round
BY the time the sixth rolled around
il seemed Wolgast was listening to too
much advice from his corner He was
TOO inclined TO glance that way. But
At the same time it could be told he
was following instructions to the let
ter. and that won for him in the end.
The seventh, eighth. ninth and tenth
found Nelson forcing and Wolgast COW
ering and occasionally unwrapping and
haying the Battler. Nelson seemed dis
turbed as early in the fight as the
thirteenth from punching that in other
fights would not have feazed him.
Two tired men uOed the scratch in
the fifteenth and neither gathered
much rest in the next five rounds At
the close OF the twenty-irst Wolgast
was obviously the more tired of the
two.
DEMON DROPS, But RECEIVERS
Nelson opened the twenty second
with a hard crack on Ads jaw. The
latter nearly dropped, but came on.
Nelson met him with right handler on
the point Of the jaw and the Dutch
Demon" dropped to the floor. He
arose instantly. but quite wobbly. The
BattIer rained blow after blow on his
covering adversary. but could not put /
him away and Wolgast went to his /
corner nearly as fresh as the Dane.
Like the COrbett- Fitzsimmons fight |
At Carson, when Corbett dropped Fitz |
70 the floor in the sixth and failed to |
finish him in the seventh and in conse- |
quence lost his championship, so it |
happened with Nelson yesterday The
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