Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-09-20
B, NELSON STOPS
nixon IN TENTH
Battler, After Boston Victory,
Declares He Is on His
Way Back.
NOT AS RUGGED AS OF OLD
But Still Able 60 Use Familiar Boring
Tactics-Referee Saves Oppo-
nent Bad Beating.

Boston, Mass, Sept. 2o.-Battling
Nelson did not come back" for GER
tain last night, but he started back.
The once Durable Dane stopped Billy
Nixon, one Of the toughest Of the
crop Of young nghtweights in the
east, in ten rounds IN the ring OF the
Armory 4. 4. Nelson had Nixon all
but out when the battle ended, Ref
cree Jack Sheehan stopping the bout
to save Nixon needless punishm ent.
Nelson, while he did not look as
rugged as he did in the days when
he was beating Joe Cans, showed up
in surprisingly good form. He ex-
hibited no signs of fatigue and &C
tually had more endurance and stam-
ina than his younger opponent,
which speaks much for the durable
ness of the Dane, who has been
fighting for 10 years.
EFFECTIVE IN PINCHEs.
AS in the old days Bat did not
look good at the long range stuff. But
when in close he made life miserable
for Nixon, as he once did for Cans,
Britt and Young Corbett. He knew
100 ILutA LOI MAUI III the C14uNlICS
and took ali the starch out of Billy
with wei placed body blows, using
his famous Ieft-half-scissors-ho TO
the liver with telling effect.
Bat simply put his head down and
bored in in the old familiar way, the
way that won him a championship.
He was given an ovation at the end
Of the fight, which he finished in
good shape, looking TT to 90 many
rounds more.
Nelson closed Nixon's right eye
in the third round and that member
stayed shut for the remainder of the
contest. In the seventh, eighth and
ninth rounds the Battler pummeled
Nixon about the body in a terrible
manner and was seldom hit in re-
turn.
REFEREE STOPS MILLING.
After they boxed about q half min
ute in the tenth round the referee
saw that Nixon's chances for win
ming were gone and that it was use
less for him to take a licking when
he couldn't return one. He then
between them while they
were clinChed and declared the Bat
tier the winner.
Nelson is scheduled to meet James
Saylor of Indianapolis and Matty
Baldwin of Boston in this city with
in the next month. Experts who saw
him perform last night figure that he
may beat both Saylor and Baldwin.
JIM BARRY SHADES SMITH.
New York. Sept. 2O.-Jim Barry,
the Chicago heavyweight, had to fight
in his best form 70 beat Jewey Smith,
the stocky Englishman, in their ten
round tilt at the Twentieth Century
A c. last night. 1t was q grUeling
affair all the way, with both fighting
hard every second. Smith put up
grand battle, considering the circum-
stances. His right hand was injured
and was practically useless. He did
not bring it into play more than
half dozen times.
HAYES DEFEATS GOODMAN.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 20
Grover Hayes won decision over
Danny Goodman in an eight-round
bout before the Chattanooga A c.
last night. Hayes was unable to Sc
cure a knockout, but had the better
of the fight throughout. He foored
Goodman in the fifth with a right 10
the jaw and staggered him with a
similar blow in the eighth. The mill
was fast and furious.
ali the news all the time-The
Argus,