Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-23
q HAMMERS BAT
BUT HE NEVER WINCES
Hegewisch "Assimilator' Never Ceases Pushing in for More
of the Same Kind-Bout Winds Up in an Exchange
of Blows-Ninth Bad for Bat, but He sticks.

round, the pair showed more TO adj
vantage. Hogan kept up his straight
left to the stomach and Nelson started
to get in closer to work on his body.
and when Hogan used his left Bat
would cross nicely with his right. Once
Nelson covered up when Hogan began
picking at him. Then he leaned in on
Hogan and started his piston punches,
which the Frisco boy did not seem to
relish.
Nelson Works Hard.
Nelson was advised by Tommy Ryan
to get in quicker and use better judg-
ment of distance when he started in the
third round. He had been poor in siz-
ing up openings. He tried continually
for Hogan's wind while Hogan was
content to trouble him with a straight
lefS Once Hogan landed clearly on
the jaw when Bat missed a swing, and
both turned to jabbing, with Nelson
working hard every second.
In the fourth round Nelson took the
lead. He was always tearing in and
landing in the stomach. Hogan stepped
back when the chance was afforded
him and worked with a long left
and right swing, while Nelson beat him
up with body smashes, and Hogan be-
gan holding. Blood came on Hogan,
and it got him excited, and he released
a swing which turned Nelson COM
pletely round just before the bell.
Hogan had only a Slight lead at the
end Of the fifth through careful work,
and was being punished all the while
with right hooks to the body, Bat
sometimes alternating with a light
swing to the face when he could get
Hogan close enough. He started to lean
forward, and the exchange IN the ropes
drew forth applause.
While the fighting was good in the
sixth and both men rallied after receiv-
ing stiff punishment, it remained for
the seventh to bring the most exciting
fighting. Hogan started to meet Nell
sons PUSHES with clean swings that
would have felled any ordinary boxer.
but Nelson stood up under them and
at all times showed a willingness to
keep going. He ripped in right and left
hooks to the stomach and at the close
White ushered him to his corner.
Nelson made a fine showing in the
eighth and for a while Hogan was Won
dering what was coming next. Four
times Hogan reached the jaw without
a return, but Bat rushed him to the
ropes and never gave him a chance to
get set for what he had intended, and
as the two little fellows stood and wal
Hoped the fans yelled with joy.
Hogan Furnishes Nelson.
Hogan punished Nelson badly in the
ninth, but it did not seem to have
much effect on the tough Nelson. He
Travelled at high speed and tossed them
at Nelson from every angle, yet Nell
son would not retreat a step and moved
in for all Hogan had, and they con
cluded the session banging away with
out attempting any guarding.
Hogan was lodging around in the
tenth and hit harder than before. He
did not waste a blow and rocked the
Battler's head with his swings. Nelson
landed a few jabs and while they we're
mixing it the lights went out and
White tried to hold the anxious boys
back from mixing it in the darkness.
The lights We're out but a few seconds
and they forced each other around the
ring n had the house in an uproar.
When the last bell sounded the boys
Rugged each other in the centre Of the
ring, and Hogan tried to get Nelson to
make a speech, but he refused. The
fan also remained in the hall a long
time taking a look at the two. and they
declared the fight one of the best they
had seen in a long time.