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which afterwards took place, was the
only battle that was won by careful
study of the cinematOgraph Before
this third battle, Nelson had practi-
cally defeated Cans, although losing
on a foul at Goldfield. 1 did not have
much difficulty in gaining the YER
dict. Reports of that contest viii show
that on a few occasions in the 18th
round the referee was on the point OF
stopping 1t and would have had I been
boxing any other but the hardy Bat
tier. Just before the gong sounded
before the end of the 18th round in
this particular battle, I was fortunate
enough TO land one Of my left hooks
on Nelson's solar pleXus.
1T looked as though the battle was
over. I went back to my corner feel
ing that in the next round I would be
able to accomplish that which had not
been done before, namely, knocking
out Of the Battler. Eager and eX-
pectant, 1 sat on the edge OF my chair
waiting for the gong in the 18th round
From my corner 1 could see Nelson's
men working over him and from his
limp attitude it looked as though ne
would not be able to respond. Ready
to dash out Of my corner when the
gong hit, but taking my eyes off Of
Nelson's corner for a moment i'm
agine my surprise to see him, not
waiting for the gong, but coming right
over into my corner asking Ior more
which he did.
Il have battIed with Nelson four
times had innumerable newspaper con
trOversies with him, yet / have moth
ing but admiration for his nghJing
qualities. If he could succeed IN gain
ing the championship, nobody would
be more delighted than I, but should
this next battle show that he cannot
come back, my advice, as I said before
is to quit the ring.
Jack Johnson is. not the first negro
fighter who has made himself unpopu-
lar by his offensive and bOastful man
nerS. Looking through some or the
works Of Fistiana the other day / ran
across a paragraph in which Tom
MOlyneuE, the negro tighter OF early
times, came in for a bit OF sharp
roasting at the hands of the writer
of the book. 1t was in 1911 and before
the black had tasted the bitterness OF
defeat that he grew very bOlsterouS
when some even suggested that they
might be able to hold their own
against him. The passage referred to
in the historical works is as follows:
"On the evening of October 81, 1911,
the black, MOlyneuG, was sparrlng with
an Isrealite named BittOn, and made it
so warm for him that the latter took
off the gloves and refused to continue.
WhereupOn MOlyneux, in his usual
bumDtiOus and offensive manner, Of
fered to box any man they could pro-
duce against him Tom Oliver, a young
man, who had come to box Jack Power
and was awaiting his turn, on hearing
the blacks challenge. Immediately, to
the surprise Of everybody, jumped upon
the platform and offered to fight Molly
neux then and there. The black turned
upon him savagely and demanded:
Who de debble are you, sah2 nebber
see you before I don't fight wild peO-
pie I don't know, sahr ThereupOn the
black turned and refused to fight
Young oliver. The people decried the
black for his actions. Oliver remained
on the platform and astounded every
one by putting up q wonderful fight
with Powers and showing that he had
the pluck and stamina for the black OF
any other fighting man.
It was not long afterwards that
Molyneux fought Tom Crib for the
championship Of England and Cribb
knocked out the black man in II
rounds, having defeated him once be
fore but giving him another chance
because there had been reports that
the black was not treated fairly.
The second defeat was even more
decisive than the first one. Molly
neux, however. lost all his boastful-
ness after that and he went to pieces,
being what the present day fighters
would call down and out