The chronicle=news., 1913-07-23

part In. the making Of puGiiistic his
tory. says Ray G. Pearson, but when
the success of the Danish race In ta-
ken into consideration the fact ID
plainly demonstrated that few na-
tions can claim the honor OF having
fonr fighting sons such select few
who might be counted on the fIners
Of . MordiGsl Brown pitching hand.
The mention OF three names II suf-
fioicnt evidence Of what the Dane
has amounted to In the fighting
game. and n further evidence OF
the class Of the boys who bear them
II IL only necessary to state that one
OF them was . worlds lightweight
champion. The other claimant for
middlcweikht crown with a. good
right TO the title a. any contend
ers while the third. practically .
newcomer 10 the game. bids fair 10
soon become bantamwsIght cham
pion fthe world.
Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson
undoubtedly wss the greatest Dam
ish fighter that ever crawled
through the ropes TO do battle. What
Nelson has done In puGilism hss bcn
much. In fact 10 much that 'he
Durable Dane" - he 10 fsmiliss'y
termed by the glove fraternity. re-
allied the fact and wrote = hook
Of his career In his Idle moments
out OF the ring. Hut without dis-
paPasinG Nelson's ability ~ an au-
thor. Il can truthfuily be said that
he was far and away = greater fight
e.. His wonderful ring record.
showing bsttl~s extending over >
period Of ~ ycars. is indisputabie
evidsacc Of his class.
Nelson was born In CopcnhaGcn
on June 5. iss:. and was . little lees
than u: years old when he vas IN
the budding stage of puGiiism. nut
that stage didn't last any time. for
hat sooa biossoned out - . fighter.
with the championship bee .bussinx
In his little bonnet. Hut II u doubt
ful u the Dsae knew at that timc
what was coming TO him before b..
might realize his ambition. His
path was not ssr~wn With roses.
There were bumps apieaty for him
to pass over. =,
Nessoa Sought everything that the
peo0osees Woala allow hin 70 nighs.
aad there was oas Of hh battles
which Hat just doses o. rssesrias to
- the worst bump" Of then all be
fore or after he was . champion.
That bump Was administered In a
sis-roand fight ia the arena Of the
Old Ssar shrater In Chieaso. and the
man who handed Il out vas joc
iicadmark. . Chicago boxer. who
never cane close to reachiaG the
hriGhis attained In the psoseasios
by the Dase.
Such = dizzy nishs Nelson never
had met. II those six rounds Head
mark. BY eloutiaG Nelson on the Jaw
with all bis might. seat the tsan- %
the floor % many times that rins-
siders lost count. II wss almost Z
massacre. but the dusabieaess OF ihs
Dane WAS always In evidsaee. Time
after time whsa ksocked down hs
bounded back 10 hts feet TO coatinus
battle. A. near as the risssidcrs
who aiseaded thst mill can remcm.
her. Nelson hit the eanvaa fourteen
times after Headmark had soaked
him fourteen timcs. and then some
Headmark. Of course 20, the de.
cisson. hut Nelson was standing OIL
his feet and still looking for fight
when the final soss sounded. Bns
that kind OF = drubbing didn't stou
Hat . minute. Tie vas hack the next
week for the next show. fighting
some one else.
Il was love Of fighting that really
made Nelson a great ring man. H.,
often says that he would rather fight
than do anything else he known Df.
and when the ups and downs Of his
career are considered there Isn't =
chance In the world to dispute his
areument.
For 4? long years the Dane p,od-
ded along before he reached the
championship goal. II Was on July
4. just five ycars ago. that ia, ciout-
cd that famous negro, joc Cans. into
submisaion In II rounds at Ban
fraucisco. and saiasd the light
weight title. There was some of joy
Of revenge in that battle too. for two
years before III a struggle. lasting
~ rounds. Nelson was declared loser
70 0aas On . foul. ......
On Sept. . Of lSos. Cans made his
comeback" effort against Nelson,
with the rpRult that the Dane won