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THE ' OREQON,; SUNDAY! JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 5. 1908. 3 BUTTLING NELSON BAITERS DOWN JOE GANS AND BECOMES WORLD'S CHAMPION DURABLE DANE FORCES FIGHTING TERRIFIC BODY BLOWS KILL NEGRO lV!A !LM?3iiiSiSI . : A -:YYi B!fB: -jliifei. IfeV 1 Vi Former Champfon Joe Cans. By W. W. Naughton. San Francisco, July 4. Joe Oans, the "ol.l mn.ster," Is no more u power In iho pufc'Illstic world which now rings with thb pralsea of Battling NVkon, the seemingly Invincible NorsemarK The combined effect of exhaustion end body bombardment did for Gins 1111 he sank as a scuttled ship sinks In the seventeenth round. As he rested on his knee with drooping head and 'heaving chest he heard the snarl of the dense crowd. It was the turmoil tfiat marknd the passing: of the champion. It wa icoid comfort lor Joe probably to know I that there would have been just as riotous a demonstration If the othor man had fallen. It was simply the royal j salute that heralds a great ring triumph 'and It mattered little to those who cheered who was tha victor. There was one there, however, to 'whom every yell was a dagger. It was Hans' wife, -who sat close to the ring. . Phe fully expected to be the first to ipreet her husband at the end of a suc ; cessful contest, but hope died within , her lonK bofore the end was reached. 1 More than likely she saw that Joe wis vanquished many rounds before the fin ish, for she sat thorn with a dpsnnlrlno V loon, ana ner eyes giuea 10 me lioor. 1 V, Blow to Smart Set. " The result was a crushing blow to the Kmart set of the puglllstlo bolt who made Gans an overwhelming favorite ft -id so awed the smaller fry of spec tators that betting became demoralized. They were shouting "10 to 4, Nelson is dftfeated," around the ring right up fo the moment the starting gong sounded and there was never a taker. It was the accepted notion that Nelson would be literally torn to places by the negro's educated fists and It was only a Ques tion of how long" It would take Gans to encompass the Danes' defeat. It was a fierce tight, all right. In the final three-rnlnute spell of battXln, ;ans went to the floor no less than tiiree times, but at that he was not sent sprawling. He was so distressed from the punishment inflicted upon him and f fatigued by the Battler's persistent milling tljat It required very fight taps to HendMne Baltlmorean to his Knees. The closing scenes of the fight oc curred after Nelson had hammered his piiiii lo the ropes. Clans, who for a few rounds, had delayed the Inevitable by - 1) KlinK on, ga.sped and dropped from a I 'fl dig In th stomach. In his eyes ' litre was a little pain, but not much of Jati lilgence. Defeat not only stared him jfh the face but looked out from his face. lie arose wearily as the count want on and trial to nail the Dane with a right uppercut. 'It was a punch that Joe had employed with signal success .ill through the mill but now the sting was gone from it. The attempt was a feeble one and Gans, whose knees were already sagging, dropped again from a Mgni cracK on ino point 01 me cnin. as lie nested on his knee. Nelson, who has been filled with bitterness, reviled and taunted him. Sana Taunts negro. "Get up and fight." sneered the Dane, but if Nelson thought that Gans was shamming, he never made a greater mistake, Jon pulled himself to his feet slowly and painfully and the wasp ish Norseman smashed at him with Ttoth hands. A right hander grazed Gsns' head and then a fairly solid blow from the same glove took the negro In the heart region. His knees bumped tho mat again, his head bent and he breathed like a Jaded horse. Ho made as if to rise but the count expired bo fore he straightened and Referee Walsh turned to Nelson and said, "You w.inl" Although Gans' uppercut had poked Nelson artistically and effectively ft can hardly be said that there was one mo ment during the fight when Gans looked n winner. In the first six rounds "lie round tne right or way to Nelson s chin whenever he wanted to and while many of the blows were merely snappy ones there were times when Gans put all the eirengm ai nis command oenind his up fcerouts. Whenever he did so the best he accomplished was to tilt the Dane's head or send the Dane reeling a pace or Just Before the Famous Gold fie Id Battle of 42 Rounds In 1906. The battle light was always glinting in nnnrai 1 eyas ana ne was always boring In and flinging his arms at his dusky opponent The roost dlscouraglig thing to the Gans men around the ring fiercest blows and kept piling In for more. B Bored la Always. It oan safely be said that Nelson never rougnt more determinedly during the wliole of his career. He was after the ohamplon from bell to bell, and whatever dull moments there were n the close fighting were due to Gans' holding tactics. Hy the time the seventh round began Nelson's face was puffed and blood flowed freely st his nose and mouth. It was in this spell of fighting that he first began to fill tho hearts of his backers with hope. He held the negro even and there were many severe slug glrg matches with which the round abounded, find as Gans went to his chslr with an unsteadv stride and eyes aglare the air was vibrant with the yells of the Nelson phalanx. In the following round again Nelson punished Gans and forcrd him to devote a great deal of time to clinching and Mocking. At the best of times Oans looks sertoi;s when In glove conflict and it Is not the ealRt thing to tell wheth er he Is becoming down .oast or not. In today's affair he had us guessing-. as usual snd occasionally when he saw fit to draw sway -and send In tantlllxlng left and right uppercuts we were more st sea as to Joes tru condition than eve'. He punished. Nelson severely at snrn ttmes and the men In Joe's comer murmured that whenever he slowed down he wm simply resting so as to hae somelitriK In reserve lor a long drswn ou BotK Xanuner4 tm JTistfe. In the ninth round both men were hammered to the queen's taste. Gans, by this time, was inclined to prolong the clinches and he scted as though f- T-rT second's rerlte he struggled for ws- absolutely necessary. It was told afterwsrds in the dr!ng rooms that In hir particular rouna ieun mmirrra iu trms and began to ram In lifting punches with both gloves. Then cheers for Gans were In the air. Nelson's head wagged and he stood a few seconds without fighting back. He spread his legs and weathered the storm. Before the gong ended tho round Nel son was the aggressor again and Gans' eyes were rolling from the effects of a couple of solid body punches. After seeing the way Nelson bore himself af ter the battering Gans subjected him to. the hopes of the Gans men were dushed. The Dane was very Jaunty when he skipped from his chair at the signal to get together In the eleventh. He pressed Gans around and around the ropes and in the next round the fast tiring and i badly pummelled champion was brought to 1ns knees three times. In no case was he flattened out. When the thirteenth round began no one with an atom of sense would have given u rotten apple for clans' chances, lie paid particular attention to holding on and protecting his body. Once irrSa while tie rammed In uppercuts which were un erring as to distance and direction, but wnicn jNesn cared no more i or man he did for the hills' breeze which blew on his face. Ieans Keck to Weok. The Dane had scented victory now and his arms and fists wero as busy as flails at harvest time. He leaned neck to neck with (Jans and lie tried to tear away the crossed forearms wiiieh acted as a fender for the negro's ribs. Joe was a badlv used up champion at this time and by the use of a little strategetn the Dane managed to sneak in hard nunohes below the euard. Then when Joe sank his forearms still lower. Nelson changed off to overhand punches which made poor, Gans' head twitch and roll. There was one brief spell In the four teenth round 'hen Nelson was fought to a standstill. ' He paused a moment, took fresh bearings and then went at his man pell mell. Before the round was over Gans was crouching, holding and twisting his loins -In a vain effort to escape the short arm Jolts that were tearing into nis ring. Through tho fifteenth round again Gans either backed or clinched In seven seconds, out of every ten the men were fighting. Nelson finally pinned him against the ropes and hammered at body and neck until Joe dropped to his knees. When Gans arose Nelson was right after him, punching and punching and all the Baltlmorean's thoughts were atune to saving his hide and lasting out the round. x Pushes Bat Thronjri Hopes. Goon after the seventeenth round be gan and while the men were In half- clinch, Gans exerted his strength and pushed Nelson through the ropes. It almost looked as If the negro was in clined to resort to any old subterfuge to get rid of his merciless, pestering ad versary. Welsh pulled them back Into fighting territory and the Dane battered his leg and arm-weary opponent clear across the ring. Then came the end On the showing made it would hardly do to say that oans lost because he Is old and ring-sore. It Is doubtful. If Gans in nis prime couiu nave lived tnrougn such a storm of action and buffeting as he experienced today. As for Nelson, the further he went the stronger and livelier he became. Ho certainly made good his claim to Ie known as the Durable Dane. When It's all over It Is simply giving further point to the contention that "you can't dope fighters." Unhols had the better of Nelson. Britt defeated Nelson at the Auditorium. What Gans did to Unholz and Britt are among tho pathetic mem ories of the ring game. Flffht by Rounds. Round 1 They shake hands. Gans stabbed Nelson with three lefts to face. He forces Gans around the ring, but failed to land. Nelson plumped Into stiff left. Gans cleverly blocks Nel son's lead and -clucked a hard right fmnch. They clinch. Nelson putting eft to body. Nelson lands hieh on Gent' head. Gans tried hard to cross mm two light lefts to body. Gans woDDiea nelson with hard right and left hooks: in clinch ripped out two )lr plfflila n 4 . ... V...1. t hard left swing at gong. It was an even round. Kound 2 Nelson hooked Gans on ear wim lert, uans just missed wicked right for Jaw but, got there with next two irys. j ney mix in prolonged clinch. uans rocKS ieison's bead with two more surr rignts. In clinch he sunk hard left to body. In furious mlxup i.wicu ngnis ana lens on Nelson s Jaw but could not make him back up. Gans is bleeding from mouth as re sult of light left. Head to head, they yiny lur uony in cnncn. Nelson swung himself off balance with wild left. Gans staggered the Battler with vicious right uppercut. Gans' round. Round S Gans chopped Nelson with left and two rights to Jaw. Later rained three savago rifrht" books on Bat tler a point. Punch to nose started him bleeding prorusely. In a long clinch they fight for body. Nelson, after swinging himself off feet and taking two vicious cracks, landed a hnrrt rli-h? on the negro and started the short end i ers choerlng. He had the negro back ing up in this round, although covered with blood. Nelson went to nis corner strong. Gans had a shade the best of j Round 4 The Dane poked Joe with left to jaw taking two stiff lefts In re turn. Gans punches Nelson on Jaw at will. In cliAch he landed vicious right hand heart punch. Nelson Jolted Joe with light left uppercut. Referee Welch cautioned the Dane not to butt. Gans turned Nelson around with right hook. Thev are fighting head to heud in what looks to be a prolonged clinch. Gans caught Nelson a hard right hand punch after the gong, but the liana laughed. Guns' round. Round 6 They clinched. Both fight for body. Gans held both Nelson's hands and letting go poked the Battler with three stiff rights. Nelson got home a hard right to jaw and cleverly ducked Gans' vicious right swing. Nel son Insists on lnf chrtnir ('.ana tunk. tiled htm with a powerful right and put hard left to tho body. Gans' round. Battlr is taking his usual beating, but is still strong. Round 6 Gans starts boxing at long range ana Dacxs away rrora tne ever- aggressive Dane. Ho chops Nelson on tho Jaw with a right and left. Nelson Jolts Joe with a right as they clinch. He staggered Gans with a hard right handed punch to the head. Gans's left hand body punch made the Battler grunt. He sent two more hard ones to the body. Battler sent home a right and left to head and took the same in return. Gans having a bit the better of the mixing. Round 7 Bat runs out of his cor ner after tho negro. He misses several left tries. Gans plants right hook to the Jaw. They cllnoh. Gans shook Nelson with stiff right, but Bat was right on top of him. Gans hooked Nel son with a vicious left swing to the Jaw. Nelson stopped him for a mo ment with hard punches to the body. Nelson Is holding his own for the first time.. The Dane cut Gans over . the right eye and sent him te his corner badly bleeding. Kven round. Round 8 Nelson sent hard right to law, but took a rain of hard wallops In return. They clinched. Bat put light left to the Jaw, which is sore, with both hands fre, they fight head to head. neither aolng any damage. Nelson finally lands rain of punches on Gans, who stalled the round out. Joe was a bit weak going to his oorner. This was Nelson's reund. Round B Nelson ran after Gans as the bell called them to the center, but Gans copped out with two lefts to Jaw. Gans gets there with three more hard rights. They exchange lefts for body. They clinched. Bat clots a hard one on jaw. Joe looks a bit worried. The Dane Is fighting every moment of the time. He caught Joe hard to Jaw stag gering the champion. After raining punch after punch on Joe he sent him Champion Battling Nelson. the punishment. It was the Dane's round. Round 10 Joe came up weak. Nel son was right after him and hooked him light right on Jaw. Gans came back witn rour vicious rights but could not etop the Dane. They clinched. Nelson misses with left. Gans hooks out with both hands. The Dane Is again bleeding badly. So Is Gans. Ga,s gets there with Doth hands In clinch. Nelson chopped Uans with two hard rights. Gans takes lead In furious rally, rain ing punch after punch on Bat's Jaw and wobbling Wm about the ring. The Dane however, tore after him as hard as ever and had Gans backing away. Even round. Round 11 Nelson caught Joe a light hook on the Jaw. Gana lands three straight lefts. Nelson puts hard right to body. Ha tears after Gans, who stings the Battler with a dozen right hand punches. Nelson comes back with hard rights. Ho pounds Gans and takes the hardest wallODS Gans has without wavering. Gans missed riirht swing. Nelson did tame. Gans catches the Battler three hard rierhts tn th Jaw. They were fighting furiously at the gong. It was Nelson's round. Round 12 Gans wallODed Bat with three hard right hooks. The Rattler came right after him. Bat landed two hard lefts. Gans came back with vicious right and left to Jaw. Bat has Joe go ing after another furious rallv hut Gans gamely stands his ground. Gans went 10 noor rrom ugnt lert to Jaw. I He stayed down nine seconds. fin sinks down from . body punches. He I is up at nine, isel.ion asrain nuts h m down with hard lefts. As he gets up he put hard right to Nelson's jaw. The gong saved Gans. He was all but out in this round. He looked as though he wanted to stop. The crowd simply ncm wuu. Ail ieison now. Round 13 Nelson tore right after Gans, but evaded the issue. They ex changed body punches in clinch. Nel Bon puts Gans down with hard body punch. He hangs on in clineh. Bat puis rignt nara to body. "Uans put left to Jaw. They clinch. Bat planting for stomach. Gans seems to be losing his fighting spirit. He has Gans weak ana sicmv as me ocu rang. Nelson's rouna. fiouna 14 Again the Battler tears aiter uans. ne lantla light right hook io jaw. iney cnncn. rsoth Jolt each other with rights to head. Gans wal lops Bat hard with right. Bat came back with hard swing. Nelsen again had the bettr of the round. Gans came back a bit toward the finish. Round 15 Nelson missed loft swing, but chases after Gans. In an effort to fight at close range they clinch. Nel son landed low left hand nunch ni. son puts left to body and same to face. Gans chops the Battler with two hard rights to Jaw. He cannot budge Nel son. The Dane weakens Joe with hard body punches, but Joe gets there with three hard right-hand punches. Body punches weaken the champion. The Battler, bleeding worse thaji ever, went to his corner as strong as ever. Qans seems to be husbandlne what litn strength he has left. Nelson's round Kound 16 The Dane misses left an takes hard right on Jaw. Joe puts four hard rights to Jaw, following It with inreo more, out tne fane nuts him The Great Day is over but the Big Alteration Sale goes on just the same -You can get just as much for your money now as you could before and a lot more here, than elsewhere, note the fol lowing prices on Men's Suits $H0.00 Suits at . . $29.75 $30.00 Suits at . . $23.50 $25.00 Suits at . . $18.25 $20.00 Suits at. . $U.25 $15.00 Suits at . . $10.50 in. t t a a n aTk am i noseoDiarr a u Cor. Third and Morrison Streets THOMAS AUTOS It GRAND PRIX RACE Only American Entry Makes Ninety Miles in Practice on French Eoad. NEW RACE TRACK OPEN lil AUGUST Grand Circuit Performers Will Come for Special Races During Meeting. Over 70 miles an hour for a dlstanoe of nearly 500 miles ts the killing pace that will have to be maintained to equal the performance of the winner of last year's French Grand Prix on the Dieppe course. Forty-eight Kuropean cars have undertaken to attempt the stupendous task, and America has come forth with one champion In the Thomas Flyer entered by the K. R. Thomas Mo tor company and the Harry S. Houpt company. Unlike the European flyers, the Amer ican machine that Lewis Strang has been engaged to drive is stock chassis similar to the 1P08 output, with the in tne eioentlon of a slight Increase down with right hand body punch. The cylinder bore. In selecting to race bell sounded before Joe got up. He la against speolally built Kuropean racers with right but missed. Nelson rappej I fo the corner. Gans weskenlng under badly beaten colored bov. -Hln fn showing as many scars of the battle an Nelson's. Nelson's round. Gans seems to be suffering a chill in his corner. Round 17 Gans is very sick and trembling, but he fights the Battler as hard as his strength will permit The Dane is right on ton of him. tniln many a hard punch on the Jaw In order to get to Gans' stomach. In a mlxup near the ropes Gans pushed Nelsen out or tne ring, in neutral corner Joe took a bad bod- beating and Is on the verge of collapse. He hit Gans two hard lefts on Jaw. Joe goes down from a hard right to the stomach. Gans goes down and was counted out by the ref eree. Nelson wins. Pleasure trips by trolley today to Oregon City and Canemah park. 45 cents round trip. Tickets on sale In waiting room, First am. Alder streets. Cars leave every SO minutes, on ' the hour and half hour. VALUABLE CUPS WON BY MOTOR BOAT RACERS. Gans: "l don't know Mbr rou're stalling or not but If veio are as hd off as you awo to be, til hsmmer the lift out of rou before Tn through." Poaaiblr the three arted as a rpurt to m. In any case he ranked hlm oolf away froia contact wits Naleoo ' vY - -Y - li -i ?- 'V':- .Y' - ' 'V a a,., a JiyA: y4 -aV . Y; H ,YrY;""Y Y ; -C ': - . - ' f- Trophies Awarded WinBen la Foor Rac on Wlllsmetto Tegterday. '"rrom Right to Left Thy 'Were pre sented by GTBrtx A' &lDi, G. Heitkemper Co., Abendrott. Brothen and A. C. Feldenbeimer. ' A - . ..-, - . . -. .-a, Y a y - 1 - a Harrv B. Houot believes that ne will give the best possible demonstration of the value of his car for speed, relia bility and endurance. Racing headquarters have been se cured In the town of Dieppe, which Is but three or four miles from the mag nificent course on which the great raco will be run. To be present at the drawing of lots and to accomplish all file formalities of cylinder verification, the entire team came to Paris after a few days on the course and will return to Dieppe to remain permanently until the day of the race. Tests on the fast French roads have proved that the Thomas racer can attain a speed of 90 miles an hour, which Is sufficiently fast traveling to Justify the belief that the American representative wiU give a good account of itself on the day of the race. For the present the Dieppe course Is rigorously closed to all racing cars. 6trang will thus be obliged to make whatever further tests are necessary on the other high roads. Touring oars, however, cannot be kept off the course, and a considerable amount of time will be spent on all the more difficult stretches In order that the driver may be thoroughly familiar with all condi tions at the time of the rare. Strang will carry with him as mechanic Au gusta Gulchard, while Montague Rob erts, who has been entered as reserve driver, will be ready to take the wheel In case of any mishap prior to the race The course over which the Thomas car will have to comp"te Is a fair eam plo of Fn-nch highway It is of tri angular shape, nearly ii miles around and will have to be covered 10 times. The whole surface will le perfect all bad spots now being repaired, tnd the whole -4 miles will he treated with tar. There are straightaway stretches on which the highest possible speed can be attained, two rather difficult wind ing down trades, a long winding up grade on which some of the contestants will he to drop into a lower gear, snd at least three pronounced hair pin turns. L'ndCT- the European regulations all work on the cer 'must be done by the driver I and his mechanic; thus from tiie mo ment "go" Is given to the time the race is called off it will be Impossible for Ft rang to obtsln uir other aid than the handing of tlfs. gasoline or tools over the stout barrier. In common with all other firms, the Thames coir pany will have a rasoltne and tire eland Immediately tn front of j the grand stand, and It Is "eere that ; the mechanics snd general utility men will be In reodlness to hsnd over any- thing that may be needed j The start of the race will take place 1 at I a. m , the first car to leave being an Austin ef English manufacture. The; Thomas hs enured fifteenth position, st the starting line, the ear tmmdlate-j It sheed oelng Jenatsy's Mora and the one behind George Heath's panhsrd. AI-! together there ere 4 competitors, rep- 1 rentlg America, Germany. Era-land. 1 Italy and Belgium. ! Additions! User klor, j On Monday. Joly I tha Chicago. Aj i a nmriB iiAtw wui nan an a oal tlonsj throufh sirring car Portland to Chicago For rervaUena Inquire of R. V. Holder, georal ag"t lll-B Third treoC According to present plans the mile oval at the Country Chib and Livestock association grounds will be open for warming-up and trial "spins" between August 15 and 20. After that tlmo op portunity win oe orrerea an wno ex pect to enter candidates In any of the week's card of harness racing events to maxs use or wnat expert horsemen who nave visited tne plcturesnue amnhithe- atre, regard as one of the finest race courses in America. ISO less than 30 local race horsp nreeoers nd owners will have their tal ent stabled on the grounds before Sep tember 1 and will put the entries through a course of crellmlnarv snmiitx for several days prior to the opening of me race meet. a. d. oauey or AiDany. who has a splendid track of his own, will send a large string of entries to Portland at least a couple of weeks before the meet and prepare them for the finals on the local track. Because of the widespread agitation against bookmaklng and racetrack gambling in the cities of the grand cir cuit In the east the local management has been able to secure for exhibition heats, some of the finest performers in the country, though the names of these seasoned campaigners in the east are not given out at present. One of the exhibition events promised for tho banner race day of the week is a "grand circuit" trot for a special cash prize. In which there will be a oomrffura card without performer with a record of over 2.08. Negotiations are under way with the local managements of the grand circuit meets for the sending to Portland of a number of sweepstake winners of last year, and the number that respond will determine the value of the purse te be hung up. s purely advertising scheme cou pled with true sportsmanship, a flno string of high grade trotters and pao " ers will be on hand here from the dp-, ' minion exhibition, to be held at Calgary,. Canada, this and next week. This string, will appear in only the exhibition, classes, and Is likely to make more or less of the race meets In the entiro' northwestern circuit, Including Salem. North Yakima, Portland, "Wall Walla, and Spokane. i In order to hold out the proper In ducement for the sportsmen of the ev -eral Canadian cities In the northwests which hold annual fairs and race meets.! the different cities on this side of thj International boundary line are consld-i erlng the plan of offering a grand) sweepstake trophy for the winner o each of the special events on the pro- gram. For the reason that the entry' fees for the first meet here will prac-. tically cover all the purses hung up in the early closing events Portland -mm. probably contribute heavily to such a fund. Calgary. Bdmondton. Winnipeg. Brandon nnd Rea-ina nil Pnn.Hi.. Ing points, have been asked to partici pate and some fine speeders are aur ' to be entered In these extra events. 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