Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-11-04 | Page 9 | That Bat Nelson Can't Come Back is Opinion of Experts

I I That Bat Nelson Cant Come ComeBack J I t Back Is Opinion of Experts i Harry Harr B Smith the well known coast boxing critic In commenting 01 i 4 the Battling La Grave fight of Monday Monda has hu the following f to say With many others who saw the go Smith thinks that Nelson failed 1 I II I to show that he could come back He sa says 1111 s Interest naturally was centered chiefly in the showing of Nelson and I to say lay that It was disappointing to his hili friends Is putting it tightly lightly It If those i iwho who saw Nelson In ia action at Richmond concluded that the champion had gone blOk there was still more reason re son for far thinking so after last nights perform performance ance anca was over He was far from being the Battler Battier that we have seen at any time since he lies has come into i to the public eye Ills His aggressiveness was wa manifest manifested ed for Nelson Nt lson has not lost his hili cour courage C ur urage age but the will to do and the shrewd placing of punches were minus quan quantities quantities titles Nor can ean Nelson N l on stand punish punishment punishment ment as he was accustomed to He tired toward the close of the battle and that was one thing that allowed La Grave to take the last round b BO so wide a margin marginI I Many of the rounds round were fairly even There nn were ere several in itt which Nelson looked to have his man izai on OD tl tie tLe a arun run ron but La Urae hud had a big blK lAnd Jad l al In la lathe Inthe inthe the sixth and seventh and came back strongly in the fifteenth The Dane Dan did the most mot during tha th IJ fight tight but his blows bloux have lout lost the Ile force fore that formerly was in hit his hi swings sad and L La Grave did the tile mot mOlt punishing Giving Nelson the t e credit credi due him for being the hor or it is quite as all Referee Smith says saje that l I Suite Grave rave met the Issue very often ana anI an With telling force tort I The Dane almost almot entire entirely I aban abandoned abandoned L his hi old style of or fighting Vrr rarely did he lock heads hadl with his op p pI c and slug slue In the till clinches Hn lie H J I either do Jo It with wilh Ia La L Gra Orator GraI or he preferred t i ti try I out A I longer lODger range rane And An Ins iliS hi trial was wan a losing lOlling proposition