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Show 4 . a af b eta M W Hcxlcau Lcses D:c!:l:a to Iiclsca After Twcntj - Fierce ticunds BUTTE, UtohL, Bapt i.After twihty .rounds of the ftercfcit ' milling vr withered wit-hered Id this city, "Eattllaat'i Niiaoh, sefora la.000 partonsi was this afternoon given, the deolildd eftf AhrelU Kerrera, th 3ixlta6. . Froa the tap sl tha bell for tha Opening round tha two light , Weight! waded Into each titer with hammer ham-mer and tonga. Nelson eai-rled the .fight ta - Herrera almost without ceaeatlon thraugholit the twenty rounds. I . Herrera aeored the only wneckuewn bt tha fight, sending the Chicago Ud to tha Boor in. the fourth with hard fight en th Jaw, and Nil son took . the cOUfat bf hlh. ,Undef the rule Herrera waa obliged to tetlrl to his eorner, and before he eould gt At NeUoh again-th utter had fecovtfed partially from hi Based condition and waa able to block the fain of blows the kcxlean was IwthriHg wildly At him. Herrera in frantic efforts to land A knockout dropped hia guard And N'eldn, with a right swing, taught the Mexican oii tha Hide ,ef (he jaw, staggering him. A rueft of Nelson then Sent the, Mexican' Mexi-can' up Ag&lhat tha. ropes, and Neu son. Although groggy hlmaeir, appeared to hAte the darl-ekinhed fighter on dlsay tfeet. The gong sounded with both men fighting wildly. t In the succeeding round NeUon ahowed ha til effects as the result bf his knockdown, knock-down, maini It fiercely with the Mexican, Mexi-can, who was unable to use his wallop effectively The Chicago lad was fighting tt sucli close Quarters aa to place the lexican at a .disadvantage. Though Herrera. fepeatedly crossed his fight on Nei&drt, his blows licked their former force and seemed to only sting the clever Chicago man Into greater activity and fierceness. , . Tha capacity bf Xetaon. to take punishment punish-ment waa marvelous and hid tenacity ih pushing the issue with the swarthy opponent op-ponent following rain of blows from the Bakersfleld lad, called, forth prolonged applause of the fans. Crouching low. Nelson Nel-son Would meet the Mexican peculiar turtle guard with Almost impunity, bending bend-ing right-arm Jolt to in body in volleys. Kelson was not fattgoed, and continual Bamrfaprlng on. the Mexican's body weakened weak-ened htm Until the, ninth,. when Herrera elihcfied to Java htftiself fromhe bombardment bom-bardment of blows rained Upon him by the Dane. Tha Mexican waa breathing hard, while Nelson apparently waa aa fresh aa in tha opening round. , , Herrera drew first blood in the seventh with a tipping: left to Battling' s mouth. In the eighth Nelson) with a stiff jab to the Mexican's nose, started the claret, and repeated Jabs to the member caused Herrera to bleed profusely throughout the remainder ot the fight The Mexlcah mad a rally, td the nineteenth, nine-teenth, but his blows lacked btbant. ahd the Dana rocked the Mexican's head re-bektedly re-bektedly with left jabs which he followed bv vicious awlngt that caused Herrera to ri tfie twentieth, round tferfef a. went after Nelson, in A wild manner, his blows being cleverly blocked by the Chicago lad, who aent in his left! And tight 10 the Mexican'a body with telling effect The men fought tor a purse of $350(H 60 per cent for the winner and W ner cent for the loser-. Several thousand dollars changed hands on the fight. Herrera went into the ring a favorite at odda of 60 to 40. |