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Show JOE GANS DEFEATS DE-FEATS NELSON Who Fouls Him Jn The Fourty-third Round. GoldReld, Nev., Sept. 3. Joe Gans won on a foul from Battling Nelson today in the forty-third round of the most gruelling ring battle ever seen In this country, and tho colored man mav now fairly claim the title of lightweight light-weight champion of tho world. In the last round Nelson, with apparently, apparent-ly, a deliberate purpose, struck the negro low. Gans sank to the tloor of the arena, and Referee Slier proclaimed proclaim-ed him the winner, a decision which tho crowd approved. In every round of the fight Nelson kept boring in and butting his adversary adver-sary In the chin with his head. Repealed Re-pealed warnings from tho refcreo seemed to havo no effect on him, and the protests of Gans availed nothing. The colored man, on the other hand, fought a clean, square fight, far excelling ex-celling his younger opponent in cleverness clever-ness and ring generalship, hitting him almost at will on the face and body, but never with force enough for a knockout. For the tlrst eight or ten rounds the contest was as line an exhibition as any spectator could wish to see. Guns hammered and slashed Nelson witli straight arras, uppcruuts, hooks and swings, and at one time It looked very close to a knockout for tho Dane. Then the latter began to rally, and frequently forced Guns to the ropes. Gans tried to keep his man away, but Nelson was always coming to him, and for round Rfter round they fought and wrestled breast to breast, regardless cf science. Contest of Endurance. After twenty-live rounds It became a contest of mere endurancqiand there was not much apparent advantage on either side. After a breath-taking mix-up the men would retire to their corners and come up fresh and strong for the next round. The remarkable strength and enduring qualities of both lighters has rarely been seen. |