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BAT NELSON DONE FORMakes Miserable Showing Against Third llater and Get** Terrific Heating.By United Press.San Francisco, Nov. ]—Battling Nelson is “don** for” an far as his ambition to regain tin* title of Ughtwelghchampion goes, fn the opinion of i%ibOM* who saw him tight a 15-round j draw last night in Dreamland rink with Altone Laflrav*. !For once the “native son’ •spirit ( was absent among wpcctators whoj cheered Nelson’s game rallies but who were forced finally to admit the once | great “battler was only a remnant of his former self.That lie hasn’t a posible chance to ‘ 1 wrest the title from Wolgaet was the 11 verdict of nine of every to who saw i the fight. Nelson showed that he hasj* retrograded woefully in everything ex-11 eept his instinctive gameness. He was '( slow, lacked the old time punch, had 1 but little idea of distance and winced under punishment as he never did be- i ‘ fore.Lavlrave proved a poor fighter himself, which was all the more to Nel-I son's discredit. Any good man in j front of Nelson last night would have] probably knocked him out.ilt;h
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Canton News Democrat
Canton, Ohio, US
Tue, Nov 01, 1910
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