The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-16

who is looking for trouble with
the top-notchers.
ness of the eye and firmness of
flesh that were sadly lacking three
months ago are very evident now
The aldermanic front is gone and
the heavy jOwls have faded away.
If the Denver lad loses this time
he might as well accept his
fathers invitation to accept a job
on the old farm.
Nelson, according to gossip, has
not been treading the straight and
narrow. The fighting Dane, who,
by the way, is simple, childlike
and shy out of the ring, fell into
evil ways soon after his fight with
HanlOn, succumbing to the wiles
of a woman for and with whom he
is said to have uncOrked many a
bottle of wealthy water. Wine, wo-
men and late hours apparently had
no effect on his fighting qualities
when he met Britt, but evidences
of jolly times began to show In the
lay-off after that mill. Nelson,
always up and doing something,
picked up weight at an alarming
rate. Upon his return to the city
from a two weeks hunting trip in
the mountains he weighed 155
pounds. For a boy of Nelson's
wiry, lathy build, that excess bag
gage bodies no good and may make
it hard for him to get to weight
He is confident, however, of strip
ping off the unnecessary flesh and
being in shape to administer an
other hiding to Corbett.
o o O
Talk about the Hyland-Neil fight
is still being heard, and, strange to
say, Hyland, the loser, is getting
the greater measure of praise.
This is partly due to the fighting
ability he showed and to Neil's
unpopularity with the gallery. The
champions actions in the ring are
distast eful to the gods who in
variably line up with the under
dog Nel's superior air, his as
sumed attitude of contempt or pity
for his opponents prowess get on
their nerves, best expressed in
their constant yelp to Hyland
when he was crowding Neil, to
knock his block off, 1t doesn't
pay a fighter, champion or dub, q"
to do any fancy steps in the ring.
If his opponent doesn't get" him,
the gallery will, and with the gal
lery against him he might as well
quit the fighting game.
. O .
Jim Casey and Sam Berger, the
amateur" heavies, are to meet
again and settle the question of
the worlds championship. Berger
won the title at ST. Louis, and
when he met Casey some weeks
ago was given a draw that he was
not entitled to. The fans and fight
critics, by unanimous vote, gave
the battle and the title to Casey,
who says there will be no oppor-
tunity for questioning the decision
this time, as he intends to knock
Berger out.
o o @
The fight promoters are in semi
panic over the possibility of the
anti-fight bill becoming law.
There seems little doubt that the
measure will go through, the only
thing now Figured on being as to
when it will become a law. All
are pulling" hard for a postpone
ment of final action on the bill
until late in March in order to give
Britt an opportunity to meet the
winner of the Nelson-Corbett fight
Beyond March a great hiatus, a
dreary waste of fightless nights
and meal ticketless managers and
fighters is seen. 1t will be back
10 the farm for many a boy, un
less a reserve fund has been al
lowed to grow.
o o o
/ No man in local fistic circles is
better known than Billy Jordan
/ the famous announcer, familiarly
! known as Let 'Er Co." Jordan
has started more fighters on tc
victory or defeat than any man In
the world, and although he is II