Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-11
he Cans Says That a Finish con-
test is Perfectly Agree
able 10 Him.
FRISCO is IN MOURNING.
teft Cross says Public Opinion Forced
Z Match But Watch the Fireworks
-Naughton's say,

Ice cans Is throwing no obstacle In
the way Of the big match with Nelson
Sc does not Impose a single condition
tourhlng on the fight or the division Of
the purse Discussing the proposed night
ne said the other day;
Nothing could suit me better than
n know that there is a good chance
ot my getting a fight with Nelson.
fought my way from the bottom
AGAINST al Of the odds that people OF
ms race have 20 meet. ! have landed
~ The boxing world as The lightweight
CHAMPION Of the world and l challenge
Nelson to meet me, Always ready TO
defend my claims / want TO 60 against
Nelson and | am ready 10 meet him on
am terms and, / repeat. at any place he
may select.
SO far as the Goldheld proposition is
concerned ! look AZ IL merely as tho
opportunity 10 fight Nelson. The money
end OF II can be settled in minute.
Just post the coin so that / know there
Viii be no huko, and III sign just as
soon as Billy Nolan signs for Nelson,
They can't arrange the fight agreement
TOO soon TO suit me.
81 can dispose Of all the prelimlnarles
Id a few minutes. What Nelson wants
/ agree 70 and that means everything
concerning the fight. We viii not ques-
ton or quarrel over the rounds II
Nelson wants 20 rounds he can have
them, or he can have a finish fight II
that suits him better a finish fight
might be a biz more agreeable 10 me
than a limited contest, but that is a
minor matter and will be easily settled.
AS for referee and the other ar
iangements there won't be any trouble
al ALL Nelson and | will agree speedily,
] am sure. Al least there viii not be
any stumbling block put IN the way by
my end OF II 20 prevent Tapid work In
signing NJ a satisfactory agreement.
Nothing has come directly TO me yel
from the Goldheld club, but ] am in
formed by my friends here that the
management is absolutely reliable and
that they will conduct the business on
"a straight basis. That suits me. o.
course. / cannot say when ! shall go
20 Godheld, for most likely / ought
io train there IN order 10 get acclimat-
Ci before the contest comes of, which
te3. VIII probably be Labor day"
FRISCO IN MOURNING.
The following IS from W. W, Naugh-
ton There Is mourning In San Fran
cisco wherever lovers Of the manly art
DO congregate, for Goldheld has secured
The Gans-Nelson fight, the juiclest plum
ia the pugilstic pie. Nor is there much
,o0solatIon In the reflection that Cold
fsld is paying through the nose for the
dainty morsel Of sport II has deprived
ne of. Tex Rickard says he could have
lssed twice the amount without the
slightest difficulty. a fact which sug-
gtsts that the Goldheld matchmakers
regard $4,000 as a mere bagatel.e.
70 seems an awful price % pay for
glove fight between pair OF little fel-
.08s at that. Thirty thousand dollars!
Forsooth. It's more than the average
nm accumulates IN a lifetime, and
hese upperut artists are 10 receive Il
FOR two hours or less OF exertion.
let US get into figures Suppose
simply for the purpose Of argument
and calculatlon-the purse is being
split each man will receive $4,000,
qr $500 an hour. II the contest lasts
two hours This. when actual working
time Is taken into consideration,
means Sli6 and some odd cents