The Washington times., 1906-08-28
LADIES ENTHUSE
OVER SPARRING
Elite of Goldfeld Turns Out
10 See Nelson Go Through
His PAGES.
TOWN SWELLED WITH PRIDE
Arrangements for 100000 Fight Com
pleted in Record Time and Real
Money Put Up.

GOLDFIELD, New, Aug. 2S.-Golddeld
Is nothing If not Original, progressive
and unique and it would be unhealthy
for any man within sunshot of camp 20
say she is nothing.
II was considered Dy old promoters
the height Of Iemerity and impertinence
for the two-year-old village sprung from
Nevada S desert to even aspire 10 the
greatest hght of the century Old-um-
ers stood aghast when in incredibly
short order the time and place of the
battle had been settled beyond all cavil
Then the fighters came and trained and
posed for the edifcation of the towns
men. among them the most prominent
business men, miners and influential
citizens. many of them milllonalres.
Ladies' Day Caps Climax.
But to cap the climax, Goldheld mad
10 have a ladies' day 10 allow these
mems better halves. present and pros
pective, an opportunity 10 see Battling
Nelson i'm action. In every venture Gold
field has succeeded and If her Labor
Day celebration proves not a conquest.
from the standpoint or both sport and
finance. that viii be her first failure.
on the last dav OF July Billy Nolan
received from Goldfeld a letter stating
that en- route to California he might
stop on at this desert camp and PICK
up a few easy dollars by "a go between
Nelson and one Jack Clifford. Nolan
wired his willingness. Then the Silver
Staters got busy with the possibility on
a greater match. and on August II ar
tIcles of agreement were signed, just
twelve days from the first of negotla-
tIons until their close. and Nolan Is not
an overhasty dealer. Six days later
George SIleT had accepted the n"hot on
refereeing the battle. Compare IlitL Win
all other records OF celebrated usNis
and nothing ike IL can be found In me
annals of the ring
Record Preliminary Purse.
Thirty thousand dollars IS the biggest
purse ever hung up for prize hEnJ'
nnlsh or otherwise. Even the sum de-
r0sited for the one preliminary, one
thousand pluuks. is enough 10 tempt
into the arena many knights OF the
uitt. who approach 10 the standard o.
cbaDDions. To remain consistently
UNIQUE and progressive Goldneld oHers
The biggest prize ever held out for
preliminary. 1t comes mighty near
equalinE in size the poke loI Mll'y'
Tba1 mas sIrtv ner cent Of S2,3G1, which
is 81 $50. or only a few dollars more Jhah
the G0ldheld preliminary prize, over ln
ENGLAND the best OF Llrlu It4-N IL ~
,I1rnS ranging from 500 10 $1,000 In
America a $1,000 purse is " HOPPER
But the spirit here ls different from
that Of most places. ordinarily INC sIeaC
majority of promoters ana goeTS 20
urlZe fights are of the essentially sport
ing class Here they are bankers ana
brewers. miners and maenaJes, groceIs
and gamblers, druggists ana ulIttloIS3
COWBOYS and capitalists, mucEefS ana
miIli0uaiTcs every body, and they are al
united Not a Rnocker has appeared To
mar the harmonious unanimlty. Inc
first thought of them all IS Goldueld Ior-
ever and incidentally they Will enjoy the
fight Without doubt il Is The highest
class exhibition ever projected for the
squared circle.
Welcomed by Fair Sex.
The one thing that serves as the best
illustration of this is the ladies' day
rendered by Battling Nelson and cor
daily received by the fair sex of the
camp. Never before was such an offer
made or accepted. Nelson SPARED two
rounds each with his trainers, Clifford
and Lundie. and went through his US
ual routine of gymnasium work, all TO
the delight of some 200 women. among
whom were many of the most refined
classes. IL Is notable mat spriukled
through the audience, which as an
nOunCed was to be confined To the gen
tier sex were several children. escort
ed by their mothers. Not one or those
in attendance found anything objection
able iu the exhibition and yet the Bat
tier trains very nearly as realistically
as he fights
The Ladies' Aid Han was built by the
Ladies' Aid Society of Goldheld. incOr-
porated for the relief Of the distressed
and needy. Every churcu In Goldheld
had its birth there. Every charitable
enterprise was fathered there. IL rs
the one big amusement nall in town /
Ladies Aid Hal was given Battling
Nelson for training purposes, and it was
there in his gymnasium that the ladies' /
day pink tea occurred. Beat that for
originality.