Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
BAT AND LUCKY
ARE FRIENDS
FAMOUS TURFMAN DoTEs UPON
NELSON
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A romantic interest is attached to
the training of Battling Nelson as he
tolls away in the cool open places of
Lucky" Baldwins ranch preparing for
the battle with Aurelio Herrera, which
is to send him up a notch or lose for
him a rung along the shaky ladder of
pugilistic fame.
dreamed of, Lucky" Baldwin's ex-
ploits added zest to the wonderful
tales of Californias golden days, and
fabulous are the stories which hover
about his flirting with the tickle dame
of fortune.
The Lucky" cne has ever possessed
n hobby. Horses sometimes-then
again-but always a hobby, and now
there has come to the aged lord of
Arcadia something which he is enter
ing into with all the energy that
marked the events of his earlier years.
The king of lightweights has secured
a hold upon the old mans affections,
and everything which may add one
iota to the Danes chances are his for
the asking.
Quartered on the broad Baldwin
acres is some of the proudest horse
flesh that ever dashed first under the
wire in classic derbys of the Ameri-
can turf-equines that Lucky" Bald
win cares for with Jealous eye.
To a mere boy has old Baldwin
thrown open his precious stables Be
cause nature gifted him with a Won
derful body, and because old Baldwin
took a fancy to him, Battling Nelson
wanders about the big ranch astride
mounts the Emperor of Norfolk, which
money could not buy, and jaunts along
the country roads at the close of IL
hard days training.
If some other hero of the ring has
worked under similar conditions neglect
has been made in the matter of re-
cording the same. Whatever Baldwin
does he does we'll, and no expense has
been spared to make things comfort
able for Nelson during his sojourn at
the ranch.
Nelson is leaving no stone unturned
in an effort to perfect his condition
He realizes that he has q large sized
undertaking mapped out and will take
no chance with the Mexican. A knock
down leaves an indelible mark upon a
boxer and that is exactly the reason
why Bat is fortifying himself to such
an extent for the Bakersfield boy.
The two were going it at a lively
clip up in Montana a year and a half
ago, when of a sudden the Mexican
came across with q jarsome one that
put the Battler to the floor The latter
recovered with a great display of re-
cuperative power and earned the de-
ciSion. The effect of the knockdown,
however, which was the first expert
enced by Nelson, produced marked
effect and he has since sworn by the
Meixcan's hitting powers.
Young Corbett in his palmy days,
Britt, McGovern and others have
landed flush upon the iron jaw of the
champion with nary an effect. The
Dane, however, like any other boxer,
probably possesses a Vulnerable spot,
and some time he must go down and
out.
Herrera is able to hit a harder blow
than any man within twenty pounds
of his weight, and if there is one
among the present day lightweights
who can put the Dane away it is sure
ly the Mexican.
When Herman and Herrera drew
Herrera as the candidate for the Danes
game. The local manager figured that
Herrera outclassed Herman when it
came to hitting ability and offered
Herrera the match.
AS ring attraction, Nelson is so far
in the van that Manager Billy Nolan
demanded not only a $4,000 purse, but
a $4,000 bonus before he could be in
duced to match his protege with the
Mexican.
Fully $25,OOO must flow in at the gates
before the Pacific Athletic club can
declare itself square on the deal, and
the gameness of the local management
in continuing plans for the battle in
face OF the recent disturbances has
aroused unusual enthusiasm among
ring followers throughout the country.
Each afternoon a. long row of auto
mobiles from Los Angeles line the ap-
proach to the Battler's training quar-
ters, and thus far the audience has
been composed largely of the fair sex,
with whom the Battling one became
undeniaby popular during his exhibi-
tion contest at the benefit given in be-
half of the San Francisco sufferers.