The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-22
.S|LER'S PARTING SHOT
At NELSON'S MANAGER

Battling Nelson's manager is re-
ceiving a hard grilling for matching
his man against Jimmy Britt. His
grillers say he used bad Judgment
and, therefore, is accountable for his
protege's defeat. Nothing. however,
was said of bad matchmaking until
after the Dane was punched Off his
pedestal. Had he defeated James
Edward, the manager would have
been hailed as the cleverest individ-
ual in the game pugilistic. But such
is fate in. all walks of life. when
man is down, put the boots to him.
The Danes overseeT, won the dis
like of all fair-minded sporting men
when he became prominently known
in the game, and that without
struggle He made himself obnox-
ious when, after losing the toss, he
refused to stand for Jeffries as refer
ee for the Nelson-Britt fight at Col
ma. He demonstrated he was the
most unfair man that ever spliced
himself to the sport when he wolfed
everything at Goldfield, and he adj
ded to his unsavory reputation when,
at the eleventh hour he demanded a
bonus of 10 per cent of the gross re-
ceipts from the management of the
recent fight.
His stand and deliver" methods
have been construed as shrewd man.
agerial abilities, and men of his ilk
toted to him like an American pam
handler to ties to a tomato can. In
oculated with the idea that he was
supreme in everything pertaining to
the game, from managerial and
matchmaking standpoint, he consid-
cred himself infallible, therefore,
when he matched his breadwinner
against Britt, he had a moving pic
ture of himself strutting on both
sides of the street and being pointed
out as the cleverest man that ever
sliced off good portion of fight
er's earnings.
He did not make a mistake when
he matched his supporter against
Britt, as it really looked a good thing,
but he erred when he failed to match
with Joe Cans and to hold the cham
pion to the agreement with $4,000
forfeit. According to reports he was
willing to match at 1872 pounds, but
baked when Cans lifted that weight
four ounces, and those four ounces
lost him forfeit of $4,000, as Cans
would have planked down that
amount of money for return match
with the once Durable Dane" He
could not, however, figure his man
other than winner, and as such he
would have been in a position to
''Shylock" Cans out of the four
ounces of flesh. He figured well, but
his righteousness swamped his
The manager and his brcadwinner |
admit, strange though it
may seem, that Britt won fairly and
have no complaints to make. Not |
so, however, with the excuses. The
states they lost because the
fighting end of the combination neg
lected his training, and Nelson's ex-
cuse is an overlooking of the stomach |
after weighing in. These excuses |
would have been secret assets of the
vorable to the combine.
Nelson attributes one cause of his
over Britt at Colma to a
weeks growth of beard, the bristles
being brought into play to rasp
Britt's chest and shoulders, and he
boasted of the abrasions made by |
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For his fight at Goldfield with Cans
he says he soaked his hair in alkali
water which made it like pig bristles
and excellent for rasping when but
ing. Is it possible he overlooked
,hese, to him, scientific principles of
he art of self-defense in his battle
with Britt?
His recent defeat lost him snug
'ortune, as a victory would have net
ed him at least en- even split of a
$4,000 or $4,000 purse with Cans
and long theatrical engagement at
10 less than 81 900 week. Bat was
4 crackerjack fighter and as game a
boy as ever crawled through the
'opes. He made hay while the sun
,hone and stacked it for future use.