The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-19
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AGAIN BEAT CANS {
General Opinion IS That Batter
Will Have Things His
Own Way.
IsYJEFF I'HONIpyON.

L Is ID H. U III
NEW YORK, J uly 1s.-Tlc Old Mas
ter wants to feel again tho weight OF
ter years q batti iin Which lifted him
4 70 u pug listic pedestal, lie t,imbled
/ sheer into oblivion by tho punching de-
,!yerea G g TX Battllng Ne else
agar. the height from which he was
fingers owned by Battlins Nelson.
And that fight has been arranged.
Aside from the sentimental feature. Ba I
need not care whether Cans wnllops
ing or not. He Is on cosy avenue SO
FAR as coin goes, and Il would take Ia t
Six months to count his collection OF
Iron men one by one. 4.
& II plans do not niscarry, Bat ana
Joe Will once again foregather In the
asana isos rha figR RHf viii BE- ssp
u finish and both are preparing now
to get In trim for the battle. Joe
thinks he underestimated the h,iski-
vious occasion, ana Is now overlooking
no bets. Joe says he will be there
with bells on and a vacant place where
the belt used to cling. But he Will
be tit as trout and in condition, he
Nelson will get $4,000. for lie. is
now able to arbitratc his own share
or tho receipts, being champion. Cans
will get $4,000 and one-thlrd OF the
fight pictures. The referee will be
Tex sRickard. the Nevada fight pro-
moter, was responsible for tho tenta-
tive plans, but there Is always n pos
sibility OF fighters falling down on the
job. However, the ex-Old master seem
tkx,,r "a Yt>rx, ut 1ns.
Batter that 1t seems. nothing will pre-
vent him from jumping the ropes and
putting up his ebony fists once more.
Now, Joe isn't squealer, but human
nature is a very funny propositions.
FOE wants to make his future actions
his excuse.
Mitch Nelson Money.
Bats friends think 1t Will be like
stealing milk, from the che-ild on IA
Dor Day. They are going to wend
toward Ely with every pocket bnlg-.
Inf e nhey M sary ana s onys
them are buying trunks. There is noth-
ing TO 1t, they declare, and are fearing
that Nelson will be SO hotsas n favoritc
that 1t will be impossible to get any
money down on his chances.
Shrewd friends OF the ex-Old Mas
ter are watching him and saying moth
Eng They say they might have
few bales OF currency themselveB when
1t comes time to lay the wagers.
Now just a few words about the
Dane. Nelson Is illiterate. He wouldn't
know Bryan IL he met him and he
would think Hendrick Hudson was the
man who built the river But he Is
there with the coln1non sense and that
is saying whole lot. He knows how
to take care of his health and no
knows how to take care OF his money.
He knows how to be well liked and
without doing wine stunt
every night and losing the good force
Of his right arm.
Bat is. perhaps, the richest fighter
to-day When he gets a wad OF coin
he doesn's burn 1t up with n few cron-
les who would desert him in adversely.
He takes the sound advice OF few
true friends and sinks 1t inga good.
solid business proposition which will
pay him per cent. Bat is worth a
s25ooOo to-day. and If he should go
down to defeat in his next battle ha
could snap his fingers at the ring and
say SO long laughing. Nelson. now
that he IL champion. Is In line to-
double his fortune. IL tho lad does not
end millionaire 1t will be because
they have quit making money at the
nints. He is due for a theatrical tour
and that would mean a small fortune
In itself. Aside from that he is not
going to lose the championship soon.
Just leave 1t to Bat and you Will not
go amiss.