The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-05
NELSON HERE TO
FIGHT CLIFFORD
Los Angeles Date Postponed
-BattIer viii Begin to
Train at Once.

Battling Nelson and Jack Clifford will
meet at Ogden on Jan. Is. This is the
Information given direct by the Battler
himself last evening upon his arrival
from San Francisco, and settles the
question of whether the fight fans of
Utah or Los Angeles are going to see
the famous Dane in action on this date.
The fight with Kid Scaler at Los An
geles is still on, but will be postponed
10 later date.
Nelson explained how the announce
ment of the two fights at about the
same time, or a day apart, came about.
When Nelson signed articles in San
Francisco on Jan. . to meet Scaler, he
had an understanding with McCarey
that the bout was to be postponed if
the Ogden management furnished tick
etc by O'Clock that afternoon as they
had agreed. Manager Quincy came
through with the tickets at the re-
quired time and Nelson did not have
chance to see Manager McCarey of the
Los Angeles club before it was time to
leave for Ogden. McCarey gave out the
information that he had signed the Bat
tier on this date, thinking all the time
the Ogden management would not
make good with the tickets at the re-
quiTed time Quincy did, however, and
now the caler-Nelson fight will take
place the latter part of this month,
some little time after the Ogden argu-
ment.
Nelson arrived i'm ogden yesterday af-
ternoon and at once came on to salt
Lake. and viii open training quarters
here. Nelson looks the same as he did
two years ago when stopping over IN
Salt Lake on his way to Goldheld to
fight Joe Cans. He is near the weight
and will have little trouble in getting
in condition for Clifford.
Bat Tells His Plans.
When asked how he came to sign ar
ticles to fight in ogden with big purses
i'm sight on the coast, Bat said: We'll,
YOU see it is this way. The people, or, L
should say. about half the people. think
I am all in. and I made up my mind
that the only way 10 show them [ am
not is to meet the fighters as fast as
they come along, and beat them. Al
ter have had a couple of fights in the
next two months and made good it Will
show the public that 1 am still the old
battler and then these promoters Will
have to bid high to get yours truly.
I took Clifford because he was the
first man to come along, and will take
Scaler next. / win make little piece
of money out of these two fights and
then the public can see that l am far
from being all in. After that it l. me
back to the big purse game again and
the higher they come the better it VIII
suit me-
Nelson His Own Manager.
Nelson is his own manager now, ana
has quit Billy Nolan for all time, he
SAYS. In fact. Nelson has started
suit against Nolan for a complete set
tlement of their former business con-
tracts. which Nelson says he has never
had In his fight at ogden, Nelson gets
big bonus, win or draw. In refer
ence tn the statement that Clifford has
s.. 600 to bet of Noian's money that ne
CCIifford) viii beat Nelson, the Battler
SAYS: Let them put up their money
and | will cover it at once. They got TO
show me, but ] have the coin TO back
myself any time they come through.
Nelson will announce his training
quarters today, and will start work at
once. Upon arriving in Salt Lake last
evening. he began looking at once and
expects to get down to work this after
noon, as the time is short.