Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-10
NELSON ARRIVES
ON FLYING TRIP
BATTLER IS ON HIS WAY TO
OKLAHOMA FIGHT
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION LOOKS
BETTER THAN EVER
Durable One Will Return the Last Of
June to Enter Training for His
Bout with WoIgast Before
Mccareys Club


With the familiar red shirt and neck
tie of the same hue flashing a greeting
that measured with his smile, Battling
Nelson, peer of the 133pounders of the
world, stepped off the coast line train
last night, and was escorted to wait
ing automobile, exchanging rapid fire
of greetings with the assemblage- OF
friends and newspaper men who were
gathered to welcome him..
Hello, everybody" smiled the Bat
tier, and then after the pause Tor sal
utations Bat began to talk, and Tor one
straight hour he held his hearers al
most speeches. as he rolled on some OF
the incidents that have hllea the
months since he appeared last in the
City of Angels.
Nelson made only flying trip
through this city on his way to Okla
homa to prepare for the battle ar
ranged with Jack Clifford June 3D. He
spent the first two hours of his stay
looking up old friends, caught couple
of winks of sleep and ever vibrant with
that intensity of personality which Is
so marked a characteristic of the Bat
tier. he was prepared to be whisked
away this morning at 8 o'clock on his
way eastward.
Never has Nelson looked better. He
walks with all his old-time springy
step and talks with all the vim and
youthful enthusiasm in his plans and
schemes so well known to his friends
of former days. And he is the same
old Battler as far as absorption in his
career is concerned.
Nelson Looks Fit
With his coming meeting with Ad
Wolgast in mind Nelson was carefully
looked over by the welcoming party
and the general opinion was voiced,
Fit and ready for anything" Bat
was attired in a soft hat, the familiar
red shirt and tie and a gray suit and
wore a short gray oyercoat. Bubbling
over with good humor he kept his
gathering eonVulsed over his recital OF
his experiences.
Hardly had he alighted from the car
and entered his hotel than he opened
his valise and brought out several
copies of his book, Battling Nelson:
His Life, Battles and Career" at pres
ent the all-absorbing motive for Mel
sons existence Bats whole heart and
soul are wrapped up in this book and
he exhibited with pride a contract with
a northern firm to supply them with
10000 copies.
You may say for me" said Bat
when he forgot his precious little vol
mess talk, that, while l don't figure
that Wolgast is a world beater. still
never underestimate man, and | will
train as faithfully for my battle with
him as for any challenger of the title.
] will return to Los Angeles immedi-
ately after my fight with Clifford and
will go into training at once.
Nelson will do his training at Jack
Doyle's South Side Athletic club,
where he will install his traing camp
about the latter week in June. VOL
CAST will arrive at that time, and with
the two rival lightweight camps in full
blast the City of the Angels will again
go to the front as a pugiiistic center.
Nelson today will go to Ell Paso
and thence to his New Mexican
ranch, where he will pass one day,
and then will proceed to Oklahoma, the
sagebrush promoters having urged him
to get on the ground as speedily as pos
sible.
Situation Cleared Up
A short talk with Manager Mccarey
of the Pacific Athletic club cleared up
the situation as to the Wolgast fight
quickly. The set of articles which Bat
ting Nelson signed for Matchmaker
Hancock when the latter went north is
in possession of the club, and, with
Wolgast's signature secured, the bout
is cinehed.
Nelson's book will be placed on sale
in Los Angeles shortly, and the Bat
tier will put over the coup which he
endeayored to arrange at the Hyland
battle, but which was held up when
the volume failed to arrive. This
scheme is the sale of the books at ring
side the night of the battle with Vol
CAST The little volume is rare col
lection of useful ring information, and
just to slip the Battler a little free ad
on his 'memwars' it might be stated
that it is worth having for any one
interested in the fight game, which
means the entire population of the
United States, including the family cat
Along with the sale Of his book Bat
win place on exhibition the films of
the Nelson yland battle, which will
be shown at a local theater during the
week Of the Wolgast struggle.