The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-01

terms were accepted by Fitzpatrick,
and he is man of his word.
So far as LangfOrd is concerned, he
has no choica in the mater. He has
been unable to get fight in this coun
try and it was up to him to go abroad
or to take up hod-carrying or some
similar profession as a means of live
lihood Although the purse hung UP
for the fight is by no means extra'va-
CANT and is one Of the smallest ever
offered for a heavyweight champion
ship encounter, the winner of the COM
ing battle of the blacks is likely to
come home with a big wad of reai
British money in his jeans. There j.
no such prejudice against brunette
fighters in England as exists in this
country, and the victor will find it an
easy matter to get long and profitable
ENGAGEMENTS in the London music
halls.
When Nelson Quit.
"The Life of Oscar Matthew Battl-
ing Nelson" an autobiography of the
great fighter who now says he is going
to accompany President Roosevelt on
his African hunting trip, is appearing
as serial and is attracting much at
tention among local sports With be
coming modesty our hero sets forth the
veracious chronicle of his frequent en-
counters in the ring, but there is one
chapter missing TIE Rattler fails to tell
how he didn't fight the Cherokee Kid
out in Las Vegas, Nevada, and tee
yarn, as vouched for by a Las Vegas
man, makes interesting literature.
1t is said that Nelson Dropped into
the saeebrush town for an outing. I'M
mediately he became the hero of the
desert city, greatly to the chagrin of
one "Cherokee Kid" who had hereto
fore held the limelight as the town S
only and leading pugilist. "Cheroke g
wrath soon reached the bupbling- over
point, and he issued forth with chai-
lenge to Nelson to do battle. The
challenge was accepted by the doughty
prize fighter and inCipient author and
! lion slayer, and the preparations for
! the bout went on apace.
! A few days before the date set for
| the battle. however there was a rival
attraction in the way of a political
| convention. There was a hot contest
on, and the rival factions waxed fierce
and some exuberant and bloodthirsty
Two shooting scrapeS the night be-
| fore the convention made business for
| the doctors and the undertaken. That
| aroused Sheriff Romero, who prepared
| to preserve law and order at any price
Nelson attended the convention in
company with Sheriff Romero. !''@
oeIore The meeting was to be calico
| 70 order the sheriff mounted the rlat-
! form and called fer silence. There was
| silence at once as everybody knew the
~heriff and respected his deadly a m
He was not much of a speaker, BIT he
| was direct. 1.-TWO minutes to she'd your
| irons" he said, 81 mean business and
| thcra's eoan' TO be no more of Thu 'e7d
tossin' unless I toss it myself. Evory
fa''A~ walk up here and put down his
gum"
In each hand the sheriff held ma
| rial evidence of his determination
Slowly the warning delegates passed
! along, each depositing his arti'l w
Just ninety guns were put on the plat
form out of the 120 delegates present.
Thanks. gents" the sheriff said. Very
glad I'll not have to fill this opery
house full of smoke"
Thereupon he gathered the ninety
weapons in a horse hlar.at Grt had
Nelson help him carry them over to
his Office. The convention projected
with nothing more serious than a few
first fracases. "The boys will be after