The San Francisco call., 1909-06-04
NAMED
AS BATS NEXT
OPPONENT
Champion viii Again Face the
Unknown" al Oklahoma
CRY June p
Rv WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY

The unknown" who Will fight Bat
tling Nelson at Oklahoma City June p
is no mystery TO the fight fans Of this
city. al least and certainly no stranger
TO Nelson. His name is Jack Clifford,
the same Jack whom the Battler slowed
away an five rounds at ogden on Janu-
-ary Is OF last year Clifford was signed
up last night and he promptly Cancelled
his date 10 fight Frank Pacific before
the Oakland wheelmen this evening.
clifford was landed yesterday after
noon by Promoter William Quincy, the
same man VINO pulled off the other
Nelson-C clifford fight The very fact
2 that he is billed 10 go against the
. champion has caused Clifford TO take on
an air Of Importance and he is already
starting TO dictate.
8. he announced that he would insist
! upon Nelson's making weight. He did
not specify any particular limit and he
modestly consented TO make any pound
age the champion did. The original ar
rtcIes OF the fight called for Nelson's
coming in al any weight he pleased,
with the unknown" doing l33 pounds
ringsiCe.
There is chance for quite bit
& Of a argument on this score. Nobody has
ever gotten away with deal like this
with Nelson before. and il remains to be
seen what he will say to Clifford when
ne meets lflG latter AiinOIQ Is 10 re-
ceiNe 81 600 for his bit, more money
than he ever got before. Nelson's share
has not been announced but il must be
q fat one, otherwise Bat would not
consider the offer at all
The Battler and party of his inti-
mate friends took peep at the moving
pictures Of the Hyland fight at Miles
Brothers place yesterday afternoon.
Everybody agreed that the films are
the sharpest and clesrest ever exhibited
here. and If things break right for Nell
son he figures TO make a lot Of money
with them throughout the country.
The films are not printed Yet. but the
negatives show every movement of the
men. together with a splendid pano-
ramic view of the incidents before and
after the fight and also the big crowd
which witnessed il. Both men are
d shown up black instead of white. and
one unfamiliar with the Photographic
or lighting game would be led to be-
liey-e that the fighters are pair of
shines.
AS the rounds are reeIed off you can
see Hyland gently fading away. He is
as strong as the historical bull during
the earlier periods and is apparently
holding his own with the champion,
bet" when Nelson starts in the twen-
tieth r3le change can be easily noticed.
The first knockdown in the twenty
first is a dramatic one. and the Battler
.rsn be plainly seen giving the Office to
the'moving picture men TO catch every
detail.of it.
Nelson is very much pleased with the
pictures. he has deal on with a prom
menr New Yorker TO handle the pic
lures Il is. likely that they will
be shown here frst and then taken to
the Sea tile fair and over the circuit
The first public exhibition Will be given
IN about month
Jack johnson seems to be doing q lot
Of stelling in regard to the Kaufman
match and the distance il is 10 go. He
apparently has them all guessing. When
seen in New York last night by The
Cafl representative Johnson was in
clined 10 side step bit. When asked
about lighting Kaufman to a finish at
COlma the black replied:
SUah boy"
But afterward at Barney wilkins
negro hotel in West Thirty-fifth street
ne was somewhat hazy and retracted
what he had said about Colma
T done said ] won't fight more than
20 rounds in California. because / am
going to fight Mr.. Ketchel 20 rounds
October II and don't want to injure my
capacity as a drawing kyard."
He seemed unable to perceive that a
licking a. the hands OF Kaufman in
Nevada would be tantsmount TO a lick
ing anywhere in California as far as
his capacity as drawing kyard" is
concerned.
Tomorrow will be Nelson's twenty
seventh birthday. and the champion viii
celebrate the occasion with a. big spread
Al the Fsirmont- Everybody will re-
member the last blowout which the
BaTtler gave TO celebrate the winning
Of the championship This one win be
on the same order. only a bit smaller
ss Bat is only inviting a few of his in
innate friends.
Promoter John c. Desmond of the
NoEth End club announced last night
that he viii pull of his fight June 26
Thus lar ne has not signed I'D a card
but he has several in view and he hopes
70 make a big match Desmond VIII be
running in opposition TO Coffroth. who
viii stage the Hyland-Cross hght on
the following day.