Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-23
Great Dane Has the Toughest
Encounter OF His
Career.
EASY TO FIGHT IN THE RING.
Entirely Different Matter When one
Attempts to Tell About II. says
Lightweight Champion.

aion. Great Dane" Durable Dane"
etc, ETC.. VINO got his real start right
here IN salt Lake city when he beat
Spider WEIGH. certainly appreciates hui
morous articles written about him.
Recently be- was interviewed in New
York by Bozeman Bulgcr on the New
York World The article so pleased
Bat that De sent copies of the same TO
his friends, and one reached the sport
ing editor Of the News" The article
which follows win be- read with interest
and amusement by Bats many friends
here:
Literary Office Of Battling Nelson
OucD'
That rs as near am exact reproduction
% the sign on the door as can be made.
But there 10 was n AN its awe inspiring
Importance My feeling of timidity as
! raped ON the frosted glass panel ina
answer Co "a summons from the author
can readily be- imagined.
IN response 10 grunt which indicat-
ed that was 90 enter / showed the
door open. and there sat the author
porting over bundle of manuscript that
looked like one OF the early editions of
our leading dailies on one side OF
the desk rested typewriting machine,
bottle of mucilage the World Alma
nae and "a sporting annual. on the
other lay q bundle of freshly sharpened
pencils stacked up like cord wood
The author was iu his shirtsleeves.
The only thing that betrayed his main
calling was the movement of muscles
SO well formed AS 10 DE only half hide
den by the pink-striped covering There
IA IA
rested ON the lccward side Of his head
and could not be observed from the
door afterward learned that the
room was arranged with that particular
thing in mind
TOOK SWAT AT JOE CANS.
with the slash OF his pencil Battling
Nelson blotted out a line which was
somewhat Of credit TO Joe Cans and
turned around In his swivel chair
'Set down, kid' be began by way OF
making me feel easy, 81 want To- ask
you some questions You've been 10
college. haven't you?"
The visitor nodded his head Well"
went ON the author. - want you TO
tell me the exact meaning of the word
notorious
A weak attempt was made 10 explain
that il meant a person whose bad deeds
were well known. This didn't quite hit
the mark so far as the Battler was
concerned. He looked up lnqulringly.
In other words, ! said ITO say that
man Is notorious Is more OF refec-
ton than a compliment"
Il get you. replied the author You
mean 70 say that II call man mo-
torious I'm handing him a little knock"
Down went the word into the Ms.
Fine word the author gleefully COM
mented as ne closely scrutinized IL II
wanted To call Jack London notorious
for writing a story in which he said I
was an abysmal brute, and / didn't
want 10 slip him boost
Flop yourself down there, Kid" he
went on II want 10 read you a few
chapters of my book and see what you
think of ill., His request, on rather his /
oroer was obeyed
CHAPTER on HARD KNOCKS.
Here's one that think win be |
knockout and DE pulled closely /
written strip of manuscript from be-
Meath the muscilage bottle las youth ]
see, this chapter is dealing with the 4
hard knocks ] had and how ] finally
triumphed in the cNl-that triumphed /
is "a pretty good one itself eh. kid9" J /
really thought BE- % bird. but that WAS /
just a feeler
Here is the way I slapped the idea 1
down on paper. aud J want YOU 90 trll I
ne how YOU IKE O. on the level now
NOT the bun and he read thus inn /
pressiYely. Tho biting SNOW may fau |
ana the Wiutry Winds may blow. but. /
nevertheless the B1ttler kept plugging
ON and hid them ml low. lie looked /
up eXpectantly. n pat that one over ]
ohg' and 10 show bis good nature be 1
d
third and fourth ribs with jolly eul- /
phasis-that is. Jolly To him
DO you mean that 90 rhyme" |
asked. fencing
Sure, IFS poetry" he replied. "Bu. 1
ts not The kind mat you've been used /
io reading. is it'' ! assured him that |
70 Was not
That's H. that's it' and he ohuckcd /
reassurinel} 'im putting over some /
hing new here. and thuta where : ann /
coing to make hit"
Having gunc thIs nr Nr'enu bundled 1
mo whole armfW oft manuscripts aud |
hade nr read For ihc work of t imam
81 hu hHH mower had ans experience boo [
writing hIs ability tu describe what De-
h1s experienced Be- really wonderful
heoHmo so interested Boo thc hrst chap
tors tlrtt D had tu road un. Don "a simple
mHuncr ho has told -umo incidents mat
nre graphic Boo detail
Hs woHN WAS DONE WELL
The work paa dome sl we'll that I boz
rame puzzled to know why Doc bad
aekDd those questions. no developed.
however, thnt hr had eliminated every
thing Chat ho Wuf mot sumo ahout- tho
meaning oft words flr Instance. HD Wus
simply seekng Information
Nelson De- always trying to lemu some-