Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-11

NHICK HUDSON, the Seattle light
weight, who bested Johnny Muir
~ ply last week in a fifteen-round
bout in San Francisco, is anxious to
appear in the southland, and may be
given an opportunity to show his class
before the local fans. Hudson Is backed
by a wealthy Seattle sportsman who
has the idea in his brain that Hudson
is the coming lightweight champion
He has $2000 so the word comes, to
bet that his man can whip any 1873
FOUNDER in the world, bar none. This
means that the hacker of the northern
boy believes he is classy enough. to
whip the best of them. If he gets on
here and whips one of the top notchers
among the local near-champions,
Chicks future will indeed be roseate,
for there are a half dozen lightweights
he will be able to sign up with, and the
trip up the line, provided he is con-
sistent winner, means, as can be seen
at a glance, a barrel of money. How
ever, Hudson has yet to speedily dis
pose of a good man before his claims
in consideration will be weighed in a
semi-fnal lightweight title battle.
When Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly
hook up for their long distance argu-
ment at the Colma ring next Satur-
day afternoon, there should result a
final adjustment of their rival claims
for the right to meet Ketchel again for
the middleweight honors At the for
ty-five round game a finish can be
looked for with security. Neither of
these lads is constituted by fighting
methods or physique to travel this long
route at a pace to be expected among
those who hover perilously near the
l5S-pound belt Long before the forty
fifth round is reached the fans will look
for flash of the winner. Hugo is the
choice among many of the wise fra
ternity, even in Los Angeles, where the
memory of the Dutchman'sH crushing
defeat of Stanley Ketchel is still green,
Kelly is so clever and wise in ring lore
that there are many who will back
him; but Papke does not lack for ad-
mirers. Ed Papke sends word south
that his brother is right again, after a
month of careful preparation, and
brother Ed expects to handle the long
end of the purse.
Press agents, attention! Repair your
typewriters, freshen up your business
cards, put on a new tie. Bat Nelson
has reached the coast and a sportively
inclined and masterful keyman with
a store of stock slang and loud vests
will have an easy time luxuriating in
the limelight as Bats special represen-
tative. Nelson, in addition to being a
wise pugilist entertaining author and
a clever footlight favorite, is q shrewd
press agent himself. He knows the
value of this sort of work and is not
loath to spring a new sensation about
himself occasionally. Therefore a live
wire might nestle himself into an easy
berth. Bat dearly loves the newspaper
man when he pats him on the back
In addition Bat is as we'll imbued with
the value of proper advertising as any
advance Snowman that ever wore out
the front door latch of a newspaper
office. For the next two months or
whereabouts stock Nelson head will
come handy to every sporting sheet on
the coast.
This week presents several problems
to the fans who are fond of figuring
ahead the probabilities in the Coast
league schedule, and endeavor to pick
the leaders of each weeks series. San
Francisco is expected to find feast
awaiting them when they clash with