The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-21
q DON TUnMED "BATTLER"
AU1UMAL BRUTE NOW.
CHAMPION GETS EVEN

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-"Peopl,
NV I'm . slaughterer in the ring
4 Bat Jon ought to SEQ me slaugh
1 words"
Battling Nelson wrote thes.
{Wordn Is his picture was snapped
IA hin den In New York.
Nelson doesn't slaughter words
This young fellow deserves as
much credit for the education hs
h1e picked up as for the fame i1s
hoa gained In the prize ring.
He has been writing the story
0{ his life.
No literary man ever worked
more faithfully on book thar
has Nelson on his. From 10
.Gsclock until s every day, very
often without lunch, he has toiled
Tor nearly q month. following his
carefully kept diary.
m Bats literary work he has
shown q remarkable vocabulary.
He never fools with a word unless
~ knows all about It. Whenever
- comes across strange one, he
matters 1t before using it.
There's one thing that I
learned writing my book" said
Hat. There's q difference between
the words notorious and 'cele-
brafed.' / used to think it was
m right to be called notorious,
but I've found out that 1t means
F0u haven't got a very good repu-
tatfon. I'd rather be celebrated.
I used that word notorious about
Jack London In my book. That
Fellow said ! was an "abysmal
brute. That isn't a nice thing to
call anybody. I'll get back at
him with notorious though. He
can't beat that very well, can her"
A. q matter of fact, the Bats
vocabulary is as good as the aver
age business mans. This is a re-
markable thing. too. Nelson
started pretty well down the scale,
- far as education went. 1t was
Umnasiums and boxing clubs in
geead Of schools for him. After
ne rose in his profession he began
20 zee the necessity of gaining
world polish.
After that he didn't let a chance
get by to learn something. He
began to do his own letter-writ-
ing. He learned to use a type
writer. The result has been that
he has gained q fluent and correct
use Of English.
Nelson has also taken on a So
clal polish that ia astonishing
Belf-control IL one Of the secrets
or this.
saw Nelson, perhaps at the
most trying moment of his life
his first meeting with Joe Cans
nfter Cans defeated him. There
sNxre fise of ms, Including Cans
md Nelson. In a closed room, in
tho office OF the Minneapolis
Daily News. The fighters were
'Mying to come to terms for the
night which later resulted in Mel
ION regaining his laurels.
+ Cans was tanntingly overbear-
Ing. He wanted all the money
md be wanted to dictate, into the
bargain.
Now, Bat" he would say. e.
~. you know you're no card
q you and / fight It'll be me
thatll do the drawing. You CAM
Hraw q crowd and you know It
You're q licked man. What does
me public care for licked man?"
This was q pretty severe taunt,
especially from Cans.
But Nelson never lost his poise.
You'll ind out whether I'm a
BARD, Joe." he replied. 81 can
draw IS many people as you, and
I'm entitled to as much money as
you are. II beat you"
Then Cans would sneer In a
nasty fashion. as II the possibility
Of Nelson's defeating him didn't
exist.
Nelson's self-control was mar
Vicious ] thought at the time
that Nelson didn't sass" back be-
capse he WAS afraid Cans would
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