The San Francisco call., 1909-05-26

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something of a performer in the water
as well as in the ring. He swan around
the baths and up the bay several times
and looked the picture of health when
he jumped out
NELSON is STRENUOUS
The very fact that his fight with the
sturdy Dick Hyland is but three days
away does not stop Battling Nelson
from doing plenty of the real old
strenuous boxing. Anybody who saw
him tearing around that Colma gym
nasium yesterday afternoon would
,realIy have believed that he was badly
in need of the boxing exercise he was
taking. Among those who watched him
were such judges of the fight game as
Eddie Smith, the referee who will
break them on Saturday afternoon.
Smith was not slow in saying that
Nelson was a more formidable looking
fighter than ever, and if Smith does
not know something about the game
none of them can afford to talk.
Those four rounds which the cham
pion stepped with Dick Wheeler and
JEFF Perry were enough to demonstrate
that the Dane is more rugged, tear
ing, earnest boxer than ever. ANY
body who imagines that he is under
estimating Hyland will have to switch
There is nothing like this. and Nelson's
grand condition is the best answer.
TALKS WITH REFEREE
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resort especially to talk with the Bat
tier over the rules which shall govern
the encounter. but the talk was a very
brief one and precisely to the point.
All Nelson wanted was the privilege
of fighting all the time, and as Smith
seemed perfectly willing to grant this,
the conversation over the rules ended.
You know, Eddie, that all am after
is a chance to fight" said the champ.
You have refereed several goes for
me and l like the way you work.
Therefore, 1 am not worrying but that
you will give me what L want this
time. If 1 hold disqualify me. and if
Hyland holds disqualify him. These
are the only requests 1 want to make
If 1 am Knocked down 1 want you
to make Hyland stand aside while the
count is coming off, and if 1 knock
him down let the same rule go.
do not look for any trouble. Hyland
is a fighter and so am I, and the only
way for us to show what we have is
to let US tear in and fight all the
time. 1 think this is what the fans
will look for. too"
Nelson never went better in training
than he did yesterday in those four
rounds with his sparring mates. They
were fighting every minute of the time
and the Baftler never seemed to get
enough of ii. The faster it was the
better he liked it, and had he a few
more spare boxing boys on his staff
the crowd would have seen just that
much more work.
WILL WIN IN RIGHT WAY
II don't want to win that fight on
any technical foul" explained the Dane
and if Hyland is the same sort of a
fellow as / am | know that he won't
want to win that way, either. The
man who gets this one will win on
clean knockdown or a clean decision.
This is the way it looks to me now.
anyhow. and 1 generally can call the
turn.
A big crowd of the prominent sport
ing men were on the job to see the
champion work out. Among them were
John t. Clark, the stake holder of
most of the big matches, and Chick
Wright, the champion amateur billiard
player of the country. Incidentally,
there were several members of the fair
played more interest in the doings of
the Battler than did their hardened
brothers.
After the days work Nelson weighed
he can drop down to the weight, 1913
pounds, at any time now. There is
nothing left to worry him. All he has
to do is to keep right on and perform
his dQilV stunts md await the critical