The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
LEM DRISCOLL IS
 GREAT FIGHTER
Joe Cans Wants to Tackle the
 Little Englishman
NELSON TO FIGHT AGAIN
The Battler Lays Out a Fresh Texan Who Tried to Get Gay With the Champion In an Exhbi-
 ton Contest.
By JEFF THOMPSON.

New York, February I-(Specia1. )-This little fellow, Jem Driscoll, must be recog- nized as a factor in the lightweight situ- ation. The manner in which he made a monkey of pr. Leach Cross at the Fair mont Athletic club the other night stamps him as a dangerous opponent for any man in his class. It is doubtful if there is any among the lightweights except it may be Joe Gans) who is the equal of the little Englishman in cleverness, and he can hit, too
 If had to pick a man to fight Battling Nelson for the title Driscoll would be the man.
 Cans wants to meet the Englishman, and this should make a good fight
 Joe Cans was in the city recently and posted Slo00 to go as a side bet for any lightweight in the country barring Bat ting Nelson.
 I'm not looking for the championship said the old master as he crossed his feet and took a long breath, and I'dont see why it Is that none of these fellows will box ne. They all want to be champions and they surely should lick me first. I'll take on Cross or this English fellow Jabez White or I'll take Driscoll if hell ag.ee to the same terms he gave Cross.
 Battling Nelson is going to fight again next month. maybe. His manager, Willus Britt. announces that the Dane would be ready to battle next month, and that his opponent would be Fighting Dick Hyland, the California lightweight, whom he would meet in a 45-round bout at Jimmy Coffroth $ open air club at Colma, Cal, the latter part of March. Hyland is pleased at the chance of meeting Nelson, and says he will fight him at 133 pounds at the ringside.
 Hylaud is not in the same class as Nelson unless there has been a decided reversal of form.
 Nelson had an experience this week in Texas. which he thus describes in a letter to q New York friend
 T met one of those so-called Texas cha ricns at Ft. Worth last night, in a friendly three-round exhibition, and be- cause l treated him so gently for the first two rounds, he tried to show the aud ience which numbered about 1000, that he was sure-enough champion.
 T just sailed in and gently slipped that left half-scissors hook of mine to his liver and MT Wise the Texas champion alias Pete Shaughnessy, doubled up and got sick in the 'tommik.'
 q stepped to the footlights after the affair was over and told the audience that I had intended to box friendly ex- hibition, but as Pete got gay and invited trouble I was compelled to show him just a little of the stuff that made me indsputable lghtW eight champion of the world--slugging, that's all.'
 "Johnny' Coulon, the 105-pound cham pion, again showed class in the star bout at the Whirlwind club when he made nld" Murphy quit in five rounds. Mur- phy claimed that he had been fouled, and after an examination made by physi- elan. who declared he was not injured, he refused to continue and limped out of the ring It was a clear case of quit" The blow that hurt him was a straight right, and 1t was inches above the belt. It hurt, however, and Murphy sank to the floor. He was lifted to his feet and helped to his corner. The boy was helpless.
 A return match for the worlds wrest- ling championship will probably be ar- ranged in a few days between Frank Gotch, holder of the title, and Hacken- schmidt. the Russian Lion," who was defeated by Gotch in the last meeting
 Gotch has received a letter from Os- wald Stoll of the Moss-Stoll circuit in Europe asking for a return match with Hackenschmidt, to take place in this country Goteh says that he would be orly too glad to meet Haekenschmidt again and would agre to almost any fair terms.