The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
BATTLING NELSON
NOT A DEAD ONE
This Is Declared to Be Straight
Tip. and He viii Be
Heard From.
HE Is STILL YOUNG
AND IN FINE FETTLE
Is Under Thirty Years, but Has
Fought Morc Than One
Hundred Fights.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
NEW YORK, March 5.-What Will
Battling Nelson do now7 Will he try
to come back7 Will he give up fighting
entirely and devote himself to business
and training his younger brother into
fghter7 The straight tip from ME is
that the Battler is far from being o
dead one. We will hear from him again
The Battlcr is wealthy and he is In fine
fettle physically and he has his whole
life before him, for he is only 90 years
of age. Take it from me, the Battler
will be back again: and / wouldn t be
surprised to see him some day again
the lightweight champion of the world.
There is no flaws to be picked with the
way Adolph Wolgast won the title. Mel
SON admits he won it fairly. But VOL
culiar man. Although under 30, he has
been fighting for ten years and has ta-
ken part in more than 100 fights, beat
ing his way up the pugilistic ladder
rung by rung, putting away Terry Nc,
Govern, Young Corbett, Joe Cans and
all the other stars-stars that outshlned
Wolgast. Champion Wolgast is Ger
himself for a big fight with apple jack.
He is scientific fighter and he has
youth and all that goes with it, but
he ism t Bat Nelson. The Dane has the
vitality of two men. With a long rest
In the open, proper care and attention
we shall see what happens to him. Be.
fore that fight with Wolgast he tried
to get into condition in six weeks after
long theatrical tour and a series Of
boxing matches that had sapped his
ruggedness But the Battler is rich and
he may elect to retire. But think not.
Gotch Talks Of Jeffries
Frank Gotch. in order to allay the
fears of any of us who thought maybe
Jeffries's s wind wasn't as good as it
used to be, says: "His wind is per-
feet and he is mighty quick for such
big fellow. We used to wrestle and
haul each other around for an hour and
any more than I did, and l am in what
the trainers call perfect condition, /
think JEFF will whip Johnson within
twenty rounds' Gotch will work with
Jeff when he gets down to the hardest
part of his training. Right now the big
fellow Is going it ensy and working
his muscles into shape to stand the
rough stuff.
Jeffries Corners Trainers.
We have been hearing lot about
Jeffries training. The latest recruit at
presume Bob will give the advice for
that is about all he can give now. I'm
agine Bob hobbling in on crutches and
trembling from the palsy of age and
thus delivering himself: "Now, jim. be
keerful. / recollect feller in Sc
no, it were 81, that got telled by Jest
sch work as thet you re doing now"
But aside from Bob there is Jeems Cor
bett, gent; Frank Gotch. Doc, Roller,
Sam Berger and score of lesser lights,
But who is going to train Johnsonl 1t |
IS shameful that Jeffries should corner
all the training material in the coun.
try. The big black is laying mighty
low these days, and no one knows what
he Is up TO. George Little is foxey
enough to set the champion at work, but |
we have heard nothing about it. 1t
looks as though the darkey had cut
away from the fzz water, the automo.
biles, fireworks and police courts.
Wolgast Ready for All.
,Ad Wolgast says he will give them
all a show; that is, all who are deserv-
ing. Well, now. according to my dope,
that must include Owen Moran, Lew
Powell, Packey Mcfarland, Freddy
Welsh and Battling Nelson. I am more
than anxious to see what comes of the
Welsh Wolgast communications. Freddy, |
through his press agent, is claiming the
lightweight championship of England
and he announces that Wolgast is not
really champion Of the world until he
(Welsh) is put away. But notwith.
standing this Freddy's only conditions
are that Ad go to London, guarantee
Freddy a good per cent Of the receipts
and weigh in at English weights.
Jef's Tour Profitable.
The way I dope it out if Jeffries
does defeat Johnson he could become a |
millionaire In year by another the |
atrlcal engagement. The total receipts |
for jeff s last eighty~three days. tour
amounted to $203,006. Of this amount
JEFF received $62,312 and II. II. Frazee,
the theatrical manager who guided the
affair, pot $l48,000. When jeff got
back to Frisco he found that his cafe
needed bigger safe so greatly had his |
receipts increased. Jeff lust couldn 4 |
keep from getting rich unless he Jumped |
into the ocean and drowned himself.
Roosevelt Likes Boxing.
Some one had started the report that
Colonel +. Roosevelt will attend the |
big fight on July L. 1t is fact that
Colonel Roosevelt used to attend box
ing shows frequently while he was police |
commissioner OF New York, but after
leaving that post he satisfied himself
oy DONG little boxing OF his own The
mighty hunter IS an admirer of good, |
clean fighting, and he likes more than
anything else to see a chap fight gamely
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