The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-23
|UNDAUNTED BY HIS BEATING,
DANE WILL TRY AGAIN
NELSON RECUPERATE TRY SEVERAL
FIGHTS BEFORE GOING AFTER woLGAsr AGAIN
BY RINGsIDER.
(By United Press Leased Wire,

(By United Press Leased Wire.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. o.
Battling Nelson, defeated but ua-
dismayed, refused today to accept
a membership card from the Down
and Out club. Instead of consid-
ering himself all in, the Dane
mapped out careful plan for the
recovery of the title he lost yes
terday to AID Wolgast. and If 1T
does not go awry he is confident
that within six months he again
will be the lightweight champion
of the world.
The battered boxer spent the
night in Turkish baths and when
he awoke this morning, he declar-
ed that he felt no worse than he
has felt after any of his many
tough battles. The worst hurt he
complained of was bruise on his
left groin, where Wolgast landed
a hard right uppercut at close
quarters. The groin was black
and blue. Nelson claims that had
he not worn a new sort of pro-
tector the blow would have dis
abled him and Wolgast would have
lost the fight ON a foul.
Nelson will remain in the baths
all day as his face is sadly in need
of nursing. Tomorrow or next
day he will leave for his ranch at
Oh Bar, N. M, and remain there
two or three months, building
himself up. After having increas-
ed his weight to about 144
pounds. he will go through a short
siege of training and then seek
three or four fights in the East.
If he finds that his old strength
and snap have returned to him
after these tryouts, he will go
after Wolgast for a return match.
81 don't think / am too old or
that / have gone back, but I am
going to give myself thorough
test before l seek another match
with Wolgast," Nelson said today.
81 know right now that can last
better than he can and / know
also that he cannot punch hard
to put me away. l don't
want to take any credit away from
Wolgast and l am not kicking on
Referee Smiths decision, but l
am as sure as I am standing here
that | could have gone through
the full As rounds"
Jack Robinson, the Danes man.
lager, admitted today that he
wanted to throw up the sponge In
the 34th round. He preached the
matter to Nelson, but the Battler
declared that If he stopped the
fight he would never speak to him
again. Seeing the terrible beat
ing that his boy was receiving.
Robinson decided to take matters
into his own hands and but for
the interference of Nelson's other
seconds would have tossed the
sponge into the ring. Robinson
was restrained by main force
from hosting the signal of de-
feat, Dick Wheeler and Joe Myers
holding his arms while Abdul sat
on him.
AS the battle went on there was
nothing to 1t but Wolgast. He
outboxed and outgeneraled Nell
SON throughout and was in danger
but once and that was in the
22nd round, when Nelson sent
him to. the floor with right to tae
jaw. Wolgast was palpably hur.
although he was up in a seconi
and managed to stall through ene
round. He went to his corner
dazed, but the minutes rest sent
him back as strong as ever.
Thereafter he fought a brilliant
battle and had practically every
round until the finish. That ne
did not put Nelson away, he
claims, was due to instructions
from Tom Jones to play safe and
not take chance. Be that as II
may, he landed hard and often
with full right swings and long
uppercuts on Nelson's jaw, ap-
parently putting every ounce be-
hind the blows, but his best Of
forts did not show anything re-
sembling finisher.
That the Dane has gone back
cannot be denied. The old dash
was not there and the recupera-
tive power was only memory.
1t As the old story of fighting once
too often.
Nelson's thirteen years of siren
nous ring work. in which period
he took more beatings than any
three men ever endured, have sap
ped his strength and with his
years have brought him to the
stage where muscular degeners-
ton has set In.
The following comparative table
will show number of changes IN
Nelson's makeup, the most SER
ious being the loss of Q 1-2 inches
of breathing room:
1908. 1910.
26 age 2e
133 weight 1s2M
8 TT 7z height 5 ft71s
67M reach 67
ID neck II
12K biceps IL
IL forearm 10K
z wrist ~ sh