The San Francisco call., 1910-01-01

man SO young IN the game as IS W.
man is 10 get a chance at the lightly
Wolgast has been making the boa
,his cry Immediately after the Los \
10 give him another chance. This Nell
SON very generously promised to do
Vow DE is making good his promise,
aut be suddenly discovers that the man
he is trying to accommodate is placing
championship value on his services
and takes il upon himself 10 spurn the
best offer he ever received.
Jones makes the plea that Nelson is
receivinG too much money and that the
men should be lighting upon per
.entage basis. This is all right in one
sense Of the word but there is another
way OF looking at it. Nelson is the
hampton. lie spent years in climbing
up The pugilistic ladder and he was
forced To undergo all sorts of privs-
-ons. Now that he's at the top. he's
fa position TO do some debating. He
cam demand his own price and get away
nith it, whereas VOL gast viii have TO
beat many another one of them before
lr begins TO figure in the same class
with the Dane
one thing is certain; Wolgast viii
have 10 fight Nelson If he hopes TO be
lfAfla. ne can s-L ehf sAA rum inns
And II the match is not made now VOL
casts chances win dwindle away with
each week he waits. When it comes
fo signing up some other time the
champion wiz again dictate his terms
and the promoter VIII have 70 recog-
uiZc them If Wolgast would be a
Champion he must fight Nelson on Mel
sons terms.
When the Battler came TO San Fran
ef~ r vn 10
eompelled TO fight all Of his opponents
f0r small purses He got the worst of
eEerN deal get he never complained
IIe went right ahead knocking them
aII out The first really big money he
received was when lie knocked out
Jimmy Britt ar Colma on September
g. 1905. And look at the record he made
fsr himself In the meantime.
u viii not waste any more time
with jones' said sHester last night L
have made him very liberal offer and
T can't afford 10 20 any stronger Vol
east viii have TO meet Nelson some
time If he hopes 10 become the light
weight champion. Let him go ahead
and fight somebody else He'll want TO
meet Nelson some other time and. then
maybe Bat won't accommOdate him
IT have not yet given up hope Of
landing somebody for the Battler 70
fight. There is a chance that l Will
land Freddie Welsh 7 believe that
Welsh is so per cent better card than
n-0lgast If 7 can get line on the
Englishman I VIII put him on with
Nelson on Washington's birthday or at
some later date Wolgast is not the
only fighter in the business
Apparently Jones is not looking 10
tho future Of his fighter. The battle
with Nelson does not mean so much
ir. as Jones and Wolgsst say. Nelson
win fan before the Milwaukee slugger.
once he beats Nelson. Wolgast's for
tune is made Then ne can 90 ms dlc-
Eating He can go on the road as
theatrical star and quickly make
fortune without doing any fighting.
But until he settles with Nelson
TVolgsst can not hope TO get away with
any big purses. Where is the other
man he can secure $3.50 with2 He's
n0t TO be seen on the pugilistic horizon
at tie present time. Therefore, II looks
as though Woigast viii have TO keep
plugging along. fighting second raters
for second rate purses It's 2 hard
matter 10 get q match with champion
lack Gleason cut in with an offer Of
So re,. cent TO Wolgast and Nelson yes
teNdav. Tt IS Gieason's intention to
stage the match over At his Ocean View
arena or At the ball park II successful
with his bid However. there does not
seem to be much Of chance OF MS
landing.
Gleason told Jones that he would
give Nelson and WolgaSt 50 per cent
~ the house TO sight for. Jones replied
trat he was willing to accept this. pro
viyed the money be cut SO and 40 per
cent or on some similar basis Gleason
PROMISED 70 see what he could do and
be immediately wired Nelson. Up to a
late hour last night he had failed 10
receive a reply
Zones saws that he has a standing
offer from Hugh Mcintosh. the Aus
tralian promoter, TO 80 10 the Land Of
The Kangaroo and fight three men
there. and that he is guaranteed Sz0,-
600 for his end. The men are Boer
Tnholz Jimmy Britt and Young
Thorne. the Australian lightweight.
I-nhoIz and Thorne ere on the job,
r-hle Britt is expected shortly.
II tones can get that much money
for taking on such soft ones as these
three he is very foolish to waste min
ne OF hts time in san Francisco or
amy other American city lie should
catch the next boat for Australia and
collect the money as quickly as possi-
bIe Tge NAV hang around here for 20
Years without getting such a golden
chance again
Britt and IInholz would be cake for
TVolgast Both Of them have run their
course and are through. II Lhorne IS
IS easy as either OF these, Wolgast
should meet them ali in week and
-et that $4,000 without spending much
time around Australia. Britt and IN
holz are not lighting here because they
can rot get any matches.
II VIII give Hester Eve days 10 come
10 my terms and If lle-does not see his
way clear. then ] viii go east and
probably sail for Australia very soon,
says Jones. There is ne use in max
ira any talk about st. I viii not allow
Wolgast 10 fight Nelson for one cent
rree than e. 900 II 7 don't get my