The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-07
WILL NELSON GET
BACK INTO R|NG2
It Is Not Believed That He Is
Down and Out
JEFFRIES' WIND IS GOOD
Frank Gotch Says JEFF VIII Whip john
son within Twenty Rounds-Talk
of the Minor Affairs of the
Prize Ring
JEFFRIES' WIND IS GOOI
by JEFF THOMPSON

/ try to come back? VIII he give up
fighting entirely and devote himself to
business and training his younger brother
into a fighter?
The straight tip from me is that the
Battler is far from being a dead one.
We will hear from him again. The Bat
tier is wealthy and he is in fine fettle
physically and he has his whole life be-
fore him for he is only 20 years of age.
Take it from me the Battler will be
back again and 1 wouldn't be surprised
to see him some day again the light
weight champion of the world.
There are no flaws to be picked with
the way Adolph Wolgast won the title
| Nelson admits he won 1t fairly. But VOL
CAST is not BAT" Nelson.
Nelson is a peculiar man. Although
under 30 he has been fighting for 10 years
and has taken part in more than hun
dred fights beating his way up the pugi-
listic ladder rung by rung, putting away
Terry McGovern, Young Corbett, Joe
Cans and all the other stars-stars that
outshone Wolgast.
Champion Wolgast is a German product
of Milwaukee. He primes himself for a
entihc fighter and he has youth and all
that goes with it. but he isn't Bat
Nelson.
The Dane has the vitality of two men.
With long rest In the open, proper care
and attention we shall see what happens
to him. Before 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.
l think not.
Frank Gotch. in order to alay the fears
of any of us who thought maybe Jeffries'
wind wasn't as good as it used to be.
says:
His wind is perfect and he is mighty
quick to be such big fellow. We used
to wrestle and haul each other around
for an hour and at the end he wouldn't
pun or blow any more than 1 did. and l
am in what the trainers call perfect con-
dition. l think jeff will whip johnson
within 20 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
easy and working his muscles into shape
to stand the rough stun.
We have been hearing lot about JEFF
fries training. The latest recruit at his
camp is old Bob Fitzsimmcsis. I pre-
sumo Bob will give the advice, for that
is about all he can give now Imagine
Bob hobbling in ON crutches and trem-
bling from the palsy of age and thus
delivering himself:
Nov, Jim, be keerful I recollect a
felier in '59-no. it were '57-that got felled
by jest SIGH work as tibet you're doing
now
Corbett, gent, Frank cotch, Doe Rol-
Ter, Sam Berger and a score of lesser
lights. But who Is going to train John
son. 1t is shameful that Jeffries should
corner all the training material In the
country. 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 darby had cut away
from the fizz water, the automobiles, fire.
works and police courts.
AID Woleast says he will give them all
a show: that Is. all who are deserving
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 W olgast commune
cations. Freddy. through his press agent,
is claiming the lightweight champion
ship of England and he announces that
Wolgast Is not really champion of the
NJ ~ 10 nj RIt
notwithsta nding this Freddy's only condi-
lions are that Ad go to London, guaran-
tee Freddy a good per cent of the receipts
and weigh in at English weights.
Today dope 1t out If Jeffries does
defeat Johnson he could become a mil
lionare in a year by another theatrical
engagement The total receipts for Jeff's
last SO days tour amounted to 100000.
OF this amount JEFF received s62. 312 and Fl.
II. Frazee, the theatrical manager who
guided the affair. got $14s,ooo. When JEFF
got back to Frisco he found that his
cafe needed bigger safe so greatly had
his receipts increased JEFF just couldn't
keep from getting rich unless he jumped
into the ocean and drowned himself.
Some one had started the report that
Col r. Roosevelt will attend the big
fight on July 4. 1t is fact that Colonel
Roosevelt Oseu TO atlenu Doxins SHOWS
| frequently while he was police commits
sioner of New York, but after leaving
that post he satisfied himself by doing a
little boxing OF his own.
The mighty hunter is an admirer OF
good clean lighting and he likes more
| than anything else to see a chap fight
gamely when the odds are against him.
AS much as the press agents would like
to see 1t am afraid the former Presi-
dent will never see the mill. If it Is
held.
The Australians have at least estab-
iished the fact that Boer Unholz is a
lemon. Frank Thorn. the Australian
featherweight champion, has twice
lammed the life out Of the Boer and by SO
doing Mr.. Thorn has acquired some more
| titles, now being featherweght light
weight and welterweight champion of
Australia The Boer based his claim to
the lightweight championship upon 10
round fight he fought with Nelson in
Los Angeles some years ago when no
decision was rendered
Joe Cans Of Baltimore. the "Od Mas
ter who lost his title Of lightweight
| champion of the world to Battling Mel
son, in speaking about Nelson's chances
of getting back at Wolgast before the
end OF the year, said:
| "Nelson is a phenomenal fighter. He is
| A. man Of surprising vitality. / have
heard It said that he is not human. I'll
say right here that I, believed under
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