Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-27
BATTLER COMES
FOR BRIEF VISIT
Passes Sunday Here on Way to
Reno to Report Big Scrap
for Press
WILL MEET WOLGAST THERE
Expects to Arrange for Return
Match with His Conqueror
for Fall Date
WILL MEET W0LGAST THERE

Battling Nelson, capitalist and for
mer lightweight champion of the world,
arrived in Los Angeles yesterday morn
ing on his way from his New Mexico
ranch to Reno, and passed the day
visiting old friends here, leaving on
the Owl in the evening. He will stay
in Frisco today only, leaving tonight
for Reno, where he will write his i'm
pressions of the big fight for about a
dozen newspapers in the east.
Bat was much encouraged after ar
irving to read in the dispatches the
report that Tom Jones had telegraphed
to Ad Wolgast to proceed at once to
Reno to meet Nelson on his arrival and
discuss a return match between the
former champion and his conqueror.
Previous to hearing this good news
Bat had remarked that he hardly ex-
pected Wolgast to ever return to a
return match, saying that he Is con-
WINGED the Milwaukee Dutchman would
not risk losing back the championship.
He changed his mind later, however,
and grew optimistic regarding the
prospects for getting annother chance
at the lightweight title He said:
"If Wolgast gets to Reno and meets
me he will fight me again. / will make
him give me A return match, because
he can name any reasonable terms and
the fans will back me up in my demand
for another chance. / never turned
down anybody after beating him, and
there are a lot of fans in this country
who are not yet convinced that VOL
CAST is my superior as q fighter. A
return match, when I could have time
in which to train properly, would settle
all doubt regarding our relative abili-
ties as fighters, and I will regain my
title If Wolgast will meet me again.
I'm the nineteen months that l held
the championship 1 crossed the con-
tinent nine times, put in several weeks
on the stage. looked after my business
affairs in Hegewisch. Arizona and else
where, and fought everybody who
wanted to fight me and could make
decent terms. ! wore myself out in
that nineteen months, and went into
the fight with Wolgast half conditioned
because my physical self was not pre-
pared for training, much less fighting
over the marathon route. l found this
out i'm the twenty-second round when
I could not finish Wolgast after having
him practically knocked out. l would
not have gone into the fight only for
the fact that I had named pretty stiff
terms to the promoters and had them
accented. l could not back out, and
went ahead. although knowing that |
would not be half fit to fight. l VIII
confess that l was not worried much
before the fight, however. as I did not
figure Wolgast as a contender for the
title.
1T am going to Reno to write the
fight for several newspapers, after
which I shall take Abdul the Turk and
go to Yellowstone park for stay of
two months. I then will go back to
nv ranch at Obar, and believe / will
be ready to go into training then and
be able to get into my old-time condi-
ton and form. which would mean that
I would stop Wolgast in twenty rounds.
I will give Wolgast a substantial side
bet as proof of my sincerity In believ-
ing that I am his master, and Will let
him dictate terms If he keeps at all
within the bounds of reason"
Bat had quite successful threatri-
cal tour of fourteen weeks after his
defeat. and is a bit proud of the show
ing he made as a drawing card 1t
proved to his way of thinking. at least.
that he has lost none of his popularity
in defeat and that he still is big
drawing card in fight with any light
weight, He came to town with his
first New Mexico crop, set of whis-
kers. sideburns and mustache that
would do credit to Wall street broker.
1t represented a growth of one week.
and with his healthy, fat face, as round
as a butter ball, he was well disguised
and difficult to recognize. He visited a
barber, however, and soon looked IKE
the same old Bat. with the exception
that he appears to be about fifteen or
twenty pounds heavier than when tax
ing strict care of himself.
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