Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-23
AFTERMATH OF
SATURDAYS
Big FIGHT
Nelson Refuses a Membership
Card in the Down and
Out Club.

San Francisco, Calf, Feb. Ga
Battling Nelson, defeated but un-
dismayed, refused today to accept a
membership card from the Down
and Out Club Instead of consider
ing himself all in, the Dane mapped
out a careful plan for the recovery
of the title which he forfeited to Ad
Wolgast and 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 de-
clared that he felt no worse than he
has felt after many of his tough bat
ties. 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 protector the blow would
have disabled him and Wolgast
would have lost the fight on a foul.
Retires to Ranch Life.
Nelson will remain in the bath
house all day as his face is sadly in
need of washing. Tomorrow or
next day he will leave for his ranch
at O-Bar, n. NJ. and remain there
two or three months, building him
self up. After having increased his
weight to about LA pounds, he will
so 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 try-outs, he will go
after Wolgast for a return match.
81 don't think l am too old or
that I have gone down, and I am
going to give myself a thorough
test before 1 seek a newer match
with Wolgast,' Nelson said today.
"I know right now that I can last
better than he can and l know also
that he cannot punch hard enough
to put ms away. 1 don't want to
take any credit away from Wolgast
and am not kicking on Referee
Smiths decision, but am as sure
as I am standing here that I could
have gone through the full As
rounds"
Wanted to Throw Up Sponge.
Jack Robinson, the Danes mana
ger. admitted today that he wanted
to throw up the sponge in the thirty
fourth round. He broached the mat
ter to Nelson, but the Battler de-
clared if he stopped the fight he
would newer speak to him again.
Seeing the terrible beating that his
boy was receiving, Robinson decided
to take matters into his own hands
and but for the interference of Mel
sons old seconds, would have tossed
the sponge into the ring. Robinson
was restrained by main force from
the signal of defeat, Dick
Wheeler and Geo. Mayors holding
his arms while Abdul sat on him.
As the battle went on there was
nothing to it but Wolgast, He out
boxed and out generated Nelson
throu ghout and was in danger but
once and that was in the 22nd
when Nelson sent him to the
floor with a right 10 the jaw. VOL
gast was palpably hurt, although he
was up in a second and managed 70
stall through the round. He went
To his corner daZed. but the minutes
rest sent him back as strong as ever. II
he fought brilliant bat
tie and had practically every round
until the finish. That he did not 4
put Nelson away, he claims, was due
10 Instructions from Tom Jones to
play safe and not take a chance. Be
that as il may. he landed hard and
often with full right swings and /
long uppercuts on Nelson's Jaw, ap-
parently putting every ounce behind
the blows, but his best efforts did /
not show anything resembling I'm
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