The San Francisco call., 1910-10-29

NELSON'S ADMIRERS
ARE Still LOYAL
Waterloo of Last February Has
Not Destroyed Confidence
in His Ability
Even Money Prevails That the
Durable Dane viii Not
Knock Out Opponent

With the Is round contest between
Battling Nelson and Antoine Ia Grave
only two days off. the wagering still
favors the durable Dane at odds OF 10
10 6. with even money that he does
not knock the Butchertown boy out.
The way the fans have been wagering
on the former champion is proof posi-
tive that he still retains many of his
old time admirers who cashed on him
time after time till that fatal day last
February over in Richmond when
Wolgsst took his measure.
There is no question but that Nelson
has the class over the mere novice he
IS 70 hook up with. and if class alone
told, the odds would be 1000 TO ! on
Nelson. But there are other things to
be considered in this contest chief
among them being speed and endur
ance- II La Grave can develop the
speed which his friends claim is in his
makeup, and If he keeps up his spirits
under the fire of the Battiers rushes.
then he stands . very good chance OF
holding his own for Is rounds
Unlike 'One Round" Hogan, the man
originally picked out TO send in against
Nelson, La Grave is not the least bit
shy on the Is round route. He's only
TOO glad TO get the opportunity 10 90
IN against the Dane. and If he loses
he viii blame nobody save himself.
However. the thought Of losing has yet
70 enter the head of the sturdy little
fellow from the stockvards district.
He is ali confidence and so are his
friends
AS for Nelson he is taking things
very essv-too easy, in fact, TO suit
some of his old time admirers. AL
rr~1- 4. Trr- /. s,, -
sioIe form. the Bsttler is not doing the
same amount Of work as he used to
60 in his palmy days. He was q glut-
ton for work then. while now he passes
Up as much Of ii IS possible.
So long as ] feel all right and so
long as I have nothing on my mind 70
worry me. then nobody else should
bother his head" said the Dane last
night. Il am right for Is rounds ana
nobody knows il better than 7 do. I
worked for nearly a month before I
came out here, and ] 90 not intend to
axe any chance Of going stale AT the
last minTe"
Nelson did no boxing yesterday aft
ernoon, although he had e lot Of it
programmed and a large crowd of the
fans was down at Colma TO watch him
perform. a hurry up phone call
brought the Battler to the city about
noon and he kept himself busy all aft
ernoon answering kilograms and at
tending 70 his various lines Of business
He has more business on hand now
than ever before. and this is saying
whole lot
Nelson intends 70 make up for lost
time this afternoon and tomorrow He
promises faithfully TO take on sll the
Toun gsters they can trot out there to-
day He viii go 2, dozen rounds if
necessary in order to convince the
skeptical ones that he is not neglect
ing his training
Apparently Nelson considers this con-
test in. because he has already prac-
tically closed with Promoter Jim Cof-
froth 10 box Owen Moran 20 rounds
here next month. OF course. if Mel
son holds La Grave safe for Is rounds,
a nd does no better than TO get draw. !
he viii he just as good 2. card as ever,
but in the event that La, Grave heats /
him there must be q switch in Cof-
froth's November attraction.
The Dane is making the weight with
out the slightest difficulty and his wind
appears TO be all right. Whether or
not that strenuous affair with Wolgast
last winter has left its effects on Nei-
sons constitution viii not be known
tin he steps into the ring on Monday
night
As for La Grave. he has finished with
his work This boy is in condition for |
the first time since he has taken up |
the boxing game. He did his last
work with the mitts on Thursday after
noon and Yesterday he did only road
work. shadow boxing and just enough
light eXercise TO keep himself iimbered
up and within striking distance of the /
wei ght 1873 pounds.
Referee Eddie Smith viii visit the
ca amps Of both boxers today and to-
morrow and instruct them as to the
rules 1t should be an easy contest /
To referee, for the reason that both men
gre on the same order and both have
been in the habit Of boxing the same
way in every contest. They are TO
box straight Queensberry rules and /
break at the referees command.