The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-22

thew Battling Nelson his will be
 hc match r the worlds Lightweight championship which will >ult from
 lc series of elimination fights
 Who says so2 Why. Oscar Ma.
 new Battling himself pjf,rru- by Iot one single haIr than iu the hey lay of his success the former cham piou and one time rvcipicu' If enough pounding to have sunk VI uiror leaned against the sporting editor $ desk Thursday afternoon and one hy one eliminated six of 'hr seven mon he thinks have Iooh-iu for the title He eliminated them fer what 'p him seemed just cause. and only exalted himself because he be liyves in luis present superiority with the same grim 'eUapiry that eua- hlcd him [. stand a -plin~stiftenod mass ,f pulp. taking the relentless pounding pf WolgaS', says the St Louis Post.Dispatoh.
 None of Us. perhaps. can believe Bats story. Nelson k through and all done. We know that he will never again be the man that he was, because many preccdeuls toll Ills that they who have gone tm the bourne of the doWn.and-out never return. But while Bat talks. ore lis ,ouS. -emi-couyiuu"d The cNplaua- ton k that he believes in himself
 iark To his story,
 This One Round Hogan iS the Ed that I'll have to beat for the title before I get through" said Bat. rrflectiycly. And I've never seen him fight since hr got into headlines. l refereed his first professional fight. guess. and I liked him a lot He and Packoy Mcfarland are the only two Hghtweigh-s Eve ever taken q shine to as kids.
 How dc kuoW about lIu&au" Say, you don't expect a uug June bug to grow up turtle. d. yo"? He" do you know a colt i~ going to hr a horse? Why. all hes gor to d. k 'r grow. Hogau'~ grown aud l .uc~s hes arrived a real fighter. He promised to be one when a kid
 "Hogan'S got the something that gets there. What makes these man killing henzine hug2ies go 9o miles an hour? Ir's the spark. That's what makes this kid ouiclaS- the oth. CTS. Hogan hear, has developed into a fine puncher and good box CT. game as pebble,
 'I know all the men who are after this title that Wolgas' got away from me by accident. And say. while I'm on ii. did yuu ever hear in" real-real of how il did get away from me?
 Well youve heard of how old John Barleycorn. alias 'red.eye. has done fer many d champion. Well. here's where il made one. Yes, sir. had Wolgast down and out in the 22ud round. He couldn't have come hack to save his life. between rounds, on his own recuperatiNe powers i'o, they shocked him with whisky and he came back strong enough iC stall out and recover.
 That's the only time fighter eyer beat the whisky game that ! can rn, member. Even then. if l hadn heid him cheap and had trained faithfully, I would have been able 10 stick it out and win And l was willing to take more at that, you know A bit tired. hut mol hurt 10 speak of. when the referee butted in.
 As to these other lightWcights: Wolgast is 100 poor boxer to sur vive the test of meeting that out fit of lightweights waiting for hln He can't lick the boxers. like Me- Farland, Moran. Welsh and the rest. at their game; and he cant beat me at the rough-house angle. From my standpoint he cant even box with me and win on points. out pointed him ill the early rounds at Port Richmond, didn't l? can come back. physically. and expect to be at my best in about fonr months. Then for the title. Nolsast will be easy.
 But there are some good ones in the bunch. Moran is clever and q fighter. He's cratic. and when he beat me l was not fit 10 fight. At that I had the best of him until the knockdown. which the referee said was a knockout, although l was up before the referee had tolied G1 nine, The pictures show that, you remember.
 Besides. Moran is irregular. He hasn't found cut yet that every head ache of the morning after gees down in old Dame Natures book as d Dldtk IldI hSeiili9' 'ilN N'i4''' tution. You bet the old girl is there keeping tab Moran won't be there al all when the gruelling comes. Him I count as Wolgast-a stepping-stone to the front
 Fred Welsh is made up of head too large for the size hat he wears. He is a fancy stopper and isn't there on these derby finishes. He could outpoint me. no doubt. in short limited fight. But the hump on the conch begins to addle him up after about fifteen rounds. and body blows can finish him. l think little or him. even if he did outpOint the greatest little champion of the Wor d today-Abe Attell
 Then there's this other English wonder. Matt Wells. His victory over Welsh simply shows that fight CT up. Wells was unable to earn salt when in this country before. Third-raters walked right through him. Count all these blooming Brit ishers done-they're on the outside looking in on this championship fies- ta.
 That brings us down to Packey screw leg at the hip to get in on a title fight. He cant make the weight. But he is a smart boxer. He is a cold proposition, and cuts and tears when he boxes. But can eat that stuff when I'm fit.
 That leaves Brown. This fellow is tough. but he got a lot of pound