The evening world., 1911-04-06
Bat Nelson Confident He'll Yet
Regain Title He Once Earned
by His Remarkable Power OF
Endurance.

NIne wv |" VstN
snAr Nelson says that he never SON
TX sidered the possibility Of his be-
- ins Q dead one" He has just
been letting wolgast borrow the tits
for Q while. according TO Bat. and when
he 10 ready he'll take II back again.
Bat 10 the most confident fighter In
the world. When he was working his
way up. and when he was champion.
he never thought 1t possible that he
could be knocked out. The idea be-
came q bug with Nelson. Il amt
human" he used to say. u can't be
knocked out"
Even to-day ne thinks hos immune.
n has an explanation ready whom
ever you mention Moran. Bat claims
hat he was merely waiting for nine"
and was just about 10 get up and
knock out Moran. who was arm weary
from hammer.ng him. when the referee
yelled You're out" and ended the
nshA- I think Bat really believes this.
AZ any rate, he tells the story the
same way every time. and he ham,
mers the air and gets very indignant.
For all that, ! think that Nelson's
great ighing days are over. He will
End out that a few months rest. won't
bring him bsck He has lost the iron
endurance h . made him champion.
NELSON never became clever. because
be fought in . way that discounted
~elevernsss. His method was 20 rush
And never stop rushing. He could take
any amount Of wAnoping without be-
coming dassd. The men ne fought
hammered him until they couldn't raise
their hands. and then Nelson, stni
srssh, put them away.
A yTER hts nght with Cans at Gold
"a field. Nelson's stomach began TO
give him q lot OF trouble. His
eide was Affected too. and he thought
that the hard kidney punches landed by
Cans had hurt him.. Still he figured
himself tireless and invinc!bls. When
he fought Britt IN San Francisco some
time after tho Goldfeld affair he lacked
his usual stamina. or he wasn't in shape.
Britt rave him a fierce beating and at
the end OF the last round had Nelson
hanging over the ropes. helpless and all
but unconscious. Britt missed tho glory
OF being the first TO knock Nelson out.
In . few seconds more Hat must have
gone down for the ten count. He ex-
cused himself by saying that he thought
Britt was easy. and he ate a big steak
for dinner too short n time before enter
ing the ring.
Nelson came back and knocked out
Cans twice not long after losing to
Britt. From that time until he lost TO
wolgast he seemed as invincibie a. ever.
In Wolgast he met a rugged slugysr like
himself. Nelson had Wolgast whipped.
down nine seconds. staggering around
the ring. n In trying TO finish hin
grew arm weary. Before long Bat
couldn't raise his hands. and woigast.
rscupsrattns just a. Nelson used TO re-
cupsrats. hammered md hammered
the helpless fighter until tho referee
stepped In. The strange thing about the
fight II that Wolgast couldn't evcn
knock Nelson OFF his feet once. although
Bat was staggering about with his head
rolling and his hands down, In the
Moran fight Nelson lost his rushing
strength in a few round and showed
signs OF firing, Then anne the knock
hcWAsp oho ~ oAoNiN's hHh4l NHo last
one ended In a ten-second count Mel
son Jumped up too late.
Bat may possibly do some good light
ing stili. but hen never be the old iron
man who could hold his Jaw out for
any wallop. and who could drive In
punches a top speed for forty rounds
without thing.
THE success OF several men In the
lightweight class this winter
must make some OF the old timers
turn green, Here are wolgast. Brown
Hogan. Mcfarland and several other.
getting rich so fast they don't kno y
whore TO invest all their money. McFar.
a boxes at least once a week. X,
travels all the time. Everywhere he I.
a great favorite. and he surely is rakin;
IN the sheckels. Wolgast Is very busy
too. and often cleans up 1--WE or q,
thousand In an evening. *. o. Brown g.
even better than Wolgast as a none
maker. for he fights ottener. lie II
taking q short rest Just now, but Al
soon as he starts again can get five o.
elk thousand any night when he has
man like Wolgast. Murphy. Mcfarland
or Hogan against him. Wonder wha
old timers like Lavigne. Erne, Hawkins
McFadden. and all that classy buncl
think OF the game to-day. Wouldn'
they like to have a few weeks OF M