Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26

tsmbss 3 last. In the east Eddie Mo-
Goorty. the near middleweight champion,
viii meet Nike Gibbons. the St Paul sen.
sation. in a ten-round bout There WIN
be no decision It stake unless one OF them
should happen to put over q real knock
out II q knockout does occur Il 10 q good
bet Mc0oorty VIII be the one TO hand II
out. Tommy Howell Of Philadelphia and
Kid Ferns. both claimants to the welter-
weight title. win hook up at Kansas CITY
for ten rounds and II should be a delight
full time for both. as IL Will no doubt DO
Of the wildcat order.
Jimmy Britt, at one time Americas
champion lightweight. is probably better
qualified to pass Judgment on Battling
Nelson's ability as a fighter than any
other man In the country. Jimmy. who
has been spending the week In Milwau-
kee, thinks well OF the Battler. but also
adds that Il would be advisable. provided
the remarkable Dane has sufficient OF this
worlds goods to carry him along In lie,
to retire from the glamour Of the ring.
This opinion" said Mr.. Britt will. OK
course, hinge on the outcome OF his bat
tie with Leach Cross i'm New York. III
Nelson can hold his own with a tough.
heady fighter like Cross II will go far To
prove that his usefulness I'm the ring Is
not ended. On the other hand, should
Cross demonstrate that Nelson Ia no long
er the Nelson Of old, my advice. and
think the advice Of every sporting man
who loves a good. game tighter. would be
to retire. OF course. in saying this you
are asking man who loves battle Tor
its sake alone. to give up that which ALT
Of his instincts cry aloud for. IL Is safe
to say that no matter what Nelson may
accomplish in the future. he cannot adj
any glamour to his name. Nelson. to my
mind. had the fighting instinct developed
in a higher degree than any boxer OF
later days.
My mind goes back to the first time I
ever laid eyes on the Battler. i can re
member looking him over very careful1N
noting the marks OF battle and feeling {"
myself that a man that is easy to hit
should be easy to whip. In our frsi
twenty-round contest, as tough rounds a.
ever care to box. I found that the Bat
tier had a better knowledge or boxing
than the average man outside the rims
though having defeated Erne. Kid La
vigne, Tim Haggerty. champion of Aus
tralia: Young Corbett and a few others
without having called on all OF my re-
sources found that In boxing the Battler
1t was necessary to go the limit.
Then came that fatal Colma battle.
which can We'll be described my Wa
terloo.' In this particular contest i think
my vanity was largely responsible for my
defeat. Having outboXed Nelson I'm our
previous contest / figured that I could
outslug him well. This you al
know. proved unsuccessful. Instead OF
making Nelson box my way | fought him
toe to toe, something which at that time
amounted close to suicide. This battle
taught me great lesson.
II did not box for a year afterward.
not that ] was hurt. but | wanted time
to think over my future plans. AS the
sporting world knows, motion pictures OF
this battle were taken and probably real
lied more money than any other in pic
ture film before or since that time. What
I hnin f,nxr Oft. al
Studying the pictures. l bought myself
picture machine, installed il i'm my home
and night after night my late lamented
brother and myself went over those pic
lures. round after round. picking out the
mistakes l made picking those that Mel
son made. forming plans to remedy my
mistakes and to see those Of Nelson's.
Il think that our third contest. which
afterward took place, was the only battle
that was won by careful study of the
cinematograph. Before this third battle.
Nelson had practically defeated Cans. al
though losing on foul at Goldfed. L
did not have much difficulty i'm gaining the
verdict. Reports of that contest will show
that on few occasions in the twelfth
round the referee was on the point OF
stopping ii and would have had l been
boxing any other but the hardy Battler.
Just before the gong sounded before the
end of the twelfth round i'm this pafticu-
lar battle 1 was fortunate enough to land
one Of my left hooks on Nelson's solar
plexus. 1t looked as though the battle
was over. l went back to my corner feel
ing that in the next round / would be
able to accomplish that which had NOT
been done before namely. knocking out
the Battler. Eager and expectant l sat
on the edge of my chair waiting for the
gong in the thirteenth round. From my
corner I could see Nelson's men working
over him, and from his limp attitude IL
looked as though he would not be able
to respond. Ready to dash out of my
hi lt.S
eyes off Nelson's corner for moment
imagine my surprise to see him, not wait
ing for the gong. but coming right over
into my corner asking for more, which
he did.
Il have battled with Nelson four times
had innumera BILE newspaper controversies
with him. yet have nothing but admira-
ton for his fighting qualities If he could
succeed in gaining the championship, no.
body would be more delighted than 1, but
should this next battle show that he cam
not come back, my advice, as | said be-
fore, is to quit the ring"