Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-04
WILL LEAVE YOU
Smiling HE SAYS
BATTLING" NELSON AT LAST
GIVES PUBLIC HIS SWAN
SONG.
GOING TO QUIT The Came
Il Now Satisfied That lie Has No
Chance of Rcgaining the
Championship.

BOSTON, Ma! S.-"i'm going TO
leave you smiling when | say good
bye
This is probably the swan song OF
the strongest character pugilism has
ever misunderstanding Nelson.
When the members Of the newly
organized Atlas Athletic association
saw the Dane in action Tuesday night
against Gilbert Gallant at the Boston
Arena II is believed they saw him for
the last time in Boston
Nelson, after sixteen and one half
years in the Qucensberry game, is
about ready to settle down TO house
keeping in one Of his numerous
houses in the city he owns, Hege-
wlsch, Ill,
Thinks Ritchic Stalling.
1T does not look as if / would ever
get another chance at the lightweight
title" says Nelson. "Billy Moan, who
manages the present papicr machc
affair holding title, knows that /
would wear I.tchie out inside Of
twenty-five rounds, and for this rca-
son he Will not consider me for Il
match. Instead Nolan is trying to
belittle me, so as to place me before
the public as a man who should not
be seriously considered as a pugilistic
factor.
Il said long ago that as soon as !
was convinced that | had no chance
at the title. or as soon as | was GER
tain that boxing was no longer my
long suit | would withdraw graceful
ly | have not as yet given up com
plete hope of landing return match
for the lightweight crown, but | am
willing to admit that chances look
extremely dubious for me. so it will
be only a matter Of a short time
when I'll step out Of the ring for the
last time"
Nelson. appreciated as the most
satisfactory fighter in the world in
every city in which he has ever APP
peared, seems to have found a greater
degree Of appreciation in Boston than
in any other large boxing center in
the country He has always boxed
before packed houses here and even
after repeated theatrical engagements,
has been able to come right back to
crowds. There has always been an ir-
rcsistible magnetism in the little tow
headed chap from Denmark. His
winning smile, his sterling honesty
and his universal good nature have
made him a public Idol, and the
Quoensberry sport will be the loser
when he finally packs away the old
green tights and settles down to
pastoral life,
Few Like Nelson.
There have been few performers
like Nelson in the ring, and perhaps
there will never again be his equal
Even before the most terrible pun
ishment he stood in the center of the
ring. fighting with a blind determin-
alton and a terrible fury that usuany
carried him finally over the tape a
winner Blows that would have de-
feated an ordinary heavy weight
failed to stop Nelson, and no matter
how hard the battle, he never backed
away. 1t is a matter of pugilistic
record that Nelson never took a
backward step before the rush of an
opponent in his long career He
stands as one of the few fighters
with this record in ring history.
And when | finish, my record will
still be untarnished," declares the
Dane.
Nelson is the last of the light
weight champions who won his title
on a knockout, and the last of the
champions who lost his title when
still standing on his feet and doing
aggressive work of the battle. In
the historic 4O-round struggle in
which Wolgast won the Danes crown |
but two knockdowns were scored, and |
Nelson was credited with both of |
them.
When Referee Eddie Smith finally |
stopped the battle, Nelson was stand |
ing in the center of the ring, bleeding !
from deep cut ON the side of his |
face, but still doing the aggressive |
work and forcing WOlgast all over
the inclosure. The Dane was never
Knocked off his feet. Wolgast, in |
turn, lost his title while standing up. |
so that Nelson's knockout of the late
Joe Cans was the last in the class.