The evening world., 1913-05-03

Batting Nelson, Fighting for II
Years and Stln at Il, 10 Surely
ths Perennial Champion Of the
Ring.
e'"'',. "A: r. z y r.. n. va. s.s''.-'a' O.
Z you rsmsmbsr that old warrior Who
ussA 10 cut such Q figure In
Cassar's Commsntariss and the
Cansaisns q Asxaedsr the Great, Bat.
uinG Ns,sca. He was some oattler In
he cay. . fsw thousand years ESQ.
Yss. sir. end the Old boy v stiii travel.
hag around challenging the champions
an1 a0hting the SECOND rstsrs. To-
niGht In PhiiaAslphia he Aghts some
es,Isw named Bradley. Funny how gen.
seatioas a. AUhtsrs come and 20. There
wUss ~ Drad,sys In the ring In Mel
soa's time. Bat runs W against new
names In every town.
fhsy use1 % cav him the Durable
y u
Who tAoksl that taS on Battling Nelson
hal aay suspicion Of how well the name
would At In the future. Where are the
nshsing liUhtwelshts who were great
when Nelson popped into the ilmeiishtf
Gone. svssy one. Some are working
for . living. Some are dead. Some are
aoeorA Not one OF the old time bunch
that Startsd with Nelson is stiil pugiiis-
ticaily on earth. but Hat goes on for.
ever. Hes stiil aghting. He Nights
twice week whenever he has . chance.
4 PPARBNrLY Battiins Nelson.
rscomixing his own inability TO
- wahop his way ,up "a the top
again In the came senSationai manner
that made him king Of his class years
ESQ. has ct about working his way Up
By new method. Hes going In plug
doGgs6iy away until he has fought
every iightwsight In the world. two .
week. ~ ''itf
He counts each Aght as a step toward
the ~. ana llhe mountain climber
Get thsrs onns time. There's one nav
:R this p,aA. HI hos reached the stass
where for every stsp upward no slips .
step hack. Last week he was beaten
again in limited bout by some On.
hnown.
Battling Nelson given the worst beat
linz Of he lifs," the newSpaper head.
lines said. OF course. Il eouidnt have
been the worst beatlng. for herd he 10
lev days later. heppan9 blithely into
the ring again 10 Try TO Get Bradley
back Q peg. He didn't feel like hghtins
fer . little. moro than q week after the
-lssA y
wolgast q Port Richmond. Cal. over
three years ago. In fact. . week afssr
that Aght Nelson ted the inauiring re-
portsrs that he was through Tor all
time. rs
YN ell the history Of the ring Battiing
Nelson's equal In obstinate per-
= sistsncy has never appeared. bat
IN thinks he can't Be knocked out.
WolSast won the title without even
knocking Nelson down. the referee
stopping the contest vhsn Hat vas
hslplsss but still afopt. Moran knocked
him eut-ofAcialiy. Nelson Gays he wa
up before the referee reached ten
Ne was not unconscious. bat was on
eas knee listening to the count
Bat 70 10 away back In history. Mel
con showed the same inSbility to I'm.
agine himsslf beaten years before. and
be usually won just because the other
fellow Was forced to lose eonndencs
0rUt. Jimmy Britt knocked Nelson
doWn and had him Keeling for half q
round, helpless. Nelson came back b.
fore two rounds more he'd been fought
snl IN the end knocked Britt out.
Young Corbttt knocked Nelson dowr
ana broke two Of his ribs. That punch
dSlivers1 on Corbett. would hav'
stepped him. II only enragsd the Dane
we Jumped up and renewed the attsc.
and kept y soin. 81 top speed unti
cs.s:ss viit'd and Topped for the tel
Zoe 0sns. ut doiddeld. met every Mel
son rush for forty rounds with scien
tiAcaiiy delivered punches that woul'
have cracked an iron man Driven back
Nelson only leaned In with anothe
heAdIong plunge. He received nearl!
an OF the beating for forty rounds. bu
~ Wouldn't admit II. He thought h
was bestinG Cans. And although Gan
received the decision ip the forty-sec
ond round on foul blow. at that mo
ment Cans WAS whipped man. sic
and slowly giving way before the tire
Less PUSHES Of the dauntless and durabl
Dane. Twice after that Nelson prove
that be could bea& Cans
NARr Of Nelson's long success I
the ring has been due to hi
enormous conceit. He believe
s0h that he can beat any liEhtweaEh
u given . chance. He sneered at Wo
cast - IN accidental champion" II
TANKS he can beat Richie. He docsn
believe that any nshter can knock hit
cut. II amt human" argues Nelson
nilly Nolan. Bats former manage
ard ct present manager OF Willie RI
chic tells people that II 10 . shame I
~ Nsls0n 20 on hGhting. ~ Bat nevs
wu be knocked out unless he's kille
~ - blow. Nolan says Nelson shout
heve etoppe1 hshting years ago. b,
Ai1s't have sense enough to do II. b,
HeoAn and Nelson ere personal snemie
asA possibly Nolan Isn't talking alt.
oothse With . friendly interest In o
Dal Possibly he Doesn't want his ne
6hAanpeon. Richie. TO b bothered VII
HeaGon's Challenges.
Hes . Wonderful old-tlmsr. that Dur
lie Dane. Seventeen years ago he ",
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