New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-02
Heard at the Sign
Of the Cauliflower
By w. o. MCCLELLAN
EOLLOWING the voluntary retire
Il he

FOLLOWING the voluntary retire
ment OF Leach Cross. comes the
involuntary retirement OF Bat
Ting Nelson. Somebody had 20 retire
the Battler. He never would have done
it himself. He would have insisted
upon challenging some ono for the
lightweight championship as long rs
he could growl the def or wigwag 1t
with his fingers.
Nelson is now thirty-four years old.
That is q vast age for prlzenghter.
lie is probably as well of as any OF
the fighters. and should be willing TO
quit the game But down i'm his heart
of hearts the Battler always liked H.
and he still believes that he is he
Durable Dane Of old. You cannot beat
that out Of his armorplatcd head any
more than Cans could beat out the no
ton that Nelson was 10 be the light
weight champion.
Personally. We did not admire the
Dane as a fighter. We regarded him
as n freak, man who could assimllatc
punishment that would kill an ordinary
man Our notion OF good fighter Is
one who can. defend himself as we'll
40 administer punishment 20 the other
fellow. A. any rate. that Is tho general
theory Of the manly art OF self defence.
the other fellow could give. and then,
when the opponent had become dis
heartcned from pounding his hard head
20 no result. wade IN and put HIM out.
DUT while we did not ever consider
ID Nelson the ideal Of a lightweight
champion. we arc inclined TO wax
somewhat indignant at reading that
Nelson was not game. We saw Nelson
with his face manglcd out Of all human
shape in that long hght with Cans at
Goldfc.d. And when the sun started
10 20 down. after forty-two rounds Of
fierce fighting. the little Dane was silll
on his feet fighting back savagely. His
eyes were nearly closed. his nose was
nattened and his mouth was twisted
out Of shape. but he was still sighting.
And then we saw the passing Of Nell
son rs the lightweight champion. For
five rounds Of that fight Nelson kept
on his feet only through the sheer
force Of his ..erce courage We remem-
Der that hardened fight followers az
the ringside were pleading IN the thir-
ty-ifth round for Referee Eddi. Smith
to stop IT, In the fortieth round Nell
sol. came out OF his corner bruised from
belt to forehead. Keeling about the rug
like drunken man. But he WAS not
counted out. lie lost tae championship
while he was still on his feet. but hard
~ able 70 raise an arm in protest.
Not game, Battling Nelson? In our
opinion. lac was one Of the gamest and
toughest little mcI that ever -tcDPcd
into the ring. Moreover. he did not
fight one tight that was not absolutely
on the level. and he has one Of the
longes, lists Of battles in the fight cata
logues.
nNE or the prelminaries Tor the
~ Willard Moran fight has been de
cided upon Jim Flynn. the
ancient fireman OF Pueblo. Col. will DO
battle with Battling Levinsky, the
clever East Side youth. who fights every
week or so with Jack Dillon. This in
itself will provide something OF spec
tacle. as Flynn is a fighter, pure aid
simple. while Levinsky j. one o. the
cleverest Of the local boxers.
OF course. in the meantime. Flynn
has a little affair on with Jack Dillon.
and his appearance in the ring with
Levinsky will depend upon his state Of
health after this contest. In cas- OF an
accident 20 the venerable coal shoveller.
Jack Dillon will be glad 10 offer
his services and 10 perform his cele-
Drnfel DTOlNel act Win LcFlusnl. ne
rest Of the card FOR the 25th will be
selected later Talent is only too plen- .
tiful in New York at this tine. Tex
Richard finds.
Dear Caulihower Editor: have
read about the boxing stunt ~ Miss
Hildre,h Whitehouse with some inter
est have been boxing for a lumber
OF years myself. and ! am quit sure
that have n kick in either NIT. Would
you advise me 20 take up ring career
or 10 settle down and try 10 make some
good man happy? Yours sincerely.
"GWFNDOLlN NJ"
Yours is sad case. Gwendolyn. We
do not see how lady with n kick IN
either mitt can make n man happy. es-
pecially when she seems 10 be more or
less impulsivc.
ZOE LEVY. who used 10 handle Joe
- Rivers when the little Mexican wa.
a championship possibility, IS in our
midst with Pal Moore = tow. Joseph