Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-25 | Page 11 | The Great Youngster and the Veteran He Deteated

I The Great Youngster and the Veteran He Defeated I n I c 14 I cIc t tji A Ai i c 1 tl c a af f t CHAMPION WOLGAST BATTLING NELSON ELSON The above pictures of the challenger and the unsuccessful defender of the lightweight title were taken In Inthe Inthe inthe the respective training quarters of the two just before the great battle on Tuesday The youthful appearance of Wolgast Is In strong contrast with the countenance of the former champion Reno Nev Nov Feb 24 Battling Nelson champion accompanied by his hla brother Arthur and Manager Robinson passed through Reno today on No 10 en route to Chicago Both Nelson and his manager stated that the Dane will meet Cyclone Thompson In a fight at San Francisco some Borne time during the last week In April or the first week In May Robinson stated that the fight will be held In the new auditorium which will be constructed for that pur purpose purpose purpose pose and will be the first round fight held In San Francisco In recent years Louis Blot will promote the fight Robinson stated that formal announcement of the fight will be made from the stage In Chicago Nelson appeared on tho the rear end of the train and greeted some of his friends He presented a very much battered countenance and IB to apparently In poor spirits Nelson never appeared so depressed and Irritable as his usual smile was absent and he ho did not look like the Battling Nelson of old He appeared to have havo no desire to see any of his friends In this city who gathered at the depot being but partly dressed when the train arrived here Languidly he made himself presentable at atthe atthe atthe the solicitation of a friend but few of ot them caught the momentary glimpse of the famous fighter as the train pulled I out outI am going to fulfill my promise with those theatrical people In Chicago and then go to my ranch In New Mexico for several weeks and rest said Nelson after alter that I may come back here hero to Nevada and lay layoff off In the mountains for awhile When asked to explain his defeat and the fact that the recent fight was so BO Nelson simply replied In a disheartening manner that after a few rounds he took things slower He appeared to have no satisfactory explanation of his defeat