Show BATTLING NELSON TO BEARD BRITISH I LIGHTWEIGHT LION IN HIS OWN DEN BY ED W SMITH Chicago Jan Jat never has been an anar question of Battling Nelsons game gameness gameness ness but If more evidence of it Is necessary necessary sary one has only to be informed that he heIs heIs Is going to England and risk hIs title In a match there or In Wales with Freddie Welch Velch as an opponent And Welch Velch Is a native of Wales ales had of Df Great Britain nerve for you ou especIally when it itIs itis Is remembered that they are scheduled to fIght but twenty rounds a distance that thatIs Is a trifle short for the Dane and exactly rIght for Welch And Nelson Is taking considerable of a chance too Mind I Iam Iam am not saying that with Eugene EUlene Corn Cornas as referee of this scrap which Is one of the conditions under which lie he has ac accepted accepted the meeting Nelson is going to get getan an any the worst of th the decision If it come to a decision which it doubtless will Corni Is a reputable estimable man manof Qt of wealth and standing In London and even if inclined d could not afford to do wrong But the Dane will be in a strange land and that Is a strong point against him They like the clever fellow abroad Es Especially Especially In England Is the neat and stylish ish boxer liked They like the chap who can an rap hard along with It of course but the cleverness Is what counts most of all allover allover over there And nobody will decline to hand It to Freddy for cleverness Nt No lightweight in the ring today has the slightest shade on him in that respect Twenty rounds going at a lightning clip will be meat and drink for the Welch vegetarian What a 9 furious clip he will willet set et when he gets the Dane In front o of him and how he will make those arms of hIs fly In and out Freddie may not bring much to the other fellow or may not even be sending his head back with the thee e of his punches but he is scoring points under the British system and scoring ing them rapidly rapid Nelsons punches might hurt the more and weaken a man perhaps two to one but Welch would appear to be doing the cleaner and taster faster work and aU all this would be a strong factor with the ref referee referee So aU all told It looks like a mIghty daring thing for the Illinois fighter to do But Buthe Buthe he Is getting a purse of for the meeting we are told by the press agent and of course that Is the maIn poInt In of the match Ata At a more moderate price a price that would be considered more reasonable on this side of the water Nelson probably would turn up hIs Danish nose at It Bat Is slated to sail away about Janu January January ary 1 That Is about the time that Packey McFarland Is to sail If his present pro program program gram goes through The pair Dalr should make It mighty Interesting for the British lov by lovers byera ers era of boxing while they are there eys style will appeal to them upon the other side and his nationality should complete his popularity so he has nothing to fear on that score In the matter of weight as welL Nel Nelsons Nelsons sons Insistent terms about pounds at ringside will not carry so much weight In England as they do here Under the new scale ot of weights now generally adopted abroad under the leadership of the Na National National Sporting club premier fIghting organization the lightweight limit Is placed at nine stone nine or pounds and there is no particularly strong stipulation made as to the time of scaling either When youre In England you ou generally general have to do as the English do Whether such a rule holds good with such an oh ob obstinate and wilful young person as Bat Battling Battling Nelson or not remains to be Been He has had his own way a long time in inthis Inthis this country |