Show MISSOURI IS SOUR I IS SHOWN AND BATTLING r NELSON IS NOW IDOL OF q O i ST si L LOWS LOUIS UiS That Dame Fortune plas pla s peculiar pranks ranks even een with wih fighters is well demon demonstrated demonstrated by b the case of Battling Nelson who Is now In St Louis Louts a place where less titan than than three years ears ago ugo he was Avas refused 1 even a preliminary match Now Nelson e on is hack there a worlds worl s champion practically pr and amid the Idol of ot fight fans of 0 the Mound lound City Cit When Charley Haughton had the West Wept WestEnd ept End En club in m St Louis and fights were being pulled off of weekly Nelson was an un aspiring pug When NeNon NelOn was not not fighting he spent his spare moments as us usa asa a 1 waiter waler M in various His manager then was Teddy Murphy furphy but Leddy did di not think it worth his while to leave loave Chicago In Nelsons behalf behal so solie solie o olIe lie deputized Jack Powell Powel the noted pitch pitcher er cr to try tn and get set Nelson a preliminary match Powell took Nelson out to the time West est cst End club whose destinies were in the hands handa of f Charley Mr r Haughton had then theft as h has ha now peculiar views ol or pugs and amid the fight game in general generd gener l Powell Powel begged to gia viva 18 Nel Nelson l i lson ison son a try trout out in one on of time the the preliminaries 8 but the th fight told Powell that his fighter was too much of or a n dub to adorn time the of the club lub Powell and Nelson said sai they the would show sh w Haughton It if he lie would give them a chance that the Battler Bater could fight but tho the Missouri Instinct did not seem to have hao iut sway with Haughton and he lie did not care c rc to be shown howo can haul that piece of cheese away a from front those these thoe holy precincts remarked remar ed Haughton to PowelL Ve We wont I meet hasher evenin en our ps and ant that mutt of yours jours wont do for tor me mc mcPowell Powell even tried to bribe Charley Chancy with a aquart quart q ar of grape gape juice but even een the bubble water would not riot move moie the obstinate pro motor and St ans lost a see Britts conqueror in action acton After his turndown by the West rest End club the l C boy went to Hot Rot Springs and nd begun beg a 3 i fighting career has put him Ir it t very Yen front row of modern pugs PURS 9 |