Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-07-21 | Page 24 | Nelson is Heavy

I'j j NELSON IS HEAVY. 1 1 i file Is Now a Welterweight and Unable yr I to Mako 133 at Bingside. l' ; iriYibuno Special Sporting Sen-Ice.. I, ( NEW TORIC, July 20. Although Bat- V ' Tllng Nelson is willing to accept "Tex" j Jj 1 ffUckard's offer of a $40,000 purso for ari- j B ' either finish light with Joe Gans at Ely, I f ?ev., on Labor day afternoon, Billy No- , , Jan, his manager, says that the weight I Qlmlt for which they nave been coritond- " ing will bo strictly enforced and may pos- slbly be raised. He claims that no weight Vof less than 133 pounds at 3 o'clock will Moe considered, and that on account of J ' .jS'elson's Increased bulk they may ask for 1 1 334 pounds. Nelson seemed to bo far ' j p kibovo the lightweight limit when lntro-jj lntro-jj vduccd to the spectators at tho Burns- 1 l E - .'Squires go. It is considered doubtful by I ft iomc authorities whether ho can get to in ' the 1153-pound mark again, and It Is i U ktioughL that Nolan maj demand- oven a ( ' j .'higher weight than that Yientloned.