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Show TTJBNS DOWN MONEY. Nolan Would Eather Box in England for Smaller Purse. Tribune Special Sporting Service, SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. That sagacious manager, "Billy" Nolan, promises prom-ises to pull off a slugging festival In London next August Nolan Is probably resprosontlng some club, though ho claims credit of promoting the affair. It can hardly be said that Nolan was royally received abroad. In fact, lie was provoked before ho quit the land of fog and highballs. However. Nelson's manager man-ager is persistent to the extremity of fighting for $3000 when ho might accept ac-cept a $40,000 purse. To show his keen business sense, he will spurn Tex Rick-ard's Rick-ard's $.10,000 purse and take Nelson to London and match him with Johnny Summers for something like $3000. Nolan says he will put two other international matches on at the same time, lie Is thinking about signing Abe Atlell and Jem Bowker for one and Jack O'Brien and Gunner Molr for tho other. |