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Show NELSON WILL NO! 1 I GIVE HEIGHT i I Hyland Must Make 133 Pounds- H Ringside if He Expects K H Match. ' WILLIS BRITT TO TALK 1 I FIGHT TO THE DANE p. H Champion Is on His Way to the ' I Pacific Coast to Settle 1 1 IH Disputes, ft"- Special to The Tribune. 1 DALLAS, Tex. Feb. 15, When Bat- 5f;'; tllng Nelson was told that Dick Hyland. i Jf;' now in San Francisco, would make 135 j m' pounds ringside, Nelson said that there Ds.' would be nothing doing. " IH "There Is one thing that I Insist upon," fa" IH said "Bat." "and that Is that nny man K , who expects to fight me must make. 183 ? ',' pounds ringside. I am not afraid of Itj - , ' - land. While I consider him a good little. f'f :. fellow, he. Is far from being a champion. ! ft"! and -should I agree to meet him I will :-' lay several thousand dollars as a wager that I will win, and I have got a hunch !"- that the tight will not run far into tho ; ' two figures " j Nelson said that when he wds down 1 L, ' he had to make weight, which, of course. hi i v;ns easy for him to do at all times; and he proposes now to see that no one will .( secure the weight advantage over him. , j Nelson said that he would meet either 1 . Welsh or Hyland In San Francisco, but & this was left entirely to Willis Britt. :' whom lie expects to meet ln a dav or two. Britt Is on his way to Philadelphia. and will take the-southern route in order JB to secure a talk with Nelson. McFarlnnd Gets Mad. . Mi Parky McFarland. who has been roast- . ed severely by the Pacific coast papers f ' for dodging out of his match with "Fight- i' ing" Dick Hyland. has arrived In Chi- l.i cugo. and snys that he will immediately roturn to the coast as soon as he is as- jr, yi 1 surcd that his mother Is out of danger for the purpose of taking on Hyland. or any if , of the other lightweights who think they ; can f I glit. Basketball Game. ' h A match game of basketball will b? t(' plnved Tuesday nt I p. m. In the Eaton- K gymnasium, between the girls of the high L- , school and Gran It". This will be the j-V first game played by the high school girls. j If' and. as this ten-n won the championship i ti Inst year, there is a great deal, of lntr- t est as regards the outcome of today's U game, which. It Is considered, will be ono I, of the hardest of the season. J; Famous Rondvillo TrT1- & The famous Readvlllo track near Bos- i l.j ton will not be sold for building lots. A. j J. Welch, who owns the Hartford race I k.. track, bais purchased the Re.advllle track. ' and will make of It one of the finest race ; r;. courses In the United Stntes for harness j." IH racing. |