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Show NATIONAL SPORTING - CLUB'S BIG OFFER Willing to Give Ten Thousand Dollars for Six Rounds of Fighting. Special to The Tribune. PITTS BL'RG, Sept. 9. A $10,000 purse has been offered Battling Nelson and Tommy Murphy for a six-round fight, to bo held In this city the second week in October. The National Sporting club has made the offer and Is now awaiting word from the fighters. Tho offer is made principally because Murphy here, one week ago last Wednesday Wednes-day night, badly outpointed Ad Wolgast. the Michigan lighter, who has been making mak-ing much eastern capital out of the fact that he got a ten-round draw with Uat-tling Uat-tling Nelson recently on the Parlllc coast. Murphy simply chopped Wolgast lo bits In their six-orund go. and the Pittsburg fans are anxious to pay their money to see Murphy against the Bnttlcr. Should Nelson and Murnhy mcot In Pittsburg, the only way In which a decision de-cision could be reached would be by a knockout. |