Show MORAN 0 RAN V VV IS I S c g x EVEN VEN MONEY Wn NELSON Britons Briton's F Followers lowers Ar Are Con Confident on dent He Will Wil Outpoint t Former Champion BY T. T P. P MAGILLIGAN SAN SN FRANCISCO FRACISCO Nov 25 Just Just whether Oscar Battling Nelson is still sti the saino samo saro fearsome th that t he once was vas will wi come up for determination at Blots Blot's arena next Saturday afternoon when the Durable Dane will wi test prowess prow ess oss with Owen Moran of or Birmingham I England The Tho pair are rc to bo box twenty twety I rounds and ad this distance should shoud be long enough to determine whether the Dane will wi retain his hs prestige as a were or sink back among tile tho te boxers who Nelson has made an heroic effort this time to t be in shape for tUe tle test efort Not in recent years has Nelson gone about his training with such avidity as he has trained for Moran Not only d does es ony Nelson realize that in Moran he is to meet a a tough customer and one who will wi DOUL DOUt ill worry him TA at every angle of A the DOUL DOUt TA A out our the vane Dane realizes ne he is ngn Ing lug for his pugilistic life Ufe that he ia is seeking regeneration in il t the th e ee eyes e cf lIt It I is js the little thin things s that count in iu tia tl careers of b bg bg m men n bo La they count or painters or captains of industry or generals in the tho army or fighters of the thic sea and the writer noticed a little thing of or two about Nelson yesterday which unfolded to me at least a new an angle le to this wonderful personality One of the little things was a remark re reo remark re- re I mark dropped by Nelson innocent enough in itself but having a meaning all al alts its ts own coming from Nelson While the battler was as being rubbed after his workout yesterday someone spoke to him about his bis chau chances with es with Moran Oh you never can toll tell how it it'll 11 end mused Nelson I Ive r I ye 0 tel hanle handed many a a boy a Jacin lacing Ive I've sent them to the med medicine eno men for repairs Who knows but Moran loran may lay me lip up This was a false fals note in the Nelson c enl i 1 n f fl One flirt tho 1 TT fl A tWi 4 f h VA v I was loth to hear heal from roin t the lac- c lips Lipi of Nelson To ro our way of looking at it th that's V ts t's not a nice tune for tills this Nelson bird hird to be warbling So unlike the battler batHer we used to know Was Vas this remark a premonition Tho The manner of it w was s in jest but many a 1 true tue word has bas been becu uttered in jest The fate of more than thau one man has bas been sealed in a salient jest iest of his own making Maybe Maybe spoke truer than thai he hele ec believed believed- J v B Be that as it t may That remark J- J looked to us as though tho the old rock ribbed confidence of Nelson is beguiling begin begin- ling to be gnawed by tho the te teth th of doubt Tn former times Nelson was dence derce personified Ho He never doubled doubted cont I his ability to beat boat any sort of min man with gloves be that man whom ho homa may mac ma maThis This false note of Nelson yesterday yes yes- yesterday sounded harshly in our cars ears It jt was so unlike the Nelson we e can can canso so easily recall recal Does Docs anyone over ever recall Nelson tines tines- recal Oles- Oles Oles- Oles toning his ability to beat Cans Gans OlesI Can I anyone recall recal any any time that Nelson failed faHed to express the the uttermost conf dence against all an opponents That the retail s of If f Owen Moran are confident the Briton Brion will wi take the measure of Nelson is shown by the tho bet bet- the ting Morans Moran's admirers arc ird r still offering of of- f- f fering ferng even money that Moran oran will win Wi At Corbetts Corbett's places this morning moring the quotations were oven even e 01 money and Corn Com Commissioner OI missioner Tom Toni declared red he ho did dd not look for any change e in th the betting Speculation on the outcome of of the affair is brisk and Corbett has money to place on ml |