Show r J RETIRED PUGILISTS CAUSES CISSA A LAUG 11 Bat Nelson and Ad Wolgast TaKe It Seriously Will Do Ad Wolgast and his arch uch enemy Battling Bat Bat- Nelson have havo been matched match to box boxten boxten boxten ten rounds at Milwaukee on tho the evening of ot October 13 Seeing that it is largely a reunion of ot old rivals it might have been boon thought that the fighters would have been content to box at catch weights but nothing of ot the kind They have arranged to La to weigh pounds each at 8 o'clock on fight night This suggests that both the Dane and the Wildcat still consider themselves factors in championship disputes and that they are arc anxious to keep in touch with the weight so as to be ready for tor anything that may turn up in the line of matches It was only a 3 few days ago that Bat retired permanently and by lay eo so doing caused several critics critic to reminisce over the passing of Battling Nelson In explanation ex of his latest move however Nelson says sas Theres only one fellow in all aU this wide world that Im I'm crazy to meet His name namo is Ad Wolgast and when a chance for getting back at him presents itself retirements dont don't stick Wolgast has also retired a couple of or times during tho the recent past but has kept an car ear to the ground in the hopes of f hearing bearing the rumble of approaching offer Ad said in a letter to a n friend I am young oun at the retiring business and will get around to a sure enough retirement after a while Meantime 1 am not going to let chances which will net me ino thousands thousands thou sands of dollars dollus go o begging To E. E W. W Dickerson a Grand Rapids critic Ad All that lie lio was li living vi n in tho thu hope of getting a return match with I Willie Ritchie flitchie and that when hen tho timo came there would be a reversal such as pugilism had ne never er known before Ad says ho will not rest contented until until un un- un til he forces Ritchie into a a. match and that after defeating Rit hio hie ho ha purposes settling down on his Oregon on ranch and becoming a 3 II gentleman farmer Nelson says he ho no lon longer er feels any rivalry toward Jimmy BrItt and Willie Willio Ritchie and anel does not want to box either cither of them Wolgast V 1 however is a different different differ ditTer ent proposition |