Show i- i a N Nels Q n nt i V Salt Lake Lakei t i- i Nelson undisputed light weIght champion pugilist of tho world J in a 1 red hat bat red sweater vest red tie tic red hose and ed up town tovu yesterday afternoon to say ay howdy to his old oldIn In this city who cheered and ancl st started him on his way to the top of the then theet ago n et hero u the pIcture of health and Is accompanied by his friend and spar spar- is 15 Bit Joe Gilligan Inadvertently It was stated in these columns yes yes- the the Dane Dano was on OU has way vay to the coast but hs as a matter of fact he I 7 that direct from tho the coast where he signed to meet Dick II Hyland land the tho other CD bound hound for tor New York to a attend to some important business in bt d n la 15 with the printing of his book which is now in tho hands of the theIn nurs rs In i in Gotham In nurs rs i in Gotham little Dane Dau was wa as 16 talla- talla Mt PMt great ne he and one is impressed b by ever Y ft tion that he is ts conversation and nUll more of a business I Fe net IW T da day dav and he is isto to be br admired I Ir everY y of tho thos' thos methods because in spite r f his bis s' s Bat is a attending attending strictly knitting 11 and is looking out IF r bis Osea latho Battling Nelson ol elon on in in a j manner I that mit will rome pome lay Jay servo serve him himI I t to good oo stead many mall more of the tho thoI I pugs pegs are bound houn for some mental i tal or n a poor farm I I I am lm on III my way TIL ll to 10 1 NeV w York said Bat when asked to tell his story I I am going soing oin to collect s some oine of the monc money duo lue mo flit for advertising ld in my book Don Dont Don't t for forget et to rend read flie book hook when it gets out nc next net t month I si signed ull lip up with Coffroth nt at Frisco to meet Dick and Dick should give me mea a good battle hattle Of course courso I will win win win- t that's Ht's natural 1 always know Jenow I will willI I win vin no matter who bo it is I am meeting It Hyland lIland first wanted to have it 13 pounds rin ringside side but I 1 told him that I ti he e was fi fighting for tho light Haht wei weight ht title and it would bo at nt the light wei weight lit Any man who ho ho makes ring ring- bide and licks mo gets the title When asked aske about accepting the tho offer made mado by b Hu Hugh h McIntosh to 1 light fight ht Johnny Summers at London for Bat said aid ho he had not received tho the offer as yet ct but that it was probably waiting waiting wait wait- in ing for him at Chica Chicago o or New ew York There is nothing doing at that fl figure fig fig- ure nrc continued the champion II They don dont don't t got ot mo me to go o out of this count country for any Why I could mako make that much in Salt SnIt Lake J JOn On the possibility of fi fighting before the National Athletic club at New Sew NewYork NewYork York over oer the tho ten-round ten route Bat said that he ho m might bt consider it if the guar guarI guarantee I antee was right When told that Manager White of the club was considering considering con I Cyclone Johnny Thompson Bat had a quiet smile Why that bi big dub I ha have o licked him twice already once with a broken arm I saw that Pete Poto Sullivan put it over him again at Pocatello Why don dont don't t they get Sulli- Sulli van an he hc is some fighter But nut if they thoy tho p put t up Thompson I J don dont don't t care it will ho bo some ome much less Jess work vork for me mc Bat di did object to Ion going on with Freddie Freddie Fred Fred- die lie Welsh however for ten rounds lie He He would danco and two step around tho rin ring for tho the ten rounds and it would b be no fi fight bt at all They even e m might give ivo him tho decision That would bo ho a great Ireat fi fight bt With Moran oran it would be different he would stand up and fi fight bt and the tho people would get their money 5 worth You Yon say you smiled when you saw tW t that at I had offered to lick all nIl the in this country in one ono ni night ht Wh Why that would b bo ho no trick at It all aU I mean it too The Battler seemed to think that Packey McFarland was still anxious to tofi fi light fight ht him and that Packey could make the weight That is is what ho lie has hilS been waiting for a all the time time to to fight me Bat Of course he bC can mako make and be bo good too that is is is as asgood asgood good as ho he can ran be Why dont don't you ou fi fight bt then was asked Well lVell that thatis is up to tho the promoters I will fi fight bt anybody anybody any any any- body hody as I say J Jimmy mm Coffroth is is tile the on only I. I man that looks good to promote a match ri right ht now and ho bo dont don't consider McFarland a card That's simple isn't I it Bat registered as 4 Battling Nelson OBar Bar N. N Mex Ie With him was Joe I Galligan also draped in in red a friend and arid a lin ring artist himself Bat is is all for O aBar There his two brothers and a friend have homesteads homestead and Bat himself a desert entry They hold bold about a sec see tion ion which Bat is going to farm My Iy brothers are out there for their health and ani took up the tho homesteads I financed the deal Of course courso I could not take up a homestead because I could not live there tho the time required by jy law I am going to put up windmills windmills wind wind- mills and build a big house bouse and ba have bae e all the tho conductors point out nut Nolous home tome from the trains which go o by within a mile wile I also have a acro vineyard at Li Livermore near Frisco I was offered a profit of on it before I J left but it is if worth forth it and they may discover disco oil yet et I don dont don't t need the bo money |