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Show TO ARRANGE FIGHT FOR NELSON AND JOE GANS 'A. three-hour gsbfest to decide whether Jo Gens, the colored lightweight fighter, will meet Battling Nelson, the Dane with a national na-tional reputation, was carried on at the Ken-yon Ken-yon hotel yesterday between Morris Levy,, representative of the Hayes Valley Athletic club of San Francisco, and ' Billy Nolsn, manager of Nelson. After the long' talk the two men were still undecided as to terms or anything else, although they continued to get better acquainted ac-quainted on the prospects of a coming fight on September 10. It is said that Levy did not spring the proposition he has to offer for the fight to take place at San Francisco. This he will do when he eomes down from Ogden to meet the Battler's manager today. The "right kind of a purse" is what is troubling Nolan. He declares that his man is willing to fight and accept any legitimate challenge, but he wants a few things of his own. Nolan declared last night that a prii fighter's fight-er's value is just what kind of a house he will draw. At the McGovern-Nelson fight Battling Nelson received nearly 812,000 lor his share. At Oans' fight with Holly at Seattle Gans'drew down 1500 as hia share, and purses throughout" have been in proportion. propor-tion. For that reason Nolan declares that Nelson will be the big noise on the card and will be the one that draws the big honse, and for that reason he wants good terms with the negro fighter. It is probable prob-able that the match will be arranged for within a few daya. |