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Show BATTLING NELSON MAKES BRIEF SPEECH A good story about Battling Nelson is now going the rounds which occurred oc-curred while he was en route to the Ooldfield camp. A stop was made at Keno and a visit was made to a saloon, sa-loon, though Bat never drinks. While there he was recognized as the Durable Dane, and immediately a shout went up for a speech. So strong was the movement that . Nelson could not make his get-away. At the fight with Gans on September . B waa uppermost in their minds and his. he climbed upon an end of the bar and said: "I am going to lick that wind-jamming nigger and the fight ' will be on the square. See!" The yell which followed was deafening and .- another home was won. |