| Show WIH AND fiGHT FANS Who Sporting porting Scribes Are Talk Jalk Talking alk ing About and Being Said NELSON MAKES HIGH PRICE kc and 1111 Helly lel 1 After Ier iter Many imy Ilmi Cn Clan Can mij 11 Buck Bul to 10 1 I cried Kindly accept my moy thanks I tom tor CO your offer Ier to tom light before your your club climb but I 1 must decline since the purse is fat far below my lY scale Battling Nelson Nel n lightweight I glut champion dun of 0 C the thi I be world wired this to James J Jeffries Jefries a few fei days dars ago ao in answer to lo a I tolo tle gram gum oI slim lad hail 1000 to take on omi 01 Freddie Welsh el h In either n a 1 25 2 or 01 battle hatie Jeff Jelf wanted tho bailie batth bate for or Thanksgiving day da At first Jeff Jef offered r 50 00 0 POI per remit cent of oC the gross gooss receipts to lo be he split spilt co GO per por cent conI to II time the llo winner and Ind 40 IQ per por er cent to tn the tho loser with a I bonus of 13 15 1 per hem cent for Nelson Falling to 10 secure ece an on omi that le b h wired the tho guarantee Welsh h who appears exceedingly ious to try by ll conclusIons with wih Nelson wired that he would hot bet that thai ho ha could beat heal Nelson In him a 1 bout boutOt or Ot go 10 the tho route roule without tho tile side bet bel Nelson Nelso wired that Ih would have to lo so oco 15 II rounds lf Ifo Ifo tic Jio wished a ml chance chia ace of wresting the lightweight champion iii I ii from in him hil Ii im Welsh Vel ci consented ted to In Inthis this without any ammy hesitancy hut but Jeffries would not meet Nelsons price and tIme the match is off off temporarily at lt least ant MATCH NOW SURE sUm The Th fight planned for COl or Milwaukee has hia been closed and amid ant lila his manager T E B Jones visited Milwaukee r especially lo to close chose time tho cleat with Bright t Zea Zel the Cream City Ct promoters who have hen been waiting to learn Gov Oci GO Davidsons on tIme tho boxing game gume before binding them themselves SOlves selves to pull af of oft the tho bout bout The h Wisconsin executive after aftem af I re receiving receiving the reports of oC the Ihu district at attorney torney announced that there theme would bo bono l no moo 10 Interference with pugilism In 11 Mil MII Milwaukee U waukee us its long Ions as it was conducted along tIle the lines that have been followed in iii 11 the tho past GANS CANS AND Joe Joo Cans Gims and aud aU Al AI Herford may ma do business on omu the tho old stand again It Is reported that Joe 00 is tf s ready to sign up imp with Al AI and ant let It the tha former manager do his hia hi business Although Cans Gazis quit Herford nearly nellI three years ago at the th same samu time claiming that his lis manager was re cc responsible for fOI many IOu n of oC the reversals of form he ho had shown in the ring it is isnow I Inow Isnow now reported ported I here hele that that the thu pair pall may get together again In fin spite of their separation the time two turn have been ben on friendly terms and anti Her Herford ford Cord has never ovel denied the tho report that he ho holds a heavy hea mortgage on GnuS Cans hotel It I is It said that Herford has his an In Inequity equity of at least 2 on em tho the structure structure structure ture which Is valued at lt only a 1 ten few thousand more 0 Guns Gans latest l tet statement that he lie In lit Intended tended to sro iro 1 back bacle to the tho ring and amid uld meet all aim available m lightweights from ni came coma Joe Joo 00 himself but Herford it I Is IR I said will wi handle his imis tram from now on KETCHELL TIRED II I only want to win this one ona light fight and alum to get my title tie back hack says sl S Ketch oil oi discussing dl cI a return match with wih Then hen I will wi drop this lIght fight game Iame I 1 am tired tred of It already Its Is true that I have havo not been beon In iii it so long but hut Ive Ive had Imad enough of qC It already I havo a little money mone more tutu than I expected to havo at this time and I think I will wi settle down to farming In pito of o this declaration will 1 mind find Ind it I hard to koop his word Very Tery er few CC fighters are ale as us consistent mut as Jim Jim on the retirement question queston But limit figuring on 0 what wilt will wl do the If IC ho hio howins hewins wins Is certainly counting the poultry before der del the lM th Incubator Is In working or order ordel order AMONG AWa THE Jm YOUNGSTERS According to reports Freddy 1111 Welch elch thy th crack cIack English lightweight luau hl signed a winters engagement with Tom Tommi Tor McCarey Welch Iel will trill 11 reecho receive FO 70 a month for Co em six months The Tho Los 10 Angeles promoter may many la call cal upon Uon Welch at any tn anytime time tle und Ind the tho Is likely to ho bo held kC t busy bus all al comers Frankio Nell the el featherweight stOats scorns to be he b experiencing a it I second leas pf of life for ho lie has hl been stowing away own hl all of the thou boys bos in iii his class chasM clu 1 around PhIladelphia and Ild New Nw York during the thelast thelast last tow few months According to re to reports I ports ho Ito got ot tho the better botte of Tommy who Is considered tho the best featherweight around Philadelphia Tho The par pair pa hr put up lP II h such ch n mi 1 rattling rum 11 I Imi exhibition I tion lon that the thc club lois has them I |
