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Show (Continued from Page Two.) PACKEY NELSON BOUT POSSIBLE Chicago. Sept. 2L The two old ene- . mice, Battling Nelson, former champion, cham-pion, and Packey McFarland, near' champion, are in a fair wav to meet in Madison Square Garden. New York. provJGcd McFarland does not insist upon conditions which may kill the match. Nelson Is the loader in trving to close the deal putting everv ioInt straight up to McFarland. A "remark made by McFarland two years ago to Jack O'Brien, in Philadelphia, is taken up by Nelson, and McFarland Is asked to live up to it. At that time McFarland said. " "I'd box Bat Nelson for nothing, just for the pleasure of getting him into a Nelson is now using this as his argument ar-gument to prevent Packey from holding hold-ing out for terras which might prevent pre-vent Gibson ataging the bout. Nelson, opened negotiations late last week, getting into touch with Gibson as soon as tho Wolsast-McFariand and Welsh-McFarland matches were declared off. The Dane offered to meet McFarland under the same woight conditions as were to govern the McFarland -Wolgast affair 13-"i at 3 o'clock, thus allowing McFarland to come in practically at 138 or HO ,pounds, while Nelson never weighs more- than 133 in a battle, Gibson wants to stage the match, but McFarland is holding out for a big guarantee. Nelson has notified Gibson that he is willing (o work on percentage. Nelson's representative and Emll Thlery, McFarland's manager, man-ager, are to meet here In an effort to agree on the weight question. It is proposed to stage the match In the second week In October. Nelson Is at prpsent fighting In rare form, his 15-round battle with the touh young Chicago lightweight, Stevo Kotcholl, In St. Joe, on Labor day, showing the Dane had lost none of his stamina nor aggressiveness. |