| Show I NELSONS NELSONS REPLY TO TOJ J PACKY McFARLAND I The Bottler Battler Compares His Record With That of the Chicago Fighter I Ihas o July Tul Nelson has again confined his thoughts to lit lines and aud thIs time has bas turned lt bh guns on Packer Packey McFarland b by the McFarland the American News Service the Dano came caine to bat bal with n a yarn aru h he calls n a home run The rhe Battler cores his rival severely and de denounces flounces Ws his tactics lie Ho Invites him to battle by offering him hini a side bt at 2 to 1 am and censures him great greal greatly greally ly Cor or dropping Gilmore Glimore Bat says It was the fatal mistake of his hi pugilistic tie tic career Here is Nelsons story Dr By Battling Nelson Champion Light Lightweight Lightweight i weight or of Ute the World I lIe rc Farland has ha about fired enough of his ammunition at me and it now behooves me to give an answer Fall Fail tire ure to find his name In print as often as mine no doubt has prompted him to open fire but the result will be dis disastrous to him If he ended his four flushIng and did a little more lighting with fighters of some sone might receive a bit more kind feeling from the fans It is to laugh when I think that ho hohas hohas has nerve enough to compare hIs pu record with mine Vh to comparo the tho Masonic Temple with that little station that once pointed out the town of Hegewisch would about show how I tower over Oer the stockyards fighter when class is con Who did Packer over ever Is hen you count men or of class Up to November S 1908 Torn Tom AndreWs rec record record ord shows hows lights fights Packey has credited hImself with outs Taking for granted that thai this record Is genuine but I know differ who were the men who fell before him Billy Finnegan Steve Stevo Kenny Denn Benny he was nil aU Galligan and Phin He credits himself with a knockout over JImmy Britt at Colma ColIna I was wasat wasat at the tho ringside when that battle was fought and Instead of being a credit to Packey It was as a disgrace put up a miserable showing Wl as wh when n the tho end came Jimmy was on his feet hi his father stepping Into the ring which ended the fight At that stage of the game Packey i I should have disposed or of Drill In less les than six rounds How man many reni fighters did he battle None Nono Toe Galligan stands out as tile the toughest or of them all and had I not taken Joe Joes heart awa away from him at Davenport when the they Clashed In their second meeting today o would be among the down and outs I trained Too Joo and told him I would second him I CuB fully intended to do SO and Joe was wa full or of confidence He was In grand shape shapo that nIght and would have havo laid low but when I 1 reached Davenport I was asked by a number or of friends who were b backing Packey to refrain from coaching Gal Galligan ligan I refused to get In Joe Joes corner cornerA He lost heart and McF McFarland rland admitted that himself After ACter you OU have waded through record turn over a few pages and see what I have hao done Who are some or of the men I have beaten f Just listen Art Simms Tack Jock ONeill Spider Welch Martin Canole Eddie Iranian Aurello Aurelio Herrera Young Cor Corbell Corbett bell bett Jimmy Britt and last but not least the grand old master masler or of tho ho thoi horing ring Joe Gans All went b by the he knockout route save savo ONeill and Herrera that n a list of oC boys bos with elMS class Anyone Anone of them could have snuffed Packers hopes In Ia short order and yet he says sas I am afraid or of him Jf If ho he will meet me at ringside weight I will sign today and bet him on the tho side a against his 2500 Has an any other champion over eer offered odds of thIs sort No They take tako ad advantage advantage vantage of their title and bet at oven een mone money I am alil ready to fight him nt at any anytime anytime time but ho he must do as others have bae done |
