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Show JABEZ WHITE MAY MEET BAT NELSON New York Feb. 13. After an absence of almost four years Jabez White, the English lightweight, has returned to these shores and lost no time In stating stat-ing that he desires a match with Battling Bat-tling Nelson for the lightweight championship. cham-pionship. White came here in 1905 with a long list of victories gained in England and confident that he could take the measure meas-ure of the American lightweights. He met Jimmy Brltt at San Francisco and ihe "pride of California" battered the Englishman to pieces. The setback stunned Whit and he returned to the other country. Now he claims he is in better condition than the last time he came over and la anxious to meet the champion. |