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Show The Proud Pugilist. San Francisco Is chuckling over a story about Battling Nelson, the conqueror con-queror of Joe Gans, the "old master." Nelson appeared In a fashionable restaurant a day or two after tho fljfht His presence made a sensation. , He wa6 stared at as though he had been a pretty girl in a sheath skirt ( It happened that an Englishwoman of title was dining In the restaurant She expressed a desire to meet the champion, and one of her companions compan-ions quickly arranged the matter with Nelson's second or third assistant business manager. "Battling Nelson, Coun'ess Exe. Shake hands with him, countess. There ain't no pride about him. He'll let you." |