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Show Nelson Farlasid Fight Remains an Uncertainty pearancc on the other side of the Atlantic. At-lantic. He realizes there is not much In store Tor him until the fall months, and in the meantime w ill not object to picking up a little easy money. ' Judglns from Willis Britt's telegrams, tele-grams, the Ketchel tour of Europe has btcn abandoned. Brllt talks of having'' Ketchel light this man or that one, and evidently he has decided there is nothing in dogging the footsteps of the heavyweight champion. There are no other heavyweights who are mentioned men-tioned prominently, so that division Is taking a back seat for the Umc be-, in- " (By Harry B. Smith) What will come pf the Battling Nel-tc-j-Packoy McFarland controversy and what will happen to their fight that has been scheduled for July 5th iu Saa Francisco, Is an open question. Just how the discussion started is more or less of a mystery, but now that the two lightweights have allowed allow-ed themselves to become entangled in j cwspaper war of words there Is no telling where tliey will stop. Tho troublo seems to have arleen over the fear or Harry Gilmore and McFarland that Nelson did not really propose to stand by his match. Tho Dane compelled Packey to post a $5,-000 $5,-000 forfeit before he would even consent con-sent to discuss terms. When tho match was made it was with tho understanding un-derstanding that the $5,000 put up by McFarland was to be -transferred at once to tho San Francisco stakeholder stakehold-er Jack Welsh, and that Nelson was to put up a iike amount. The Battler, who is land poor, as the story goes, was slow in coming forward with the necessary cash, and the first thing he or any one. else know was that Gilmore made a complaint. com-plaint. He said that he wouhl give Nelspn until a certain date to post his forfeit or the match would be called off. Nelson retorted in kind, declaring that the match was off and that ho didn't care to have anything more to do with the Chlcagoan save at 133 pounds ringside. Two days later the Dane modified that statement, but insisted in-sisted that he wished to postpone tho match until September 9th. And now Harry Gilmore has replied that In case Nelson prefers a fight on "September 9th it can easily be arranged. ar-ranged. In the meantime, Coffroth has been -endeavoring to straighten out the affair. He has partially succeeded, suc-ceeded, but has evidently decided to await Nelson's arrival on May 8th before be-fore making any announcements. "I can see no reason why, If Nelson Nel-son is willing to meet McFarland that he should prefer tho one date as against tho other. Perhaps he wants to punish the stockyards lightweight for his presumption in questioning the forfeit money. If that Is so, ho will likely be brought to reason as 6oon as ho arrives in San Francisco. The whole thing seems to bo a tem-' pest in a teapot. McFarland, who certainly cer-tainly has much reason to hopo for this chance at Nelson, was a trifle hasty has-ty In his statements, but Manager Har-jry Har-jry Gilmore has not been noted for thinking before he acts. In any event there are other fighters who can be Focured to fill their places, in case Nel-Fon Nel-Fon or McFarland remain obstinate. The heavyweight situation seems to have faded away to a mere nothing. A week ago and there was considerable consider-able of a furor. Today you scarcely hear the subject mentioned on the Btreets. The answer to this is doubtless doubt-less that the heavyweights who havo hren matched or who are talking of matches will listen to nothing short ot next October;. That Is too far off for the average fight fan to burden his mind with the details, and In consequence conse-quence he talku about other matches that are more in the limelight. Jeffries will have to do something to stir up matters In a theatrical way. The dog days aro coming for the fighters fight-ers who are In vaudeville and Jeffries will need far more than a mere promise prom-ise that he may fight Jack Johnaoii to rack tho houses In' which he is appearing. ap-pearing. . Johnson Is evidently determined to mako the trip to Europe and will leave the first of this month for his tour. According to reports, he has been promised good money for his ap- |