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Show NELSON PASSES -. THROUGH OGDEN today when a,kwj Rbout jptj before the George Washington society of Morrl?tonn. N. j., 0n Tuesday. wL,clj aas br-en tho occasion of com-ne?it com-ne?it lr Toklo. "All I did ns to cllJ1 C(,nan well-known well-known facts, tho 1. elc of which spell war." continued Mr. Shaw. "Wars lare always l-gtcai sequences. I crjy referred to a few antecedent causes." Occupying a berth in a state room of a Pullman car. Battling Nelson, ex-lightweight ex-lightweight champion pugilist of the world, very cordially received a Standard representative at 10 o'clock this morning at Union Or pot shortly after the arrival of tra'n No 10 from he west. Thourh badly battered about the face and presenting a big swelling under the left eye, the IIttl Dane was In fairly pood spirits and talked of last Tuesday's fight In which he lost the title as champion and his future plans. "I will fight Thompson In Francisco In April," began Nelson, but I am first going to take a Rood rest I think I will whip Thompson and then force Wolgast Into a return match. I gave Gans a return and expect ex-pect Wolgast to do the fame by me. I am going to Chicago, where I open my theatrical engagement at the Al-hambra Al-hambra theater Sunday afternoon. At tho clo?o of my theatrical engagement engage-ment I will go go to Jim May's ranch at Reno for a month to train for my fight with Cyclone Thompson. This fight will be for forty-five rounds, the first ever scheduled for that number of rounds In San Francisco and In a specially constructed auditorium. After Af-ter this fight then I am ready to meet Wolgast." In speaking of the recent fight with Wolgast, the Battler said: "I am sorry sor-ry that Referee Smith stopped the fight in the fortieth round. The reason rea-son he did so was probBbly on account ac-count of the blood on my face. I was in better shape than at times In tho fight with Gan6 at Goldfleld. Wol-gast Wol-gast had no punch left, and I feel that had Smith let us go on the result would havo been different. Wolgast - . did not knock me down at all during the fight. In the twenty-second round I knocked fclra down and had him, but Kt him get away. I could see the 'siidoo' sign for Wolgast In that round. I am confident of making things different with Ad In a return match. I will post $3,000 for the general gen-eral result of the fight and JJ.oon that Wolgast cannot stop me In twenty twen-ty rounds. "WolgaK had no punch left, whereas where-as I always have that knockout blow In reserve. I am confident I can whip Ad In a return match." Whllo speaking of the wounds he received In the fight. Nelson exhibited exhibit-ed a long black-and-blue contusion over the left groin, which he said he received in the fight. Nelson said that If he had not worn a protector under his trunks that Wolgast would have killed him by low foul hitting. However, he did not show any hesitancy hesi-tancy In eaylng that Wolgast Is a great fighter. The Battler i3 accompanied by his brother. Arthur Nelson, and by his manager, J. R .Robinson. Tho two said that "Bat" Is feeling good, the swelling la going down In his face and he is eating like a horse. They are working with him to take the swelling out of his face before he arrives ar-rives in Chicago for his theatrical engagement. en-gagement. While the train was at the depot a largo number of fight fans gathered at the depot to see Nelson, but he remained re-mained In his berth In the stateroom. He asked the representative of this paper to convey to his Ogden friends his best .wishes and kindest regards, and said he would stop over In Ogden when returning to Nevada to train for his fight with Thompson. |