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Show Battling Nelson's Home Was a Gloomy Place Yesterday Chicago. Feb 23. '"This Is tho saddest sad-dest moment In my life," said Mrs. Nelson, mother of Buttling Nelson, at her home In Hegewlsch, as she strove to brush oslde the tears that coursed down her face last night, af-tr af-tr she heard of her son's defeat by Ad Wolgast in San Francisco. 'I hope Battling will give up boxing box-ing now. He has been so busy writing writ-ing and traveling In the last year that i 1 don't think he prepared long enough for tho match. Nobody ever can ac-I ac-I cuse hlni of a dishonest act, though, and I dare say he Is greater In defeat thin If he had won from his rival, i "Wo watched all afternoon and long after supper time for word from out west, and all of us looked for the pame message he has sent us so often, of-ten, telling of victory. I hope ho was J not hurt. Rattling would stand up and fight until he seemed be must keel over and die. Perhaps this lesson will teach him to give up prize-fighting." j |