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Show Iio contracted cold In New York anil did not take cure cf it n 1 1 rn . and galloping consumption resulted. Abdul" the Turk, Hatciinac Nelson"? traluer and constant comnarion, is Alfh him on his 1 1" i r- The Turk iv-echocs iv-echocs the confidence of the Dane an-J if certain that tlio next lightweight champion of (lie world will be Osca.' MaKhnv Battling Nelson of liege-winch. BATTLING NELSON 18 1 IHE CITY Fresh from his Arizona ranch, yn-fidunt yn-fidunt us evt-r in his ability as u flc;lH-cr flc;lH-cr and ntlll eager for the fray, Battling Bat-tling Nelson, former r-bnmpion Ugut-veieht Ugut-veieht of the world, ronchej here las-t night, on his way to the Yellow-Mono Yellow-Mono park for a lone; oulinp. The Battler is attired In bis OJting khaki onrl has a coat of tnn that any amateur ama-teur sportsman would he proud of. He looka th picture of health and ?oys he is in the bett condition of his life. In his own picturesque way the Dane lo. ib of his outing at hid ranch und of his prospective tport in th Yellowstone Then, and this with ;i Lis old-lime eonfidouce, Mr. Wolgast m-i-ds look to his crown, for the rejuvenated re-juvenated Mr. Nelson Is surely "con:-ing "con:-ing back." Forget It! "Now. never uilnd about lhat Wolgast Wol-gast affair; that's pant and gone. But next time that's another story. For a few months I've been forgetting about fighting and pretty much ev-eiyiliing ev-eiyiliing else. I've been down on the ramh enjoying myself to the limit Thl- outdoor stuff Is great. "Now, I'm off for the Yellowstone and I'm going to stay there just as long a the lun and bank roll hold out. If tho fun lasts longer than the' bank roll, then I'll go and get another bank roll, and go back to th Yellowstone I "I have all my business arranged so that I have not a worry Jn tho world, and nil I have to do Is enjoy myself. Everybody knows that I j have never dlselpatil or abused my- ' self io any way. There l.s no reason rea-son In the world why this outdoor Huff won't put mo In the best shapo of mv life,. "When I come down from the Yellowstone Yel-lowstone this fall I will be ready for the champion. I am going to be world's champion before tho winter is over, mark my word. I know thu Wolsaitt doesn't want to fight me, Lut I am going to force him loto il. If he refuses to take me on this fall I will 1'ght cny other good man that tho public selects. And I will keep lighting until Wolsrast will hav to light Die or quit. Loii't worry about me. I am young yet, and I am going to be champion of the world a.t?ai) before 1 retire." Sympathy for Gans. The Battler is grearly concerned over the condition of Jo Garni, his olditrme 'rival. He wired -Gans a characteriMle message latt night, congratulating tbe negro on the gama fight he wan putting up and told hltu to win out. "Gans Is one of the greatest fleht e-rs the world has ever known. He vas a white black man. a worthy rf val and a jrfect gentleman. I certainly cer-tainly hope that he fools them h)1 and Uvea in spite of what the doctors ?ay. Gans always was .a gamectei and his laet flght is certainly prov- . Ing his best one." Nelson loo-3 not think that the heat-lags heat-lags received by the negro in the prle ring coutrlbuted to his ill health, Ho said that Just prior to the Nelson Wolgast fight Gana wa In prime condition and was contemplating reentering re-entering the ring. About this tlico |
