Show J PICTURESQUE BAT TO BID RING GOOD BYE After Arter nearly seventeen years S N of or batte battie battle bat bat- tie tle te Battling Batting Nelson Nelson- on ono one of oC the l most picturesque uc figures ever seen cen In he the ring has about made mado up his his- mind min hell he'll hel quit He lie lc has as late lately given up hope br of e ever r winning back baci the lightweight Ut title ho he has an an Independent fortune hes he's getting old for tor tora a fighter lighter So before before be be- fore tore l long ng hell he'll helf settle down down to housekeeping housekeeping housekeeping house house- keeping In one ono of or iiI Ils his numerous houses In the town he owns ch Ill Til TI It I does not look oas as as if I 1 I would ever get el another chance at tho the lightweight title says Nelson elson Billy Nolan who Bil tte manages tho present papier aC- aC af- af affair fair holding title 1 knows mow I 1 would ear tt Ritchie Richie out inside of t twenty five rounds and for this reason ho he will wil not consider me mc for tor a match Instead Nolan No No- Ian lan Is trying to belittle me so o as to place pace me me before th the tho public as as- asa a a man min who should hould not be bf seriously considered as a pugilistic factor N Ho t for or Title I r 1 said r long ng ng ago tl that as ns soon StOl aa as I Iwas Iwas Iwas was s convinced con that I 1 had ll d no chance at the tl or ot as so n as I was 1 certain certain tain lain that b boxing was was no longer m my long suit I would withdraw grace grace- gace- gace fully I have not as yet ct given up complete hope of ot lauding landing a return r match ch for the l lightweight l ht crown crowni but butI I am willing to to admit the tho chances look extremely extremely- dubious for Cr inc me So it will willbe willbe vi be only a matter mater of or a short snort time when hen 1 Ill I'll Il step out 0 of the ring for the tho last time tim Followers of or the f fight ht game frame amp w will not be happy happ when the tow headed little Dane retires Ills His sterling honesty honest and universal good nature have made him a n sort of public Idol hid Tho The ring ring- has had hn tow few performers like Bat it ma may never see his like a again aln Even before the tho mot most moS terrible punishment he stood In tho the center of ot the he ring fighting with wih a a Mind blind determination de do- termination and a terrible tur fury that usually brought him to the tho finish a a winner Blows Bow that woUld have do- do an ordinary heavyweight ht failed to stop slop him and no matter mater how hard I c t S' S n. th the bat battle he lie never ne hacked backed el n away a In n all aU tc lila his seventeen years of 01 battUng battling bat bat- thug tUng Nelson never took a t backward step before the tho the rush of an opponent Of few ew others othos can this he be said Nelson Is the last of the tho lightweight light light- wel weight IH champions who won his lis title tto the on 01 a knockout and the tho last last- of 01 champions n who lost his title tte while still standing on his feet foet and doing sUI the thie th aggressive work wor of battle In that historic fort round forty struggle struggle In which Wolgast t won on the Danes Dane's crown but two knockdowns were scored and Nelson Nel Nd- elson el- el 1 0 son was credited with both of ot them then wa |