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4 4BATTLING NELSON” !N TOWNON HIS WAY TO BUtTK TO FIGHTHERRERA.Something About the Soy Who Nee Whipped the Top Notcbere inHie Claes.Bottling” Nelson, who recently sprang into great prominence in the hporting world by hie decisive defeat of Eddie Hanlon in Han Francisco, ar-rived in this city yesterday afternoon, accompanied by his manager, Teddy Murphy,known in the east as the “Boy Manager ” and left at 1:26 this morn* ing for Butte, where Nelson will pro pare for his fight with Aurelk Her-i rera, scheduled to take place on La bor Day, September 6th.Nelson is looking in the best of condition. A quiet, appearing gentle manly fellow, he looks anything but the regulation fighter. While Nelson had won a number of good battles be fore doming west still he was not widely (sown until he went up against such fighters as Spider Welch, Mar tin Can ole and Eddie Hanlon and scor cd a knoek-out in each tght. fMany sporting writers give Nelsotcredit only for his bull dog tsfia*lt| an4 ability bo assimilate punishment butthat is where they make a grandmistake. While “Battling” is certainly a ‘mixer yet It is a rtnch that he baa the science, for in his recent fight with Eddie Hanlon, be out gen ♦ rated, out sdtenced and out foughtthe game IMtle Chicagoan, emerging wfiboui a scratch at the end of the fight Herrera has a good quantity of wholesome respect for ffbttling” and is not unmindful of the steeping potion fn either of Nelson s mils. The Me*-ican has an awful hay-raskor at hisdisposal but Nelson has a winner in either right or left coming bout in Butte wffl undoubtedly be one ofthe gamest ever seen In the city. Her-rera is a prim# favorite there and odds in betting arc slightly in his fa vor but “Battling * Is not an unknown quantity god stands a good chance m BOive the Mexican a puxxitng guard Among the many good men Nelson has fought, following ifof a few he has ppt during the past year or so!* George Meraste, Jack © Neill, Art Hiniffis, Billy Hawser, Clarence Eng' Hah, Spider Welch, Martin TaBotgdlltd Eddie Han ten The fight with JMttl Hawser is claimed to he the shorteston record in twj seconds from thetime the gong sounded’ Hawser was down and out—Just dm* punch and- mmm .iwjjfli, - /SrSThere ha8? been s fisht on between the Butte Jphletic clubhand the Can tury Athletic club of Lost A agate* tosecure the fewfi between Nelson andHerrera The Butte club outbid ft hrother lltM end thus the fight w mistake place in fini te, ■ -*SS^i know I am up against a hard proposition when f meet Uterrors *said Kelt© turning to the reporter. “I don't uifJerestiraat# blig and think| perhaps H will be ©m of the hardest lApii 1 ever mixed up la” f' .^7^1 Yes.” slid Murphy, aadjt in an♦ swer to a question that^lmd been run* *«ing riot Ta his mind, expectUNot-son to win !| abotfpftftecn rounds, a£iter a hard lghtM Mi
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1904
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