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HAS MONEY TO BURN“Bat” Nelson Accumulates a Fortune in Fire Years.i—CHANGE A REMARKABLE ONEGreat Fighter, Broke id 1904, Can Now Sign His Naioe to a Check for $100,-000—Defeat of Jack O’Neill, of Philadelphia, Beginning of Hia Famous March to the Championship ,fFt in- brings about changes In all walks oi life and boxoti- 09 a rule hare some tvjy rapid changes Battling Nelton, the lightweight champion had some wonderful changes In his line during the past ten years in fact. Bat s experiences at times were very much like some of the heroes in Collier s Weekly New Just imagine a young fellow without a peony In his pocket, not even enough to train on, !wlih a good tlgtit lit prospect, and six yearn later able to sl*n his check for JUttOCO Well, that about tells the flnan-, cUl history of Uic Battler during a period I of six years from early in 1904 till the i present timeIt was in 1903 that Battling Nelson wos fighting around Milwaukee, but only Itv bout* of second class and In the semi finals It wan on January 16, 1904, that he defeated Art Simms by the knockout rouio but Art was considered protty much all In and the Battler did not get full credit for bis work. Right after that the Badger club of Milwaukee was slipped up on a bout and then the matchmaker decided to see how' the Battier would draw against a good nu«i Defeats O'Neill Jack O’Neill of Philadelphia, at that time was a strong card In the Bast and ho was secured as Bat’s opponent After th« match wan madu Nutcon went to an Eastern wnter and said Gee I’ve got to get that fight because I need the money to help off a debt on our homo at Hegewlsch and I must nave hoiiic to train on” Well the Battler borrowed $10 or $15 and got In good shape for the fight. He defeated O’Neill In a splendid bout, and that ■t'as tho beginning of his famous march through tho West to tho championship Tcdd Murphy, the boy manager, had the Battler In tow and Ilia advancement after that la well known Bat did not forget to repay the loftn and ho remarked at that time that he had enough left to send to his mother Bat had the right Idea and ho fins kept pretty close to that path ever sinceIt was a pretty good Jimrp—from borrowing $10 to having $109,000~but thatIs what the husky Battler has done and he Is atlll on tho road to a great deal more Only the other day In New York Nelson offered to put up purse of $85,000 for Jeffries and Johnson to fight -for ana to deposit $85,000 cash at once That Is an rely going some for a boy who was dead broke in 1904
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sun, Dec 05, 1909
Page 117
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