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Kamnl giou.ium with m. r»«t* In sl\ Venn* ftvin it Itornottil SUL«* nr fl.VTim** certainly lrmc* nboitt tom* I surprising rhnnni*. Rattling Nelson I is t good MluMr.itl-n of this nm.uk. ' Ju*1 Iminilnr .lt; \t.unir f,-lhw without u penny in his pocket. not e\*:t enough to trriin ■»» with n good fight In pro-p.M i. ,*nl loss than six yeans later aid** I*• sign hi* eh* ok for SlU*-, 000* Well, that about trll* the ft- I nan tal h‘*t«r of the Puttier from eaily in 1*04 till the present ume.It was In n03 that I tattling Nelson was fighting around Milwaukee but tinly In bouts of second class and 111 the sc ml-finals It was January 1*5. 1904. that h«- defeated Art Simms'by the knockout route, but Art was 1considered pretty mu* h all In and the itattler did not get full credit tor his w-.rk. Right H'lrr that the Rad-/ gcr i'luh of Milwaukee was slipped Upon u hotit an.I th-n the mat h- I maker decided to see how the Hauler would draw against s g I man.Jack tVNHl of Philadelphia. ut that time, was a strong «ard in the East and he whs selt; urtd as Bat* ip|Hin«iU, After the match was made Nelson went to an Eastern writer and said: Gee. I got to get that fight because I need the money to help pay off a debt on our home at tiegew loch, andmust have something to train on.” Well, the Hauler borrowed ten or flf-’ teen dollars and got tn good shape for the fight He defeated * » Ne.ll In a splendid bout and that was the beginning of his famous march ' through the West to the championship. Teddy Murphy, the boy m.mn-grr. had the Rattler in tow and his •d\ an co me ut alter that is well known.Hat did not forget to repay e loan and he remarked at that time that he had enough left to send .o ht* mother. Hat h«d the right Ideaam! he has kept pretty close to th.it path eier since It was a pretty good Jump— from borrowing Sin to having 1100,000—but that Is what the husky nattier has done and he is still i»n ' the road to a g-ent more.
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Harrisonburg Evening News
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Sat, Jan 15, 1910
Page 6
Full Page
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