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NELSON TO FHiHT !packey McFarland'Champion Sayi He Is Tired of. . Hearing He Is Afraid ,of the Fellow.(By Edward Geiger)Chicago. Jy 2?.~-Battling Nelson will fight Packey McFarland in the fall. Cnprnnipfcd by outside Jnttu* •noe or encouraged by his friend* or 3ght pmmofora, the Durable Dane thl* morning declared that he wa* ready to aign with ihe *Hcknrde fighter, but before doing go the stockyard* fighter would ba\e to show bis power by defeating Johnny Thompson, nick Ifyland or Rad Wolgnat. The Hege-wlnrh scrapper arrived here from Lot Angeles last night en route to New York, where he go** to box a» a benefit for the Newsboy*' home. It will be Hat * fifth trip from coawt to coast •Ince January I.In an interview. Nelson savgj I am tired of hearing that I am afraid of Packey, and to prove that I can Heat him Just a* eaully as I have all of my other opponent*, I will sign with him for a forty five round bout before Coffroth** club xotne time next fall. 1 am all tired out from my rrc?^ fight* and business deals and i need \ rest. -i;By the time the cold weather «ome* around I will be ready to get into the harness again and then 1 will talk fight to McFarland But Packm must be itJJohnny Thompson Dick Hyland or Ad!Wolgaet fir»t. I want him to show something no that when I batter him to the Boot the world will not aav he was a lemon t. .. .yd“Will t make him do ringside weight Well, i wit! discuss thu' later,tiop me Pa. key looks easy to me,■ thisflgh; with me he had better get busy ami light some of the tbrc* am-tkmal herein.“Reports of my fight with Wotgast were greatly exaggerated To read the paper* one would believe \d bat tered me around at will and cut me up In fearful style It wasn't anything of the He I* * good, tough fellow,fast, wevcr and can hit well, but he never distressed me In the least That he lyid a shade In the milling. f will admit. Then* are many of the pres ent day fighters who can beat me In ten rounds, hut put Ad In a tyenty-round or finish fight with me and see who t'tmtes out on top“It was to the advantage of the tNb and Wolgast that he he given grea*»fared no objectkHi when I read the account the next day. If a fighter can 1 get some free advertising at my ex pen**- let him have It. I don’t need ' any advertising and the pippin can *ay what the* will about me, I always flntuh up the winner.“1 am going east tbit afternoon Where ! box at a benefit for the newsboys’ home 1 fee! kindly toward the little fellow* who sell the papers that tell of my tmoemeni* and 1 never can i do enough for them I will he hack goon to look after my other Inlet eat* and will then go to my ranch In Mexico, where I will take a long rest.Nelson looks bright and Is a* active ] aa ever before. iMcFarland has lost much In the i past year through hi* hesitation and hi* foolish Ideas that he can dictate | to the champion and he ought not lot ; thl* opportunity get away from him. ft would he no great trouble on hi* part to sign up with Hyland, Wnlgaat or Thompson, « date for a Thompson fight already having been ottered him AVIth a victory over one of these threw boy* h« could march on to the Net son match and then the firework*. It would be either a good beating fi»: Packey or the championship, and the latter la certainly worth going after.
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Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1909
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