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BILLY NOLAN IS TRYING TO ARRANGE A MATCH.WOULD BE GOOD BATTLENolan Will Try and Make Several Good Matches. So as to Revive Interest in the Sport Out in Triso.• iChicago, Juue I.— Just wbmi it op , pored no match could In- fixed iij» Ik ! tween Packey McFarland and lo« (Jans, for the* lightweight champion ship the situation has brightened e 11-siderably.Hilly Nolan, tie- astute vlalifornian wlro made Battling Nelson famous and wealthy, is here with a \hiw of niatrli-ing McFarland ami (Ians, if posKib!.-. and also arranging for buttles b twe nother good men. particularly eastern-'»I»t.**r• 2lt;**tk, for the combined light clubs of: San Francisco. AVhen ho returns toi the Pacific coast it is more than likely,'» he will take with him articles binding at least two good matches for championships.Nolan would like to match Abe At tell and Jerry Driscoll, the Rnglish champion, for the featherweight championship.Nolan believes that many of the good eastern boys who have shone only in the short New York and Philadelphia lights have not been given a fair opoprtunity to show their mettle.'Ii' any of thhin impress him, he will in ail probability, take them west give.i them a good tryout in the six-round I lights in Oakland and if they make good, put them on with the good hoys in the longer San Francisco lights.Nolan brings with him a gold and silver belt, studded with diamonds, to be awarded the winner of one of the championships, to be his in perpeutity. The emblem will probably be put up for the featherweights.The selection of Nolan to make these important matches is a distinct y victory for the ex manager of Nelson i over tin- old crowd of fight promoters -in San Francisco, who threatened, af v ter the (Jans Nelson fight, to put No-1 s Ian out of business. The fight game 11 in San Francisco has In-on going to j the dogs for months, the many uusat-1 J isfaotory fights recently pulled off hav-i ing sickened tin* lovers of the game. The Ketchel-M ike Sullivan. Ketchel-Jack Sullivan, Tommy Sullivan Alt.11 and At tell Nelson affairs left a bad taste in the mouths of the fight fans.Spurred by the criticism of the press and public, the combined pro j hooters, hearing that Nolan was going |east on private business, besought himI» to pick out some good matches fori-si•)»;:;iN11)them. Nolan, after some hesitation, acceded to these wishes and when he winds up his private business he will go after big matches.
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Logansport Daily Reporter
Logansport, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 01, 1908
Page 6
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