February 17, 1910
San Francisco Chronicle
"It is needless to say that I loathe Nelson. I have had many opponents in my ring career, but in most of my engagements I have been moved to fight merely as a matter of business. It will be a matter of deep-rooted hatred that will move me when I meet Nelson. I have no more use for him than church folks do for a rattlesnake at a revival meeting. Bat has talked about me in a manner I consider unsportmanlike and I will make him pay for his slander."
Ad Wolgast
�"He is beyond doubt the cheapest man I have ever met," said the Dane, "Some folks think because I am training hard for the bout that I have respect for his ability. That is not the case. I figure that the better conditioned that I am the better licking I can give him. And you can bank on it, he will get a beautiful mauling."
Battling Nelson
February 17, 1910
Traverse City Evening Record
