The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30

Then he will have fought thirty-ive battles
Jimmy Britts defeat of Frank Erne
lRieved the sf form sqfp ilsht. w champion Mno Ss
would dispose Of the Pacific Coast boxer
To those who have seen Britt fight. how
the benefit of those Interested in the de
tails of the contest the fight by rounds Is
given below:
center and SPARED cautiously. Tney went into
a clinch; Britt was first to assume the sssres-
blocked the blov. Erne sent a right. hard 70
tn see the Sof Body ' ana lace u. sn ID e 3 asts a a eo ulsss hi He
tried With LEFT for the body; but E.ne got inside
tabbed Britt with q right on the face three times;
to o the face. and then ii . VITA a hard LEFT
s wiib ,s oyer a, the shs heart ss,i .d HE 1sbbef hr ETns sD 1,sas.sS
e have the advantage Of he nrst round. and
EI ReuS went to R his 'G IsS ,a lS0k tss s s:s,Susi sr, was
! short He sent in his left twice e the body
i Britt r' missed cd ii left ses and r dass for snai the s ssIs'a1 He
drove in a vicious left and right gh, 70, 70 the ns,; taM;;
S IS :s@sIsa s. sis =. to e. e. e. s ssss: and nd. se sSS; q i !
, asEa s to I briss sioa hsss- i, HE nsas sE,.d s s IT: .a iGs 'h 1s
wi.h two ES. ris ssi1 to n, . he gl,s and ;ss .DD %es mathis Il the
in offensive and defensive work.
but ETne ducked it neatly. Erne also blocked Z
isi, for the Jaw ,,,E Erne pa; in his L,,I left FIJI, lightly t.
70 the body in return. Erne put straiGht jab to
s ssss f iSs the si% BHGy. s Sus Ernie x,eiG slsEsr VIZ he blight nut a1 q
range g ,,1 Britt hsad swung Rss imTssg,s, mish , eight ! AND Hia,s sSs
,.,hs ~ fast sSd and 1,is dO, Ing m, most -, Of the sst leading e1ns sard He
sl,sd ssl' Jimmy ann s.t MED d0s : i hard 1H lish su sv taaf fo a.s q:
head. but the Buffalo boy was too shifty. and 1t
Round r. sGA !. Erne, tried with right and left ;or tn.
face but was va sh9rt He :. stabbed Britt Ell, lightly
Bowed B hff' hard in the face with lei. and
f srlts placed has sif his i h9sd ha HR the 10 . Ss'1 soag ana . .ssy
elinched; Britt jsbbed Erns on the mouth with
head tsa. an Hrn ael put his !. left Si'i to J, rlsny' G face. Britt rHs
sent in a straisht right to tn. ear and s.. away
S s,dduou and tried again III, for the. same place. but
Erne blocked IT this time Honor. were even
ishing powers. and was fighting stronger than
in Round sss PFf :. Rritt f0q led with left for face and
Erne tried with left for body. but the blows
S ws5e I SlSsked, Brit IL oi sli1sh thug Clicked ssihs q Fight a'ss ses
tho body, ETne put his right t. the face and
jimmie nm G swung SA1 With tight and srased Erns's;
fafiowe srl Il s sfss H Ief. 's to t as'G Kidneys az s1s o1 Erne put put
s IL g y hli E just s1ss a .T rReeF s sqa t. ias sss 81 s.stt " aish
LEFT and then put IN a wicked right straiaht to
s 5sS lss' ana si s shi 6. sSnf se s ! Ss til. ET TosnS S'' i'm
Round 6. Erne rushed in. bat his blows were
blocked. He succeeded. however. in putting in
several left and right tabs to the face: Erns
drove in a hard right to the jaw. Jimmie got
mad and fought like 2 demon. putting his T!shs
landed strongly with left, on face. and In .
nerce mix-up Britt put right and left to- the
face. In another mi1-gg Jimmie put in 2 hard
the jaw. EIne looked grossy. but fought, bach
putting right and left to the jaw; They fSufh.
gameiy. Britt's blows seemed to have the most
steam, but at the close both men were per-
ceptibiy weak. -
Round !. Britt titan came W. u. looking Span. s Ssssr% Pics.
wards with left to the body and followed Il up
with right and left swings to the Jaw. Erne
fought Back same!y.. but Il looked as. 4 he was
Eoing to the ground. Britt foored Erne with
left to the jaw. but the Buffalo, boy came up.
sent him to the floor. The knockout blow was
q tremendous left hand on the solar plexus.
Joe Carroll, the Irish wrestling champion.
came to this country with q big reputation
which made many of his countrymen wager
large sums on the result Of his match with
Jenkins. last Tuesday evening. Carroll
ing under once in slightly more than wen
weight minutes and being put on the mat
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