The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-22
VERDICT FOR BRITT
WAS WON HONESTLY
Absolute Fighting Supremacy of
Light Weights Remains
I ndccided.
HAUGHTON ON THE CONTEST.
decision on Points Declared to
Er Just One. as the Dane
Showed Well Only at
Hooking and .Iabbing.


REPTErEr SPECIAL.
San Francisco. Dec. 2i-Tu reviewing
last nights battle between Jimmy Brit,
and Bat-li1E Nielsen at Machanic<' PavfI-
/ ion. v. ". NauEh;nn. the pugiH+ttr *
pert. SAYS.
Jimmy E-i-- Won his ccute=- With Fat
Ting Nelson and won It fairly b,it a rfo
sam" time the question Of supremacy. 50
far as ahsnlut" fighting force is concerned.
Is S'iil open. Judging from tHa .ampe- or
the crowd at the conclusion OF last nights
affair. a return match between the Two
mon world attEac- as large rirzsida
gathering as t!d their first meeting.
The toni lasted III full twenty rounds.
and Referee Billy Roche decided in ~7y,,
Ct Britt without an instaur'e hesitation
To those close to the elevated platform
ito'hs co1tted ih,t l.. had mad. rh.
award on points II myst he .atT hat
1t looked liis" might hard t;!.-g. Z, keep
track Of the points in a go of ssch a
hiizzaTdv cEa-acte.-. LEc the IMPRESSION
III" fierce struggle 'sft on the minds Of
tho7a who agreel with Roche was that
Britt had outl1ugl.t at everything ra-ra!s-
INK Of the nature Of zraud-away ~ stand
uP work md that Melon only showed 10
advantage when hooking anI jo't!rs; In
Ions-ora "n-o"t clirches which gave -ha
affair more the aspect Of Il Graaco-R -r.1a-
wrestling bout than Il an up-to-dare
QHeenSberrv encounter.
To be perfectly fair. r. u-ef ha said
that h-itr was responsible >-- rls l,!lk ~
! tas ciinchirg. Had be elected TO go7! .a--
ward. Ia stand close and to keep r.p =
persistent fire Of hooks and irltS with
Nelson. the latter would have -oux.., -
he Fought Young Corbetr and would hav.
rnaGc every round ouc long r0ix-t,n t,--ir
his opp'7"Ht or hi'nse't foil from .y,.aus-
t'on ur the ELECTS II a knock ut fr.yy
1T was probably legitimate fc- Britt to
c.iHch and baife Nelson II the u tiers
favoFite game. Il vas eqrqllv f.ir for
Ee.scn u ny aud force his man &, hat
'!e along tho lines that suited Nelson ;.sst.
rreat deal of rre5fit Is due Britt fo- the
manner in which hc kept his head an!
pinioned Nelson. Britt did not STRIKE a
sinsl" punch n tn" so-cal.od ..fn.ns
Seven rcr cent % the scoring done "
Nelson vas done while the men had rb.ir
arms partly eutaugiei aud y.,-. l.1ri,,.,
mat the clean. stinging punches: E-itt adj
'ni'uStereI from long range counted tor
moro WITH iQD referee. T-p lE=e-rr.E.
tab on the points. tran the =hrrt-arrn !iss
,nat Nelson put in while holding or hem.
held.
AS matter Of fact. the o-I. t:-ro
that either man wle 1alpahly Gizzy was
in round twelve. when Brif; had linfrr.n--
rUpted right Of way - Nelson's inv ard
snovcrei blows oaC1 one of which sound
- like whip crack. There WASN'T IN
atom Of doubt in regard 10 the ,,urahI"
Danes distress HIS eyes rolled and h.
fhu6dei about on his feet in an uncertain
ma nrcr.
Another tiiirG-au,i il n-ohahIv entered
into tn" calculations of ne referce--NaI-
son hUtted Er!tr serious in tt,a four
tesnth round Il may have b"en accidental
1t probably vlS-hut SBCT of the spet.-
tatorS saw the manner in which Nelson
opened a cash on Young Cor5ett's hoal
by a similar Piece IF c!urnsinass OK
changed meaning elances.
a fight crowd generally rivss it- Svrrr-
patty uraskesI 10 the under dog. and there
were hundreds last night who trors"ht that
Nelson should have had n draw Th4v in
stancei that there was not a knOc!ldOwn
III the whole twenty rounds and tney- a--
guei that Nelson was the axEressso.
throughout
He certainly was but it mus, ra horn
in mind that B-itt. while keeping w.n
within the rules. prevented ih. Dane from
getting in his best llCks at the end Of -ra
fight. in which the Lane is a specialist
and found time between the clinnEcs. 20
snnd in scores OF wslI-tirned and vel
aimed punches