Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-26
JIMMIE BRITT
wins FIGHT
Feather Weight Champion Loses
Decision After Twenty
Rounds Of Furious
Battle
USUAL PROT ESTS
The Defeated Man Explains How
II Happened and The Injns-
tice OfIt

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, March 26,
The result OF last nights fight was
a disappointment to Corbett, who re-
gardel the decision unjust When
Corbett reached his dressing room af-
ter the fight he burst into tears. Com
menting on the decision, he said
Il am a stranger in this city and
have been badly treated. l was warm
ed before came here that | would be
treated as have been, but ! did not
believe 1t until now. ! was deprived
OF the decision unjustly. l was STOP
ped from fighting according to Mar
quis of Queensbery rules. At the end
of the nineteenth round they had to
carry Britt to his corner, yet he was
given the decision. Harry Tuthill,
Corbett's trainer, announces that he
would match Corbett against Britt,
the fight to come OF in three weeks,
the winner to take all. Britt said it
was clean cut victory. Britt was
badly marked up, while Corbett was
unmarked except for cut over eyes.
Corbett claims to have injured his
right forearm during the contest, and
this deprived him Of its full use. It
Is thought that the small bone was in
jured.
In the preliminary events before
the championship contest Jack Evans
knocked out Hugh McGordon in the
fifth and Jack Burke Of San Francis
CO knocked out Lynn Truscott Of Aus
tralia in the first round. Both were
scheduled as .six.round bouts.
~ Fight by Rounds.
Round 1-After maneuvering fol
an opening Corbett lead out with lef
twice, but Britt cleverly blocke'
them. Two similar attempts alst
went wild, as a straight led by Brit
for the face. Both then mixed upper
cuts,--a right by Corbett and lef
by Britt. Corbett was again shor
with a left lead. Quick as fasl
Britt then hooked his left to tn
body and quickly followed 1t wit
right and left to the Jaw. They the
clinched without damage. Corbel
planted a left swing to Jimmy's rib
and missed left swing for the fac'
A moment later. however, a straigf
left caught Britt on the face. The
then went to a mix.up without result
and the gong sounded. Careful figh
ing marked this round, with Bri
having slight lead. Both men loo
ed very determined and timed the
blows carefully.
Round 2-They closed in, and Bri
tried with left and right for the fac
but Corbett blocked them and aga
they mixed 1t, Britt putting his le
to the body. He almost foored Z
champion with fearful left to Y
body. Corbett fought back wildly al
received left swing TO the jaw tn
nearly put him to the floor. Corbet
face looked as If he was worried.
rushed into Britt with straight |,
to the body that sent him back
the ropes. They closed In, and q
bett missed several vicious left a
right swings for the jaw. Britt lai
ed with sraight left to the face, a
Corbett swung right hard twice
Britts kidneys. The second bl
was hard one. They mixed IL, a
Corbett planted his right and left
Britt,s Jaw. The bell rang, and
seconds ran In and separated
men. Corbett had all the better
the in-fghting, and Britt was war;
by his seconds to keep his distan
corbett had a slight lead in 7
round.
Round s--Corbett swings left
Jimmy's ear, and Britt was Wild v
a left swing for the jaw Britt
bed Corbett to the face with a
and in a mix corbett pushed jim
to his knees. Britt was up quic
and drove straight left to the DO
They again mixed II, with the re4
that Corbett put in hard left 20
face. Britt then blocked . strai
right for the body, They came