The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-20
BRITT CONTINUES
BETTING FAVOR|TE
California Money Still Forces
Odds of 10 to Against Bat
Ting Nelson.
BOTH MEN WELL TRAINED.
Each Is Confident of the Result Of
To-Night's Go and Prospects
Are for a Hard
Battle.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San Francisco Cal, Dec ls.-CstiifoI7lia
people stnl believe in their favorite pu-
gttstic son. notwithstanding the fact that
the memory of the Cans fiasco is fresh in
the public mind.
Parity for that reason and partly he
cause it is believed Britt is Il better man
than Battling" Nelson. the California boy
! IS a 10 to s fIvorite for the fight to-rno.
row night between the youngsters.
1t is not tho easiest contest in which TO
form an estimate of the pair on past re-
suits y different element enters into this
battle. Both OF the youngsters are strong
ana pluc:y and each is confident of his
own Persona! ability. That fact may lead
one or both to = display of rashness in
'he rms and with II the loss of the fight.
There l. not the slightest question about
the condition Of both principals. Two boys
'elsF httea to take par: in ring con-
leSt never trained for an important event
III thlS state. Neither of them appears 10
nave Dec" bothered much by the weight
question and when they face each n,her
tomorrow night there will be fine physical
display
Nelson is confident that he can stand
all the punishment Britt may administer
10 nun and return it with interest In
sl-sJIkns ~ ing. OF & the matter. natter he said
men, itr't II, n@Sef . besn afraid Of punish;
so. Results have justified thus far, why
should have such confidence in myself
II may be that Britt can hit harder and
faster than some other fighters whom
nave faced but / do not believe it.
At least, l am not going to believe it
uhtll ,iiiI tnis contest has proved it. And
punishment of which l have heard SO
much from some quarters, what reason is
there why ! should not be doing some
thlrS in return?
IN C"rbstt fight that l should be un-
able TO DO myself justice in this contest
10: 10: am going to wait until 1 am licked
nTlSfe t;n3e iii TfaH Z, beiieXe it. In the mean
tomorrow night to make a better showing
than | have ever made since l have be-
come professional
Is y HARD FIGHTER.
Britt says he knows that Nelson is
hard fighter and a coming fighter in the
lightweight class, but he feels that he is
sul ertor to the other man in strategy and
VIII be able TO beat him by using his
knowledge of the sport to better advan-
ta2c.
4 don't believe he can go the limit with
me. and think that one good punch will
has been hit Just right to put him out
Wen 1t viii! be up to ME TO teach him
how it is done in our contest tomorrow
night
II give him credit for all that he has
shown, and for what he thinks he can do
but he will have to do more work and
VIII have 10 work faster to beat me than
he ever did before. and that will mean
lot to him before the fight is half over
Britt has come TO his weight much cas-
icr and much more naturally than he did
when he tried TO get down to l30 pounds
to fight Cornett. The fact of the matter
Is that Britt has passed the period in life
where he Will ever be good i30-pound
fighter again and if Nelson should heat
him. it is not likely that the California
boy will be induced to make any more
matches in the future where 1t is a strain
to meet the weight on the day OF the
battle.
Summed up. the impression here seems
I" be that il Is a matter of science to-
morrow night against hard Young fighter
and California believes this time that
science will win and that Nelson VIII have
to wait little while longer before he ca:
declare himself victor over Brjtt