The San Francisco call., 1904-11-02
BRITTS IMPETUOSITY
COSTS HIM THE TITLE
AND A LOT OF MONEY
All Sporting Men Agree He Had a
# Lead Which Cans Could Not
Hope to Overcome.

When Jimmy Britt awoke yesterday
morning and found that his impetuos-
ity in the. ring at Mechanics Pavilion
on the previous evening had cost him
the title TO the worlds lightweight
championship and cool 3ee0e in mon
ey, the difference between the winners
and. the losers end Of the fight, he was
angry and disgusted with himself.
There was no dissenting opinion among
the. people who Witnessed the seIisa-
tional struggle, all agreeing that Cans
could not have withstood the lombard
ing he received from Britt for more
than another round.
II sBritt.s form was a revelation TO his
friends, as he proved clever with
both hands, doing more execution with
his right than in any. previous profess
sLOnaI engagement In explanation Of
hiss losing his head, Jimmy said that
for three years he had been nagged
.sb0ut Cans. MANY persons claiming he
would never step iflto*the. ring with the
= colored. boxer. This infialmed. his mind
10 such an extent that when he finally
had Cans in front of him. he threw
: discretion to- the winds and. sailed in
10 give, him the beating Of his life.
Britt. paid no heed whatever TO the
words of his handlers, although in the
past he has always fought strictly to
orders:
BRIIT,s FAST PACE.
3. The contest showed once again that
at is tighter and not the boxer who
T. ma kes' the: best showing in the ring.
: When Sans met Walcott- the latter
fought Cans. fight and the lightweight
made a brilliant showing. With Britt
=. IN front Of him il was an.entiFely diff
ferent Z: proposition. Britt set a pace.
that Cans could not Withstand. In
stead: Of allowing him TO stand off and
box al: long range Britt rushed him all
! oyer; the ring and Kept him so busy de-
Tending himself that he. had no time
, for oftensiN Nes work Cans landed one.
straight right To the head on Britt in
. the. fourth round and this stirred up
ali the lighting blood il the -Cahfor-
.nian.. l. 80. j:
While Cans was not cut up. there is
no doubt but that some Of Britt's bhDWs
had terrible punishing power: In the
third. round Britt sent a crushing right
: 10 the body: which took all. the fight
out of Cans. This marked the turning
Point in the fight. A left 10 the body in
the. fourth: round also had terrible ef-
feet:
Referee: Graney has. been CRITICIZED
: for not stepping between Britt and
Cans when the later was down, and
latter went down without being hit.
The Marquis Of. Queensberry rule
:. touching on this point SAYS: A man
who goes to the floor without being
. hit is 'deemed.to haYe lost the 1ight.'' In
stead. Of cautioning Cans Graney. went
out OF his way 10 warn Britt, who was
not. the. offender up TO. that time The
action Of the fight was so rapid that ali
the parties most at interest seemed to
have. lost. their heads: Neither Britt
nor his seconds called the attention of
s.Sraney 10 Cans tactics. and the mis-.
chief was done before any. one realized
what had taken place.
- TITLE STILL WITH CANS.
While. every man who saw the fight
comedies that Britt is the. legitimate
, lightweight champion of the world.
there is nothing ia. the ring records 10
show it, Cans will always be credited
with having won this fight on a. foul.
and the records will be mute on the
; work done b. Britt. AS Britt is ex-
. pected TO meet the winner Of the Cor
9ett. \ Nelson fight. there is already much
: speculation as TO what weight he will
agree TO make. His advisers have
learned that l33 pounds. rlngside, is the
best notch at which he can fight and
an their negotiations viii. be with. a
view TO getting as close to. this weight:
as possible II Young Corbett wins
from Nelson II is known he will hold
out for l39 pounds at g. o'clock. Some
people think he cannot make this
weight. but he is satisfied he can do it
. easily. From the enthusiasm shown
by Battling Nelson and his manager.
p Teddy Murphy, over Brift,s showing
at l52 pounds il. is doubtful if they
would care to tackle him at that
weight. Murphy said yesterday: Britt
! can beat Cans at any weight, as he has
too much speed and strength for the
{ .colored man. 1t is a great pity he lost
. MS head, as he was entitled to clean
+: cut decision" .-t :..- :
This is not the first fight Cans has
won on a foul. In January Of last. wear
he met Gus Gardner at New Britain.
Conn, and went TO his knees under all
most Identical conditions as obtained
on Monday night Gardner struck him
a, light blow on the head and the fight
Was given TO Cans on foul From the
manner in which his friends sent their
money. in il would seem he had some
such plan Of campaign outlined for his
fight with Britt
-. HUMORS OF THE FIGHT.
.... The fight was not without its humor.
GUS aspects. Manager Willie Britt be-
. came 50. excited over the outcome of
the bout that he forgot all abou. his
brothers share Of the receipts and did
not make a settlement with Mana ger