The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-21
JIMMY BRITT
 GOT DECISION Battle Lasted Twenty
 Rounds. NELSON CLAIMS FRAUD Says Referee RCch: Does Not
 Know Business. h Fastest Kind of Fishtiag the Dane Forced Champion, but Was Unable to Land Effective Blows.

Blows.
 Mechancis' Pavilion, San Francisco, Dec. 2o.-At the end of the twentieth
 round Jimmy Britt of San Francisco
 and Battling" Nelson of Chicago fight ing like a pair of bull dogs. the gong | sounded the end of the contest and
 his hand on the Californian as the ! winner of the contest.
 | In the closing round Britt was punch.
 ing the Chicago boy all over the ring.
 but his blows lacked sufficient force
 to put quietus on his opponent The fight was an exemplifcations of how | much punishment a human being can
 endure and not succumb. At several l stages of the fight Nelson was badly | punished. but he always kept gamely
 coming up to the firing line and all
 through the twenty rounds he forced the fighting.
 In one or two instances he had the
 local boy In distress but Britt's excel lent Generalship and the advice of his
 seconds saved him from going too l close to the danger point. Nelson Is unquestionaDly wonder in the pugi- listic world. Time after time, taking blows heavy enough to put an ordinary fighter out. he could come up appar- ently in his early form and bring the fighting to Britt. Referee Roche an nounced that he gave the fight to Britt on cleaner Hitting and the greater number of points scored and a retro
 spect of the fight bears out the just ness of his decision. although Nelson did most of, the leading, Britt display ed the greater ability as boxer and h!s blows were cleaner and more forceful while a majority of the shots fired by Nelson were at close quarters Nelson was sadly deficient in a long arm and most of his attempts to reach his opponent while both arms were free were intellectual. The house. one of the largest ever seen in San Fran cisco. and 1t is estimated that the fighters will divide nearly $30.0o0 be-
 tween them, There were no visible
 marks of punishment on Nelson except
 some slight puffiness about the eyes and Bfitt,s fsIcA was bisedilg IIf fsxASs
 eral places from the force of the blows
 delivered by Nelson in the clinches Statements of Fighters.
 When Britt was seen in the dressing
 room after the fight, he had this to say: ...
 Nelson iE a great big slugger with
 plenty of ability in that direction but without the knowledge of how to use
 it. T fought as did to secure the championship and protect my friends
 money. I am still the champion of the
 world and I mean to retain it."
 Nelson had this to say:
 T had all the best or the fight. Britt
 was breaking ground and holding me continuously. Referee Roche made nc effort to break Britt except to give me the worst of 1t. will fight Britt again under the sane conditions for $5.000 a side but will insist that Siier referee | knows when a man has lost or won l I. scored the only knockout of the | fight and had Britt running away" A s35,00 audience was janmed into
 Mechanics Pavilion tonight when Jimmy Britt of this city and Bat. l tling" Nelson of Chicago fought ir 1 what was virtually conceded to be q contest for the worlds lightweight championship.
 The belief that Joe Cans. the colored pugilist who recently retained the ti. | tie by securing a decision over Britt | on a foul is probably unable to re-
 duce to the lightweight limit. accen- | tuates the fact that the winner of to-
 nights battle will be looked upon as l the legitimate champion of the light | weight division.
 Mover were two athletes more per- l fectiy conditioned than Britt and Nel. | son when they ceased their long and arduous course of training and each
 was tho personification of confidence
 when Referee Billy Roche beckoned | them to their corners and the bell sum
 moned them to action. No fight sine
 
 cided has brought so many strangers
 to town. From far away New York ! Philadelphia, Butte, Omaha. Seattle | Portland and Los Angeles fight-lovers
 were gathered in liberal numbers. Sc | great was the crush in the galleries that later in the evening the promot- | CTS were ordered by the authorities to
 release the overflow by permitting | hundreds of spectators of that section to invade the main floor where they were unceremoniously relegated to the l rear portions of the building and from | which but little of the nights enter tainment could be observed. At 9 l o'clock the house was completely sold out and it was found necessary to in- | stall additional seats. to accommodate | the vast throngs.
 | The principals left their training quarters at 4 o'clock this afternoon and after a rest of two hours proceeded to Corbett's resort. where the weighing l in process took place at o'clock. Both men failed to tilt the scales at 132 pounds. the stipulated weight. It was the opinion of those present when the men jumped on the scales that Nelson
 was the lighter of the two by at least l a pound
 Crowd at COrbett'R.
 The crowd that congregated about the Corbett resort as Britt and Nelson attempted to enter was so great that
 1t was only by the free use of police
 mems clubs that entrance was effected
 by the two puailists. Betting has heen brisk all day Tn the morning bets
 were registered lat the odds of 10 to [
 with Britt the ifavorite. Later on
 however. owing Ao the volume of Nell son money. ant the reluctance Of
 Britt's supporters to speculate at what they termed unreA Asonable and dispro.
 portionate figures, khe prices advanced a point with the Ideal lad holding the 'op end at 10 to 8. Even at this price
 the Britt coteries did not loosen their purse latches until evening. when re
 alizing the. futliitS of hoping for q more lucrative prtceA they poured their