The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-01

{. = marvellous strength and quiclness. He went at Cans like q bull terrier land- ing hody blows alternately with swings on the jaw. During the first tnree rounds Cans appeared cool and con- fident and fairly strong. He appeareo' to be feeling Britt out but at the end of the third And the begtnning of tne fourth when Britt commencea to n9n.
 more vicicusly Cans weakened peIes
 tibly.
 He landed few times on Britt. but the little white boy paid nc attention to the colored mans light taps ana every lime he vas hit bored la more viciousiy than ever. There is no couos in the minds of the majority or tncss present that in another contess as ,s.s " same weights Britt would deIeAe us's easily. sa-,t CT really should have given cans tne decision in the fourth round when nett fouled him but as Cans vas not burt I overlooked 1t. though Britt himself admitted that I could have called a foul at that time. The sec ond offense in the fifth round was so palpabie. however; riat I was forced to give Cans the decision.
 Britt was frantic with kage when he realized that he had iost the fight, and he rushed at Graney. striking wildly. Graney.i who Is something of a boxer himself, fought back, but the police inrerfered and separated the |beliigerents. Britt declared as he left the ring:
 1T know I can Beat Cans and want to light him agaln."
 The fight demonstrated that Britt Ifs a wonder In his class. He is as clever as cat and heavy hitter with the addition of having bull dog grit that makes him fight all the harder when he Is being punished.
 Cans and his followers were highly delighted at the decision and had no complaint coming.
 The fifth round lasted but thirty eight seconds, when the foul was claimed. It is doubtful if any match ever brought of in this city had stir- red up such a vast amount of interest as that displayed over the result of to- nights contest. Britt and Cans are admittedly the two clcverest boxers in their class the world has ever produced. and this fact, supplemented by the fn- tense local pride in San Francisco's wonderful fighter. was responsible for the enormous throng that fought its way into the pavilion. All afternoon huge crowds stood in line awaiting the opening of the general admission gates, and 1t required the constant vigilance of mounted police to keep this congest- ed mass Tn alignment.
 At 8 o'clock the gallery was crowded to suffocation and at S:3o the holders of the reserved seats occupied every chair on the lower floor.
 Young Corbett and Battling" Nell son. who are matched to light in this city November 20, next, were present, and each expressed his desire to meet the winner of tonight.s contest.
 meeting between Cans and Britt has been looked forward to for over two years. but the question of weight and the color line proved a stumbling block and prevented the men getting together at an earlier date. Finally Cans. who has been fighting around the 14o pound notch, agreed to make 1S3 pounds ring side. Britt waived the color question and the men mediately went into hard training. Cans, how ever, found it no easy task to make the required weight, and was compelled to undergo a strenuous system of re- duction, even up to the eleventh hour.
 It was not until late this afternoon when definite assurance was given that Cans had tilted the scales at 132 1-2 pounds that betting began in earnest. The colored lad was at once made a warm favorite, despite the fact that Britt has a tremendous following here.
 At o'clock the quotations were 10 to 6 1-12 with Cans on the long end. Gans's seconds were Al Hereford. his manager: Frank Mcdonald and ;Kfd' Sullivan. while Britt was looked after by Spider Kelley. Frank Rafel, Sam Berger and Smiling" Metzger. Preceding the main event two four round bouts were decided. The cur tain raiser was betveen CeorRa Wilson and Billy Meehan. This went four rounds to a draw. In the second pre- iminary Eddie Chambers was given the decision over Jack Burk in the third round. Young Corbett" jumped into the ring as soon as Cans appeared and is- sued challenge to the winner of to- nights battle. Gans's appearance was