Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-13
CoGrath Wants Him to Meet
Durable Dane, Battling
Nelson
IN A FIFTY ROUND BATTLE.
Promises q Purse Of s,o 900 oud an
Additional SO, 1000 Tor Picture
RishIs--WIll Britt Accept

Every possible effort IL being mado 10
null Jimmy Britt into the ring with Bat.
Ting Nelson for ilnlsh fight and Rms
followers all over The country are anxious
for the men 10 meet again, But viii Bntt
meet Neson2
Hero IL what "wally" Young u form.
ar Salt Iakor says on the subjects
II there be such u thing M change o.
fashion In hstlo entertainments II miRht
be said that "nummcr ana fail styles,
lpO5 cnll Tor encounters to q finish Bat
Ties 10 u limited. number u rounds-pro.
WANG the limit ~ 40 low a. lNoulya-
are now decidedly IocuOcV, what tho
followers OF the game are hinkollug Tor
IL "A rafting good iighi 60 "A nulHhsu
1Fhl between Battling Nelson and jim.
my BRIT, for that would certainly be- a
good one,
Jimmy conro,h has opened the way 10
has made an offer 10 the two premier
lIghlwglghts which looks TO be- the hig.
whore IN the realm Of nsilcu1e for years,
Ne OfIere a purse OF $4,000 for q MY
round nght IN Colma'e virtually nnish
ilghl.-Qnd he offers $1,000 In addition TOR
the nehtofs' interest In the moving pie.
tlro privilege, This makes Grand total
" $1,000, which no hangs UP ~ the spoIls
of battle N tho nghlura prefer IT, he
VIII rive them % per cont " the gross
receipts aud let onch Keep hla one'inlrd
in,oroet In lho moving pictures II IN q
big oflor VIII n be Qccoptod2 Nelson IN
wlIlns How about Dflt2
WHAT WILL BRiTT Dor
How about Britt2
Mlllle Brit furnished u clever nnbWor
for MS hrothog In y statement which ho
L.. tull la al ..F.I 49,.
the fact that Britt and Nelson are Sign
ed up for a nght IN August before tn
NoAion Athletic club ana that Harry
lorhelt holds 1850 forfolts from Curh
Then willie adds lnaenuousyi
"lnUl that u settled | don't Npo how
either Nelson or Brit can consider any
other proposition, met Sam Berger
last night and he told mo Tint ~ - her
lirlt on Nelson broke fullh with tho
Western club, he would take their for.
felts of g. jOo"
ON tho surface, THIS looks To- ho very
plausible. II IN qullo true that Brlit ana
kolton are matched 10 nghl before tho
western club IN August and n IN ulsu
true that they have their forfou posted
WIN HAIRY '!orheil But Sam Borgor the
young man without permit ~ N.
forts 70 secure l!o coveted August dat,
have been foilod no far and those I'm
ne know" aver that ho hasn't n chance,
rI'H,T 'onorIoW Or on INC fOll0Wnf
Monday. the hoard ~ supervisors may
award tho August permit io some ono
else The possibility of 81 holng glyon a.
the western club, according iO mon closo
70 Tho board, II very sllpht suppose that
llcreer Is. turned down At lumorows
meeting ~ the hoard win Britt then nc.
froths'
JAMES MAY WEIGH
"A
money IN llghting twenty rounds In town
lhan accepting Comoths t2pUW or COT
ilulhe % per cent lie win point out
lnui hls bit when he fought Curhutt was
Oyer N60O, llo VIII sny that The house
wiz DC ~ least SOS M, ana that 81, per
cont ~ that VIII be is2,idl ana that NOV,
,ng pictures can also ada ~ the fund
icy W III down calmly ana nWro this
OUT Accoldlng 20 The lglro. given out
hN lho lagos valley club after mo
n n,oll,dt zoo iggssV night ihc lolal receipts
81 Plllory and so box seats.
Every man who attended that historic
mille VIII remember that the houso was
lAtko1 10 iiA capacity II srontpd I'm.
posflble 70 got another person I'M, Al.
mlulng, however that nolly 5000 more
'oulq DO hquoeacd into the pavilion. and
sou have $500, not AZ the loNou Ugno'
wv ~ reproscnllng the total capacity ur
MoodwafdR pavilion The Western club
figures to stage The nght I'm WoodNald'a
pavilion, 0s uoltro,h has a Lease on Me.
,hhhirs, II Merger should place mOy,
Ing picture mnchino IN Woodward ~
would render useless AZ least 81 90 worth
81 seats az the picture machine II q very
large aud formidable aitalr and with tho
brlght electric lights necessary M night,
would ho constant source Of annoy
nllro to lhe spectators, But let nv 20
hnck q little, Manager Willie Britt SAYS
maj II would be Impossible 60 consider
'oltrotha proposition because the Wcst.
cfl Athletic club has Jimmy signed mn,
ana would claim hls forfeit Who mHkos
NJ me western CLUB Fam Berger and
while BRIT nro tho moving sphlls sam
" matchmaker ana WHITE ~ admittedly
partner jimmy suyH that hu H. not
momher, and Sam ana Wilio bear him
ont IN this statement
PUBLIC WANTS MNrcII
Even granting that Jimmy has mo- mon.
tv interest IN The club N IN an n family
affnlr ana ho need not be nnud thli his