The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-10

being beaten. They sought to bolster his wavering confidence with light hearted remarks of how Britt was beat ing Nelson to pieces. Britt, however. appeared to realize that he was beaten.
 In the thirteenth he took q beating. Willie Britt, his brother. seeing the way 1t was going. shouted, "Outgame him, Jimmy; outgame him. Don't lot him outgame you"
 Jimmy's gameness was the striking feature of the rouid. The fourteenth must be put down as the most sensa- tional of the remarkable fight. Nelson, Knowing Britt was tiring fast, had the determination to end the battle. In five seconds he had Britt staggering about. his guard lowered and all but out. Time and again Nelson planted left hand blows on Britt's face that drove him against the ropes. over-eagerness on Nelson's part is what prolonged tho fight beyond this round. Seeing his brother beaten down, Willie Britt shouted. Swing. Jimmy, swing"
 over and again he repeated the word swing" until Jimmy's tired mind grasped it. Setting himself to meet Nelson, Britt swung his right hand with all the strength in his body. The blow landed, but Nelson was only stop ped for the moment, though seemed to give ground. Britt saw his advantage anu pItt5tu WAtn Htb ACVt bct A@A apart to steady himself. once more he met Nelson with full arm swings. fnal- ly forcing the Dane to clinch. The gong sounded the end of the round while they were standing head to head. sfashing at each other with both hands. Ten thousand men rose Tn their seats and cheered the boxers The desperate pace in the fourteenth round compelled both men to slow up In the next two succeeding rounds and no de- cfsive work was done by either, though Nelson showed more strength when- ever they came to clinch. The sev- lenteenth was Nelsons by q good mar gin.
 The Fatal Eighteenth.
 The eighteenth proved the end for Britt A detailed account of that round, which lasted about two minutes. shows little difference from the others. Britt was tired, but game and willing. Nelson forced him about the ring and gave many body blows, always boring fin, He cornered Britt and drove him against the ropes. Britt squtrmed out and sent in terrific left to the stom- ach that appeared to hurt Nelson. Nel- son covered up his body and sri.t swung for hIs face. Quick as flash Nelson sent in short. sharp left hand blow to Britt's stomach. Britt gave way and stepped back. crouching in order to deceive Nelson and give him. self time to recover. Nelson saw the damage his blows had inflicted, how ever, and pressed on. He forced Britt into his own corner and there. in rally that lasted but few moments, the end came. Britt went down sud- denly. Nelson says 1t was from q blow on the jaw. Britt had no clear idea after the light what put him out, but in the opinion of those who were close by it was the blow in the stomach that took all his remaining strength and he fell from exhaustion.
 When Britt fell in his corner. nat on his face. there was a momentary hush and the vEce of the official timer was heard distinctly counting off the sec onds. Britt managed to turn. on his back and lay gasping, his bloody tongue protrudinR from hts mouth. Five seconds had scarcely been count ed when there was a roar from the crowd which sam that the little San Francisco boy could not rise.
 Seven, eight" called out the timer. while Referee GraneS danced fin front of Nelson to keep him away. Nelson. however, showed no disposition to take advantage of Britts. distressful condt- ton and walked to the other side of the ring. Nine, ten." shouted the timer. Graney pointed to Nelson and the roar from the crowd increased.
 Rush fer the Ring.
 Then there was the usual rush of spectators into the ring, most of them eager to get close to the new champion. A few faithful ones, however gathered about Britt. who still lay gasping for breath. Finally he recovered sufficient ly to regain his feet and was led from the ring by his seconds.
 Nelson remained inside the ropes sev- eraI minutes longer before he could break away from the crowd. He walk ed rapidly out of the arena and then to his quarters, two hundred yards away. With the disappearance of the fighters the interest waned and the crowd broke for the electric cars, steam trains, automobiles and other convey ances.
 Eddy Graney, the referee. had this to say of the fight: Tt was the greatest lightweight fight of modern times. Nell son kept after Britt all the time. He was too strong and tough for Britt. thought Nelson would win after the eighth round. Britt is the gamest boy I ever saw in the ring. He took the greatest amount of punishment I ever saw a man take. Britt and did not speak and had he won would not have spoken to him, but when he lost went over to his corner and said: Jimmie, you and 1 will be friends
 Nelson is like Fitzsimmons. He is always boring in. did not see what blows settled Britt in the last rounS, but I think he went down from ex- haustion.p
 The scenes just outside the high fence around the arena had all the ap- pearance of a frontier mining camp or the immediate vicinity of a circus. Taking advantage of the fact that they were outside the city and county of San Francisco and across the border lines of San Mateo county, gambling sharps operated games of infinite variety.
 Money Changes Hands.
 As Is usual at great sporting events, there was a crowd of hangers-on out- side as large as that inside and these freely played the game. Thousands of dollars changed hands as a result. On many of the roulette and faro tables, hundreds of dollars were stacked up in coin in plain view of the crowds. A number of the games were conducted by women, who reaped a rich harvest on the percentages the games netted them.
 Almost every automobile in San Francisco had been engaged to bring parties of sporting men over ten or twelve miles of as bad a road as could be imagined. Improyised garages out side the arena were filled with ma chimes and hastily erected stables and sheds housed every sort of eduippage. Several tally-ho parties lent a spectacular feature to the ar- rivals of sportsmen known to all the Pacific coast.
 Delegations of ring followers came from all the large cities of the coast and numerous eastern points. Several cars brought the leading sportsmen of Kansas City. Butte. Salt Lake City,