Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-15
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There will be no serious contest oy
er Battling Nelson's right to the title
OF champion light weight of the world
The only cloud on Britt's title was
his loss of decision to Joe Cans
through fouling the latter, but Britt
had the colored man whipped to a
standstill when he made that mistake
and wild horses couldn't drag the Bal
tlmorean into the ring with the Ma
tive Son again. Afterwards Britt de-
feated Jabez White, the undisputed
champion Of England. Nelson will
probably not be seen In the ring for
some time, and he is surely entitled
to rest. After training long for a
contest with Britt that fell through
the champion kept him fiddling while
arrangements for another fight were
progressing so that the battler had
really been on edge, or nearly so. for
months. The indications are that Mel.
sons next fight will be with Jimmy
Gardner, but in the meantime the in
evitable tour" may be expected. 1t
Is quite likely that Nelson will follow
the suggestion of Nolan, his man.
ager, and star in an "Ole Oleson''
play. He will be a great drawing
card. and tour of this kind would
net him as much money as several Or
binary fights. The returns from the
last contest show that Nelson receiv-
ed about $4,000, Britt $12,5OO, and
the club $4,000. The wrangle that
lasted three days prior to the contest
is believed to have kept at least $780,
| 900 out of the box office, but the men
We're richly rewarded all the same.
This fight really does appear to have
been the greatest ever witnessed be.
tween light weights, and Nelson's SUI
per1ority was demonstrated all the way
through-that is, as a fighter. Britt
landed three blows to Nelson's one
from beginning to end, and the Dane
just swallowed them and went in for
more. He says that having sampled
all BIRTHS punches, he concluded that
none of them were dangerous, and
after that paid little attention to what
Britt did. At the same time, all this
talk about Nelson being ignorant of
the first principles of boxing is nom
sense. Time and again he was able
to block the great Jimmy's scientific
swings and punches, and the reason
he did not avoid more of them is
probably that he did not care. The
condition of the men at the end tells
the whole story. Britt was PROSTATE
in his corner, almost unable to move,
while Nelson sprinteu away to his
dressing room like man who had
finished nice course of exercise.
And all that after rBitt had landed
three blows to the Danes one. There
never was an absolute demonstration
OF superiority given. The new cham
plon is going to be a popular one.
There is no doubt of that. He will be
another Terry McGovern in that re-
spect. He is not subtle financier
like Britt, and he has none of the Cali
fornians polish as a glove artist, but
he is fighter from away back, and
that's what makes a champion solid
with the ring followers.
Freddie Began, who is in charge of
the contest between Kid Lee and Ru-
dolph HIM for $500 side,, to be pull
ed Off at Boulder Hot Springs next
Sunday. announces that everything is
in readiness for the event. Both men
are reported to be in the proverbial
pink OF condition. HIM works daily
at the spring with Tommy Reilly,
while Lee is training at Alhambra
Hot Springs with Kid Foley. AS the
contest is for the first big side bet
made on Montana scrap since the
Jack Wade-Kid Oglesby fight in Hell
ena, there is no little interest in the
q nvyd ic
The contest is to be twenty rounds,
at 145 pounds. There is considerable
HIM money already in evidence, and
his hackers say there will be plenty.
Ted Murphy, the boy manager of
prize fighters, who had charge of Bat
Ting Nelson until this year, is in Chi
cago, and he is talking as enthusi-
astically of his young fighter from
Milwaukee, Young O'Leary, as he used
to talk of the Battler. He is trying to
match the coming wonder with Maui
rice Savers, also of Milwaukee. Ted,
who is very far fro ma boy, says he
will fight Savers at $50 at 3 o'clock |
with O'Leary, but that Savers manag-
er does not care to make the weight. |
The Milwaukee boxing club is anx-
iOus to put the boys on for Septem-
Der %, and Ted is awaiting a final |
answer from Savers. The two would |
put up a great battle if half Ted says |
of OLeary is true.
Willard Bean, the Mormon who
refereed the Wille-Schreck fight at |
Salt Lake, and who isn't quite sure
whether he is a preacher, dramatist, |
or pugilist, has taken another guess |
at the contest. First he said that |
Willie was the winner. A moment |
later he reversed himself and gave
the decision to Schreck on foul, and |
now, after thinking it all over again,
he announces that the fight was a |
fake. There is one thing absolutely |
certain, and that is that this Bean as
a referee, is pure fake.
Bon Voyage, owned by W. A. Clark, |
Jr., of Butte. won the rich Hart |
ford futurity at Hartford, Conn, yes
terday from a field of six horses in |
fairly good time. Katherine L.. who |
was the favorite in the betting, did |
not start owing to the death of her
stable mate, Sadie Mac. last Monday. |
Miss Wilkes owns both horses and
the death of her favorite trotter caus-
ed her TO retire from business for a