Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-05-06
EIn The Field Of Sports

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ped his left to the head and followed it
with right swing to same place. A
slinch followed. Britt lightly jabbed
White with left OH face. Whites clev-
srness elected much cheering from the
crowd.
In the third round Britt went in like
a demon and sent Whites guard down
like so much chaff. landing ON face and
body. White had the better of the
earlier fighting, but Britt evcned up to-
ward the end.
White boxed prettily, and after Britt
had missed two left and right swings
he sent White against the ropes with
straight left 10 the face. Nothing
daunted, White planted right and left
to Britt's face. They then mixed it
%furiously, Britt sending hard short arm
rights TO the body. White electrified
the crowd with his brilliant blocking
and scientific work, at which he was
Britt's equal. He was tremendously
cheered during the respites.
In the seventh round White swung
right to the head, and they clinched.
Britt forced White against the ropes
and landed left and right swings on
the head. Britt waded in, fighting like
a tiger, but White avoided most of his
desperate leads. Britt missed right for
the body and tried to force. White to the
ropes with a succession of rights and
lefts. but the Briton again was too
clever for him. Britt was wild with
two left swings, and a right for the
body was blocked. White drove a
straight to Britt's jaw.
III the ninth round White sent Britt's
head back with right swings, and. mix
ing it. he duplicated the blow. Britt
hooked with left and right, but the
Englishman smothered Jimmy's efforts.
Up to this stage the fight was about
even.
White in the tenth round sent his left
to the face, bringing the blood from a
cash over .Iimmy's eye. Britt then
sent in a tremendous slash to the Brit
on's jaw, which forced him to V
quickly. There was a cut over Britt's
eye from which the blood trickled in a
tiny stream as the Californian sought
his corner
In the fourteenth round Britt made
the pace and got the better of n mix
up in midring. White scored with right
several times. Britt was very strong.
The Englishman showed signs of dis
tress. 1t was Britt's round.
Britt in the fifteenth round reached
face with straight left and made
but apparently weak.
Britt hinged out in the nineteenth
round with left and was blocked. He
kept forcing the pace and missed left
and right for the body. Britt rocked
Whites head with a full right swing
to the chin. Britt missed a fearful left
swing, and a right swing partly caught
White on the face. White kept Britt
busy leading, blocking most of the Cali
fOrnian's attempts. One left reached
1.-The Englishman's chin lightly. and then
White tried left and right twice for the
face without avail.
In the final round they shook hands,
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missed BIRTHS face. The pace was
luickened, but the blows were easily
blocked. Both men fought at close
quarters. with White mostly on the de-
~'ensive. Britt suddenly landed a vicious
light on the body and IN some might
'ng failed TO connect with left and right
Cor the jaw. Britt was careful, realiZ-
Png that apparently the decision was
his. The referee had to separate the
men from Il clinch, and then Britt
again put a right to the body and
brought his right and left with fearful
force to Whites jaw, sending White
to the floor very groggy. When the
Britisher rose Britt went at him like a
demon and sent him clear across the
ring with right and left smashes to the
face. The round was nearly over at
this stage. but the police jumped into
the ring and stopped the contest. Britt
was declared the winner amidst ire
mendOus excitement.