The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-09

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Battling Nelson.
suit of which it is probable Eddie
Graney will referee the Britt-Nelson
fight The Britts have been shown
that Nolan will not give in, and after
an extended conference with Manager
Coffroth it was decided the referee
should be named at the ringside. This
meeting was a last resort to straighten
out the tangled skein.
The sheriff of San Mateo county,
where the battle will take place, says
that if it comes to a slugging match
he will stop the fight.
Seventy thousand dollars is the
prize for which Britt and Nelson Will
| contest. This is the estimate of Man
ager Coffrcth the sales having reached
! $4,000, with very few high priced
seats left. A rush for the cheap seats
and for standing room tickets was on
at the arena this morning. Standing
room went at SO per head.
Much Depends on Referee.
I The manner in which the referee
conducts the fight will have large
bearing on it's final result. II he
| makes the men break clean and does
not allow holding and wrestling, Brlte
| will profit very much thereby. hitting
/ with one hand free will serve Britt
quite as well as Nelson. 1t is the
roughing and the hauling, not the hit
ting, that Britt has to fear In thelr
| first previous fight Britt punched Mel
son at will Nelson failed to reach
Britt with clean punches. The Dane
| was on Queer street several times, but
came back in good style. Britt never
was in danger On all form Britt
should win.
of the old Union Coursing park, about
ten miles from the downtown district
i of San Francisco. 1t is in san Mateo
/ county and therefore outside the
1 jurisdiction of the local police authorl-
| ties. To preserve order and prevent
any attempt at a stampede on the
part of the element that always gath
4 ers in the vicinity of ring contest,
the mana cement has engaged large
force of men from local detective
agencies Sixty of these men will keep
| order inside the arena, which is sur
rounded by a high board fence none
too substantial Between the fence OF
. the coursing park and the arena IN
closure a score of mounted officers
will be on duty, armed and ready &c
repulse any rush that may be at
) tempted.
more persons to Colma there is one
trolley line and one steam railroad
Besides these transportation fac1hues
every automobile in the city, both pri-
vate and public is Gpoken for.
I are in the city from Pacific coast cities
particularly from Portland. Seattle ant
, Los Angeles. The mining towns ol
; Nevada, Salt Lake City and Montana
: towns have sent scores, while many o.
= the eastern cities are well represented
In Splendid Condition.
A doctor has made an official ex
animation of the two fighters and hai
, pronounced them in splendid conol
ton. Nolan's declaration late las
night that 1.-The winner take all clause
and the $4,000 side bet clause weri
t not "on the level caused a good dea
| of comment. It was felt all along tina
the articles did not tell the truth II
! regard to the way the points We're Il
be apportioned, but at the same TIM
| the dead game sports of the town ar
= branding Nolan as a "scuealer." The!
say that he simply made known wha
| was already obvious to anyone but al
> idol. Every one expects to see a bite
; | fight. There may be generalship ant
> stiffness and that kind of thing, but
t is believed that in some of the round
/ | at least the championship and tn
big money will be forgotten and tina
the men will smash and tear at eacl
. other like fellows who have a mutua
S grudge in their hearts.
Less Than Twenty-Five Rounds.
Nelson, when asked today how ia
t he thought the contest would go, said
t If Britt will come at me and fight m
n the way want to fight that big build
ing viii be empty in an hour from tn
time the starting bell rings. 1t will b
| all over in twelve rounds"
Said Britt: 81 don't know how lon
it will last, but it will not go the limit
If 1 were compelled to say where
would end 1 would pick some roun
between the twentieth and twenty-fiftf
Nelson will get all the close fighting h
wants this time"
Nelson Makes Side Bet.
Although the side bet has been de
clared off and it is known positivel
that the purse is to be divided, Bat
tnng Nelson will not enter the rim
without making a bet on himself. Las
night he sent his brother to Harr
Corbetts with a commission of $40
10 be placed at odds of 10 to Z. TIL
bet was readily accepted and for a fe'
minutes it looked as though there wa
gong to be a mad plunge on the Tel
rible Dane. But the preponderance c
Britt money forced the odds to renal
stationary, the prevailing odds at tn
hour being 10 to Z Until yesterday
e looked as though the betting would b
"a very close, with, a good chance fo
:, Nelson entering the ring a sligf
di favorite, but now it is a certainty ths
es the Dane will be second choice an
re 1t is possible that as good as to
q. will be laid against his chances by til
p time the boys enter the ring.
y I guess I'll have to knock him OIL
s. to win" said Nelson. 'Jeffries may /
n honest, but don't want to wait fort,
&c five rounds to find it out. I am goir
to tear in from the start and one of |
a viii win inside of twenty-five rounds
that IS. if Britt will fight
all funny incident occurred this morl
at ing at Harry CorbetJ's. Papa Bri
at strolled up to the betting booth al
e. Continued on Page SKI