Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-18
LATEST SPORTING
NEWS

Waldemar Young, the sporting edi
tor of the San Francisco Chronicle
and one of the best of them, is not
favorably impressed with Jimmy
Britt's evident desire to avoid match
with Battling Nelson, and hands this
to the Native Son:
Jimmy Britt will not accept the
offer of Jimmy Coffroth for a forty.
five or fifty round fight at Colma for
a purse of 100000. That is practical
ly certain. Coffroth will leave the Of
fer open for a few days, but there is
no indication that Britt will sign. He
is now at Lake Tahoe, while his man.
ager-brother, Willie, although he came
up from Santa Cruz last night, kept
carefully away from all temptation to
make a match with Nelson.
"By ignoring Coffroth's offer, Britt
puts himself clearly on record as not
caring for the Danes game in any
fight longer than twenty rounds. He
turns down chance to make several
more thousand dollars than is posi-
BILE in city fight, and his reason is
simply. that he prefers to go short
err distance than to chance the uncer.
tainties of what would amount to a
finish fight. In the light of his pres
ent bashfulness, his claim month
or SO ago that he can beat Nelson
in any kind of a fight takes on the
semblance of joke.
'In an interview in the Chronicle
July 6, 1905, Britt used these words ::
"T have no intention of letting Mel.
son get away from me. I'm in the
fighting business for the money there S
in it, and l realize that Nelson will
bring a lot of money into the house.
I'd be kind of foolish to pass that up
wouldn't L? I have beaten Nelson
once, and I can do it again. I can
beat him in a Ground bout; l can
beat him in a finish fight. He will
be accommodated next.
"How does that read now? The
chance was presented Britt to make
a fortune in fight which would virtu
ally be to finish. What has he done?
Stalled out of it. His position is clear,
that is something.
1.-THE only kind of fight that Britt
will meet Nelson is for twenty rounds
AS a matter of cold, hard fact. there
is no indication that he will do that
Morris Levy claims that Britt is ready
to sign up for September with his
club. Britt signed to meet Nelson
once before with a club which did not
have a permit How long is this gam
Of hide-and-go-seek going to last?'
Secretary John w. Pace, of the
Montana state fair, has issued bulle
tin announcing that one of the fea
lures of the fair in Helena this fall
will be a relay race for cowboys. The
race will be Is miles. three miles tc
be run each day, and the riders viii
be required to change horses and sad
dies at the end of each mile. The
event calls for skill not only in rid
ing, but in handling equipment as well
There are enough good men II
Montana" says Mr. Pace, "to make
this one of the interesting feature:
of the fair. A half dozen countie:
should be represented in the event.
The relay race for women rider!
has become one of the regular race!
of the fair. The conditions that are Il
exist this fall. however, are differen
from those which have governed thu
event heretofore. ThOroughbreds will
be barred and only saddle horses ant
COW ponies will be eligible for tn,
race. Another feature of the regula
ton is that a larger number of girl
of the state may participate. BY mall
ing the race an open one and barrin;
race horses, a more interesting an,
I better contest is assured. The purs
is $500, three moneys.