The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-05-12

TO 43.
Kansas City.-At Elm Ridge Sat-
urday Tod Sloan signalized his ap-
pearance in the saddle by plotting
Cunning to victory in the first race.
Philadelphia Princeton won the in
tercollegiate trap shoot tourney with
a, score of 220. Harvard, Yale and
Pennsylvania finished in the order
named.
There is possibility of Yakima
valley baseball league being organic
ed, composed of teams from Prosser,
Pasco, North Yakima and Ellensburg,
Wash.
With John L. Sullivan holding the
watch, Honey Billy" Melody and
Martin Duffy will fight at the Spo-
kane Athletic club Friday night, May
IL, in what promises to be one of the
fastest fistic bouts ever witnessed in
Spokane. Seats, 81 to 81.
San Representatives Of
Jimmy Britt, the lightweight cham
pion, and of Battling Nelson, have
for match between the two men,
Britt's brother agreed that the match
would then be signed up, and Nelson
accordingly posted $500 for forfeit. The
fight will take place in this city the
last week in June or the first week
in July.
Britt Beat White.
San Francisco.-James E. Britt, an
American, defeated -Jabez White, an
Englishman, and is now the light
weight champion of the world.
With 20 seconds to go, Britt hook
ed the Englishman with left to the
jaw, and the foreigner went to the
mat, where he lay fat on his back
for eight seconds. He staggered to
his feet, but was powerless to defend
himself, and Britt swung right and
left on his jaw. The referee, to save
the plucky Englishman from needless
punishment, stopped the contest, al
though White was still on his feet,
leaning up against the ropes in a
helpless condition. White was carried
to his corner and in few minutes re-
vived sufficiently to make little
speech, in which he said:
II fought the best l know how.
received fair play, but Britt is evil
IDENTIFY the better man."
BIRTHS victory was, of course, loud
ly acclaimed by the people of his
home town, but White, though a de-
feated man was cheered just as vocif-
erously for the magnificent fight he
made. All through the battle White
showed that he was entitled to COM
pete for championship honors. He
is clever boxer, an experienced ring
general, and has cool head that car
ried him out of difficulty many times.
He seemed to lack. however, one re-
quisite for champion-a knockout
blow. He landed on Britt's jaw many
time with both right and left, but
apparently did not hurt the little San
Francisco bulldog.
In the 18th round it looked as if
White had chance. He landed a
vicious straight right on Britt's jaw,
| and as the latter was off his balance
he went to the floor and rolled under
| the ropes. He was not hurt however,
and came back fighting faster than
ever. Britt forced matters all through
the fight. He paid particular atten-
| ton to Whites stomach, occasionally
swinging for the jaw, but the English
mans cleverness enabled him to block
those wicked punches. During the lat
| ter part of the fight Britt used only
his left, and persistent care of his
right led the spectators to fear that
he had damaged it. But his right
was in good order and he turned it
into use in the 18th round. when he
swung for Whites stomach and jaw.
| Britt paid tribute to White by
saying he is the cleverest boxer in
the world. "He stalled and blocked
and kept me away in manner that
was never before DONE" said the cham
pion. Had he come at me and led
l could have finished him sooner, as
he would have left more openings"
The fight was by long odds the clev-
crest exhibition that has been given
in recent years in San FRANCISCO.
Britt demonstrated what his admirers
have always claimed, that although
he is not snowy boxer, he is a hard
man to hit. When the men came to.
gether for the last round Britt jump.
ed at his man and kept right on top
of him. It was hit and clinch again.
The Californian had cut loose with
his right and waded in, swinging both
hands. He took Whites punches
eagerly and landed harder ones in
return. The fury of his attack was
Irresistible. Whites guard was beat
en- down, and then came that dreadful
swing to the jaw that ended the fight
and kept the championship of the
world in America.
George Harting, the veteran time.
keeper and expert on matters pertain
ing to the ring, stated that it was
the most clever and scientific fight he
had ever seen. white is a marvel of
skill and ring generalship," he said,
"but all of his science was of no
avail against the persistent attacks
of Britt"
Britt, after the fight, declared his