The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-30

1t will be virtually for the lightweight
championship of the world. thousand
men have asked me to pick the winner
but 1 am free to confess the task is too
much for me- says Charley White in the
New York World.
Fighting on his native heath will give
Britt a Shade of advantage. but only a
shade, and the men who talk about
Britt looking for easy money in taking
on the champion of England had better
study the public form of the fighters.
Britt's record and his abilities are well
known 10 American fight followers.
Jabez White is recognized at his home
as one of the best men at his weight
that England ever produced. / saw him
beat our own Spike Sullivan, one of the
strongest, gamest. fiercest men in the
business, and l must say that 1 have
great respect for this pale young Eng
lishman.
White was born In Birmingham thirty
years ago. He began to box in public
when he was little more than a child
He was no bigger than jockey when
he started up the ladder that leaos to
championship. From the first he has had
to contend with fighters stronger ana
more rugged than himself. so the fast,
rushing tactics of Britt ought to suit him
exactly.
When White came up to London half
dozen years ago the cockneys laughed
at him. His pale face and long, skinny
figure made him seem anything but
fighter. Pedler Palmer was their best
featherweight then. and so fast and clever
that they called him The Box OF Tricks"
White fought Palmer and beat him SO
thoroughly that the LondonerS named him
Jack in the Box" He has been the best
man in his weight ever since. So his
coming here to tackle Britt is no wild
Specula ton.
White Is Thin and Pale
When JabeZ White strips in the ring
the people of San Francisco will be sur
priSed. He looks like a small Kid Nc
Coy. but very much paler. His skin Is
dead white. his hair light brown. his eyes
large and prominent and very blue. In
fact. they look like the eyes of a fash
ionable tenor until he begins to fight.
Then they blaze all right. In build White
has the same coffin chest and long, lanky
cles to speak of on either arms or legs.
Yet somewhere in that long body he has
the power to hit blow that will drop
any man it lands on.
Before speaking of Whites style of
fighting l want to call attention to the
school in which he developed it. He be-
child, in the four round bouts in boxing
tournaments in Birmingham. There he
had to meet boys older and stronger than
himself and quite as fast as he was. The
result was that he soon developed Won
derful defense. No one could get near
him and mix 1T up. He stood with his left
side far out in front-duelist fashion
and his left fist much further forward
than that of the average boxer. His foot
work was always fast. He never let the
enemy rush him into mixup.
IL.
order to win four round bout you must
either knock out your man or hit him
oftener than he hits you. White did not
shine as a knockout artist but he develop
ed a wonderful punching power in that
long left arm of his. 1t flew in or over
or below the other fellows guard so fast
and so often that no one could stop him.
His left fist today is a wonder. He can
land it on any man of his weight, fast
and hard enough to hurt.
Like all boxers not of the brawny, slug
eing type, Jabez White has always been
hard student of the game. Between
fights he doesn't spend his time drinking
and telling people how great ne is. IN
stead of this he takes care of his health
and keeps looking out for chances to i'm
prove his style Therefore he went out
of his way to box with all the best Amer
leans who visited England. He set to
at their training quarters with Kid La
Yigne, Eddie Connolly, Dick O'Brien, Mike
Sears, Mysterious Billy Smith and little
Eddy Curry
Learned American Style
From these men White learned about
the fast. rushing, smuggling American style
of fighting. He worked UP his defense to
meet it and developed his attack and coun-
ter hitting so that he could do his share
Of the Furnishing. The result of his care