The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
WHO WILL WIN FIGHT?
Both Nelson and Britt Seem in Best of
Condition.

San Francisco. Sept. 7-"yThere will
be a fight" said Nelson at his morning
quarters today Don't worry about
that I will fight Britt at Colma Satur-
day, but you can say what my manager,
Nolan, has done meets with my ap-
prevail If he objects to Jeffries he has
good reason. will take any man for
referee barring Billy Roche. He can't
act but any of the others will do. This
is my position in the matter"
Jimmy Britt appeared to be cot the
slightest disturbed by the referee mat
ter. He said today:
Il am not bothering myself a particle
about the referee. This is out of my
hands entirely. | am out here to fight
and will be ready to enter the ring
Saturday Jeffries will referee the fight,
and there will be no purse splits JEFF
fries is suitable to me, and he was to
Nelson up to now. One thing about
Jeffries, he has the confidence of the
public and that is worth something
Manager Coffroth said: THE referee
has been chosen, and the fight will take
place at 1:30 on Saturday afternoon
San Francisco, Sept Frisco is fight
mad The bell boys at the hotels feint
and sidesteD5 the policemen on the COR
ners say: "Colma, Saturday afternoon
in answer to any old question, and it
was only this morning that the writer
was carried six blocks past the destina-
ton while the gripman and conductor
were discussing the fine points of the
coming battle.
Never in the history of ring battles in
the west has a fight created such in
tense interest. One can hear nothing
discussed here but fight and bets, al
though the betting proposition at pres
ent is mostly talk. The stories to the
effect that Britt would rule faVorite at
almost prohibitive odds, simply eman-
ates from the pipe. In fact the betting
on the coming battle is extremely light.
The sporting men as a rule wager larger
amounts when there is an ace in the
hole. There is no buried ace as far
as the coming battle is concerned. I'M
less it lays with the third man in the
ring. and the question of referee is far
from being settled.
In previous battles between fighters
of prominence, one man has always
oyershadowed the other in the betting.
In such cases heavy wagers were fire.
quent. But in the fight scheduled for
Saturday afternoon one can't find
shade, and consequently sports are
afraid to take a chance either way
AS Harry Corbett said today: THE
fight looks too tough to bet on. l have
bet large amounts on a number of
fights, but on this occasion 1 think that
/ will keep my coin IN my pocket. One
day I will go to BIRTHS camp and come
away feeling that he is worth good
bet, then / will make trip to Camp
Nelson and after seeing the strenuous
Dane wallop his sparring partners
find boxing gloves on my hands and am
unable to reach my coin. 1t should be
the greatest fight in the history of
pugiiism between little men, but the
proposition looks too tough to bet on.
It is simply tossuD.'
Everything is clean and nice at the
Britt headquarters. From the training
clothes to the punching bag everything
is new. The gymnasium would do credit
to any club in the country and even
the attendants look dudley And the
work of Britt and his trainers COM
IL
Britt is long on speed and cleverness
and he loves to show the crowd. (which,
by the way, pays dear for the privilege)
what he can do in the boxing line he
is certainly a wonder on his feet and
is as clever as Tommy Ryan with his
hands In the afternoon he boxed
eleven rounds and wound up the days
work with fifteen minute siege with
the punching bag. He was as fresh at
the end as when he started, but OF
course, Z boxing with sparring partners
and punching the bag is entirely differ
ent from punching Batting Nelson,
and Jimmy may Lot show up so well
Saturday afternoon as he did Wednes-
day.
At Camp Nelson one is sorry that he
made the triD-that is, when he first
arrives. But after the good natured
Dane gets down to work one is willing
to make allowance for the ramshackle
training quarters and d1ngy layoutS IN
general. 1t is undoubtedly the dirtiest
quarters that ever sheltered a fighter
training for a big battle. But Nelson
is there, and that's all the crowd wants.
There is nothing pretty in the Danes
makeup. He slouches in the ring with
a grin on his face and tears into his
sparring partners as though he was
going after that $50, 900 purse. Nelson
is not a boxer, nor does his speed i'm
press one greatly, but the way he does
up his sparring partners goes to show
that he can fight, and at the real
rough game he has no equal.
Il go after my spaFring> partners Just
like I will go after Britt Saturday.
said Nelson. 81 have no new punches,
nor any new training clothes, but I've
got the walloD and it will bring home
the money. won't give Britt a
chance to box this time 1t is going
to be fight from the kickoff until ten
is counted over the native son. I
figure that twenty rounds will be