The San Francisco call., 1905-05-06

fastest and greatest ring battles ever
fought in the history Of the Queens
berry ring. The end came unexpected
" when but twenty seconds remained
Of the last round of the scheduled
twenty it was 10 go.
Britt had tried several times during
the progress Of the fight to land new
blow which he has developed. a right
swing from the level of the shoulder.
II had not proved effective up to this
uime, but for once it caught White on
the point Of the jaw. The blow dazed
the English champion and turned him
partly around. This left his body a
target for Britt, who caught him a ter
rible blow in the pit of the stomach.
Britt, who had been lighting through
out the round ike an enraged tiger
followed up his advantage and White
went down heavily on his back. He
was down fully six seconds. While his
strength was ebbing away his fighting
spirit was still strong. His scattered
thoughts were collected slowly and he
struggled 10 his feet, game to the end.
Britt rushed at his staggering oppo-
nent and rained blow after blow on his
head When il seemed he could retain
consciousness but little longer Referee
Smith humanely stepped between the
III.
Under the rules of the prizering Britt
viii be credited with a knockout in his
record.
The crowd. which had apparently
sympathized with White throughout
the contest, gave Britt all Of the honors
Que champion. The cheering con-
tnued for some time, until Britt
stepped TO the middle of the ring and
put Up his hands, asking for an op-
pOrtunity to be heard. When silence
was secured he said:
Gentlemen, don't cheer for me. but
give three cheers for Jabez White. 1
take of my hat to him, for he is the
gamest man ever met"
White won the hearts of the spec
tators by coming forward in manly
style and saying: Britt is a better
man than 1 am The best man won
tonight He then drank the health
Cf the crowd from a small flask from
which Mitchell had given him small
drinks during the progress OF the fight
WHITE a CLEVER BOXER.
The fight was between a great fight
er, Who also proved a clever boxer,
and one who is possibly the cleverest
boxer in the ring to-day. White was
pronounced by many of the specta tors
a 'eleverer boxer than Cans, and fully
as clever ring general. but he lacks
the terrible Furnishing power of the
man from Baltimore.
Up. to the twelfth round there was
little to choose between the two men.
White blocked many of Britt's blows
and was landing frequently on the Cal
norman. he proved great judge of
time and distance and landed many
hard blows in the tenth round. He cut
Britt's left eye badly and kept il bleed
ing for the remainder Of the fight
White commenced to lose his effective
-
punished severely about the body by
that time. Britt showed slight supe-
riority up TO the seventeenth round,
and from that time on his tremendous
vitality carried him along at a pace
which White could not Withstand.
Britt seemed overanxious almost
from the tinGe proceedings started. and
he tried all he knew. His favorite mode
Of attack was a left to the body, which
he seemed TO bring up to the head with
almost the same movement. White
blocked many Of the body blows, but
still enough went through his guard to
hurt him. He knew all the tricks Of the
boxers art and drew Britt's fire re-
peatedly and then sent in hard blows
in return. Britt used his right on but
two or three occasions, and ii was
readily seen that had he as good a
right as White no boxer in the world
would have a license TO step into the
ring with him. White showed one pc
culiar blow, a snake-like left, which
fooled Britt repeatedly and caught him
flush in the face. The power was not
there TO stop the rushes of the Califor-
nian.
BRINGS BABY'S SHOE.
A sentimental incident of the fight
developed shortly after White en-
tered the ring. He had brought with
him tiny red shoe, which he fastened
. -. l.
corner This was the shoe Of his baby
girl in far-away England and he ap-
parently hoped with the superstition
Of the fighter that 1t would bring him
luck in the struggle in which he was
about TO engage.
Although the fighting throughout
the twenty rounds was of the most
desperate character, neither boxer
was badly punished, while the only
times when either was on the floor
was when Britt slipped down in the
twelfth round and White was knocked
down IN the twentieth. Britt over
balanced himself in ducking one of
Whites blows and fell over on his
back. He barely touched the floor be-
fore he was on his feet again and
fighting faster than ever.
A regretta bic incident Of the fight
was the mean spirit shown by the
crowd toward Britt throughout the
cheered for White throughout, going
out Of their way to honor the visitor
at the expense Of the home boy, who
was entitled TO all credit for the
manly fight he was making.
Britt was the first TO enter the ring.
He was accompanied by Spider Kelly,
Sam Berger, Tiv Kreling and Frank
Rafael. White was some minutes late
and finally came in. accompanied by
Charley Mitchell Charley Mitchell Jr.,
Jimmy Lawler and James Murphy of
England. Billy Jordan introduced
White as the lightweight champion Of
England and Britt as the lightweight
champion Of America
Eddie Hanlon and Young Corbett
We're preseneed to the spectators, the
former being introduced as the little
favorite Of San Francisco" He was
called upon for a speech and made a
clever effort. saying: Gentlemen, I
thank you from the bottom of nv
heart. ] gained a heap of experience
in the East and hope to regain what
laurels lost here In the ring"
CANS NAME HOOTED.