The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-06
JIMMY BRITT SILT
THE CHAMPION
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his advantage with right and left
swings to the jaw. A right shift
caught White on the face and then a
left hook to the body found a berth as
the bell rang.
Britt's showing in this round was
the best of the contest.
Round Fourteen.
White cleverly blocked Britt's at
tempts with left and right for the
head but an instant later Jimmy
showed his right and left to the Brit
ons jaw and the latter sought cover.
White jabbed twice with his left to
the face and Britt landed his right
to the body and then outboxing his
shifty opponent landed three left
hooks to the jaw and left hook to the
body. Britt continued to deal out
damaging punishment sending two
lefts TO Whites stomach and a right
to the head Britt landed almost at
will. AS the round closed Britt swung
his left hard to the face.
Round Fifteen.
Britt missed left for the body
twice and TWO left attempts for the
jaw were blocked. Britt missed a
left for the body and then crossed
his left to Whites face and then up.
percut with his left to the body. They
mixed 1t continually and Britt planted
40 short arm left to Whites Jaw and
blocked all attempts of the English
man to counter. Britt then worked his
left to the body and hooked left to
the jaw. Britt was landing with mo-
notonous regularity, but his blows did
not seem to Tease the Englishman to
any appreciate extent other than to
make him slow down a bit
Sixteenth Round.
They went to a clinch. Britt forced
the fighting, leading out with either
left or straight right A straight left
found the Britisher's head and an at
tempt at retaliation went glimmering.
Britt hooked two lefts to the jaw and
drove straight left to the body and
the Englishman covered Britt swung
his left to the face and blocked
Whites counters. Britt swung left
to the body. then sent a left to the
jaw. They went to clinch, Britt fore
ing the fight. Britt then again hook.
ed his left TO the stomach and the
bell rang with honors in the Califor-
mans favor.
Seventeenth Round.
The usual opening clnch followed.
Britt missed twice with a left for the
face and head and attempts by both
with right and left swings were wild.
Finally Britt shot two lefts to Whites
face and they went to clinch. Break
ing away. Britt shot his left out rath-
err low and there was some Kissing
from the gallery. Britt hooked a left
to the body and sent his right TO the
head. White fought back rather
feebly and appeared to have lost all
his steam. Britt swung hard left
to the jaw and then crushing right
caught White on the jaw, nearly put
ting him out. Britt was over anxious
to put in finishing blow and his sub.
sequent attempts we're rather wild
He was cautioned by his attendants to
fight carefully.
Eighteenth Round.
Britt rushed but failed to land A
left hook for the body was blocked
and then both missed left and rights
to the face Coming out from clinch
Britt swung left and right to the jaw
and an instant later planted vicious
left hook to the body. Britt got care
less and White shot a right to the
face. Britt forced White around and
landed a left hook 10 the body. Britt
kept after White and the latter did
nothing but block, Britt hooked a
left to the fee and the bell rang.
Nineteenth Round.
Britt lunged with left and was
blocked. He missed left and right
for the body. Britt rocked Whites
head with a full right swing to the
chin. Britt missed a left swing and
a right partially caughttWhite on the
face. One left reached Whites chin
lightly and then. White tried his left
and right tiwce for the face but
missed. They went 70 the center OF
the ring and exchanged rights and
left swings as the bell rang.
Twentieth Round.
They shook hands and Brit imme
diately sailed in, missing left for the
face The pace was quickened but
the blows were easily blocked Botf