The Washington times., 1905-08-27
BRITT AND NELSON
EXCITE COMMENT
Native Sons Adherents Oh
the Increase.
,JlMMY'S FAMILY FOXY
,JlMMY'S FAMILY FOXY
Good Matchmakers-Gossip of the
Other Leading Fighters.
Hart and Rubin.
By CHIP.

wakes the discussion over the merits
of the respective antagonists Z. the COM
ing Britt-Nelson argument.
A week ago it was rather one-sided,
the Nelson faction having decidedly the
better of the debate. so far as numbers
and enthusiasm counted, but recently
Britts supporters have rallied to his
support, and to the unprejudiced observ-
er-if there is one among all sportdom-
after weighing the various utterances
carefully, IL looks greatly like toss of a
SGssn-in other words, an even break
as to which man will be returned the
winner.
And at the present time. with both
men training hard and each man show
ing that he still retains all of his form
er speed and strength. it looks as If
even money and take your pick would
be the odds when the men enter the
ring. Already tales of big wagers hav-
ing been made on one or the other con-
testants have begun to reach us, and
although the usual allowance must be
made IN these cases. it IS safe TO say
that the fight will be the biggest propo-
sition tnat the pugiiistic world has
seen in many day.
Hurst's Opinion.
Among the various statements regard
ing the outcome Of the battle that made
by Tim Hurst, the noted referee aid
baseball umpire is perhaps the most
original argument that has been ad-
vanced i'll this line for so1Hs- time Tim
comes out strong for Britt, basing his
belief, so he says. solely on the fact
that the Californian would not have
made the match had he not been reas-
onably confident that he could win
Hurst declares that Jimmy is too foxy
TO be drawn into a match With Nelson
or anyone else without feeling practi-
cally certain of the outcome.
There's no denying that the Britts.
Jimmy. Willie, and the old 'uia-for they
always work together in the matchmak-
1ng-are about as tough a proposition
at that game as can be found. In fact.
IL Is doubtful If their equals are re-
corded in ring history, as witness the
terms they insisted upon IN this latest
affair. They're foxy. all light and.
by the way. the fox is a very close
brother to the wolf
There is one thing certain. however
Mr. Britt will go into this fight on
even terms with his antagonist. He
undoubtedly relied upon in nearly every
battle he has fought on California soil
and which has unquestionably had no
snail influence on his tactics in the
fght and fight hard. in this coming en-
counter for all that he gets out of it.
Shreck and Willie.
Mike Schreck and John Willie are
going to make one more attempt TO get
together. and this time they will prob
ably be successful. They are slated to
mix at Salt Lake City on September 5.
and Schreck has already left for Nor
rn do -f,.at afr,f, h..
may require. Willie Will follow about
the ist cf the month.
1t is pretty nearly certain that the
men will put up terrific go. as the
winner will likely secure a match from
Marvin Hart and thus have "A chance
for the championship. Schreck will
probably be slight favorite at the
ringside. as his admirers are continual
ly quoting his victory over broken
down George Gardner. and at the same
time conveniently forgetting what a
struggle he had in beating Dave Barry,
q secoad-rater from the Coast.
Hart and Rubin
News comes from Frisco that Marvin
Hart and Gus Puhlin will meet there,
or at Colma. next October. in a battle
for the worlds heavyweight honors.
Jimmy Conroth. of the Colma Club. is
behind the project. and II is stated that
as soon as ne is through with the
Britt-NeIson affair he will send articles
of agreement TO both men, He will
probably have little trouble in getting
them TO sign. but he may have some
difficulty in drawing a crowd of the
right proportions to witness the go.
Munroe Needs Money
Jack Munroe must need the money
He wants another chance" with Jack
johnson. and tire latter is naturally only
too willing 10 accommodate him. The
men are to appear before a Chelsea
(MassD club for fifteen rounds. and tht
only thing that will save Munroe from
an awful hiding viii be the negro s
weil-known Incidence in affairs where
he has his own way from start tC
finish
Keefe and Fitzpatrick.
Jack O'Keefe has another match in
sight and VIII try 40 pull this OF,
through He will meet Dick Fitzpat-
rick. another Chicago boy. at Grand
Rapids. Mich. on the first OF the month.
according to present plans. The boys
meet at fs2 pounds, which gives Fitz a
big shade the better Of II. as o keefe can
easily DO IS. and. he even claims. he
can reach the lightweight limit. # nee
cssary
There IS a big local interest in the af-
fair and a special train will carry a
large contingent OF Chica~o sports to the
mill That's the best we can do here
under the present blue law regime.
Barry and Burns.
Dave Barry. the San Francisco middle
weight who MADE such a great showing
recently with Mike Schreck, and Tommy
Burrs. OF Detroit. who put IL on Hugo
Kelly rot long ago. viii meet before the
San Francisco Athletic club on next
THURSDAY for twcnty-round journey.
IL looks ike an evenly matched affair
from this distance
Dixon Has Returned.
And 90 George Dixon. after ar ex-
tended stay in England which has net,
ted him in the END little or nothing. has
returned 10 his native shores and has
already been matched to fight Tommy
Murphy. u strong. young fcathcrweight,
AT Philadelphia. ON September 20
Poor Little Chocolate" Twenty year:
IN ihe ring and for sixteen OF them I'M
beatable Terry McGoVern was the first
TO win from him. but only after Dixon
had gotten a good start ON the down
ward path. Now the little c0iored won
der is but a shadow of his former self
and fights because he can do nothing