The San Francisco call., 1905-03-23
FIGHTERS TALK
At LONG RANGE
Clans of Britt and of Mel
son Do Not Engage in
a Sanguinary Battle
ADDITIONAL CHARGES
Danes Manager Claims the
Rounds We're Cut to Save
Jimmy in Last Match

The second round Of the bloodless
battle between Battling Nelson and
Billy Nolan. his manager, on one side
and the Britts on the other was fought
yesterday The Dane and his repre-
sentative were again the aggres5ors,
while their opponents seemed satisfied
tc spar cautiously in the hope a favor
bic opening would present itself.
Jimmy Britt's diplomatic rejoinder
yesterday was that 1T Is a deplor-
able affair" Beyond this he had moth
ing TO say.
Not so the other side Nelson, Nolan
and Benner came TO this city on the
o'clock Sausalito boat and went at once
10 Ellis street. the stronghold of the
lighters They dropped in several Of
the resorts, but found only a few
lCungers about Nelson was clothed in
big sweater and looked as formidable
as a big bear he seemed just pining
rOr a bit Of a scrap .-.- -..-.--
REFEREE is SUBSIDIZED.
Nolan acted as spokesman and said
in regard 10 his charges: THE Britts
have been pratfng about their honesty
since they have been in the boxing
business and they have been able to
get away with a number of jobs I
told Billy Britt in the presence OF a
hundred visitors that 1 could tell him
TO the cent the amount the referee re-
ceIved the night Britt fought Nelson,
the understanding being that Britt
would get the decision If he was on MS
feet at the end of twenty rounds. 1
can name the man who paid the money.
Billy Britt got red in the face, but he
never uttered a word Of protest He
didn't dare.
When O'Keefe met Britt at Butte
he gave him such a beating that Britt
was not presentable for a month A
return match was framed up for this
city for Britt to win. O'Keefe knew
ne would be overweight. and it was ar
ranged that the weighing would be
done in private, the Britts agreeing to
the overweight At the last moment
they learned O'Keefe's friends were
betting on him. The Britts thought
they would get the double cross, so
they called the fight off, hiding the
real cause behind the fact that O'Keefe
was overweight
ROUNDS ARE CUT SHORT.
IN his last fight with Nelson the six
teenth round was cut to two minutes to
save him, while the eighteenth, nine
teenth and twentieth rounds were each
cut one-half minute If they fight
again We want an electric bell.
The Gans-B Britt fight was a notori-
Gus fake, and the persons who engi-
neered il bOasted Cf the cleverness with
which il was carried out.
IF Britt is in earnest about wanting
to fight Nelson let him sign articles
now for q match after he has met
White. Nelson will fight him, winner
take all, and viii agree to give his
share of the purse TO charity if he does
not win inside twenty rounds. Willie
Britt tried to force his terms on us be-
fore. He gave us fifteen minutes TO
sign articles and said if we didn't sign
that We would never get fight with
Britt. He said at the time Jimmy Britt
could draw a crowded house with
dub.
They viii have a chance tc see how
this viii work with White Nelson will
agree TO stop White in eight rounds or
give his share of the receipts to char
ity. II White viii agree TO make a
stand-Up fight Nelson will stop him in
four rounds. The public wants to see
Britt fight Nelson and that is the
match he should make. We stand
ready to post Z s2500 forfeit for a fight
With Britt in May"
Nelson exhibited a broken rib yester-
Gay as a souvenir of his fight with
oung COrbett. This bears mute testi-
lsouy to the hitting power OF the ex-
hampton.