The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-11

| Britt wriggles out of a corner. Nell
son swings right and left to jaw. send
| ing Britt to ropes. They exchange blow
for blow in middle of the ring, both
| fighting hard.
Round 6.-Nelson follows Britt look
ing for a mixup. Nelson straightens
Britt with a hard left and hooks to
face. They went breast to breast, Mel
son handing another left to the face.
| Suddenly Nelson sends in vicious left
| to jaw and in a mix Britt sent left to
face and right to Nelson's jaw. It look
| ed bad for Britt and his seconds threw
water on him. 1t was a hard round
for Britt. Britt looks tired. 20
Round 7.--Nelson lands left on face.
Britt swings left to face and right to
face; Nelson forced Britt around: Britt
sends two lefts to jaw that would have
| staggered an ordinary fighter. Nelson
seems willing to take Britt's blows for
which he counters with right to jaw.
The pace is fast Both look tierd. Nell
sond sends Britt to ropes with right and
left to jaw. Britt swings right and left
to jaw. Britt fights Nelson from the
clinch, landing left hook on body that
| staggers Nelson. Britt follows his adj
| vantage with right and left swings to
| jaw =e-'
Round s.-Nelson comes up dancing
| Britt misses several left leads and
breaks ground. They spar. Britt holds
| Nelson back with left at head. Britt
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change rights and lefts to head. Nelson
goes to close quarters and gets Britt
! in corner. Britt sends hard right to
| jaw, Nelson counters with left. Nelson
| sends right to jaw, staggering Britt.
| Clinch. They exchange right and left
it. Close infighting. Britt sends right
and left to Nelson's jaw. Dane stand
ing punishment we'll Science was
thrown to the wind. Bell. Nelson weak.
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| forces Britt. Britt trying to keep him
off with left jabs. Britt sends two
| left jabs to face and right to face.
Britt lands two more left jabs and then
another right hook to jaw. 1t didn't
Tease the Dane who wades in for more.
Britt fights low and is cautious. Mel
son uppercutS twice on face and body.
Britt lands two hard rights and left to
jaw. Nelson keeps to close quarters.
Britt lands left and right to face but
| the Dane bores in. Bell. Britt has
| the honorS of round.
| Round 10.-Both miss lefts. Britt labs
on face and sends right to face. Nelson
uppercuts, Britt counters, landing light
on Nelson. Britt went to floor. Britt
too shifty and cleared out. Britt lands
| stiff right on jaw. Both exchange fierce
blows Britt sends left twice to jaw
and two stiff rights to same place. Mel
son continues to receive the majority of
Britt's blows but nothing could stop him
| in a mix up. Nelson caught Britt on
! jaw with left Britt clearly outpointed
Nelson, and had the advantage.
| Round 11.-Both missed and Nell
son bores in. but Britt keeps sending
right and left to face and left hooks to
body. Britt stabs left to face. Britt
| lands two lefts and sends right and left
Britt lands right and left on face and
| jaw. Nelson's blows fall short after
stabbing right and left to face. Nell
son uppercuts with left to jaw and
| they clinch. Britt's round.
Round 12.-Nelson is following Britt
all around the ring. Britt sends hard
right uppercut to body, following with
right and left to jaw. Britt sends left
hook to jaw. Britt sends two lefts to
/ Nelson's nose and avoids Nelson's at
| tempts to land. Nelson goes into Britt
| and lands left and they clinch. Dane
| takes punishment well and shows no
| distress.
Round 13.-Both miss lefts for face.
Nelson follows Britt to ropes Britt
lands left on head and swings two
| rights to head. Nelson lands right on
face Nelson forces Britt around. Britt
| lands three blows to Nelson's one. Nell
son sends hard blow to Britt's Jaw,
staggering him and follows with right
| swing to jaw. Bell. Both tired. Nelson
rallied wonderfully in this round. Britt
very tired. Nelson's round.
/ Round 14.-Britt looks refreshed Nell
son forces Britt to the ropes with hard
left to jaw. Britt fights back but is
wild This is the fastest fight ever
seen in a ring.
4 Round 15.-They mix it. Britt sends
right and left to face. Britt misses hard
left and lands right and left to head.
Britt lands right to body and right to
jaw. Nelson breaks ground Nelson
comes up and sends hard left to face.
They mix it, Britt sending in hard up
uercuts. Nelson fighting hard in close
quarters unmindful of the constant let's
that Britt is shooting in. Britt much
fresher than Nelson. Bell. Britt'e
round.
Round 16.-Both up quickly. Mel
son sent left to face. They clinch
Nelson uppercuts with right on head
Britt misses several leads. Britt sends
left hook to wind. Britt hooks left t.
stomach and lands right on head
snnothering Nelson's Attempts to coun-
/ ter. Nelson bores in and gets LEFT
smash on his head. Britt lands left or