The Washington times., 1907-09-01

panies all championship battles now
adays.
1t will be a daylight fight which I
! means more moving pictures. and unless
| the photographers fan for the first time,
| the country will soon be curried for
stray halves and quarters, and from
Maine to Oklahoma the sports VIII have
I a chance to see how It happened, and
quarTe! about 1t afterward-
| Ten years ago. at Carson City, the
moving picture machine was introduced
/ 10 the lighting game. and they have
| been keeping company ever since A
| good set Of films Of an important hgnt
means a fortune for the triple alliance
I which divides the profits.
What Worried COfroth.
on the day OF the Nelson Britt fight
at CoIma the fog was hanging low and
/ there was no sun. The trouble over the
| selection Of the referee delayed the fight
/ for more than an hour, during which
/ time Nelson stayed outside the IN
| closure.
] Jimmy Confroth. the promoter Of the
! project, sat on the edge of the ring
and looked over the great crowd Ru-
mors that there would be no fight Great
! ed CONSERVATION in press row, and one
/ OF the reporters, looking up AT Conroth,
| remarked:
You seem worried, Jim. Is there any.
Thing IN this story about Nolan refusing
/ To let Nelson fght?'
Conroth grinned-
u am worried, but it's not about
heir hghung. They'll night all right
/ enough. It's this fog that scares me-
| II We get good Aims OF this fight today.
I've got something bigger than forty
/ hghts."
4 Fight for Pictures.
| Half an hour later Nelson was booted
1 into the ring and the picture men began
turning their cranks. The fog did not
/ lift, but the pictures were perfect and
1 Corroth and tie Britts got something
bigger than forty nights" Nolan sold
out for $500 and IS stu waiting for the
money.
with the chance OF winning film al
/ ways IN view, II IS certain that the pro
! meters and tha fighters viii continue 10
! insert the moving picture clause IN their
, articles OF agreement. TIE premier
| pugiIist OF today is a busienss man, and
/ whatever he may lack he is never with
out his keen appreciation OF dollar
Boxers Commercial Men"
What would John L. Sullivan have
said IL they had asked him to caper for
the moving pictures2 John was one
| fighter who loved his art for its own
| sake. and ne would not have stayed his
mighty right fer all the moving picture
privileges IN Christendom- But the
fighter OF the present day is, as Jack
O'Brien once remarked, % a commercial
man
Coming! Coming! Marvellous moving
pictures Of the battle Of the century.
But. after all. there Is one good thing
about the moving pictures Of a battle.
A man can see anything that MS little
heart desires, and after the film has
been rolled, he can talk as much as the
next man.
A number Of Eastern cities who were
from 1000 to 5000 miles away from
Goldfield on that memorable afternoon
last September looked at the moving
pictures and saw plainly that Nelson
gave Cans a terrible beating. Odd, isn't
Il?
Native Son Has Followers.
September 9 is not very far off. and the
surprising thing about the approaching
/ contest is the great number OF Britt
| supporters. Jimmy IS stronger in his
home town than ever before. OF course,
the Nelson tight made him a popular
idol, and the unmerciful beating which
he gave the Durable One may have con
WINGED some of the Western sports that
Brig could win from Cans.
If q man talks long enough and loud
enough he will have followers. and
-
talker OF them all, not excepting James
j c Corbett CT Kid Mccoy. When it
comes to handing out the air perslfage.
i the native son is in a class by himself.
/ Britt can talk the little birds out of the
trees. or soothe the peevish disposition
Of Wild cat.
Began to Talk Early.
James began to talk about beating
| Cans soon after the Goldfeld fight In
the story OF that fight. which he wrote
for a newspaper, Britt compared the
men TO a pair Of apple women, and said
that after the tenth round there was
really no fight at all. You who saw the
( moving pictures in the EGst-the pic
lures which were run through the
machines at least three times faster
/ AildN WHEN AiiCg NGAE AAAeluI-SOL TIC
| impression that it was pretty fast
| fight at all times. If you had held
your watches on some Of the rounds
| you would have been surprised
AS a matter OF fact. 1t was very
slow fight after the tenth round. The
AFFAIR degenerated into a hugging match
and the only flashes OF fighting came
when Cans shook himself loose and
smashed out with his right hand. These
/ flashes were few and far between. And
James Edward. at the ring-side. grew
/ sarcastic. He said that one good man
ought to be able 10 whip them both in
the same ring, and knowing James for
| the supreme egotist II is not hard 10
guess the one good man he had refer
| ence to.
Here is the line Of talk which James
Edward has been peddling since the
| Nelson fight:
Bntt's Drag.
IT am hitting harder than ever, and
II hit Cans In the stomach he IS going