The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-01
BRITT BEATS
 BAT NELSON Californian Given the
 Decision. E HE OUTPOINTED THE DANE Former Champion Forced Fighting
 All the Time. California Boy Was Too Fast, How. ever, and at Ead of Twentieth
 Round Had Man at
 Mercy.

Auditorium Rink, San Francisco. July 3l.-A few minutes befor> . o'clock tonight the crowd outside the building where Britt and Nelson were to light had grown in size and tsm- per to a mob and thousands started to charge the entrance on Fillmore Street. with the evident intention of over- whelming the foot police and breaking into the hall Half a dozen mounted bluecoats charged from several direc- tons simultaneously. and in the wild disorder, score of person were knock. ed down and trampled upon, some fall. ing under the hoofs of the horses. It Is not known that any one was badly hurt.
 The latest betting quotations tavor Nelson at odds of 10 to 6. Even money Is being wagered that Nelson will not win inside of eighteen rounds. Bet ting Is not very brisk.
 Both Britt and Nelson weighed in at o'clock. both made the specified weight-133 pounds--easily. After the weighing in. Nelson went to . nearby restaurant and partook of . hearty meal. Britt was driven to his broths, CTS house and ate . sumptuous meak
 Every Seat Occupied.
 At o'clock every seat in the rink had been taken and close onto . thousand people were standing on the floor and in the gallery. The police fore the first preliminary went on. and this caused hard feeling among the surging crowd outside.
 The turning out of the lights Of all but the four central arcs makes tho ring stand out in a blaze of white light midway the smoke-curtained hall. The size of the crowd exceeds -r.
 agement. The great outpouring cf ring follow CTS is partly accounted for by the fact that this Is the first .op- notch fight pulled off in San Francisco proper since the earthquake and. Judg- ing by the attitude of Mayor Tayior's new Board of Supervisors, probably will be the last professional fight of any class that will be witnessed fcrs for some time to come. The action of the Board of Supervisors this aft ternoon in returning by unaninious vote thirty-s six Britt-Nelson tickets left on their desks. was taken to mean that no more permits will be issued by the Board.
 The first preliminary. a four-round go between George Martin of this city and John Conkey of Milwaukee. was won by the former In the first round. after about a minute and half or fighting. Conkey was foored ana counted out by the referee. Two well dressed young women, escorted by two male companions. forced their way through the crowd into the rink ana found seats. In the second preliminary Dale Gardner of Seattle. knocked out Joe Elliott of this city In the fourtn round of a scheduled six-round con- test. The ring was then cleared ana the crowd settled itself to the coming of the principals of the main event. An army of photographers then took pos- session of the arena g Principals Enter RA.s. s:52 D. m.-Britt and Nelson entered the ring. Britt's seconds are pave Ernest. Liv Crelin. Spider Kelly and Ram Berger. Nelson entered the rins two minutes later. His seconds arc Eddy Madison, Red Cronell and Tim McGrath and Billy Nolan.
 Nelson entered the ring clad solely in fighting trunks while Britt was fui- ly attired in street costume. Announcer Billy Jordan introduced
 Britt as a native son of the Golden West and one of the gamest boys that ever entered a ring. Britt received tremendous ovation.
 Nelson was then presented as tho hardest nut that ever stepped Into q ring. He, .too, received great ova.
 tion. The crowd then sent up shout of Cans, Cans.
 The colored champion thereupon iumped into the ring and was intro- duced as "the only lightweight. cham pion of the world" In response to calls for speech Cans said:
 T thank you, gentlemen. for the re- ception. Only one thing brought me here and that is to challenge the win- ner. Thank you kindly, one ana ai'' tAA n n Britt Lands First.
 pound f. Britt sent Nelson totterfne | hack with a terrific right to the jaw | and Nelson almost went to the hoor' He was up quickly and in fighting DO. | sition and Britt smashed right ana Ter, hard to the face and then hooked nara | left to the body. Nelson closed m, nrotected himself from the Dane's on-
 ssiauehts Britt had the advantage oi Round ?. They closed in and at close | range Nelson uppercut twice 10 the 1 body Breaking. Britt shot ms Ieit with great force to the stomach .sa | Nelson had driven a hard right to the | saca Nelson walloped his man right ana | ieft to the face Britt retaliating with bis left to the stomach again and then | swinging his left to Nelson's ear. Tn n mix Britt swung his left hard to the | ear Nelson's right ear pied as 'hS Dane went to his corner Roth men fought very care fully and the advantage was with Britt. Round 8 Nelson waded in with q l loft to the face and followed it with 1 drove his right over the kidneys. Both
 missed some forceful blows and after some sparring Britt nearly sent Nelsen | against the ropes with right and le1t | to the jaw The Dane came back fighting very roughly only to receive A terrific lift to the stomach and a l right swing to the face. Apparently | Nelson was undaunted and he Kept forcing the pace and made Britt break | ground Nelson jabbed a vigorous | left to the face and followed 1t with two lefts to the same spot Then en- sued a furious rally. Nelson having the better of 1t. As the gong sounded Britt sunk his left twice to the Danes | ston1ach, making the letter wince. | The round was comparatively even. Nelson still Aggressive. | Round 4. Nelson as usual stepped | ouicklv tn the center and after some