The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-07
BRITT SURE HE IS
STRONGER THAN CANS
REALIZES THAT CANS Is VERY
CLEVER-''BUT THERE
ARE OTHERS.

/ rot resourceful, has devised scheme
! which permits of Jimmy Britt whal
ing away with full force hooks and
swings without fear of innicting in
jury or demolishing anything.
When Jimmy gets through each
day with his light sparring exercise
with Madsen and Hornef, Tiv comes
! forward arrayed for rough work. The
| left glove Tx wears is the ordinary
/ sized mitten of pugilistic commerce
/ but the right-hand covering suggests
elephantiasis. 1t is as big as a sofa
cushion, and when Tiv places it in
front of his face or stomach he is
effectually protected from assault.
Tiv manipulates this movable but
tress according to preconcerled sig
nails. and Jimmy smashes away with
all his might. The words Tiv en-
ploys were picked up probably during
his sojourn among the Indians of the
far north. Anyhow, they sound like
the things Sherlock Guck says to the
Captain and the Katzenjammer Kids.
Each word signifies that it is the ribs,
the stomach or the jaw that is to he
the next target. And, oh, my, what
ripping, tearing blows Jimmy does
send in,
Yesterday there was quite large
attendance on hand at Shannon's s,
several members of the fair sex be-
ing among the spectators. | do not
know whether this was the cause of
Kreling becoming ratified, or maybe
it was that Jimmy misinterpreted the
signal. Anyhow, the big glove was
across Tvs face just as Jimmy sped
an extra swift punch for the stomach.
The blow landed and Tiv, for few
seconds, discarded the language of
the Eskimo and expressed himself
in vigorous, variegated Anglo-Saxon
Britt did a full days work yester-
day. In the morning he was out for
10-mile tramp with Bill Squires,
the Australian champion. In the af-
ternoon he did everything but punch
the bag. He spared four rounds
each with Madsen and Horner, work
ed the pulleys, used the skipping
rope, shadow boxed, and then wound
up with his savage assault at arms
with Tiv Kreling.
Jimmy said that his weight was
between 1876 and 1875 and that he
could drop to the scale figure at
twenty-four, hours, if necessary. He
showed great Zest for every depart
ment of his indoor exercise.
81 intend to keep up my full lick
of work until Friday" said Jimmy.
Il have got into the full swing of
things and ! would feel lost if
shortened down. like the work and
it does me good and, such being the
case, there is no fear that | will get
too much of it.
$50 Cans thinks he can do the
weight easier than | can? I hope he
is right about that. know one thing.
When George Lavigne began to find
that making the weight came easy
to him he wasn't as fierce a fighter
as he was when he had to work hard
to get there. AT that Cans may be as
good as he thinks he is, and notice
a battle as he did a dozen years ago.
'Why do | think | can lick Cans?
Because | think | am stronger than
him. He says he has a better punch
than either Nelson or myself Yet
| saw him hit Nelson on the jaw a
score of times without staggering
him. That was at Goldfield. It
seems to me that any ordinary OBJ
server must admit that the punches
gave Nelson in our recent fight
knocked him about more than the
blows he received from Cans. |
know that Mr. Cans is clever-none
cleverer, in fact-but there are 9th
ers. When he is figuring just what
kind of punch he will shoot over
on yours truly he will leave himself
open somewhere, and that's where |
will be heard from. In few words,
| have no fear of Cans blows. | am
stronger than he is and stronger than
ever was. | am as confident of sue
cess in Mondays battle as was be-
fore going into the ring with Nelson,
and that tells the story as far as
am concerned.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan will locate
at some point out near the Ocean
Beach and will begin training early
next week for his affair with Bill
Squires at Coffroth's arena on Sep
tember 2Sth. Having secured date
for himself, Jack is eager to have
his brother Mike matched with Young
Ketchel.
mike is the 145-pound champion
of the world and is the best entitled
to go with the fellow who beat
Thomas" said Jack. MY brother de-
feated Honey Melody at Los Angeles
and Melody is the only white boy
who gained a verdict over Walcott.
1t was always admitted that Walcott
was the welterweight champion until
he lost to Melody, and as Mike beat
Melody, that makes Mike the cham
pion. We are ready to sign articles
the moment Ketchel expresses a will
lingness to make a match"
Jack Gleason is going to see if
there is any truth in the line, Music
hath charms to soothe the savage
breast
Instead of having a preliminary
boxing bout on the occasion of the
Britt-Gans contest, he has arranged
with THAT Quartette" to invade the
ring and discourse sweet harmony
while the crowd is waiting for the
championship candidates to appear.
Bill Squires is doing light work
at Skannon's. The Australian cham
pion believes that he was in training
too long prior to the fight with Burns
although he doesn't claim that poor