The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-28
BRITT BELIEVES He
CAN THROW THE TRICK
Has Gone Into Training At Shannon's
For The Cans Fight of
Next Week.

HARDIN SPRINGS, Aug. 27.-It
was not an easy task for Brother
Willus to gain Jimmy Britts consent
to leave here, as Jimmy was so en-
amored of the quiet life that he hated
to get back to the monutoaous grind
of training Immediately after trim
ming the Dane, James Edward had
his trunk packed and hied himself
to this resort to drink in the fresh
mountain air in an effort To offset
the strenuous weeks Hat lie had put
in in training for the Nelson fight.
Jimmy cut out the good time that
is generally a boxers reward after
keeping his nose to the grindstone
for weeks and weeks. While he did
not care to stick religiously to the
training table, at the same time he
did not deem it good policy, with the
Cans fight so near at hand, to let up
entirely in his work, so he hit upon
the plan of tapering off by taking a
trip to higher altitude and building
up on mountain ozone.
Willis Calls Jimmy Away.
When Jimmy saw Willus whiz up
in an auto Tuesday he knew what
was in store for him and tried to get
a few days grace. But the manager
ial kid was obdurate and would not
permit Jimmy to stay any longer than
Friday. Despite Jimmy's fine condi-
ton Willus thinks that his brother
should put in at least two weeks of
stiff work at Shannon's. AS Tiv
Kreling conceded with Willis, there
is nothing for Jimmy to do but give
in. He started for Calistoga yes
terday and from there went direct
to San Rafael. and will be prepared
to show his friends who visit Shan
mons that he is just as fast as ever.
Jimmy is just as confident that he
will whip Cans as he was that he
would turn the tables on Battling
Nelson. While he comedies that the
dusky champion is a far more scien-
tific boxer than the Dane, and that
he has a much harder punch, at the
same time he does not expect to eX-
perience any more trouble in win
ming from Cans than he did in lam
basting Nelson.
Britt RiglIreS Himself as Winner.
Britt figures that it will take con-
siderably less punishment to make
Cans back up than it did Nelson, and
that his ripping left to the body will
weaken him to such an extent that
the referee will be forced to count
out the Baltimorean long before the
twentieth round. On the other hand
Jimmy feels that he can stand the
gaff much better than Cans, and that
he is equally as fast and clever
James Edward, however, is not the
only person up in this locality who
believes that the lightweight cham
pionship title will pass into differen
hands on September 8. Almost ev
erybody you talk to concerning thu
coming fight is a firm believer il
Britt's supremacy over any light
weight in the profession. Proprieto
Hays, and even the kids who swarm
around Jimmy like bees wheneve
he prepares for his morning hike
can see nothing to the fight but ;
victory for Britt
In discussing the matter before hi
left here, Britt said: Il don't SEE
how | can lose. I'm stronger, faste
and better than ] ever was, and can
figure where Cans has a chance tC
beat me- They all talk about hi
awful punch and extreme cleverness
but they seem to overlook that | alst
have a pretty stiff jolt as well al
some science
Jimmy Discusses Joe Cans.
Il feazed Nelson more than one,
in our last battle, and that's more
than Cans did during the entire for
ty-two rounds at Goldfield. Nelson
landed on Cans repeatedly and If thu
Dane can reach him, | surely can.
have practiced body blow for thi!
fight that will make Cans vince wheI
it shoots into his stomach. He can
stand body punishment, and it is m!
firm belief that ] will win in de
cisive manner via the knockout route
This long stay at the springs has ton
ed up my system, and put me RICH
on edge for the final two weeks spur
in Marin county | have only sever
pounds to tear off, which will be al
easy task. If the bettors decide tt
make Joe favorite, the short-ender
will again gather in the long green
Put that in your pipe and smoke it
and it's no pipe-dream at that.