Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-10

tered the grounds and the occupants of the
south bleachers rose and cheered him
nightly. The applause sweled 10 a roar
when Britt appeared Both fighters ad-
journed to their dressing rooms, where they
were put through the final grooming for the
battle. Friends of the fighters besieged
them in their rooms and a Gordon of po-
icemen was formed about the door of each
fighter to keep the mob from breaking in.
Outside the dressing rooms the crowd
surged and jostled. Prominent sporting men
were seated about the ring. which was
pitched In the center of the diamond. where
the pitchers box is situated. When the men
entered the ring little after o'clock
the crowd cheered and roared. Men who
had been betting rushed hither and thither
In an endeavor to lind their seats. They
were caught in the crowd of seething hu-
mainly that choked the aisies and over
flowed the seats and buffeted about till
they were exhausted.
Battling Nelson climbed into the ring and
challenged the winner. Bill Squires was In
troduced and announced that he wanted to
fight again and show that he is good The
crowd laughed at him. few more fight
challenged; then the ring was cleared.
and without much ceremony or fuss the
fight for the championship began.
First Round Even.
The first round was even. with Britt
rushing headlong into quarters that devel-
oped into an inevitable smuggling match, in
which the champion was by far the better
Britt landed hard swing on Cans neck,
and the champion's face resembled that of
a poker player Cans iolted and hooked
rights and lefts to Brtts face and body
and received several returns Little dam
age was done in this round. and Britt came
up smiling and confident in the second.
Cans wiped the smile from Britt's face with
a smash to the mouth. and Britt again be-
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Gus, but did not appear to extend himself.
Britts left eve was black he toed the
scratch for the third round. and Cans in
creased his advantage in this round. In
the fourth Cans cut loose. and when the
bell sounded he had Britt staggering and
bleeding. The native son was a beaten
man. and 1t looked as II he would go out
in another round or two. 1t was about the
middle of this round that Britt smashed his
wrist against Cans elbow. The fifth round
was farce. with Britt retreating and Cans
chasing him. When the bell rang for the
sixth round and Britt failed to respond
some of the men in the crowd began to boot
and cry Fake" But Referee WEIGH an
nounced that BIRTHS arm was broken, and
pointing to Cans shouted:
You win
The crowd cheered and swarmed into the
ring to shake Cans hand. 1t eSti-
mated that the gate receipts were 100000.
The fighters share OF this was about
$4,000. of which Cans received rs per cent
and Britt 25 per cent
Fight by Rounds.
Round 1-They spared for a moment at
the opening, when Britt put hard right
into Cans stomach The negro came back
with a rush. driving Britt into a corner.
Here he landed two lefts on Britts jaw,
hammerng him back against the ropes.
Britt got away and came back fighting
hard He threw his right against Joe's
jaw viciously and followed with left into
Cans stomach that made the negro vince.
Cans used his left to hold Britt away, land
Ing twice lightly on the face. The crowd
was going wild with excitement Britt
to Cans neck. drove him staggering back
across the ring. Cans recovered in an In
slant. and as Britt followed eagerly. hooked
wicked right and left punches to Britt's
face. stopping his rush and sending him
back on his heels. Britt came right back
again. slamming his right into Cans stom-
ach once more. Cans stood up straight and
tapped Britt's jaw with two light lefts.
Round Britt came up smiling and con-
fdent. He missed a straight left for the
body and instantly followed with vicious
left hook on the face sent Britt back a yard.
and Cans followed swiftly. forcing him
across the ring and along the ropes. Britt
blocked a straight left for the face. and Cans
threw his right across to the jaw. Britt |
walloped Cans chin with left. Cans cor |
nered him and drove two rights and two |
lefts to the jaw just before the bell rang.
Round 3-Britt opened with a hard right 1
on Cans jaw. Cans threw back two ugly |
right hooks. which Britt turned off with |
his shoulders; Jim smashed Cans on the |
mouth and jabbed him with his left. Cans
hit to the stomach with the right, but Britt |
forced his way in and drove Cans across |
the ring until Joe cleverly sidestepped and |
while slipping away jabbed his left into |
Britt's stomach. Britt tried to force the |
fighting, but Cans made him break ground