Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
BRITT AND NELSON
BATTLE THIS WEEK
MEN ARE READY FOR CALL TO
FRISCO ARENA
While the Dane Should Figure an Easy
Winner Over Native Son, Sports
Are BashfuI with the
Coin
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-Jimmy
Britt and Battling Nelson are holding
themselves in readiness for the gong
which will send them together Wednes-
day night in their third encounter. With
one victory and, of course, one defeat
on each side the men are bent on max
ing their next go the decisive one, and
that the bout will>terminate in few
rounds is not to be doubted.
Thus far local sports have been I'M
able to separate the merits of the men
sufficiently to cause the betting to favor
either. Even money is the ruling price,
with plenty of coin in sight for each
side, and Jimmy Britt, the local man,
having but a slight shade the better
of it.
Another thing which makes the dope
students sidestep the match when it
comes to expressing their opinions with
real money is the extreme difference in
the men. Britt has never shown that
he is really a great fighter, while Nelson
knows little or nothing about the boxing
end of the game That both are able
and willing to mix it and take a beating
is well known but Nelson appears to
be better constituted to do so than his
opponent.
In his gymnasium work Nelson does
not waste any time in fancy work and
his every move is made with view
to fitting him for a real encounter and
not a parlor show. His every muscle
expresses a desire to battle on the
strenuous order, and the vitality which
has always been manifest in other en-
counters is still in evidence.
Always Fools Sports
Every time he has been matched with
q finished boxer, such as Britt, Young
Corbett, Herrera, Attell and Cans, the
sports have predicted that the Hegse-
wich lad would be beaten to a froth
and didn't have a chance. Yet Nelson s
vitality and wonderful recuperatiVe pow
ers have always carried him along until
his opponent was worn out, and then
he went in with renewed vigor and
finished the job.
AS an instance of how little Nelson
is understood, take the betting on the
coming battle with Britt. Although he
defeated Jimmy decisively at Colma in
their last fight the Battler is not fancied
by the sports to the extent of making
him favorite in the betting, and even
eleven years in the ring have not con-
vinced his followers that he can do any
thing but buffet himself to pieces against
the blows of skillful boxer.
And yet with Nelson held in his pres
ent light these same sports, usually so
ready to take chance, will not bet
their small change on his opponent,
Britt. Jimmy is a proved and tried
boxer and ring general, and save in his
last battle with the Dane, has never
felt the sting of straight defeat. The
battles which loom up on the losing side
of his record were tossed away on a
fluke of one kind or another, and he
bas aIwavs shown marked ability to take
care of himself.
Britt and Nelson have no love for each
other, and in this, their third and prob
ably last encounter, the, bad blood is
likely to come to the surface and add
interest to the battle. Both men are
confident that victory will come their
way, but until Referee Jack Walsh
makes his official decision next Wednes-
day night the name of the winner will
be the enigma of the present fighting era.
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