The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-04
The ALLEGED
REASON FOR
DISAPPOINTMENT
Britt-Nelson Fight Up i'm the Air
Not Taking Well With the
Public.
(By w. w. Naughton in San Fran
cisco EXaminer.)

(By w W. Naughton in San Fran
cisco Examiner
The Britt-Nelson match, which was
scheduled to take place on the night
of July 3rd has been postponed until
July 31st Whether or not it will
take place then is a question. The
ostensible cause of postponement is
an abscess in Nelson's ear, although
people who ought to know say that
the change of date has really been
brought about by the attitude of the
sporting public towards the affair.
TO begin with, Nolan's frank an
nouncement that the contest had
been arranged for the purpose of
shifting Coffroth, who is to handle the
Squires-Burns bout on July 4th,
placed the match in bad odor with
San Francisco fight patrons.
In the next place, the folks here
were puzzled to think that Battling
Nelson, who has striven so hard for
the prize ring prestige, should be
content to risk his reputation after
ten or twelve days of training, for
that would have been the extent OF
the Danes preparation if he had been
REQUIRED TO enter the ring "Wednesday
night
There is an undercurrent of feel
ing here that the whole business par
took of the nature of a -four flush,
. !.@olan's object being to coerce COLI
roth into settling an old dispute
about picture money. Coffroth, VINO
is firm in his declaration that ne
doesn't owe Nolan or Nelson a cent,
refused to be mulcted and the ar
engagements for the July 3rd match
went on in a hating, insincere way.
On Tuesday night the Britts ana
the Nolans met to select referee.
At that time nothing was said about
the "abscess," although Nelson was
supposed to have been operated on
that afternoon.
There was seeming hltch over
the referee matter and next nlght the
PARTIES met again. 1t was then Una.
Nolan told of what happened TO Nell
son. He said that the Batter had
been operated on and would not DE
in condition to box by the sra.
The Britts agreed to postpone
ment to July 31st and 1t was ar
ranged that the referee should be
named on July 18th.
What is. is best, no doubt, and
ponement, it is good thing that the
clash of dates is averted.
The Britt-Nelson fight will STAND
npon its own bottom now as fairly
attractive sporting proposition. That
tho Rattler may get well and that
both lightweights may be in condl-
tion to put up fair, square contest
is something to be hoped for by all
ture of boxing.
The very fact that Burns and
Sonires are such disciplinarians IN
their habits will at any rate lessen
the chance of argument as to when
10 the better ring man when Thurs.
davis match is fought. Each OF
them is a monument of health ana
strength and with these things as
onnaj as they seem to be the test APP
nnars TO narrow down to a question
If fighting ability and fighting spirit.
To mt the case in nutshell.
Sonires and Burns have been so Wen
taken care of by nature in the matter
IF athletic endowments and nave
tal,en such care of these gifts that
there is little fear of the wrong man
coming ont on top when they get TO-
gether.
promoter Coffroth, with an eye to
,.+he international aspect of the thlns,
nNs billed the worlds championship
nc contest in which Australia Is
,,itted~ a .ainst America. He is rlght
~ that hut it isn't case or Auslra-
liza VS.. the United States. BURNS 10
Canadian. romod
are opposed to each other Ill - IA ~
ring event awakes "reminiscences
Is probably the first time tha' A .;t,,
tralia and Canada have Vleu VIZ
each other for the blue rlppoii a.
Fistdom. but it isn't, by iohs Jus
the first time the two BRUSH uepom
denotes have striven Tor suprein'e'
In other departments OF Sport. %
MANY a time during the pas. .; ~
wears Australia has been tnoLh .l ~
Canada's side in connectloh WIN Inv
worlds single scull championshipf
One has only to recall the victories Vi
Roach Searles and Towns over HAL
Ion O'Connor and Gauduar 10 verify
this. YY, coorles
IF Australia and Billy OConnor %
Tornnto. on the Thames II or 10
,,aars ago. was the medium OF heaV-
;er betting. probably, than any row.
inc match that has taken place pc
fore or since And the Australians
''got the coin. -
canadians. as a people, are not IN
terested in pugilism as they are III