The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

rules had elapsed, the gong sound
seconds rushed in and carried him
II needed no eye Of an expert 10 see
that Britt had reached the limit OF his
strength, and Il was only 10 show he
was game under punishment that there
was any reason for allowing the fight
20 proceed The remainder Of the fight
had none OF the spirit OF real competi-
tion IN It. as Britt proved but toy in
The hands Of his clever young opponent.
GETS FAMILY ADVICE
There was intense excitement in
Britts corner during the interval be-
tween the fourth and fifth rounds. Britt
recuperated fairly well and both his
father and brother were advising him
Brother Willie secured the sponge from
the water bucket in the corner. and
some. thought he was preparing 10 toss
Il into the ring TO save his brother IN
necessary punishment He did not DO
50. however. Whenever Jimmy came
near him he tossed the water on him
Mcfarland rushed Britt around the
ring and staggered him several times
with hard rights TO the jaw Britt
vvesthe-ed this round. but It was evil
cent he could not go much farther
The sixth opened with Mcfarland
alert and confident, and he seemed only
waiting the chance 10 send in the blow
which would end the unequal strug-
gle. Britt tried right for the body,
but missed and got a hard left 10
the head. Mcfarland followed this
with a right 10 head and then landed
q hard right uppercut- Britt went
down from q straight right 10 the jaw
and took the count Of seven. His
father who had been watching the
way the fight was going. jumped
snto the ring. intending TO stop the
struggle right there Both fighters
and the referee were IN the opposite
corner OF the ring. and Mcfarland and
welsh aid not know OF the presence OF
The father. which was an infraction of
the rules OF nghting-
spider Kelly restrained the elder
Britt and Jimmy staggered TO his feet
He had lost all sense OF location and
vas an easy target for the blows of
Mcfarland. The latter landed another
right 70 the Jaw and Britt sank again
TO the padded floor. He could hardly
have regained his feet before the count
OF 10. but before this time was up the
fa+ber had rushed in and helped TO
carry his defeated son TO his corner.
While Britt was unconscious for q few
moments he recovered quickly and was
fully conscious by the time he reached
his corner
CLEARLY oUTCLAssED
The fight was q disappointment 10
the friends OF Britt as he was out
clsssed IN every department OF the
ZANE In Mcfarland he found a young
opponent who seems to have nothing
"a learn IN the boxing game He hits
With equal facility with each hand.
and. contrary 90 many reports from the
.sst there Is much power behind his
ah,ows He uses straight punches ex-
,,,,sfvelv and made g show OF Britt,
---bo sesrned 20 have nothing but wild
swings IN his collection Britt was
foolish in carrying the fight TO Nc
Fsriand. as by so doing he played into
49, lst.er's hands. Mcfarland hardly
r,saa IN enort 10 fight during the first
Two rounds. being content TO let Britt
ssov wba. he had. Il was evident Nc
Fa-land had heard of Britt's wonderful
left rip for the body. and he had a
wholesome respect for this blow until
be found there was no sting in It.
From McFarland's showing yester-
day there are but two men who stand
between him and the lightweight cham
pionship Of the world. The first Of
these IS Battling Nelson and the sec
ond the present holder of the title, Joe
Cans. Mcfarland has discreetly said
that he does not want TO meet Cans
this year. He is only 1s years of age
and in less than a year VIII have
crown into q much more formidable
tighter than he is at the present time
A 20 round bout with Nelson would
give him q much more thorough try
out than he received yesterday. as it
IS evident from the last two fights In
which Nelson has engaged that he still
retains his remarkable vitality as an
ethiete, something which cannot be
said Of Britt
Mcfarland is wonderful judge Of
distance. and ne proved so fast yester-
day as TO make Britt seem positively
slow. The visiting fighter showed a
lot Of that indennsble quality. class.
Hs was unusually cool for youngster