Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
sRITTON'S COMEBACK MOST
 REMARKABLE IN ANNALS

lack Brittons feat Tn winning the weiterweight boxing championship of America from Ted Lewis is char ;,c' erized as enc of tl: nost re- n rkable in the history of the ring same, by sports writers throughout the country
 'iritton's real name is William resin. His feat in putting to sleep tF1t clever EGglishman will probably go down in pugilistic history as the ! z: eatest ever perfcrmen by any boxer, Just to think of a !oXer win - nir@ by a knockout alter. r years of boxing and against ore of the lest men th8t ever reDi esented the w":terweight ,iass,
 l Probably l.D man ir he history of sport has won rhampioinship after competing as long as has Brit i ton. If VOL ask his friends how i il came about that he :-lrang the 1 Jig surprise of winni l4 Jack the : ttt'" in such decisive manner they ! VI saN if is only just reward for i his. unseltish work for naoHIhs now in i nNinR for the wounded soldiers, in
 all the hospitals around New York. 1 Britton :."s performcd as many 1 lS four times q week fai' the bow ! who fought over there t-ot a cent l has he received. In f@ct nanr i times if has cost him aar, I dollars 1 cut of hi@ oyrr pocket for expenses ir 1 buying his opponents tl:Cr sUppers i tT. Not only that but srvera, times he l Lad to cancel ma ,ches %c"auae of in i llli'ieq FUsta.7ed while boxing for Incl ! Sams heroes.
 8rittou has boxed more tunes fo- 1 charitable causes than 1ay boxer ir 1 tie world He not oaly k dotno | aN ha oan t1 entertain the wounded 1 l0ds but befcIo the arnisttn;a was sign q he aDpcaEed at every snow givet 1 that was for the purpose cf raising money for t3l" boys across the seas.
 %ow that le has taken fF.a titlt
 from ] ewis. t seems tina, = is Gods
 W;.> of rewardihg him for his un.
 firing efforts in beha,f Of his uu- rorlunate bgethren
 | Monday ui@hts meeting :n Cantor 7as the l5-h in the tirftton-L Levi, series. every one of which was re. csrded as a >izzljn~ hattie It wa, O. fn9e -. 1917 that ewis wor
 tie titl" from Eritton on 'o:nts in
 c2-r"rnd borr a Daylcn
 triton h1s been boxing Ionoe
 than any m@, now berorn the pub i ho. Recently good ird&r7 have de
 c.ared that nc is ffgttin- !a5ter tha,
 ever tn his C"rno". Tndoubtedlv hi
 froouent exhibitions fo. the soldier
 have put him ln fine condition and de
 ve'oDed his bunch
 Ii was ab)1t seven yoars ago tha
 D7nny Morgan assuneI inc man a%ement Of Eritton, who had bee
 kaocl<ina ar0"nd from pillar to post i.o seldom trained and lad a renu
 tation for diSstnatins. lrwas Nor [ e"n that showed him the error O lri TD,.s. H'}d two childreH. and is trc talk Q tro boxing world for h;s S7lny kind nesses to members of lis profes f s;cu.
 Eating good wholesome foo(
 t@Ein@ long walks going 10 bed earl at night anl arising at rlnrise nr , he things t.at restored me to form.
 said RrittOn some time a2o }ritton was born ac Clinton. \ V. October II. 1885. ile starte r hovine in 1902 He d.h 2 lot Q l fighting around Phia3"Irhia an
 then drifted out to Ca'jfotgfia Whe : he came back East and }anCed her $ fc didn't have T cen. It wa t ahont the time that ATn~@an wa having big success ranagiag Knock = oGt Brown.
 ei 3ritton asked Morgao !o manae
 him and in" latter consnatad pro $ Nilin@ that be lived un to the rule l caat Danny ;@td down fer him. Mon . cay nights sensational victory is th . result