BRITT WINS DECISION OVER NELSON
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JIMMY BRITT IS
VICTOR OVER DANE
After Twenty Rounde of Terrific
Fighting Roche Gives Cal
rfornian Award.
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LAND A KNOCKOUT
Record Breaking Crowd Goes
Wild as Referee Points
Out the Winner.
6n Franc I sco. Dec iiAJhtiHy-Bmt-t Thu was Brltt's round.
received the decision over Battling Nel
son at the end of 20 rounds of terrific
fighting Ian night at Mechanics' Pa
vilion. Referee Rnche mad th award
on points, and the great throng of spec
tators went wild with joy over the suc
cess of a native, son. while those who
harked the plucly Dane were loud In J jaw and a clinch followed.
their protests against the decision. From
the 12th round until the final Up of the
gong Brltt was master of the situation,
and rushed his man around with terrific
jolts to the jaw and heart. Nelson ab
sorbed sufficient punishment -to have
put out a half dosen men. but after each
assault he would come right up to the
center and atsrt after Brltt with greater
det-rmlnatlon. Nelson's ability to bore
in on the Callfornlan was the means by
which he punished Brltt, and If the
Dane's long arm work had been more
effective, his chances would have been
greatly enhanced. As It proved. Nelson
did a great deal of lending, but It was
from a close range, and consequently
lacked the steam that a longer blow
would Inflict. Brllt. ori the other hand,
waa a marvel In the use of both hands,
his left keeping the Dane at a safe dis
tance, while his right worked havoc with
lila opponent's head and stomach. Brltt's
blows were cleaner, and it was only Nel
son's msgniflcenl constitution thst pre
vented him from being knocked out. In
the latter rounds Biitt battered the Dane
in a determined effort to knock him out.
but the stubborn Dane refused to be
knocked out.
The crowd that witnessed the contest
was one of the lsrgest In the history of
Ban Francisco fights. Sports from far
and near were on hand, and Mechanics'
Pavilion waa severely taxed. The au
thorities compelled the managers to re
lease the gallery overflow, so great wag
the upstairs rush, and hundreds crowded
down on the main floor.
The cheering was mostly for Brltt. but
the crowd did not overlook the game
Chlcagoan. Both were weighed In at
Harry Corbett'a at o'clock, neither tip
ping the beam at 132. As the men en
tered the ring they received an ovation,
and aa they threw off their robes the
effect of their careful preparations for
battle were apparent. At 9:45 Billy
Roche called the boxers to the center of
the ring, end the battle was on.
right "by mounds.
Round 1 Brltt landed the first blow, a
right oyer the heart, and followed It with
a tremendous left Book to the wind. They
went to a clinch. Nelson's first lead
with left was short, and then Jimmy
drove a straight right to the body and
ducked a left counter for the jaw, and
they went to a clinch.
Brltt then hooked his left again to
the body and they clinched again. Mix
ing It. Brltt missed his left for the
body. The gong rang with the men
in a clinch. It waa Brltt's round. Nel
son did not land a blow In this round.
Round 2 Nelson crouched low and
Brltt missed a left for the body and
they clinched. Brltt missed a left for
the body and right for the head, and
once more they clinched. Both missed
lefts for the bod)'. Nelaon forced Britt
Into a neutral corner, but Jimmy wiggled
out without damage. Brltt then drove
a straight right over the heart, and re
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oeived in reurn a right hook to tha Jaw.
Nelaon blocked a straight left and sent
his right Tor the jaw, and tha referee
separated them from a clinch.
They fought at close quarters, neither
man landing. Brltt continued to back
away, and Nelson shot his left to Brltt's
jaw. After a clinch, Britt missed a
right swing for the body, tha gong rang.
Round S Brltt missed a left swing
for the jaw, and Nelson blocked a left
for the body. Nelson forced Britt to
the ropes, but James Jr. got in a good
right to the atomach and received a
right In return. Tbey mixed It,, and
Brltt missed several lefts and rights for
the body. Nelson then began the aame
tactics which characterised his battle
with Corbett. and Brltt broke ground.
Britt drove his left hook to the body,
end they mixed it, Brltt receiving a left
jab to the face.
Brltt staggered Nelson with a right to
tha stomach and left to the jaw. but In
a rally Nelson swung left and right to
the face. Britt then swung a left to
the head and hooked his right to the
jaw. Brltt rocked Nelson's head with
a terrific right swing as the bell rang.
Round Jimmy swung left twice to
the head and missed a right hook for
the body. They went to close quarters.
Brltt aent Nelson's head back with a
right swing, and a moment later placed
his left to the face. Britt then cleverly
ducked left and right uppercut for the
Brltt ducked a straight left for the
head and danced away from the Dane,
who followed him about the ring. Nel
son missed left and right swings for
the law. and then a right swing caught
Brltt on the mouth and a left swing
reached his ear twloe in succession.
Brltt missed a right and left, and the
bell rang.
Round 8 Nelaon was short with left
hook tor the body, and they clinched.
Nelaon forced Brltt to the ropes, but
failed to do any damage. Nelson kept
boring In. and as they clinched the crowd
again yelled Itself hoarse. Britt shot hie
left to the face, and then put a right
to tha head, while Nelson blocked o
straight left for the face. Brltt then
hooked hia left to the wind, and Nelson
drove his right and left hard to tns
body. Britt hooked a hard left to the
jaw, and missed a left for the face.
Brltt shot his left hard to the body. The
gong sounded end the honors were
Brltt's.
Round Brltt missed two left swings
for the head. Then he sent a hard left
hook to the body, and another attempt
was equally successful They stood
apart, and Brltt once more sent his left
to the body, and followed It with a left
cross to the jaw and a left hook again
to the body. Nelion kept boring in, and
missed a vicious left for the body. An
other attempt succeeded, and he landed
two lefts to the face, for which he waa
repaid with two straight rights to the
body and a terrific right swing to the
Jaw.
The Detwr continued o core in. mm
Brltt missed a left swing- for the Jaw.
Britt blocked an attempt with left for
the Jaw, and tried with left for the
body as the gong sounded. It waa
Brltt's round.
Round 7 Britt Jarred Nelson's head
with a vicious right swing to the Jaw
and a left uppercut for the Jaw was
blocked. A clinch followed. Brltt
caught Nelson again on the Jaw with
right hook, and In me mix hiss
pat a left to the body ana xwo ie
uppercuts to the Jaw. They were In a
mix when Britt drove a straight short-
urm left to the face and followed It with
right and left blows to the Jaw.
Brltt swung his left hard to me jaw
and thjes sent In two straight lefta to
the lace and a leit noox io me ooaj.
Round Brltt missed his left ror
the body and then shot a left to the
face. Nelson went after Brltt with right
and left swings, but missed. Kelson
then caught Brltt with a left and right
swing to the face. Nelson tried his left
hook twice tf or the body, unit jaDoeu
twice with a left to the face, but Nel
son brought his left and right to tha
Jaw.
Nelson sent Britt back with a rigm
swing to the Jaw, and Brltt retaliated
with several straight jabs to the face.
Round Britt ehot two lefts to the
face and followed it with three blows
with great rapidity. Nelson then put a
atlff left under Brltt'a heart. A left
by Brltt caught Nelson on the top of the
head. Then they exchanged tens io
the Jaw.
Nelson forced Brltt about ins ring.
landing a left on the body and right
and left swings to the Jaw. Brltt
hooked his left to the body snd two
lefts to the face. Nelson forced Brltt
to the ropes aa the gone sounded.
Round 10 Nelson then worked nis
left and right to the bead, but waa met
by a vicious left to the Jaw. Nelson
put short-arm right snd left to Brltt's
face. Both then missed straight lefts
for the Jaw.
Nelson forced Britt to a corner, land
ing a right to the Jaw and they clinched.
Nelson then sent Brltt to the ropes
with a atralght right swing and kept
hammering: away fiercely at the Calt
fornlan's head snd body with right and
left swings. 4
Round 11 Brltt hooked a len to the
Jaw and followed it with two wicked
lefta to the head. They clinched and It
looked as If Brltt was doing the holding.
Brltt then hooked hie left to the stomach
and swung his right to the esr. Brltt
landed a right and left on Nelson's Jaw
and head. Britt hooked his left to the
body. The gong rang with the men
fighting close quarters
Round 11 Brltt missed a right hook
for the body. Brltt drove a wicked right
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uppercut to tha Jaw, but the blow was
returned with great force. Nelson land
ing three rights to Brltt's face. Britt
recovered quickly, battering Nelaon at
will with right and left swings to the
Jaw. He varied It with terrlflo left
body punches, but Nelson fought back
desperately and planted two lefts to
Brltt's face. Britt sent two lefts and a
right swing to the Jaw.
Round II Brltt got a straight left to
the face, and In a mix Nelson put left
to the body. Britt sent in four consec
utive left Jabs to the face, and followed
It with left and right swings to the Jaw.
Britt jabbed three lefta to the face, and
they went against the ropes In a clinch.
Britt again stabbed a left to the face.
Nelson landed a right to the face.
Round 14 Britt sent his left to the
face. And they clinched. Brltt sent a
left to Nelson's nose. Brltt then swung
his right to the face and followed It
with two straight lefts to the face. Britt
swung a right to the face. A light left
by Britt went to Nelson's nose, and the
Dane retaliated with a left and right t
the face.
Round It Britt jabbed left to the
face. Nelson forced Brltt about the
ring;. A clinch followed. Britt sent
straight left to the face, but received In
return a right on the Jaw and a left to
the body. Nelson uppercut with right
to Jaw, but Britt sent In right and left
swings to the Jaw in return. Brltt
slipped to the floor from a missed right
uppercut.
Round 16 Nelson forced Britt to the
ropes, but the latter covered up, and the
Dane's blows fell short. Nelson kept
forcing Brltt about the ring, and Brltt's
efforts to land on the Dane were fruit
less. Suddenly Britt got In his range
and landed right and left swings on
Nelson's Jaw. Nelson went at Brltt
hammer and tones, landing his right and
left volleys on Brltt's head and Jaw.
Round IT Brltt swung left and right
to the face. Brltt was forced to the
ropes.
Round It Britt jabbed bis left to the
face. Nelson sent a straight left to
Brltt's jaw, and In a mix they exchanged
lefts to the face, and Brltt worked a left
uppercut to the Jaw, which did not dis
turb the Dane In the least. Brltt ripped
his left with terrlflo force to the body.
Nelson chssed Brltt around the ring,
and Brltt kept pegging away with his
left to the Jaw, and then sent right
swing to the head.
Round l Nelson forced Brltt about
the ring. Brltt then hooked hia left
twice to the body and they went to a
clinch. Brltt swung left hard to the ear
and then swung a left to the body. Nel
son chased Brltt about again, but Britt
met htm on all occasions with straight
lefts to ths face, which be varied with
a hard right swing; to the ear and a
left hook to the body. Britt put another
left hook to the body and they clinched.
Nelson caught Brltt napping and swung
two rights and a left to the jaw, rocking
Brltt's head. Britt came back with right
and left swings hard to the Jaw.
Round 20 They fought in the center
of the ring and exchanged right and left
swings to the face. Brltt then sent Nel
son's head back with a left hook and fol
lowed It with a left awing to the Jaw.
Then Brltt once more hooked bis left to
the Jaw, and followed It with two right
swings and a left hook to the face. Britt
Went in fiercely wtth left and right
swings to Nelson s jaw, and the gong
clanged.
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RACING MAGNATES
His Presence in New York City
Haa Aroused Interest in
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Albany. Dec. 21. WUlard I. Marks,
msnager of the basketball team put out
by company O of thla city, haa resigned
that position, owing to a press of work,
and Alton B. Coatee, Albany's most
famous sthlete. succeeds to the manage
ment. . The team will play the organ tea -tlon
from the Monmouth State Normal
school here next Monday evening.
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New York, Deo. 21. The presence In
thla city during the week of Ed Corrlgan,
the western racing magnate, haa oen
t. red Interest in the muddle in racing
affairs caused by the refusal of the
Western Jockey club to give dates to
the new racing; association at New Or
leans. Mr. Corrlgan is known to bo a
friend to the new association, and Is
anxious that it should be recognised.
He refused to talk for publication about
the question, and In fact It waa Impossi
ble to get any Una on the business which
brought him east.
All sorts of rumors have been current
as to what la going to happen In the
south and west. At one time It is aald
on apparently good authority that there
will be a light to the finish with a cir
cuit outside the Jurisdiction of the Weet
ern Jockey club. On the other hand, the
statement la made on apparently as good
authority that everything will be settled
satisfactorily and tue clash will pass
away.
Whether there Is a division or dites
at New Orleans and a new schedula by
tha Western Jockey club, to be arranged
at a special meeting to be calledsoon.
remains to be seen. One thing fit re
ararded es certain here, however, by thoee
who know the backers of the new track
at New Orleans, and that Is tMey will
have racing, either Inside or ou
Western Jockey club. ,
The position of taTe2I
authorities may have an lmpo
lng on thla flint. Tbey do not recognise
the rulings of the western "people, so
that If an outlaw circuit Is established
It will not affect the stand mg of those
who participate In It, so far as racing
In the east Is concerned, and the way
eastern racing la conducted now, the
small owner haa plenty of opportunities
to keep his string busy from early
spring to late fall In the east.
This fact may have a powerful In
fluence on the action of the Western
Jockey club.
There may be a similar case In the
east before long. The Morrises, who
own the Morris Park track, where the
races of the Westchester Racing eseocla
tlon have been run, may apply for dates,
now that the Weetchester association
has gone to Belmont Park.
It wSuld be Interesting to know
whether under the racing law In this
state the claims of Morris Park for
dates could be legally Ignored by the
Jockey club. If the officers of that body
contemplated turning down such an ap
plication.
If dates should be given the Morris
Park track. It Is probable It would be
boycotted by the big men of the eastern
lacing world.
K. R Thomas has leased from Dave
Gideon the famous Holmdel farm In
New Jersey, and will establish his breed
ing stables there. He has bought a fine
lot of brood mare a. and with two such
sires ss Hermls and Stalwart ho should
produce some fine horses. He haa money,
nerve and enthusiasm, a combination
which Is likely to command success.
The leasing by Mr. Thomas of Holmdel
established a fine chain of farms oper
ated by sportsmen of wealth, to whom
the commercial side of racing doeg not
appeal, in Jersey. Harry Payne Whitney
has Undertaken to restore the glories of
Rrnokdale, a farm made famoua by the
late D. D. Withers, and by the lets
Colonel Thompson, end he has estab
lished there a greater stud than either
Mr. Wlthere or Colonel Thompson owned.
Hamburg Is at lta head, and all breeders
concede that Mr. Whitney's mares are
second to none on this side of tha At
lantic In the matter of quality. - Clarence
H. Mackay, who, like Mr. Thomas. Is a
new man, haa leased Luclsn Q. Appleby's
Silver Brook stud and put Msddler at
the head, wtth Banastar as the English
stallion's chief assistant. R. H. McCar
ter Potter is at Pequest. in Sussex
county, with Knight of the Thistle. Buck
Massle. Royal Stag and Flambeau. The
old Rancocos stud is at Johnatown.
Andrew Albright Jr., la at Ka ton town and
Herman B. Duryea la near by. Over in
Pennsylvania, close by, are located the
studs of A. J. Cassatt, president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, and the Clydea
and Robert Russell.
NOTES OF THE BATTLE.
It is with honest regret that The Jour
nal Is compelled to announce today that
the -following prediction regarding the
outcome of the Britt-Nelson fight was
crowded out of yesterday's Journal:
"We pick Jimmy Brltt to win tonight's
light We do not think that after the
10th round ts over Referee Roche
can glvs the award to any one but
Britt."
The usual-bowl will go up now that
a Native Son won the fight. Aside from
localities, it must be conceded that
Jimmy Brltt Is one of the cleverest
fighters for his weight that the world
has ever seen- Nelson, too. Is a great
fighter, but la not the boxer that
Britt is.
The accounts say that Nelson chased
Brltt all around the ring, yet when
the end oa a round came It waa in Brltt's
favor.
"Bora In" Nelson put up a game light
and never missed a chance to mix It with
his opponent.
Jimmy Brltt's statement after the
fight: "I think I was entitled to the
decision, for I did the beat I ooold to
protect my friends' money, and I am
still champion of the world. Nelson
is a fighter of considerable ability, and
Is ons of the best men I have ever met."
Nelson's statement: "I believe I have
been robbed, for I had Britt continually
breaking ground, and furthermore had
him staggering a couple of times, I
will fight Brltt again, and wager a side
bet of $6,000 that I can beat him, and
furthermore, providing we meet again,
I shall Insist on George Slier as ref
eree. Roche cautioned me frequently,
but never once Interfered with Brltt."
Toung Corbett. when he atepped into
the ring to challenge the winner, waa
greeted by tremendous applause. He
made a short speech In response to re
peated calls. In which he stated that on
his next appearance In the ring: he
would be In perfect condition and be re
turned a winner.
Challenges were received from Joe
a ana, Jimmy Gardner, Mike (Twin) Sul
livan and others of the lightweight fra
ternity. Two good preliminaries Were pulled
off before the main event. Tom Moran
met "Soldier" Frank Dellsle In a four
round draw, and George Herbert won the
decision over Jim Haywards (both col
ored) at the end of eight rattling
rounds.
Brltt's seconds were "Spider" Kelly,
Frank Rafael and "Ttvoll" Kilns; while
behind the Chicago lad wertj Teddy
Murphy, "Rawhide" Keeley and Kddie
Sentry. "Smiling" Metsger waa also In
Nelson's corner.
Both men failed to tip the scales at
the weight, 122 pounds, which Indicates
that they had trained slightly under that
figure.
Between 122,000 and 226.000 were In
the house, which the fighters will divide
at the stipulated per cent to winner and
loser.
A frea electrical panorama at the
corner of Third and Alder streets, from
t a. na. to t p. m.
RED AND BLUE HAVE
EXPENSIVE SEASON
Psnnsy's Treasurer Issues State
ment of Money Mads Mads
Out of Athletics.
(Journal Special ftrrio.)
Philadelphia. Dec. 21. The report oS
CSW. Packard, treasurer of the U.
of P. Athletic association, for tha fiscal
year ending September 1. 1M4, shown
a less profitable year than that of
Harvard. The receipts from all sourcea
at Harvard In its fiscal year ware Slltv
12.3, and the expenses 179.204.88, leav
ing a net profit of 223,057.51, while In
the same period Pennsylvania's receipt)
wars 121.2(2.12, and her expenses S7t,
2IS.27 (nearly 1700 more than Har.
vard'a), leaving a net profit for the yeas
of only 21.906.91.
Inspired by their success In the Inter
collegiate athletic world, the University;
of Pennsylvania A. A. directors decided
at the association's annual meeting; to
construct a 120,600 training: house on
Franklin field. Half of the money has)
already been raised, and the remainder
will bo secured by means of a mortgage.
It Is expected that the new training;
house will be ready for occupancy by
next fall. It wUl be uaed to house all
of the athletic teams, and whan cots,
pleted will be the finest In the country.
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Spokane, Dec 21. The preliminaries
for the big; wrestling match hstaaaai
Chief Two Feathers and D A. McMillan
will be almost as Interesting ss tha ma hi
match. Joe Hetnrlch, the elty welter-
walght champion, will meet Jos Bums
of Harrington. Court Donaldson and
Car) Redhead, both featherweights, will
also have a contest.
Buffalo, Dec. 21. Hardy Downing of
San Jose, Cel.. defeated Gus Lawson of
Buffalo In the five-mile motor-s
bicycle race at the Convention hall
evening.
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