The evening world. Newspaper, December 20, 1904, Page 12

THE WORLD: TT ESDAY _EV } FIGHTERS READY FOR BATTLE. | /ENING WORLD | OOOO ODEVILELGIAEE-ENG 1) 64-6-4-066-0.00-6-0-4-60-4-460-006-66000-08-404400100 1440000080000 | SPORTS EDITED BY BRITT AND NELSON “AS THEY WILL APPEAR ENTNG DECEMBER 20, 1904. i MORE EASY MONEY | FOR JACK O'BRIEN. Dre eee tee eee ee | ROBERT EDGREN 44 +44 IN THE RING "ONE PUNCH PREDICTS BRITT, “AND THEN A FEW MORE." TO-NIGHT. OLD £944-4-0-006600684666-00006-0046 9090006046 SOOO99620900008 PPOTPSVPS COTES EOSHSS STOO SEES SELEY HOSE OES HPEEO ETP PTOT OO H4 HO if oO "LL KNOCK BRITT OUT oF K \-\.\, ’ v -,° Pw) HIS CROUCH’ , SAYS NELSON, PQ 3 ge ‘@ ; er, t A rms S%* WP i. NG mL’. eo WILL BET Sie’ ba e ON HIMSELF neath Rien exh Ge BETWEEN Se po Laie ROUNDS - Wie el eT 8 al 3 ey: , Res cae Cue WEES ASENIVERES SSS Ow esgunies A al ae 4% Ge a ae BATTLING NELSON, Peg gp wnat WATER CAA E One D ERGEIDODAIGD PM OIEOL DNDDAG LD DEDAADDDAALLADADA DAA ADDED — OLADDDS DDIDDDOAN SEG 4DDDLEDLDADED LD IDIDD DADA DDO IIGD —14-49044989944.099840-00944.469-9.4-9O9 P99: 144604SOOOM 4| ————___—. BY JIMMY BRITT. « Knockout or decision, I will win. I am not given to the foollsh habit * | of announcing the winning round before my fiatie engagements begin » and then trying to make my prediction good. 1 shall shape my battle to ° fit my Judgment as it progresser, If I can wia with a knockout whilo Both fighters have records ft to class with those of McGovern, Gans, Erne and others of the famous light-welghts away cAullffe, back to the time of Jack Greater New York Irish-American | On the strength of his performances {t seems that Nelson {s more of a! knocker-out than Britt. He has been fighting only two years, having en- | Feb, 4 in_ Madison Square | wal hough Nelson fights as fast as) few of his friends thought him worth a Garden—List of Races. gaged In thirteen ring battles, ‘The majority of his fights, seven, he has| Terry McGovern ever did and In much | betting chance: A year ago he face i ohh ‘ ¢ manne eve a) “Yo Corbett, ¢ was nan | won with knockouts, The last one, with “Young Corbett,” would have fur-| decision on a foul bai with scant rolls. He would have pera i 4 Sort tights, He ng been favorite after that fight against ‘The Greater New York Irish Athtetic! | nleshed another knockout to the list but for the fact that Corbett’s seconds | bat he mee ¢ any one but Gans, but oo greatiwas tile ! 4 its anouat carnival, saved him by throwing up the sponge, i out im all the Hime, ‘even when he Rie ot ee ane shane rie fhe coed s getting the worst o gro 0 ta T and 10 to 8 favorite ports at Madison §4q Corbett was staggering helplessly about the ring, with his hands at) Ghe odds offered in San Francesco, | the fight. started. 4 This Is re Aka rs Aion Milnekl: awink Heatin slowly down | Britt's | town, to-day are ten to! This Is the frst time that Britt will year tn att hia sides, while Nelson followed, swinging fast, beating Le slowly d eight In Hritt’s favor, These odds are enter the ring a favorite in the betting. . s Ww Lore g po p econd pre Wi i oy hy, hn 3 3 ol e ne y Fs keds that trampling sou year the events Jammed the Gar-| In eplte of his wonderful resisting powers, A few seconds more would of georap ¥, nanere i, HS vt y nee oho Ws brimming beta That js San Francisco crowd and the same crowd la expected have seen the finish of “Young Corbett." That would have made eight K. Probably by the time with confidence as usual, will bet nis! ged the Mechanics’ Pavilion to) this time, knockout ¢ men enter the betting will €0 | share of the purse on the result, Nel- athe great battle between J. Vdward 7 following events, open to all m aé| at even money gon made a lo of money by backing “The Pride of California,’ 801 registered athiotes, eatod There is another way of comparing the hitting powers of Britt an Nelson Alwnys a Short-© himself against Corbett at the long odda Nelson, “The Battling Dane,” Bixty-3 r sp; f-vard) the fighting Dane. 5 KN leon haa Iways bt evga 2 tne he Battie iy wit be | : r " nt in his o e lighter or a ¢ run, h C run, novi A iit ver a year ago Jimmy Britt, 1; Down went Canole n the coun fnee. the for a job. ‘The house will aenour HH GANS will spend a few anxious | | iyy.y ! icay nl 1 Press fought twenty-five | was finished t came out and favorite at the ring-| least $0,000, according to the estimate it the ticker to-night t ‘ans high ee Tere oe ‘ sia te hte eoree saole . « had given by Manager Jim ¢ h, who ts ere © 5 My cel ap b wwight top| rounds wiih Martin Canola ft was a |‘ im: back’ § ree rinuten, | tHe Corbett men was seven to ten, Mar- usually eonaervative andicap; throwing i-pound weight for { 1 min’ OM JENKINS is coming Bust from | ais feet, thraw to grew developing every ting artt dangerous Gan Francisco, Next time he 9 made from a stan pound theew clover youngsters No ma @resties an Algerian giant he) shot, scratch, with follow, and a ten+|)4 A 4, ng against emis to have the barbarian's teeth | mite A. A. U. champlonship hth e et aval ch lett. if me emmeerreree Aiur two hours of) In addition to the. above events there t was ¢ With the new playérs engaged the Grestling, 8 couple of Alghis ago, | wilt be a m-yard & h relay race, | 9 ight at lo A year axo Britt beat) phe Eurcka Athletle Club, of Balt hillies next season wil line up some- Beamayell relieved the monotony by try- | open to membors of Public Schools Ath: |; that kind < Young Corbe In 8 tWONIY>| core, hes arranged to have ite nex ing lke this; Beansfield, 1b.; Gleason, fag to turn cannibal. He 's now) League, and a two-mile hand| and hooked and upperew ' Ho! 4 fought desper- |" Sell asinine inead Holswitt or Devi, ba; wraget, #1 fangulshing in a cell under charge of| + race, open to members of att 4 the Call | ate very minute of the time, ner meting on bs . ve 4 4 ‘a mayhem. Jeuc clubs and the Natoual uuard, Sl nih Ng A ey See a the ref. | n at Germania Maennerch teCormick, If; Thumas, ¢f.; MeGee, rf; —_— There will also be a game of football luenian, f t the me It was | & 9 “Corbett” Hall, in thar chy. ‘Tho feature event | Dooin, Roth or some other man, ¢.; Pit- HOB fight between Martin ( G y inver at Br djeree by @ narrow ; but betw ' of Unger, Lush, Corridon, Sparks, Sutthoft, Martin Canole . ‘ eary at the f » fighi, bu Aa set ee ¥ erat. b, Se wiie Samtk' te Wertand. Het home a hard vlow on iis agile) Wes Weary at the finleh of the Hani. bie on, | Dusgleby afd Caldwell, y Me., on the 2th, will be one of M tival bs cs i mevitos more. Britt was fresher, and made as | ful telp box | Steven Kane, the feading umpire in . : of many history. ne r hanged Tactic he dk f th fifteen | the Central League last year, has re- best ween in the Enst for many Fie ; ‘ st a finiah as he did In fight wi Canolo has proved his quality | sie Y McHugh When the twenti 1s 8. Canote. Matty Mattnewar who has won two | °elved a reward for his good work in an Jimmy Britt a hard Aght cet J Britt suddenly actics « The Corbett who fought Nelson fighta in auccess.on, has been secured @PPOlnment as umpire tn the Amerie Gof twenty-five rounds and by oul Urely, He came t the | og $an Fra ) was not to Naht Carsoy, of Chicas, for Assockation, President Grille having Battling Neilson for eighteen, 1" run and chased Ar (he | same Yu 5 Co fought Britt, et Southern A, C, | Made the selection early this week. he ran into a wallop that knocked pt alter the) a: teast e matter of condition. In N leans on the night of Doe ane ae bed g mae eh ogy pace fii out. Lewis is coming to the top " he ast fight Young Corbett pegged ow Maxthews is Aghting In great form) oft eto dispute @ decision even in @ gapldly, and is likely to be found among him down w entirely In six rounds, and after that mes mild form the top-notchers sooner or later, Tie can ok on the chin, outtiog and did ne g but take punishment. This! Charile Neary, of Milwaukee, says — f 4 him until no one could see any one DUS) 4 pot result rely from Nelson's! that he has fought his last battle in a | Edward G. Barrow, who arrived from {Jimmy bei the fight. At the finisa | piows was lack of the stamina t Milwaukee roved nti] he hag Detroit to gssume the management of EGGY” ot the Britt waa fresh a Canole was | he had a year ago, due to dissolute | trled nteats away from the Indianapolis American Association National Sporting Club, Lon AS near out as @ man can be and still | living, Nelson's performance |n atop- | home, determination he baseball club, has announced the sign- don, is coming tn for a general ttay on his fee It was only Canole’s | ping Young Corbett was no better than) has 1 an offer to apepar in the ing of ¢he following players: Jack t t ng h “ dup ot @ January boxing show In no 7 PME Feasting on (his side of the pond, It rkable apeed and shiftiness that| Hriti'’s In beating him in twenty) {te Py | Thoney, an outfielder, Inst season with that Mr. Bettinson gave tn- saved him rounds. ponent | the New Yortk Americans; Champ Os- to various Americar 9, take! An Interco!les wreatling leamuo 9 | put this vear Canole got into @ ring 4 | Tim Callahan and Jack Grady, of Ash- teen, Gio ag ae, RR gg | \ mp now an assured fact, and within the with pmttling Nelson wid was knocked | Style of Wee Homperet, land, Pa, have been matched to meet | WN elNet ale, ‘Tean., club, and next few weeks almost ¢ out in the eighteenth round. Britt ie a reat defensive fighter, He| foF_15 rounds at 133 pounds, welgh in| Wilke McGill lego in the country will form a wrestling ‘6 a suser fight. Al . ie he ks 7 "/at6 P.M, before the Twertleta Cen- - as he (Bettinson) was ded me WAH Will Nave 6 place sa surprising fight. All the way |g hard to reach when he wants to Fe tury Athletic Club, of Pottaville, Pay! “anything to strengthen the Phillies” Py Frankis Neils share of the . It seemed that Canole waa winolng cover from a blow Willle Fitsgeraid during the last week of this month. fs the war ory of the great National ff, Bettinsen denied both the ‘* the colleg handily. Ho knocked Nelwon down knocked him down early in their en-| They will box for a purse of $30, of 4 : thie fact that he bad recelved The commit ! the very first round, end from that on| ecur Srer londed another hara | Which 1 per cent, will go to the winner | baseball syndicate, Fowlowing the ex ™ ing to make it appear lumbia Athlet et | | (fe? ; counter, and never landed another hard) gig 9. ecnt. to the loser, ample of the Pittsburg chub, which fell had been am of wrestlers to represent the local (welfth he threw away his clev- biow on Britt through the rest of the — three players for an untried minor ‘said to have orp d Bet. school hae secured the vices erne and fought Nelson in his own twenty rounds, Clever Martin Canole| Jimmy Walsh and Harry Brodlgan er, the owners of the Cincinnatt fn support of his side of Gagtge TEAS, B walioks an trad tyle. © twelfth Nelson dropped could not reach him, even in fighting at | (he English boxer, are sated to scrap In who also ovvn stock In the Phil- y 7 bite candidates at onee . ( w ig to the chin, | close range oung Corbett” swung at| ‘he inaugural meeting of the new box: | Hes, have presented the latter club with & likely story to me. Three wilte candidates a v ; ch ang C t " t > tue in Hew waaiands io be Pusher “Win Kellum.’ I covered! the Interna mm 1 Rive ‘ cautlous- him a hundred times, and missed as fas tly after Gov-elect Douglass's in- Orting J 7 @ e 6 v v 1 as he could let the blows go, In that jueurats Hrodican has @ rattling! Manager Hartey writes that Comte- - DOWNING WON RACE. ta * Canole el and fgnt Britt was going in all the time, £154 70: ve te dan true key of the Chicago White Sox has re- ' 3 7 went to Nels furiously that the and the fact that Corbett could not land| Gienta lity. The | fused to waive claim to-Secoud Base- BOG See | arin een cicaty Coe Battling boy and staggeved | on his chin was remarkable, It sur-| management pi iniied Mitty as qayes [tan Mullen of Mulladeiphia, — whom Got a news: | i: at fog sem ; vas “j around the o Dut UD DIS prised Corbett as much as any man at| Another match between | Conny Mack of the latter had prom- ge 4 Madison Bauare Garden, captur 4 the hands. The eighie h looked Mke a on ringside. | Ryan and “Billy” Mellody was closed | jsed to tuen over to. Foronto, ule ture of the Buffalo indoor meet, mven-mhe paced vies Gus Law a race, from. Charles 7 on, of Buffalo. and | Neton clow might for his winning round for Canoe He followed hammering away. In the attack Britt is ae good aa tn ton. met in a defending himself, He in sald not to Nelson Furnished « Surprise. | nave taken a back step in his fight with ‘a7 ad and the raf Then, Sates b. surmtien, in Net tae. | Yount. Corbet And in bis keter bet ae Butler won Canole with’ Ue with Joe Gane for the fis nt and comely om the chin Utle, Britt surprised everybody. —S~ * TT) a a oo | A.A. Carnival Will Be Held! Nelson A Knocker-Out, \" eae BRITT AND NELSON IN RARE SHAPE FOR THEIR GREAT BATTLE TO-NIGHT BY BATTLING NELSON. I don't care to talk about this fight. I expect to win, of course, If I didn't I wouldn't be foolish enough to bet on myself. That's what I am doing—betting my share of the purse, just the way I did when I beat Young Corbett, I know Britt fs game and a clever fellow, all right. He hasn't much 4 the game Is young, well and good. If, however, I find that Nelson can on me fn cleverness, I think, and I can take anything he sends me and “ assimilate the punches that I intend to deal out to him, and come up come back for more, Then I have the punch to put him away with, I +] cheerfully for more, then you can expect to see J. Edward Britt fighting expect to put him out like all the others, and if I don’t I will be disap- ™ 4 “ 4 as fast as he can right up to the finish. I am strong at this weight, and, pointed about $10,000 worth, f, — ¢ acconiing to my best ‘nformation and bellef, this Battling Nelson will I'll put Britt out in the first round {f I find out that Ican. I'm glad . ee ror > not prove an insurmountable obstacle in my path, to be on the short end, That Je my lucky sign, Jimny Brivy, i -BY ROBERT EDGREN, | tng the offensive at the firm sound of ) FIGHTERS’ 5" MEASUREMENTS, | » | To-night a great ring battle will be fought in San Francisco. the cong, and carrying the Hater he 14449994404. 6.6-44 4944444004 £44400000044 | Battling Nelson, the lightweight who has been coming to the top so ie ba Mat oy sey) ba bre thiol Jimmy Briet yeteme Batting Nelson. unate foul lomt him the decision, 132 pounds Weight, rapidly that followers of fighting form are at sea when {t comes to estl-| Britt beat Gans to the floor time 5 feet 6 incties EVENT OF YEAR mating his ability, will try to remove Jimmy Britt trom hia pathway totter time, seeming to throw oft the ith, ches fame, fortune and champlonship honors, were the weak efforts of an amateur 4 inches. h | Jimmy Britt himeett, fresh trom a battle in which he outtought Joo |/",ti'* Hane he threw defensive tacts | tales. esos: Kear Heche IN ATHLETICS Gans, the hitherto unrivalled Iight-welght champion, but lost on a foul| Which Nelson ts famous, He showed /10% inehes......4F through overeagerness, has been “coming” as rapidly as Nelson himself. Except for the single point of weak- | 19 inches. 4 ness he showed In losing hia head and 13 inches Inches vcter was on his before | Jimmy hitting Gana while the knees, having slipped down Britt's rush without deing hit, 7 inches, Ankle 944 ‘inches {in Canole, who was knocked out, made a great tight as waa the first 4 was ti a bie a aunter that Britt 190 a two to one favorite, Bo’ .wai low | i He Srobably. wilt, Ms ig | Welsh, w am Nelson knodked robat out In sixteen’ rounds. it this affair with Ba Heitt has always been a short-ender out Frank Erne is anxious to pisy with ‘Mr. Harley expects to maim matietece (ory Arrangements, “Ohiet’ Vimmer, now that he bia | yesterday, the men’s managers agreeing 10 @ proposition submit! club in Port Huron, Mich. The articles call for s Deo. 29 weig! o'clock, the purse "8 | title of 195-pound champion of the world LAPP DEAD; AN EX-GIANT John E. Clapp ta dead, At one time he ras one of the best known baseball players in the country and was a@ catcher In the early eighties for the Metropolitans and the Giants, He died At Ithaca, where for several years he had been a sergeant on the police force. Dees came to him in ness, for he affered from a stroke of apoplexy e making an arrest. Johnny" Clapp was one of the mem- bers of the New York team when, under Jim Mutrie's management, it was ad- mitted to the National League, At that me he was made field captain and caught for the team in the days wien | yes were unknown, He retired byl BEATS ~_ JIMMY FARREN RALTIMORE, Deo, %.—Kid Murphy, of New York, successfully retained his last night by gaining a well-earned dext- sion over Jimmy Farren, of this city, | after fifteen rounds of hurricane fight ing before the Nonpareil Athletfe Club. Parren had the advantage in weight. */ but Murphy proved himself a regular lemon. He was the aggressor through- out, and it was his fight from start to finish, In the fifteenth and last round Farren waa all but out, but saved him- self by hanging on. ANOTHER VICTIM FORJACK O'BRIEN (Special to Tho Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. %,—Another so-called pugilistic “phenom" was ex- ploded last night when Morris Harris met Jack O'Brien at the Washington Sporting Club. The bout was one of eo most disgusting ever witnessed in this elty. Harris refused to fen, but stood in the centre of w hing By hed and covered hig handa. “Only twice taste tie alx rounds did he essay to iced ak then the elusive O'Brien waa fer out the reach of blows. Harris was to fight by the big crowd pre hooted ang jeered him, repeat declined the issue ant, would not tempted to uncover. rien his ‘usual clever footwork and Die Bis man when he pleased CROSS-COUNTRY MEN ORGANIZE Cross-country athletes are preparing to organize to control running of that sort all over the country. ‘The frequent clashes in dates in dig events of this sort has Impressed upon the runners the necessity for having some sort of a body to take charge of soy events and arrange the time for different clubs, ‘The New York ath letic clubs are taking the initiative and expect to have the organization In work jug order within the next three months. IWANT MEN are suffering from byrcil oF that any CONNOLLY AND REX BOX A DRAW PORTLAND, Me, Dec. ™.—There was a give and take bout of ten rounds at the Pastime Club last evening be- tween Joe Rex, of Lynn, and Bartley Connolly, of Portland. The end found | both men {n the ring and fighting, and | Fe it was a very close draw. There was a good preliminary of four | rounds between Young Nelson and Paul Jones, and a lively six-round draw b Walter Lamont and Eddie n Murphy, ——— FRANK HOPPE A WINNER. Frank Hoppe, a brother of “W the young billiard wizard, it won * Hoppe, the first ndicap billiard match with Sanders & Hesser's acad omy, One Hundred and Sixteenth astre 4 Lenox avenue, last night, Thee are blocks to ve played, Barton playing ¢ # 4%, Hoppe woe the firs 180 by Hi @ 1-22 and Bare Bar MD ant Hopes f0. Play will be Tesumed to-morrow nit! peli OLD CHAMPION BACK IN RING. Jack McAuliffe, the former tight- weight champion pugilisi, who has Hever KHUWD wesw was > emort to re-enter the ring, This week he Is boxing at a Brooklyn theacre, and he shows all his old-time speed and qn ONLY f1 DAYS MORE ‘Then the bankrupt sale of the Sachs @ Davis stock will be at an end. 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