Show MOST NOTABLE BOXING EVENTS Two New Champions Have Fought Their Way to the Top Perhaps the three most notable box Ing events of the past year were tho retirement of James J Jeffries the succession of Battling Nelson to the lightweight title of tho world through his victory over James Edward Brltt and tho final defeat of Robert Fitz sImmons by Philadelphia Jack OBrien Each of these events added to the Interest In the sport as they brought new names and new faces before be-fore the public In a general way tho bouts of the year were remarkably free from scandal and there was no taint attached to any ot the bigger ones or even to one which commanded a largo sectional Interest |