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Show IBritt and Nelsoa Heady for Fight"; Training Done and Both Smiling and Confident of Victory in Tomorrow's Tomor-row's Battle. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 19 Not until a few hours beforo their fight tomorrow night will Jimmy T3ritt and Battling Nelson Nel-son lcavo their training enmpr. All work, howevor, coaacd yesterday and tho young boxer3 today did HlLlo more than movo fbout In a recreatlvo way. Nelson Is slightly under -weight and - i'rltt a fraction over the mark, so tho for-f for-f it money Is safo on both aides. In ln-U'rvJews ln-U'rvJews today each of tho pugilists expressed ex-pressed confidence In tho outcome. Brltt "I am going to bo beaten somo time, but Noloon won't be the man. Ho 1b not good enough fighter to whip me. This may sound Uko conceit, but It Is a fact, nevertheless "When I say that I will boat N'clson don't think that I am looking for an easy victory and that I am underrating under-rating him. From what I have scon I think Nelson is the best man 1 ever signed nrtlele6 with." Nelson said: "When I fought Corbelt T wos better than when I fought Hanlon, "ml when I meet Brltt I will be hotter ihan when I heat CorlietL I have moro confidence and I think I am a bettor ifhtcr. I have Improved, but I think T5rltt has been at his best. Tie won't bo nnv better when he meets mo than when hi" foughts Gnus or Corbett. If Brltt bats me. all I can say Is that ho will -now that ho has been In a light, and hat ho found me In my best condition. I will have no excuses." Betting on the match han thus far been light, with Brltt tho favorite and the Nelson Nel-son supportors asking for greater odds. Today 10 to S were tho figures given n round sporting headquarters, and tonight the Nelsonltcs wore demanding 10 to 7. The heavy betting is not looked for until |