Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-05-03 | Page 7 | Interest Centers on Britt- White Fight

INTEREST CEUTERS OU ; BRITT-WfllTE f 1GHT Friday night tens' ths story whether Jabes White of Birmingham. England, is really In J. Edward Shakespeare Britt's class. The two ittre -fellows meet on ths night 'of the 5th In Ban Francisco. They are -signed , for Journey of twenty -rowida,- fewt Brltt says it won't be half that distance before be-fore he cops the Englishman and incidentally, in-cidentally, and more to the point, the long end of the purse. ', .Both men have shut down on "hard work and are now .."resting on their mitts" waiting patiently for the-dang of the. gong that will end them on the route. Brltt la by long odds- the favorite la the betting, but . White has come vp well in the estimation of the sports, lie is at Larkspur, and is being conditioned con-ditioned by the only "Chawies" Mitchell. . To some, tncradlnx good judges like W. W. Xaughton. White has more than a look-in la this fight. The areneral impression is that while Br lit should be able to win, he has the hardest fight of his career on, Eddie Smith of Oskla ad haa bsea chosen to officiate as the referee. He was ac-ceptible ac-ceptible to "Willie" Brltt. the oy manager, mana-ger, who looks after "Brotlisr Jimmy's" Interests, and Charley Mitchell, who Is ; keeping the fatherly eye out for White.