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Show j1TBT TAEKSOE aiiSIREilb MEET NELSON l i - "Toy can ity fQr me thak I would I welcome a: fight with , Nelson for six i rounds, twenty rounds, forty-five y rounds or the limit, either -In Phila-delphia Phila-delphia or . any other place on top ot . the earth.; . . . . ! So spoke Jimmy Brltt at the Knuts- ford today;. He had Just emerged from the bath and looked a Greek sod.. eV i V. , muscle of his handsome flgnre Xsklng- and sliptlnf; like those of a J well-conditioned race horse. He ' hAis i J a telegTam' In his haad. dated Chloago. 1 .i . announcing that he had authorised his ij brother Willie to arrange a six-round so In Philadelphia with Nelson. There was a wistful look on his face; he , - wished It were so; he was sorry it ! "was .not. . . . ' Both Under Contract. ' "It may be that Willie has. made such a more. If so. It has been on his own initiative. But. frankly. I do not , see how either of us . could set away I' to Philadelphia or any other place for the next fifteen weeks. We' are under contract for that length of time and until the expiration of such contract there is no chance of a go. Thai is the plain matter-of-fact statement of the case. After our contract is up nothing on earth would please me better than another go with Nelson. If he wins then I am willing to concede he is champion indeed; if I win then I am champion. He has won a leg- I have won a leg; let the third one settle it. - Fighting Is His Business." "I Ira'f fighter." continued Brltt. "not an actor.; Fighting is my business. I have taken a shy at the stage, simply toTneet the people, to talk to the people, peo-ple, to get acquainted with the newspaper news-paper men of the country and let them see and know me. I want them to ee how Impossible it would be for Nelsonto best me save by a fluke. Many, after seeing both of us at work, express surprise at the result of the fght. After covering the country and meeting the people, getting my ideas before them, I am going back, to my business fighting. There is more money in it, though of course I am being" be-ing" "paid a good sum for this engage-ment."'- Another thing, going on- the stage will largely popularize the mov-ing, mov-ing, pictures of the fight, and I want to make them as much of a success as possible. Curley on Pictures. In this connection it will please Brltt to read what Jack Curley, manager of Wllle, writes to the Telegram from Chicago under date of October 1: . "The pictures of the Britt-Nelson contest opened a two weeks' engagement engage-ment today at 'Brooks' -Casino. They are vivid and life-like, the best ever placed on exhibition, not a blur and realistic to extreme. I enjoyed them very much - and can Touch for them anywhere." The above is particularly gratifying m view of the fact that Curley was In Kelson's corner and had an unparalleled unparal-leled opportunity to see every move of 'the great fight- |