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Show BRITT ON BIG FIGHT Gives Kelson Due Credit, I but Wants to Meet the k ; Dane Again. It'8 a repetition of the old tale with Zi Britt, the former Invincible king of thu A-Jsquared circle: be Is "confident" he is ' Nelson's master; he has several substantial sub-stantial reasons to offer why he Is that V champion's master; all he wants. Is a nance to show Nelson that he Is his fmsster. "It's leg and leg; one for Nel-( Nel-( son and one for me; let us get together again and the result will then tell the tale of the mystery." ' . That's the talk of the erstwhile ' champion, whose colors were lowered by the doughty little fighter from Hege-wisch. Hege-wisch. 111., during their recent fistic argument In San Francisco. Britt is a card atiA a' drawing one too which the m'anagement of the Lyric Is offer Ing its patrons this week. He makes 'his first bdw to the public this after-Jfc after-Jfc noon. Hereafter during each perform- ance he mill give a three-round exhlbl-1 exhlbl-1 i tlon, accommodating all comers who would like the pleasure of saying: "I've had the gloves on with Britt." Pleasant little. Fellow. James Edward Britt bears all the earmarks of the cultured gentleman. His fistic training has not been cultivated culti-vated at the expense of his mental and intellectual development. Britt . Is a . man of pleasing address and would pass muster in any gathering of gentlemen. While conceding that Nelson has won, Britt yet holds that he is the better bet-ter man- He wants, an opportunity .to demonstrate that fact. - He does not, - however, urge that Nelson meet him at once; he is wining to bide a wee Britt takes a fair-minded View of the matter and says Nelson is entitled to the fruits of victory and should be allowed to acquire ac-quire -as many nimble shekels as possible pos-sible during his present lucrative theatrical the-atrical engagement. But after the close of this long engagement Britt wants another "hack" at the speedy boy from , Hegewisch and says there will be an other tale to tell. .' "Will Fight for Nothing. - So anxious is Britt for a fight that he . offers to fight the champion for noth- lng. It's the title of champion that Britt wants, not the money. "I never I i' knew how much I cared for the title till ill lost it." said Britt today. "Losing Y tnat tltle was like l8,nB a beloved wife 1 I by the divorce route for some trivial S misunderstanding. On returning to a t once happy home it Is found that some-v some-v thing Is lacking the presence of the once fond and beloved wife. So It Is ' with this championship that I had s grown accustomed to. When I had it f rV-It did not value it at Its true worth now that I am divorced from it I find ) I it was my dearest possession. ' And I i am going to 'make up to it' again the J first opportunity." ! Sin talking of the fight Britt said ' nothing to detract from the prowess of the man who won. He gives Nelson full credit for his work, and says he is .. a wonderful little fighter." |