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Show OANS SHOULD WIN IN FIGHT WITH BRITT AT TONOPSH NEXT MONTH When James Edward Britt and Joe Oans hook np at Tonopah In March ons of the fastest battles in tte history his-tory of the prize ring is sure to ensue, says Na ugh ton. Who will win? That is a question every pugilistic fan in the United States is asking himself. him-self. I favor Oans. When one looks over the pair critically criti-cally he bpcs numerous points about each man that he rannot help but admire. ad-mire. Both men are tried, and, fighting on the level, are true. Britt 's Defeat by Dane. Britt has the disadvantage, inasmuch inas-much as he received a decisive defeat at the hands of Battling Nelson. There are very few instances of a champion once licked coming back again and regaining his lost laurels. Britt stands more chance now than any other fighter placed in a similar position. Britt is clever. Britt can take punishment be has proved that. Britt can punch like a pile driver and he possesses all of his old-time speed. Beat the Corpses. Britt 's ascension to the top rv.n of the light weight ladder was over a trail of pugilistic corpses. Lavigne was not in his prime when he lost to James I Edward. Erne was not within many j pounds of being the real fighter he was j when he earnel his championship ; crown. But when Brirt stalled Nelson f.r twenty rounds and won the decision be wa in his prime. I He will he a better mon when h hooks up with Gans in March than he was on the night when he had a shade i over Nelson. Britt is now in tln hands of tho ("hrewdot manager in the busin; i James V. 'offroth. j Condition Will Be Sure. Jimmie vouches for his good inten tions, and that is a guarantee that Britt I will enter the riri in first-class condition. condi-tion. But fo mv inind Britt at his very best is an inferior fighter to Gans. The colored wonder is the greatest fighting machine the world ever saw, j barring nobody in anv and all classes. I (ians is clever. lie has the punch. As ' a ring general he is without a peer. ! That gcod left hand sticking right into ' the other fellow's face all the time j with the must tantalizing jali in the j world is hacked up by a right cross that is cut l"ose at lightning spec! from any angle. Oans has an assortment of punches tucked away in his shoulder muscles ' that baffles them. He is always after his man. j Rritt mav have learned a big less'Ui i in l.N htiitio with Nelson. If he did he knows that he is not the kind uf . fighter that ' tin stand up and slug . with a man of gr at endurance. He must fight clever. (lans will meet all Britt 's clever- ; ness with the same article, nnly it wii! j he classi. r. Oans ;". n give more than he will take in a slugging mix-up. I I lnliee tl.at (lar.s will win. It j may take him a little I'lu-r than N1- son took ! complete the .job. but after . it is over Britt will le . n the tloor cm- j siderably more punished than n the day a i;ir and a half ago when he sunk to the ir.ut at olnia a thoroughly beaten beat-en champion. I But ("tars Ins no walk-over. He will ! be caiUd uj-oii to tight every inch f the way. lie hm the class, however, and should handily do what his mother told him to do in his fight with Nelson: "Bring home the bacon."' |