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Show BRUT SAYS HFLLKCOCil 0ML80;i Native Son Soys Nelson Has Lost All Endurance and WW Be Easy. r, V BT JAY DAVIDfJOK. , LOS AVOEXE8. Aug. U J amaa ZoV' ward Brttt, walfhlaf about 150 aooada . dressed, aad saoothed la oat of woolen faxalture that ho brontlit otsc fron dear old Laaaoa, casat to towa Batar day to befla a weak of aMaoloflac at ha Lyeema theatre, and ae waa hi wont la days rone by, whoa James Edward, Ed-ward, who then wae alala old Jlauny Brttt tho wortd chaoipiOB,h took off m few hoart la' tho arming and renewed acquaintances amonf tho portlaaT writers writ-ers who ware hla frlaado than aad are yot VandeTilling ia not entirely a saw stoat for Britt, but this will be hla IS rat appearance on this circuit. He always waa a master hand at the eonraraatioe bualaaea, although hisTamona brother. Willua, who died year or ae ago, had him akinned to frasxle any time he ' eared to atart It ia a family trait, thia talking buaineaa, it asams, aad aa Jimmy ia one of the faw well educated aad accomplished eradiatora who have graced the American ring he ahould hare no trouble ia making a big hit runt off the reel. V. hen it eomee to aittinc down aad listening to a personal ehat Jimmy ia far more interesting thaa Jia Oorbett, who has beea a big aueeeaa at the monologue business for yeare. Jimmy will eee lota of familiar fae.ee ia the audieaee thia afternoon aad tonight, aa he alwars enjoved a big degree of SopularitT aera, and Jeffries, Conaidine, im Qriffin, Morler and all the boya will be there to see him get away to a food, tart. Jimmy la another of the well known trpe known aa the "eome back" boys. -6at with all his hopes he has eaaugh good sense left to realiie that he ia not of championship caliber any mora. He ears ao himself, ao it must be true. But he aaya he knows he eaa stop Bat Nelson in tea rounds and will be disappointed dis-appointed if ha faila to turn the trick when they hook op in New York, ae they are elated to do some time this fall. Jimmy ears that Nelson waa a great fighter beeanee he --meccd an ahnoe- . . (Continued en paga nine.) BRITT SAYS (Continued from page MfM.) mal vitality, aa unusysl powr of as imilation of puaiahmont and remark able stamina. That, sots Bhtt, wu hi chief atock ia trade. 'But that ia all gone now, and Jimmy ia confident that moat anybody with oa jfood punch left could atop the pane. Jimmy tars he wants bob of tha Wolgast game. Time waa when he would have been tickled to death to take on Wolgaat. as m tboae daya he was ao ftpeedv and clever that a running;, swing ing fighter waa gravr for him. but "those fightera who ruab in and take a clip on the chin and just ahake their hea.l to -throwj off the effect are not for me any more, be aava. He aayi he till haa a lot of apead and knows, bow to box cleverly, but realizea he ha been out of the game too long to hope that he could endure successfully a, grueling, bruising battle with a younger fighter of top notch class. Welsh haa a golden opportunity ahead of him in bit meeting with Voigaat next Thanksgiving da, aava Rritt. and he should give Ad more trouble than any acrapper he haa met since he won the title. Britt acknowledge that he always haa been a great admirer of the Herer Briton and rates him as a fighter of championship claaa. He figure that Welsh, with his great d and clerer-nees, clerer-nees, haa a great chance to outpoint Ad, eapeciallv m a twenty-round engag-ment, engag-ment, and will not be a bit surprised it the Welshman come out of the ring that dav with the liobt weight crown. At' that," am ' ftwt ejigpafagmf he claaa and ehampionehip caliber of Wol-gaet," Wol-gaet," he say. M consider Wolgast one of the greatest little fighters we ever had and I think he ia a worthy snceaaor to other liht weight champions. cham-pions. But I feel that Walsh baa ao much speed and ia ao very clever that he has an excellent chance of outpoint-in outpoint-in X A in waTtnw aMttiHa Ttiai st iat n is just right for Welsh, and if he should he in his beat form that day the Los Angelas fan will see a great fight between be-tween two of the best light- weights in th world." Britt haa aa offer from Hash Mcintosh Mcin-tosh for a vaadrville tour of Australia, with the promiae that probably he might add to hie bank rool bv taking on some of the Australian light weights, should he so desire. He never has vis ited th antipodes and confesses to a desire to do ao. - Mclntoah and Britt were partner in promoting fight ia England for aeveral months and a warm friendship eviets between them. They pulled off aeveral good boxing shows arms th pond and Britt was Packjv McFarland 's representative in England when the Chicago boy and Welsh fought over there. |