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Show PAGE SIX. DAILY jfflTHTHE X SAN KRANCISCO, Dec. 21. At the end of the twentieth round last night, with Jimmy Britt of Sun Fram-incof Chicago fightend Buttling ing like a imir of bull dogs, the gong Bounded the end of the content, and lleferee liilly Ilnche unhealtatlngly Iiliiced hie hand on the California boy aa the winner of the contest. In the cloning round Britt waa punching the Chicago boy all over the Barney Oldfield just missed another ring, but hla blowa lacked aufflcient accident by a hair's breath at 8an Berforce to put a quietua on hia opponent. nardino on The Sunday afternoon. The fight waa an expllflcatlon of how of his tire aa he waa making much punishment a human being can bursting the turn placed the green dragon" beendure and not succumb. yond hia control, and that nothing seriAt several atagea of the fight Nelson ous liapiiened la very fortunate. waa badly punished, but he alwaya It will be remembered that In St to the firing kept gamely coming up Louis last Barney killed two Hue all through the twenty rounda, and men and laidAugust himself up In the hospital only once did he have the local boy Ini for eight weeks with a broken nose, a diatreaa, but Britt's excellent general-ahl- p broken rib and, other Injuries. It was and the advice of hla aeconda savthat so serious an accident thought to danclose the ed him from going too would cause hlin to lose his nerve. On ger point. the contrary, he is driving hia maNelaon Is unquestionably a wonder than he ever did before, in the pugilistic world. Time after chine faster more and taking chances. time, after taking blows heavy enough In speaking of it, he auld: Do you to put out an ordinary fighter, he know that ever since that accident I would mine up, apparently In hla earl- am ier form, and bring the fighting to lievea fatalist. I believe in fate. I bethat If I am to be killed nothing, ltrltt'a territory. no caution that I could take or, rather, Referee Roche announced thut he would prevent it. If, however, Tm not gave the fight to liritt on cleaner hit- to be killed, then 1 can take all the ting and the greater number of iiolnta chances in the world; be aa careless aa scored and a retrospect of the fight I choose to he, and 1 will escape every bears out the justness of hla decision, time happens. Not until my anything leadmoat of Nelson did the although serious accident at St. Loula did I being. liritt displayed the greater ability so firm a believer In fate. No aa a boxer and hia blowa were cleaner come amount of can swerve me and more forceful, while the majority from that argument way of thinking. of shots fired by Nelson were at close I know that after the Detroit acciquarters Nelson waa sadly deficient dent they said Oldfield will lose his in long-arwork, and moat of hla at- nerve. Then, when the accident octempts to reach his opponent while curred at St Louis, they remarked. both men were free were Ineffectual. Barney won't break records after that The house waa one of the largest dose. I knew they said these things, ever seen In Ban Francisco, and it Is and fate estimated that the fighters will divide Is ourthen, believing I that after all, mind made star, my guiding up nearly $40,000 between them. There than ever and take the were no visible marks of punishment to drive faster on Nelson, with the exception of some chancea I am Xgoing to make a mile so fast before get through that no alight pufflneas about the eyea, but modern built machine will ever equul Brllt'a face was bleeding in several it." places from the force of the blowa deThat la the way Oldfield feels, and livered by Nelson in the clinches. in California won't atop the 7 o'clock At the odds favored Britt, hlin accident form faster than ever. going at 10 to 9, and these quotations prevailed for an hour. Still the flow of And Jnow oe Cans wants to meet the ahnrt-en- d waiters poured in, and at 9 winner of the Nelaon-Brl- tt fight Well, o'clock the belting wae at even money, fellow has certainly got his gall. which was the ruling price up to ring that Herford will not rest until some town time. that Herford haa skinned will treat Nelwas It reported that Battling son had placed from $1,000 to $2,000 on him to a dose of tar and feathers. about the only way to put this himself at odds varying from 10 to 8 That's down and out," says Otto Floto. to 10 to 9, Britt, on the other hand, fellow How long Joes Herford think the placed but a modest sum on his own on the coast are going to stand chnnces of winning, being content to people bunk? That reminds me of a strive for the purse and glory which for thetold story by Harry Corbett of how would victory bring. Britt's father went after HerJimmy Two preliminaries were worked off ford. prior to the main event. Tom Moran "Herford was drinking at the end of and Frank Dellle of the United States Corbett's bar when Britt, Sr., entered. four-round & contest met at in army 190 pounds, while George Herbert and Harry Corbett smelled trouble and got out the back way. Hardly Jim Haywards entertained the crowd Herford had Britt's father missed the Baltimore tn a scheduled eight round go. Dellle was given the decision over fakir when he turned to Corbett and Moran at the end of four rounds of aald: "Harry, wheres that d d Jew gone tame fighting. In the second preliminary George to? I want to give him the thrashing Herbert was given the decision over he so richly deserves and has so long Jim Haywards at the end of the eighth had coming to him. But Al, like the round. It was a good contest. In which vanishing' indy, was gone and locked Herbert landed the cleaner blows and in his room at the hotel." forced the fighting. Harry Sharp of AurtOlo Herrera, the Mexican feath8b Louis refereed both the preliminis decidedly angry over an erweight, contests. ary interview purporting to come from The principals entered the ring at 9:40 p. m. and both were given a rous- Teddy Murphy, Buttling Nelson's manager. In It the little Chicagoan states ing reception. $15.-00- 0 A message was read from A1 ller-for- d, that Nelson received an offer of In Butte, Mont., in to down" lay manager of Joe Guns, offering to fight with Herrera. Herrera says match the negro with the winner of to- his whole the thing i a lie, pure and simcontest. it A check of $2,500, night's la aald, has been deposited with a local ple. Somebody must have been dreamsporting man to clinch the match. Her-for- d when Murphy heard of any auch a ing would make Cans that stipulated thing." Herrera said last night. I was 13$ pounds at 6 o'clock. a strong favorite in the fight, and It Young Corbett also Issued a chal- would simply have been Impossible to lenge to meet the winner, and claimed bet amount on the contest. that he had a verbal promise from ThereHnywasbiga little betting, but no big in to him another chnnce Britt give were amounts because everyshown, rethe event of the Californian being body thought I would win the battle. turned a winner. Anybody who would have made auch Jimmy Gardner also sent a challenge an offer to Nejann and expected to get to the winner. A challenge was read from Jnbes even on it would have found a pretty on. White, of England, nt 1S3 pounds ring-aid- e. hard time of It getting the money The board of control of the National Britt's seconds were "Spider" Kelassociation, after consideraly. hla chief adviser: Frank Rafael and Cycling cases of the strikers" at Tlv" Kllng. In Nelson's corner were tion of the six-day bicycle race at Ted Murphy, who acted as the Dane's the recent Madison has decided Raw-hid- e garden, Square chief counselor; Eddie Santry, to Immediately Inflict penalties Instead Keely and "Smiling'' Metxner. waiting for the annual meeting of Betting has been brisk all through of N. C. A. in February. The ruling the In were the fight. the mnrn'ng bets the board nn announced by Chairreglatered at the odds of 10 to 7, with of Britt the favorite. Later on. however, man R. Kelsey of Boston, follows: Robert hour, Atlanta, and James owing to the volume of Nelson money Moran ofWall Ohelsta. suspended for one and the reluctance of ltrltt'a supporters to speculate nt what they year. Otto Maya. Erie, and J. B. Bowler. unreasonable and termed disproChicago, suspended for six months. advanced the price portionate figure, Hugh Mcljcan, Chelsea, suspended n point, with the local lad holding the for six months nr to pay a fine of $100. top end at 10 to 8. Nat Butler. Cambridge: Jed NewEven at this price the Britt coteries did not loosen their purse latches until kirk. Chicago; Menus Bedell. John evening, when, realising the futility of Bedell, I.ynn Brook. Ismg Island: Bennie Muiiroe, Memphis, suspended hoping for a more lucrative price, they for six months or pay a fine of $30 selInto tlielr the money pool poured each. ler's box and In large hunches, which was covered with avidity by the local The American league wttlcial fielding Nelsonltes. So great, in fact, was the influx of Nelson coin at this stage that averages were given out today. The the odds were forced up another notch. leader of the clubs is Chicago with When Britt was seen In the dressing .985. The leaders hi the different poroom after the fight he had this to say: sitions are: First baseman, Lachance. "Nelson Is a great Mg slugger with Boston, .901; second baseman. Robinthird basemnn, plenty of nbility in that direction, with- son. Detroit, .901; .949; Chicago. shortstop, Conout the knowledge of how to use it. I fought as I did to secure the cham- roy. New York, .938: catcher. Sugdcn. Iiouis. .990: outfielder. Robinson. pionship and protect the money of my St. friends. I am still the champion of Detroit. 1,000; pitcher. Joss. Cleveland. 9S5: pitcher (won and lost). Chesbro. the world and I mean to retain it." New York, .774. Nelson had this to say: "I had all the best of the fight. liritt Working Night and Day. m -- Ten-nchl- TEA Tea is tea sometimes and at some houses; at other times and at other houses, what do you think it is? ' la twy package of Schilling 'i Bm Tm i a book taK Hoar To M okc Good Toa. STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1904. ure, who refused to make the trip. But the glowing accounts of the safely returned travelers will create a desire in the rest of the people to visit America, and Dr. Hunt can take his pick of the PORTLAND FAIR be; types of men and women on the ' islands. Besides the wild tribes, the governwaa breaking ground and holding on ment wiU detail 100 Filipino scouts for The scouts continuously. Referee Roche made no duty at the exposition. effort to break Britt except to give me MORE COMPREHENSIVE arc made up of representatives of the THAN AT the worst of It. 1 will fight Britt again higher class Filipinos and are a part ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT. under the same conditions for $5.01)0 a side, but will Insist that Slier referee. I believe he Is the only referee who Native Filipino Villages Will Show tho knows when a man has won or lost Manner and Customs of I scored the only knockdown of the tho Islanders. fight and hud Britt running uway." OUR LINE SPORTSj Xt-lso- UTAH See the Beautiful Gold Watch at J. Jewlery Store, to be given away by the Utuhnu Dancing C- IT OF Native villageo will be a feature of the Philippine display at and (lurk exposition at Portland, Ore., and they will embrace a inure comprehensive showing of the manners and customs of the wild tribes of the Islands than did those at St. Louis. The villages will he Inhabited by about 300 natives, representing several different tribes. There will he the Igorrotea, the fighting Moras, the Negritos, who are the real aborigines of the Islands, and the gentle, civilized VIscayans. The natives will arrive at the exposition some time in April and will build their own houses out of bamboo and nlpa. The vlllagee will he located on the government peninsula In the renter of Guild's lake. The Moros will build their houses on poles over the water ae they do at home, while the Igorrotea and Negritos will build squatty little huts In the wooded portion of the peninsula. The Ylaayana will be located on the trail, where they will conduct a native theater. The natives who were at the St. Louis exposition are now on their way back to the Philippines, having left Seattle December ISth on the Iyo Ma-ra Japanese vessel. They are returning home with the Intention of telling the people of their tribe of the wonders of America, and many are also looking forward to their return to Portland next spring. Antonia, chief of the Bontoc Igorrotea, a warrior who has five human heads to hia credit, visited Portland recently with Dr. T. K. Hunt, who collected and had charge of the exhibit at St. Louis. Aa Antonia will return to the Lewis and Clark exposition, he desired to look over the grounds, so that he could tell the people where they were coming next year. Antonia waa much pleased with the exposition and the Rose City, and will exert his influence in Dr. Hunt's behalf In the collection of the natives. When Dr. Hunt was arranging for the St. Louis exhibit he was handicapped by the fact that the Igorrotea had never been more than ten miles away from home, and knew practically They nothing of the outside world. had no Idea where they were going, how they would get there or whether they would ever return. But, nevertheless, some of them put implicit confidence in Dr. Hunt, who had lived with them for a year and who had alNaturally waya been their friend. there were some of the warriors of the tribe, fighting men of six feet in stat- the-Lew- head-huntin- g, is 25c We THE RANGE WITH ... uuuuiiig trade L PRICES OF STEEL TO the strong factors In the sliur.; n 'J ADVANCE FROM $2 TO $4 the railroads are also buying i .. V13 beams and bridge materials ,,f NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The structural steel pool is in session here and Prises will be given p.r.Vv, . 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