Show AT BAT 1 I i FOR BRIT MATCH I II II I Jeff Jef Tompson Sees Nothing But Bui Defeat for Dane Over Ovel I j Sho Short Route I LIKES SHO SHOWING VING OF PACKY PACK I 1 Believes He Is Best of Little Litle Fellows Fellows Burns Burns Really ealy After Johnson BY JEFF TIO THOMPSON N New w York I Feb eb 15 Shades 8 of or the great departed Papers have beer been signed for tor a match between JimmI Britt and Battling Nelson for fot March 3 S. S Now Nov let Terr Terry McGovern and Youn Corbett sign up and Bob nn and Peter Poter Maher come together for a e n match and anil wo we will have some lighting that is fighting p fighting perhaps While I 1 do o not regard the fact that thai tho rho the Boor Door floored Nelson Inthe Ir it the first roun round of at their recent and tind the Dano In their ten ton round go as significant of ot falling powers on the part of or the tile Battler Batler th thit tho general impression ma made e by the tile light lighton on those who saw H It and Ind who arc competent to Judge judAe leaves little HUlo doubt doublin in my mind that the tho hard th tIlt the thereat youngster has joined great reat and growing army of or has beens bee s. s The To number of ot men who have havo out out- pointed the Dane In a ten round go gocan gocan can almost bo be e counted by tho the number of ot men that he has has fought ht that num lum number bor ber of rounds As a boxer the Battiel nev never r was a n howling success Ho He won wor his fights by main strength arid and per per- severance se I am adl nr not all certain that ha had the tho bout been to a 0 finish Instead In Instead in- in stead of ten tan rounds as It was at Lo Los Angeles Angelos Nelson would not have worn won down CId and beaten him as h ho hoha ha baa haf done don so many other good oo youngsters young young- but the opinion of ot experts who saw aw av the fight is to tho the contrary ant am that Nelson has lost his power t to punch Talk The same Is true of ot BrEtt Brit and Bud when these two back tuo numbers moot meet it vii wll wil be jo Interesting to see which qC tho the two has gone farthest back undoubtedly will wi now get ora ora ona or on a match With wih Packy anthe am an the winner of ot the bout will wi doubtless have a chance chanco to wrest tho the title tite from Joe have Cans Gans a l My i own Impression Is that the Chicago boy will wI prove the bettor betor man of the two nd md unless ho he meets wih with some mishap two or three thre hard ring battles will ihl give him the tho experience eXle- eXle thence deuce In 11 ring generalship necessary to enable him to argue with some sonic chance chanc of success with wih the tho Baltimore oyster opener as to who is real really the lightweight champion of or America America McFarland has many mony of oC the tho car car- marka marsot of tile tho successful lighter Uh ter and If l t n inan now before the tho dt 1 t 1 H i out fI F think 1 11 would fall tal on on P Packy It I Is necessary for him however to gain considerable ring experience before he a Cans Gans much nueh of ot a chance with wih Buru After John oll I hear from Lon London on that Tommy Burns will sail for home hom the tile latter part of or wi March sol and that he has fully tuny made mado up his mind to give Jack Jeck Johnson Johnson JohnSon John John- son a match While I have hold hoW all al alon along that neither Burns nor an another another other man who Is oven reasonably orme or on tho me level according to the prize ring code of morals is In any way bound tc te meet Johnson I am glad that Burnt Burns Durn has come to this decision If I the big biG negro nero Is anything liko th the theman tt man his enthusiastic admirers ho 1 Is h. he ho ought to have a 0 chanca tc demonstrate tho the fact tact If I he ho Is s not il it will be a mercy to tho the entire entre world worl to havo have him licked good ant anc plenty I 1 believe that Burns can turn th 1 t trick t and sn n If II I r Johnson d does es not out hen v the t c ti time comes mc's to to maize mako a match hen is In for a severe severo and proper lacing at the hands of the Canuck However it has been demonstrated on I more than one occasion that my judgment judgment judg judg- ment In these matters Is no more In Infallible infallible In- In fallible than that of other men and I Imay Imay may be mistaken What with wih his lights fights and an exhibitions exhibitions tons I understand Burns Is 11 bringing home with him something between something and to So say nothing nothing of ot odd shillings and an pence of ot good English En Eng Eng- ocd lish hish money This Is not bad for tor a e winters winter's win win- ter's tors work ork ev even n for tor a a near Jeff Jc Jim JIm Jeffries Is watching the Burns Burns- Burls Burls- Roche light fight ight which is to take place in n Dublin on St St. Patricks Patrick's day with wih a good deal of Interest Some enthusiastic Irish friend of the American champion ha hats has written him that Roche noche Is liable to furnish the pugilistic surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise of ot tho the year when ho meets Burns an and tells the big fellow that Jem Jein has hasal all tho tile punching power of oC Peter Ma Na- Maher Ma- Ma al her an and there arc are fe few men who whoever whoever ever aver stood in In Inthe the n who could hit hita hi a harder blow that this husky fellow elow an and I adds In addition that Roche Is Ismore Ismore Ismore more than a a clever clover boxer If I. I by any chance Roche Hoche should succeed In beating beat beat- ing Aug Burns it I Is not at all aU Improbable that Jeffries would give him him a I match There There There-Is is no doubt no-doubt doubt that tha with wih the Irishman Irishman Irish Irish- man champion of the tile world worl matched against the unbeaten Jeffries efrIes tho the fight would woul draw a a house big big- enough h to tomake tomake tomake make It t worth Jeffs Jeff's while to leave leavo VO the tho cafe and alfalfa farm for p. p i. i long enough time to get g-et in fri condition for tor a n light fight and it i may be he remembered that tho the big fellow felo always has qualified his repeated announcements of or retirement retire retire- ment with wih the proviso that if I a forI foreigner for far ei eigner ner walks off with tho the championship champion champlon- I ship he ho might re reconsider his determination doter deter not to light fight any more marc |