Show britt wins the decision in khe twentieth round after 5 a whirlwind contest san francisco july 31 jimmy britt of sail francisco gained the decision over battling nelson of hegewisch III at the end of twenty rounds of as fast and pretty fighting as has been seen in san francisco in many years at no time was either man in danger of a knockout until near the end of the last round when bratts right and left swings aej uppercuts upper cuts which he landed one after another at will on belsons nelsons Nel sons face all but put the dane down and out nelson did the greater part of the leading from start to finish but he was outdone by britt an fn cleverness ring generalship and everything but gameness and ability to take punish meat referee welsh after announcing his decision gave nelson only two rounds out of the twenty the second and the seventh by his game fight britt wiped out finally the aspersions that some former battles had placed on him he showed that keeping away from his adversary Is the chief part of his ring generalship his defense showed up better than ever before and his accuracy was never so marked he found his man almost at will and j from the tap of the opening gong to the end of the last round there was no lack of steam in his blows if anything he showed up stronger in the last five than in the first fifteen while in the last half of the fight hitting powers obviously diminished mini shed while britt took no foolish chances he gave nelson plenty of close quarter opportunities to put him out it the battler had been able to land nelson disappointed many of his admirers by ills wildness in the last eight or ten rounds he swung with right and left for the face scores of times and missed by a small margin his fighting tactics were to crowd his man go into a clinch and then with his bull head pressing his neck uppercut him again and again to the face and body the great strength of nelson was nothing new to the crowd of ring followers who watched him tonight but the equal and strength of britt was a surprise that set them by the ears and won tor the local fighter ringing yells of applause in at least half a dozen rounds nelson on the otter hand was distinctly weakened toward the close of the fight and in the ninth was jarred backward several paces and all but off his feet by right and left swings to the head the his lessening strength in footwork and the utter of the blows he failed to land all through the fight the force of britta blows a great majority of which found their mark was such that a fighter with less than nel sons immense stamina would haye taken the count a couple of times and then stayed down san francisco july 31 A few minutes before 9 the crowd outside the building bad grown in size and temper to a mob when the thousands started to charge the entrance on fellmore street with the evident intention of overwhelming the foot police and breaking into the hall half a dozen mounted bluecoats blue coats charged from several direction simultaneously and in the wild disorder a score of persons were knocked down and trampled upon some of them falling under the hoofs of the horses it Is not known that anyone was badly hurt the latest betting quota favor battling nelson at odds of 10 to 6 even money Is being wagered that nelson will not win Inside of eighteen rounds betting Is not very brisk both britt and nelson weighed in at G both made the specified weight pounds eagley after the in nelson went to nearby restaurant and partook of a hearty meal britt was driven to his brothers bouse and there ate a sumptuous meal at nine every seat in the rink had been taken and close on to a thousand people were standing on the floor and in the gallery the police stopped admission to the galleries before the first preliminary went on and this caused hard feeling among the surging crowd outside the turning out of all the lights but four standing arcs makes the ring stand out in the blaze of the darkened curtained tail the size of the crowd in attendance exceeds even the best hopes of the club management the great outpouring of ring follows it Is suggested is partly accounted for by the jack that this Is the first topnotch top notch fight pulled off in san francisco proper since the earthquake and fire and judging by the attitude of mayor taylors new board of supervisors proba lly will be the last professional of any class that will de witnessed here for a long time to come the action of the board of supervisors this afternoon in returning by unanimous vote thirty six britt nelson tickets left on their desks was taken to mean that no more permits will be issued by the board the first preliminary a four round go between george martin of this city and john conkey of milwaukee was won by the former in the first round after about a minute and a half of fighting conkey was floored an l counted out by the re two well dressed lounh women escorted by two male companions forced their way through the crowd into the rink and found seals near tho west end ot the floor in the second preliminary dale gardner of seattle knocked out joe elleott of this city in the fourth round of a scheduled six round contest the ring was then cleared and the crowd settled itself to the comin the principals of the main event an army of photographers took possession of the arena 9 52 p m britt and nelson have entered the ring britts seconds are dave ernst alv Irell ng spider kelly and sam berber nelson entered the ring two minutes later his are eddie madison red cornett tim mcgrath and billy nolan nelson entered the ring clad solely in fighting trunks while beltt was fully attired in street costume announcer billy jordan first introduced britt as a native son of the golden west and one of the camest gamest boys that ever entered a ring britt received a tremendous ovation nelson was then presented as the hardest nut that ever steeped into a prize ring nelson too received a great ovation the crowd then sent up a shout of cans gans the colored champion thereupon jumped into the ring and was introduced as the only lightweight champion of the world in response to calls tor a speech cans said thank you gentlemen for the reception cep tion only one thing brought me here and that is to challenge the winner thank you kindly one and all time was called at p m |