Show FANS SAY j IS RANK QUITTER by tad I 1 new york aorl dec 16 billy ir afi in dutch out in I 1 co if ever a fighter was the western sports love a I 1 game thoy they have seen about every champion and have watched nore championship battles than any other bunch in the world but they dont like a quitter and will never stand for one jimmy britt was a great drawing card before lie he quit to gans but the next fiant he had after that coffroth Con roth the promoter lost 2 and that lot britt out and now back to the talk the writer has received several letters from prominent sports over there and in every one of them there is a terrible loar about the illinois thunderbolt they all think lie he quit and say there I 1 never will be another nickel bet on him out there if lie he lives to be a i 1 and years old I 1 i one fight enthusiast has the follow ing to say in regard to we got in bad on this fellow from illinois in the go with ketchel Kot chel but believe me there will never be another cent lost on that fellow its all right to lose on a game irishman but take it from me this fellow curled up and quit in that fight every one in frisco Is talking about the thing he was on his knees when the referee was counting and he was looking straight at him why say they yelled tile the count so loud that you vou could hear it two blocks away and then after the fight lie he said he did not hear it well he can say anything ho wants but I 1 know that he could havo have been fighting yet if lie he came from lie 11 eland lipkind Ket ketchel eliel was all in and puffing like a horse in the eighth and ninth rounds but always ready to fight when he popped this german on the jaw you could see quit sticking sticking out of his eyes it if kelly is at all all game he will make quit again in los angeles has quit tom jones and gone with ham berger well hes through out this way for good |