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Show SUMMER GIVEN DECISION OVER BR1TT London, Feb. 22. Johnny Summer, the English pugilist, tonight received tho decision over Jimmy Brltt in a ! twenty round bout. The fight was held before the National Sporting club, and a big crowd was present, there being great Interest in the bout owing to the lively fight these men put up last November. On that occasion oc-casion the go was a ten round affair, and Brltt was the victor. Tonight Summers won the decision on points. Both Summers and Brjtt had trained hard for this meeting and wore in far better condition than when they met before. During the early stages Brltt did most of . the leading, apparently starting out with a view to securing a knockout He made the mistake, however, of holding In clinches more than is usual In England, and came In for much adverse criticism and several warnings from Eugene Corri, who officiated as referee. Brltt also had the misfortune to slip twice to the floor when engaged In lively mix-ups, mix-ups, and the falls were almost as effective ef-fective in taking tho speed out of him as though they had resulted from a swing. Up to the sixth or. eighth ' rounds Brltt had the better of the bouts, but from that on Summers Improved and honors were even at the close- of the tenth. After that, although Brltt was always strong, the Englishman had somewhat the best of him and the decision de-cision in Summers' favor was a popular pop-ular one. Before leaving tho ring, Brltt 6ald that he accepted the award of the referee and that he had no complaint to make, but he still thought he was the better man. |