| Show BRITT NELSON FIGHT both men are trained to perfection and the attendance will be large san francisco dec 20 at mechanic ch anic pavilion tonight james antt and battling nelson scheduled to struggle for the lightweight cham pion snip will face one of the largest gatherings of sporting men in the history of the city both of the lightweights are trained to perfection the most perfectly conditioned athletes ever brought together in a ring in california both men are confident in the result and so far as public opinion is concerned it might be either mans fight both of the combatants are clever shifty fighters and both have a number of victories to their credit the friends of both men are sanguine over the result and the only certainty insofar as the spectators are concerned Is that it will be a lively bout from start to finish the betting in the pool rooms dropped a point last night resulting in an influx of nelson coin the price bad opened at 10 to 8 but belsons nelsons Nel sons backers held out for a bettor figure and when the price began dropping they still held out in the hope of a wider breach eventually however they began to cover the britt money at 10 to 7 and the indications are thai these will be the closing odds the box office reports an enormous sats of scabs scats considering tho time of year and the promoters expect that the records for attendance will be broken IF is believed that the money in the big pavilion will aggregate between and |
