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BE FAIR TO WHITEEnglish Fighter Should Be Accorded Fair Treatment.It Is too bad that a spirit of such un-eatment should be exhibited byirtbcomlnff Jabti White-James I Edward Britt t wenty-roifnd go. j scheduled for the Toaemlte Athleticclub In San Francisco on the night ofApril 25. The men are to weigh In at 123 potinds at 3 o'clock on the day of the contest.The light U for the light-weightchampionship of the world. It Is true that many would like to see a return match between Nelson and Britt, but now that the Englishman has Journeyed across the pond and then across the continent, it would be the essence of unsportsraanshlp to turn him |down. iFurthermore. White has a good ' show. Sporting writers of high stand- | lng who get their-dope*’ first-handed, by direct Interview and observaace of the man himself, say he certainly has more than a look-in.Harry Beecher of the New YorkAmerican. Robert Edgren of the NowYork Evening World, and Dan Smith ; of the New York Herald, have seen theEnglishman In action and all say he I will give a good account of himself, j These men have been at every ring battle of prominence for years, and Edgren in his athletic tour of Europe visited White aiid observed him at the National Sporting club in London.Britt may -beat him. but it will be no fiasco. White Is two-handed, and haa footwork down to a science. He Is a gamester, aggressive and determined, and Will give the people a run for their money. He Is manly and a thorough sportsman. Now that he is here, and the match made, he Is entitled to the fair treatment that all American sporting men will extend to him.The picayune writers who depend solely for their “dope** on the shears and the paatepot and “knock because they think they are handing out something different, should not and are not taken seriously by the sporting public.The men will box straight Queens-berry rules. They will receive 50 per cent of the gross receipts, and of this. CO per cent goes to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser. Britt will train at his old stamping grounds at Harbin Springs, while White and the Mitchelloutfit will pitch camp at Larkspur. InMarin county.it* fight will not be a farce. White , Is too much of a sportsman for that. If he loses It will be only after a hard-fought battle. As he has come a long way for a fight, he Is entitled to good treatment. White has done much for the game. He Is rich, the owner of a publMBbouse. “The Fox and Hare,*' neat Birsrragham. Is generous to a fault, a thorough sportsman in every way, and is entlued to a chance to show his mettle without the backbiting of petty writers “knocking Just because he la an Englishman.When Jim Corbett went abroad he was accorded the welcome of a Prince. Why should White be knocked'* for spending his own money and endeavoring to wrest Britt** title away from fctent■porting writers in * knocking
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Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Thu, Mar 30, 1905
Page 7
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