The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-19
FIGHT GIVEN CANS
LEONARD WHIPPED AT SAN FRAN
CISCO BY THE CLEVER
COLORED BOY.
JEFFRIES ALSO A WINNER.
BAKER DUCKED VERY CLEvERLY
AND LASTED OUT, NINE
ROUNDS.
CARNIVAL NOT A GREAT SUCCESS.
Leonard Violated All the Prize Ring
Rules I'm Insulting His Duslky
Opponent.
JEFFRIEs ALSO A WINNER.
CARNIVAL NOT A GREAT SUCCESS

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 18.-
The much-advertised boxing carni
val" under the auspices Of the Olympic
Athletic club, which recently withdrew
from the American Amateur Athletic
union, to enable it's management to
go into the prize fighting business for
revenue. was not the success confident
ly predicted. The club, which claims to
be the only pure" athletic club on the
coast, counted on the support Of it's
1000 or more members to lend their
patronage to. its enterprise, but in this
it was disappointed. 1t had been re-
peatedly announced that nothing but a
square and gentlemanly contest would
be allowed; that the men had been
tried out" and found "to be in per-
ments of the agreement" and yet at
the very beginning one Of the men
advertised as a star contestant,
brought on from New York, weighed
upon.
Notwithstanding this big advantage
of Leonard over Cans, the colored boy
agreed to go on with the fight. When
the men were called to the center Of
the ring for the customary handshake,
as an earnest of the absence of all ill
feeling in their coming bout, Leonard
violated all rules and ethics of the
prize ring and deliberately spat in his
opponents face. There was an angry
demonstration from the crowd, which
did not subside for a minute, but Cans
kept cool and seemed satisfied to await
his opportunity for wiping out the in
suit The fight then began with both
men sparring cautiously. Cans took
the lead from the start and despite the
deliberate fouls Of his opponent, kept
his head all through several times
having his man going when the gong
announced the end Of round. The
fight was good and fast to the end
and the referee properly gave the deci-
sion to Cans
In the bantam weight contest, when
was the opening event, Lawler was
given the decision over Reilly in the
first round. When the twenty-round
bout between Joe Cans, of Baltimore.
and Mike Leonard was called, the lat
ter declared overweight and, although
all bets were declared off, Cans de-
clared his readiness to fight and the
men went on. During the first few
rounds Leonard used his overweight
unfairly, fighting roughly and some
what foul with considerable clinching.
Cans held his own with much aggres-
sive work and in the ninth round set
a pace which proved too fast for
Leonard. In the tenth and eleventh
rounds Cans fought Leonard all over
the ring and had him going when the
gong sounded. In the twelfth Leon
ARDS ten pounds overweight told in
his favor. The crowd called to Cans
to claim a foul which had been, pre-
viously committed by Leonard, but
the colored slad kept on fighting.
men were weak and fighting cautiously with
Cans in the lead, but lacking the strength
to put his man out. At the end of the
twentieth round the referee declared Cans the
winner.
When the men stood up for the next event.
Jefries looked to be in much the better con-
dition. The fight began with Jeffries ag-
and tried with right. but Baker ducked clev-
erly, keeping out Of the way of the big fell
low In the second round Jefres landed
a hard left on Bakers wind. Baker retaliating
with right on the neck. Jehfries clinched
and struck in the clinch, for which he was
hissed. Jeffries tried with his left, but
Baker ducked and cHnched: Jeffries struck
in the break and was again Missed by the
crowd. The third round was entirely in
Jeffries' favor The big fellow forced Baker
about the ring, trying hard to land a knock
out blow, but the Chicago man was too spry
for him and cleverly eluded his rushes.
In the fourth round Baker started in to
rush and did not give the Californian any
rest, striking out with both right and left for
the body. This round was in favor of Baker
In the fifth round Baker landed several severe
punches over Jeffries heart, who also landed
a couple of stiff lefts on the Chicago mans
face. The round was in Bakers favor. In
the sixth round Jeffries went at Baker, fore
ing him to the ropes, and landed some terrific
left handed jolts on the jaw. Both men
struck In the breakaway and the crowd cried
foul, but the referee said that the men had
agreed to strike while in the cinch and
therefore, no foul had been committed.
The seventh was anybody's round, both do
ing lot Of running around, Jeffries trying
with his left for Bakers wind with very good
success The eighth was a hot round from
the beginning. Jeffries landed with his left
on the jaw and Baker went down, taking
five seconds to arise He came up weak, and
Jeffries rushed him to the ropes and landed
hard left and right on the jaw. Baker again
went down and took the limit Of nine seconds
Jeffries went at his man, but Baker clinched
to avoid punishment. In the breakaway JEFF
fries landed a terrific left on his opponents
jaw, and the crowd cried foul, but 1t was not
claimed by Baker. Jeffries came up strong
and smiling for the last. while Baker rose
very leisurely. Jeffries walked up to his op-
ponent, and, after couple Of leads landed
terrific left swing sQuarely on Bakers jaw.
knocking him under the ropes. where he wass
counted out by the referee.