The sun., 1898-12-28
CANS COT THE DECISION
The RaltimOrean BeStS Jack DAILY
at the LenOx Athletic
Club, New York.
COLORED BOXER A WONDER

and is Not Even Marked
During the Entire
Contest.
Special to The sun.
New York, Dec. PA big crowd col
lected in the Lenox A. G. in this city to.
night to see the Daly-Gans fight. And
to say that they saw one would be telling
no lie. At the end OF the 25th round
referee Charley White gave Joe Cans the
decision. The fight was hard one from
start to finish, DAILY fighting hard and
taking large amount of punishment.
Some thought that DAILY would not be
able to stand the gaff but he did and
fought clear up to the end like demon.
Cans had his man sized up pretty well
and Jack was unable to land effectually.
The odds before the contest were 100
to 70 on Cans and even some of Cans
admirers bet 2 to on him.
The men entered the ring at $50 p. m.
Dalys seconds were Sam Fitzpatrick,
Tony Stannard and George Lawler.
Cans seconds were Al. Herford, Jerry
Marshall and Jack McCue.
Both men weighed in under the limit.
Charley White called the men together
at g. 40 p. m. Both men were in ex-
cellent condition. They fought under
the Queensbury rules with clean break
at the word. The following is the fight
in detail.
First Round-They sized each other
up moment, then DAILY lands left,
Cans catching on the shoulder and dane
ing away; another left from DAILY was
stopped by Joe and he shot back his
own left to the ear. Jack put light
right on the head, Cans doing more
blocking. Joe drove his left to the
stomach and slapped the jaw lightly
with the same glove. Jack misses left
and right tries for the head. Cans
slapped the mouth with left, blocking
Jacks return sparring to the end. Both
very cautious.
Second Round-Jack's short on a
double lead and again on chop with
left. Joe feipts with left, then brings the
right around heavily on the jaw, floor
ing DAILY. After a lot of dancing they
rush to cinch and swing half arm
blows on the head. After the break
Cans rips the left on the wind, throwing
off Daly's returns. Joe gets away from
Daly's left on the stomach, but catches
a left chop on the face. Jack mashes
his left and backs into left uppercut
from Cans, catching it on the chin.
Third Round-Daly short with his
left: then he reaches swinging left and
right, but Cans was not there. Another
rush with like result and Joe smashes
the mouth with left Cans crowds DAILY
around the ring, blocking two left drives
for the head, but his own swings 60 wild
by means of Daly's good foot work, Cans
landing on the eye with left. Then he
swings lett to the jaw and they mix it,
with honors in Cans favor. After the
break Cans touches the eye twice with
left and they spar to the close.
Fourth Round-Joe's left goes to the
chest and then to the wind. DAILY rushes
and swings for the head. but Cans does
some pretty blocking. Joe shoots left to
the stomach, following with a jab on the
nose. Jacks rushes 90 not yield him
anything, Cans standing up to it and
planting hard left on the jaw. DAILY
chops left on face, Cans coming back
with pile driver on the throat. Jack
puts right on ribs. Cans sends left to
neck and Daly's rush drives Cans to the
corner, but Joe's clever generalship saves
him from harm.
Fifth Round - Jacks chops short.
Joe swings left but misses, and he recov-
ers himself in time to avoid Jacks swing
for the head. Jack taps the face with
left, Joe's left finding the stomach. Jack
chops left on face and they clinch. Jack
puts right on ribs, Joe uppercutting with
right. Joe sends left to mouth and he
swings right to the ear. Joe smacks the
exchange with left and he drops the same
glove to the ribs. Clever sparring ekes
out the round.
Sixth Round-Jack's left drive barely
touches the chin. Then Daily chops left
on Joe and tries right uppercut, but
Joe steps in on it. Jack lands hard
chop on the jaw and they clinch. Joe
chokes soaker for the stomach and Jack
follows with another stiff left chop on
the jaw. Joe sprints out of reach on the
next rush and Jack sends left to wind,
his right going over Joe's head. Jack
tries a left for the head and Joe is back
with lightning rod hook on the jaw,
choking Jacks advance.
Seventh Round-Daly opens with
left chop and right swing. Joe ducks
under both. Daly's left grazes the cheek
and Joe works his right to the ear. Cans
shoots left to the jaw and he drives it
to the stomach, DAILY answering with a
left uppercut. Cans almost doubles DAILY
with a left smash on the wind and Jack
missing a left swing. Cans s,nashes
with left following with left drive on
the stomach. At wrestling Cans is
thrown. He rises quickly and spars the
round out.
Eighth Round-Joe fails to land his
left after two trials and Jack swings
dangerous left for the head, which Joe
barely got away from. jacks left tries
for the wind and then for the head are
blocked and Joe ducks under a pivot
blow. Light sparring and clinch on
Daly's left lead. Jack chops left on face,
Cans coming back with left on mouth.
DAILY plants a right over the heart and
they swap lefts on the face at the finish.
Ninth Round-Joe pushes left to chin
and hammers the ribs with right He
blocks left and right leads from DAILY,
and hugs him as Jack tries to plant left
on mouth. Daly's right is short for the
wind but he chops left on face, and Cans
ducks handsomely out of reach of three
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