Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17
Joe Cans Is the Victor After -Four
Rounds Of Fighting,
KNOCKOUT CANE QUICKLY.
Referee sIIcr Accused OF Counting
Too Past-At First Parker was Nery"
Gus aud SPARED Cautiously

Denver. Colo, Nov, l6.-Joe Cans Of
Baltimore Knocked out 'Kld' Parker
OF Denver IN the fourth round Of what
was TO have been ten-round go be-
fore the Colorado Athletic association
here tonight a sharp right hook land
ed under Parkers left ear finished the
battle and was placed 80 quickly that
the spectators could not realize that
Parker had been hit lie seemed 10
have been seized with an attack OF
blind staggers, and after being count
ed ont he arose 20 his feet slowly and
grooped his way around the ring until
one OF his seconds lifted MIN In his
arms and carried him 20 his corner.
After he had recovered sufficiently To
move about uuassisted. he inquired OF
Referee George Silcr u he had been
counted out and was with difficulty
convinced Of the truth. parker's man
ager and chief, second. Billy Edwards,
asserted that Sler had counted un-
| usually fast, and that In reality but
six seconds Of time had elapsed when
Siler declared Parker out and awarded
the contest TO Cans, The men weighed
In this afternoon at o'clock, Parker
| dipping the beam AT 1924 pounds ana
Cans az 1884, Both men looked IN
good condition, though Parker APP
peared "a little too finely trained
PARKER FLOORED TWICE.
At first Parker appeared nervous and
/ spared cautiously Cans tried 10 draw
/ him out and sent him 10 the moor
taFlna .ura with "a ufrtghf laff the
law and again with a left swing to
/ the same place. In the second round
! Cans waited and Parker tried several
/ swings which were neatly blocked
/ Parker then smashed his right into
/ Joe's body several times and got right
/ and left swings % the head, This sue
| cess gave him courage. and he rushed
| Joe, who uppcr-cut him hard on the
| Jaw as they ClinChed There was sharp
| mitigating, followed by clinohes, Par
/ ker complaining 20 the referee that Joe
was holding him.
! kid" MAKES JOE VINCE.
Parker started on In the third by
| swinging hard on Joe's head with his
| right, and Cans split the "Kid's"ear
| with a vigorous left swing Joe swung
/ right and left 20 Parkers head as they
/ worked towards the latters corner.
Joe then upper-cut Parker on the
| stomach and swung his right to the
| Kids" ear Parker tried 20 clinch and
received a hard right upper-cut on the
! Jaw. In a mix Cans landed right and
left on body, and Parker countered
hard over heart, which made Joe Vince.
Parker put his right hard TO Joe's Jaw
as they broke from a clnch.
LIVELY EXCHANGE OF BLOWS
Joe returned the compliment and both
landed hard over each others heart az
the gong sounded, Cans began the
fourth with a right over the heart, fol-
lowing II Up with a left hook 20 the
Jaw and a right swing 10 the head
A light left 10 forehead and right "a
head by Cans and a hard left by Par
ker TO Cans stomach followed Cans
put his left 10 the KIDS head and
rlgth 10 body and blocked a terrific
left aimed at the Jaw There was an
exchange Of body blows and Parker
swung right 10 shoulder Cans coun-
tering on body. Joe then swung his
right 10 the KIDS head and Parker
put two hard rights on the jaw, which
made Joe cautious.
THE KNOCK OUT BLOW,
They mixed It up, neither appearing
much damaged, and were sparring for
an opening when Joe hooked his right
under the KIDS ear, putting him
down and out. The blow was sent In so
quickly that few besides Referee sieI
knew what had happened to the kid,
and there ere inquiries from all sides
as to what was the matter with Par
ker, many thinking that he had been
overcome By vertigo.