The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-01
CANS KNOCKS OUT HANDLER.
SHORT BATTLE BETWEEN TIE
TWO LIGHTgE FIGHTS.
Colored Puxiiist Lands Heavy nic~s and
Fioors the Newark Man In the First
Round Trouble over wcSiiing tn
Big Crowd SECS Fight NJ Trenton.

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TRENTON. sept. 10 Joe Cans, the crack
colored lightweight pugilist Of Baltimore
found Il comparatively easy Ia defeat
Joo Handler Of Newark at tho Trenton
Athletic Club. this city. tonight. Tbc
end cafuc In the first round. and wa 80
decisi We and c!ean-cu that the larg e crowd
was amazed. Good Judges Of pugilism
argued that the bout. which was for twenty
rounds. would NJ least last half the limit
In view Il Handlers clever performance
of bate he vas expected Co make a good
fight, and his poor showing was deploned
by his friends. who lost heavily On his
defeat Cans put up a mastery exhibition.
II" was cool-heaicd aud -kiliIl, and every
ou. Of his blows landed The end came
so UNEXPECTEDLY that even Handlers sec
onds could not realize his downfall NJ
HEREFORD and "A number Of his Baltimore
friends. who attended the mill. won heavily
on Cans Handler said after the struggle
that his fight tonight was not "A genuine
test. he declares he lost through sheer
careiessness
Tho capacity 81 the club was almost
tested when ths first preliminary was put
on. The fact that the club raised the
prices for this seemed TO he no
barrier Ia the sports. They anne In droves
from Philadelphia. Newark. Baltimore,
Wellington and other nearby cities.
Cans was the choice la the betting at 10
to y
Cans and Handler arrive In town early
this morning. They re-tcd until weighing
in time. y O'Clock In the afternoon. The
articles called Tor twenty rounds at 1885
pounds. Handler was at the clubhouse
promptly m time 10 weigh, but Cans failsd
10 m~a,orialize. Handler, after tipping
the beam at the correct scale. demanded
his forfeit 81 t2uO. Al Hereford. repre-
senting Cans. refused 10 yield, stating
that be- hal until $50 O'Clock In which "a
weigh Stone would not arC~'pt this procedure
and still held out for the forrest, Finally,
after a couple Of houns Of kicking. they
compromised and aSr,.sd to let the matter
rest for ina decisiun with Al Smith or any
other well-knoNn New York sport.
The opening bout brought together
Jack Lansing IL Camden and jimmy drog-
gan Of Perth Amboy They fought ten
rounds at li2 pounds. Bert Crow hurst
Of Philadelphia. who IL the clubs official
referee. Judged the contest lansing, who
had an effective left. went after hts oppo-
nent and pounded away at Groggans body
and face until the latter wiuced Ia the
fifth round Lansing had the Perth Amhoy
youth all but out. In the sixth
round Groggan was again In trouble.
Lansing VA too lnliA'tlpuS all Ab7A
several good chances la score a deciding
blow Ia the seventh and eighth rounds
Groggan pulled himself together and re-
turned his rivals punches with interest.
Lansing was the aggrc-sor In the ninth,
but his blows apparently nd not seem to
distress GrOggan, VIII invariably came
back for more. Lansing smashesi away
relentls~-ly az Gruggan'- wind and stoin-
ach Ia the final round and the sound of the
gong saved Groggan from being knocAed
out. Lansing got the decision.
While Cans and Handler were getting
ready speculation On the result becam"
lively. On the strength ~ his recent per
formanc-s in the ring and the TACT that he
has whippsi such ~ mid able p~ugilists ~
Spike sullivan. Md Thomas. Tommy tleaLy
and Billy Moore of ~. Louis, Handlers
friends were quite conspicuous and re-
peaiedly showed the color 81 their money.
In spite 81 this the Baltimore man ruled
favoTite n 100 To ~.
Gans was the first 90 enter the ring He
stripped In excellent condition though his
face seemed n trihe drawn Handel soon
followed He also looked IN perfect trim.
Cans had In HE corner his manager, Al
HEREFORD. Young Peter Jackson and Jack
Hanlon Handler was booked after by
Joe Hurst Of Philadelphia, Hugh Boyle
81 Hobok.n and Young Coxev Of Paterson.
Both wore handages Marquis Of Qusens-
berry rules prevailed Eddie Holland 81
Philadelphia was Gans's ttmekeeTer. while
jim MAY iflu lnf WINCH ~ iiai'A'A
George Cartridge looked out for the club
time HEREFORD announced iefOre the light
began that he was ready to match Young
Peter jackson against either jos, WalCott
or Charley Mckeever Of Philadelphia at
the weller weight limit.
Cans and Handler shook hands AZ 10
O'Clock. They hddied for d few moments.
Handle wa trying to Jab, but Cans easily
avoided him by moving To the rut-~ and
ducking. After morn s'Hrrng. Hand-
ler's short-arm lead for %" wind failed.
Handler rushed, and az be did 80 Cans
hooked him with the left on tho jaw and
dropped him Cans was cautious and
would not follow his advantage. Handler
wds a. Wild A. "A hawk and was
put down once more. He was very
groggy when he rrFsined his pins and
wa barely able to defend himself. Hand
ler was clpsiz-d again with a short swing
on tho chin lie did not take the count,
but arose quickly Cans then rushed, and
planting the left cleanly on th" vital I"iui
sent the Newark fighter down again Hand
Ter Just got To his knees and staggered to-
ward the ropes lie topplrd TO the boards
and was then countcd cut. The time OF
the round was J minutes