Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-20
THE PUGILISTS.
hoe Grim Withstands Another
 Hard Battle.

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 Philadelphia, oct 2o.-4-Joe Grim, the
 Italian, who is kfown to the followers bf the prize ring as the iron man.
 bucceeded again last night 1n stavlng Spff another champion i'll a sA-foune
 bout His opponent was lightweight champion Joe Cans, and the pair met before the Washington Sporting clup.
 Srim's previous fight was with BOD Eitzsimmons, who failed to supdue him and his friends backed him to ktay the limit with the Wonderful negro. Although the affair was at catchweights. Gans's blows were de- Aivered with apparently more power khan Fitzsimmons's for the Italian Ewinced every time he was hit. Cans Showing was a revelation. He nooreu
 Grim more times than Lanky Bop dld. sTt seemed to good judges that had the conbat continued Grim would certain 3ly have been effectually put to sleep. Nearly 4,000 persons were in the Dulld- Ing when the stellar event began. zsans was in fine condition and his ap- apearance indicated that he had trained Faithfully for the fray. The Italian
 %as also in trim, and did not show. many traces of his recent battle with Bob Fitzsimmons, in which he re- sce!Sed so much punishment. Before s&hAy shook hands Grim announced that he was prepared to bet $500 that he 9did not scale five pounds more than |the negro, although it was apparent to |everyone that he tipped the beam at l154 pounds. Cans gave his weight as .14o pounds They did not lose any stime coming together. Cans swung sThree successive lefts. All of them Handed on the jaw, but Grim only laughed A second later Cans caught Grim on the chin and the latter stag |gered. He came back willingly and |<here was a mix-up. Cans was care |$ul and with a well timed right put BGrfm down for the count just as the bell sounded. The second round was |extremely lively. Grim was not afraid land came close to Cans, who went for the stomach. As they exchanged lefts Grim grew groggy from punch on |fhe mouth He was dropped with a fright over the mouth, but arose and fought back with a good deal of vim. Grim came up. for the third deter mined. He made two rushes, swinging both hands as he came forward. Cans eleverly avoided him by blocking. Grim tried for the body but Cans
 sidestepped out of harms way. Then IfGans began to fight vicfously. After feinting with the left, he sent home a right uppercut. The blow landed on the jaw and Grim went down. He stayed there eight seconds and arose |unsteadily. When he regained his feet he was doored again with a sim liar punch. It looked as if 1t was ''all day. for the plucky foreigner. but he rame back full of fight and mixed it mp until the bell sounded. Grim was factive in the fourth. He tried to pun fish his man by fighting wildly. He swung the right and nailed Cans un- der the heart with sufficient force to jar the negro. Cans was nettled and Nrushed. Cans pounded away with
 both hands and knocked Grim down
 twice. The gong undoubtedly saved Grim, who was very badly used up. Grim toed the mark surprisingly fresh for the fifth. Cans shot. out the left. It landed on Grin1's head and the lat ter staggered to the ropes. Grim then made wild swing and Cans reached him twice with hard right uppercut. Grim went dowh again toored with a severe right hook on the jaw. Cans was furious and worked both right and
 left He inflicted lot of punishment and sent Grim to the boards twice
 more. When he got up he doundered
 all over the ring. Near the close Grim was capsized again and was fighting 1 hard when the bell changed Cans
 made a vigorous effort to finish Grim
 in the sixth. He tried jabbing tactics.
 This did more harm seemingly than
 swings, for it cut Grim up about the
 face. Grim hugged at every opportun, 'ity. He was there to stay and utilized
 all his waning strength, too. Cans
 was bit tired. but kept at his work
 neroically Grim was knocked down
 a couple of times before hostilities
 were over. but it was evident that he
 could not have lasted. much longer un-
 der the pounding he received. Al
 though there was no decision, Cans
 had all the better of the going from
 the start When the bout was over
 both men were cheered.
 Chicago. Oct 19.-James J. Jeffries,
 champion heavyweight pugllist, is
 stopping here, on his way east. Jeff
 is going to New York to consider sev-
 eral theatrical offers. Tn an interview
 he said: "I have heard a lot about a
 fellow named AIunroe who wants to
 get battle with me. He's .chesty'
 because I failed to put him out in four
 rounds. You couldn't drag him into
 a ring with me now. I would put him
 out in quick order if the opportunity
 offered He isn't looking for any of
 my game. As for Fitz. he's the best
 middleweight in the business and will
 double them all up as fast as thev
 come along. He'll turn the trick with Gardner. too.' Jeff says he is ready to
 take on any first class heavyweight : ufflen called mp, but says he is entitled
 t09a rest. He bars negroes, however,
 and says that if he is to be licked he
 wants white man to do it.
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