The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-01
Referees Decision AS
tOnishes the Spec
tatorS.

Gans-Walcott fight draw last night
in Woodward's Pavilion TO the sur
prise Of practically every spectator in
the house. There was a roar of disap-
prOvaI when the referee raised both
hands in the air signaling a draw The
tumult died away quickly and was fol-
lowed by an animated discussion. The
consensus Of opinion was that Cans
Outpointed waIcott, for fifteen of the
twenty desperate rounds fought by the
colored gladiators.
The referee justified his action by
saying that Cans had a slight lead,
but that he considered the aggressive
ness Of WalcOtt' balanced this and en-
titled him TO draw
After the fight Walcott claimed ne
injured his left forearm in the third
round and shat otherwise he would
have beaten. Cans When the arm
was examined at the Receiving Hos
pital by Dr. Miller the surgeon found
that the iigament of the. left arm had
been torn loose at the wrist. He says
il viii be many months before Walcott
viii be able 10 fight again.
Walcott hurt the arm some days
since in training Cans. blocked many
Of his desperate. swings with his ell
bow. and it was on one Of these occa-
si9ns that the injtry was. done.
FIGHT is SPECTACULAR.
The. bout was one of the most spec
tacular: ever seen here, the men show
ing boxing ability Of the highest order
and marked aggressiyeness. Cans. is a
consummate- ring general, never MAX
ing an unnecessary move and being a
marvel al blocking.
He landed countless blows on Wal
COTS jaw and head and body but
they seemed to have no effect on the
sawed-oh fighter. Once he caught WAL
=. cott a right uppercut. which lifted him
on his Uoes, but Walcott never lost
his balance, coming back fighting
Cans devoted all his attention in the
earlier rounds to WalcOtts head. but
later on switched to the body. He
reduced Walcott's hitting ability to a
minimum. by. never letting him get Set.
Thus the majority of the blows which
. NalcOtt. landed were sent from some
awkward angle and reducing the pun
ishing power. Cans judgment of dis
lance and of the timing of his blows
was. perfect. Several times he saw
blow would not reach the point for
which. il was: intended and he would
draw il back.
Just as the gong sounded the end Of
the sixteenth round, Cans started a
blow for WalcotC- AT the bell Referee
WEIGH stepped into range. He caught
the full force Of the blow on the jaw
and was completely dazed. for few
moments. 70 Cans took the accident
greatly 10 heart. Instead Of going to
his corner, he apOlogized to the ref
cree. explaining It was entirely unin-
. territorial and that he regretted it very
much. Cans went TO his corner, but
was so much upset by the accident
that he would not. sit down. He
walked across the ring and again. apol-
.oeized.: Some of. the spectators thought
possibly the -feferee had not fully. re-
covered from the effects of: this blow
when the time came for him to de-
clare which man was entitled to the
long end Of the; purse. -
WAECoTF SURPRISES CANS.
-. WaIc6tt's best blow Throughout the
=. fight was a right swing TO the kidneys.
r. He tried. this the first time in the
fourth round just as the men came to-
: getheE, and seemed 10 take Cans by
,: surprise. .walcott landed this repeat
-edly and while Cans WINGED at each
. blow il did 2ot seem to:reduce his ef-
p. fectiveness- Cans landed enough
straight rights on Walcott's jaw TO
Stop any other fighter IN the business.
.Wascott only shook his head and came
= back for more
Walcott Commenced forcing matters
in the first round. but Cans was right
on tor Of him all the time and landed
e by far the greater number of clean
blows. There was a smuggling match
near the end. Of the round and when
this ended Cans. staggered Walcott
with a right 70 the head. He also hit
him after the gong sounded. but it was
gnintentional. Cans was the first to
get into action. in the second round,
sending a right and left to the body
Walcott missed one wild swing that
would have done damage had il: land
:. ed. The second round also wound up
with a slugging match in which Cans
proved the. most effective. Cans walk
ed into a left in the jaw that tripped
him up somewhat in the third round.
: The fourth was the first round in
which WaIcott had, a lead. his. body
blows taking some Of the steam out
Of Cans: Cans landed a hard half arm
p. chop TO the jaw in the fifth round and
. got a hard right on the kidneys. Cans
sent his right to Walcott's jaw send
ing the latter.s head back, but he only
p laughed. Cans peppered -Walcott with
rights and lefts to the head in the
sixth roEnd. In the seventh Cans
kept Up a rapid fire at Walcott's head
and had him so muddIed. that he went
20 the wrong corner. This happened