Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-28
THE PUGlLIs1s. J CANS POUNDS
 RUFF TURNER
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Pnlladelphla, Marcn 2S.-JOe GanS made his first appearance in the ring in several months when he met Rufe Turner, colored, of Denver, before the Washington Sporting club, this city, last night. The bout was for six rounds and attracted big crowd. AL though the contest lasted the journey, it was apparent that the lightweight champion was Turner's master. He fought in his old time form, delivering enough hard blows to subdue two or dinary men.
 However, he failed to knock Turner out, although he had him going sev- eral times. At one stage during the bout Turner dropped to the floor to avoid the champions heavy blows. In the first four rounds Cans reserved his strength for deciding punch: He succeeded only in making Turner weak, the latters gameness alone keep ing him on his feet. The attendance seat in the house being sold at 8:3O o'clock.
 Cans had in his corner Al Herford, Young Peter Jackson and Kid How ard. Turner's seconds were Fred Blackburn, Jack Blackburn and Bill Smith. They agreed to break clean at the order of the referee Turner start ed off conspieuously. putting four straight lefts on the face and a light one on the chest. Cans hooked left on the face and receiving a return on the ear.
 After missing, Cans caught Turner straight left in the wind. Cans took the initiative, but could not connect in the second. He swung for the head, but received two lefts on the face in return. Cans was wild in his delivery, but Turner's aim was true and he poked at Gans's visage to his hearts content. Cans. though, bored in and with hard right on the jaw sent Tur- ner to the ropes. Turner evened this punch up by sending home hard left into the wind.
 He appeared to advantage in this round. At the beginning of the third round Turner planted left on Gans's face, but Joe retaliated with three left swings on the jaw. A mix-up fol- lowed, in which both landed hard. At this stage Cans commenced to fight viciously. letting out swing after swing. The blows came so fast that Turner dropped to the floor to avoid punishment. This round, was GaDSS
 Cans appeared to have his man sized up in the fourth, and scored many telling blows. He hooked both right and left, but although he con- nected with his opponents jaw. the blows were too high to cause Turner any distress. Cans rushed and had Turner bleeding from the nose with left jab. He also had Turner stagger- ing from two right smashes on the face, and sent him reeling to the ropes with right swing at the bell. Cans was at his best in this round.
 Cans kept his advantage in the fifth. Although Turner landed the left. his punches seemed to lack steam. Cans, however, made his blows tell and made Turner hug repeatedly. Cans planted three heavy rights in the wind just be- fore this round ended.
 Turner showed some fight at the out set of the sixth. but Cans sailed in and with straight jabs caused Rufe to embrace. Cans swung in lefts and right to the face and hooked a right to the chin. Toward the end of the round Turner found Cans for couple of stiff smashes, but failed to do any damage. Cans easily had the better Of the rO,nd- as-s sEnt