Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-16
THE PUGILISTs.
JOE CANS
CLOSE CALL
Mike Twin Sullivan Gave
Him a Good Thrashing,
But ALI He Got Was a
Draw While the Crowd
DiSsented.

Draw Wnlle tue GTOWu
Dissented.
Joe Cans had close call in his
battle with Mike Twin Sullivan, in
Baltimore last night as the following
account of the fight will show:
Round One: Cans was first to lead
with left jab to the body. Sullivan
slipped in getting back and fell. Sui
Ivan led short left. Cans led left
short and missed right swing, clinch-
ing. Sullivan led right and left jabs
to stomach. Sullivan swung left
short and landed right light to head.
| Sullivan reached short left to face.
Cans planted right to body. Cans
| left swing was short. Sullivan right
uppercut to face. Sullivan chopped
blow to the head with both arms
Both men apparently trying to size
each other up. Extreme caution mark
ed the round. Cans did not show his
! former cleverness in blocking.
Round Two: Cans got away from
a left to the jaw. Sullivan failed with
left again. Cans reached lightly to
the body. Sullivan came back with
left to face. Sullivan led short left. !
| Both men fiddled and crowd yelled,
"Take them off" Cans right hook
went to Sulllvan's face and Sullivan
led with right, but missed. Cans
landed a hard left to face. Sullivan
| short, with jab for face. Sullivan
| led left and fierce mix-up followed,
| with right and left to- body of each.
| Sullivan swung hard with left and
right. missed and fell. He was up
again in a moment and led with left
| and right to body, which were block
ed and the men were clinched as the
bell rang.
Round Three: Sullivan led left
short. Sullivan light left jab to face.
Cans missed right jab. Sullivan
countered to the face and In general
mix-up neither was hurt. Cans lands
heavy right hook to face. Sullivan
hugs Cans with left and short-arm
jabs with right Cans uppercuts with
left to face. Cans short with right
and sent left to face. Sullivan PUSHES
Cans back over the ring, failing to
land. Sullivan missed right swing
for head. Cans counters with straight
right to head. First heavy blow OF
the bout as bell rang. Round slightly
Cans. -,
Round Four: Sullivan's left short.
Cans gets away from left to wind.
Clinch and struggle neither landing.
Cans failed with left swings. Sulli-
van reaches left to face in clinch. Sui
Ivan reached body with right and
covered left to face. Sullivan short
arm with left jab to body. Sullivan
landed right to head Cans lands left
lab to face. SulIivan's right covered
body. Sullivan right to body and
Cans left to face as bell rang. Hon.
ors about even and no damage done.
Round Five: Sullivan's neck is very
red where Cans. gloves had rubbed.
Sullivan missed right jab for body.
Sullivan lands right hook to face.
Cans cleverly ducks left to head. Sui
Ivan sends left to wind and another.
Cans lands light to face Clinch. Sui
Hvan fans left to face and they clineh
and exchange rights and lefts. Cans
= misses left but lands right swing to
face Sullivan lands two right jabs
0 10 face and gets hard left on body
Q sron, cans. sullivan light left to
: saca and they exchange lefts and
riobts 10 body. Clinch. Cans gets in
g three hard right and left swings 20
!. face. He had Sullivan going pul lle
gong saved him. Round ended strohs-
ly in Cans favor.
: Round Six: Cans shoulder is raw.
sullivan is strong again but very eau
n tious. They fiddle and Cans sno0ls
8 short right chop to shoulder. SUM- /,
; van sends two left hooks TO race anu
e right uppercut to jaw. Chnch. oui.
Ivan sends right hook to body. uahs
A reaches face slightly with right .a ,,l
sulliya; gets left to face: Iney nuale
again and Cans chops left on snouluss
and sends hard right to sullivan !
heart, staggering him. Sullivan ss ~.
right swing to face. Cans olocAs Igi'
for body but gets short arm Jao wiz
left. Sullivan led right ana iett Dare
c Iy touching Cans as he got away.
], Roll Round was tame out sullivan
e had slightly the better OF IL.
4 Round Seven: Sullivan lands leIt ~ -
. bodv and reaches side OF head wiz
!. rIobt Clinch. Cans whipped leIt -
! face Cans leads. right short 10 Iace
sullivan gets in left and right 10 race
E cans swings wild right and leit. -,
9 changed. and then Cans blocker rl ~,
Z iab and Sullivan missed LETT jap. sul ,
d iIvan landed left in wind. cans sol
q away from hard left and right 20 iaee
snd elinehed. Cans lands Ight c
law as gong sounds. Little doing II
q Ronnd Eight: Sullivan led left ans
n a series OF right and left hand Jazz
n hv each of the men followed: Gan
D. shoots hard right to chin tnroWlhs
:. suIIivan's head back. Cans snoot'
: ano4ber hard right jab to face SUN
= van qets in light left to body. 1ahi
q senas hard left to face and follows u
With 4 right to shoulder. Cans nat
It r,ght swing 10 face and then reaehes
T, iast n face. They clinch and Sullivan
Is nnnches Cans chin with short-srii
a ,,,,r,s-rut sullivan fails on left ian
INIT IN clinch reaches right TO enlh
:. Pound was Cans. slightly faster thal
!. the others. -. -
y Round Nine: Sullivan led iCht tet
u a. bodv. sullivan led short left. tian
ID csne hack with hard right to side .
N neok Sullivan left to body. Clinef
,s plovrs exchanged on break right IN.
- Jeff each to face Sullivan short VI
left swing 10 body. Cans shot left 7
ba.sv folIowed hy right tab 70 body
snIl5van missed left jah and eiinehe.
70 cans isuds left swing to face and ~
r. ll,-su counters with right hook TO facf
q c1l1rh with infEhtinE. The crow
Z htsssz not liking the hitting n ciinsn
Round rather tame. neither M
= hrrfiuz himself