The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

this coast, will leave for the scene of
the fight tomorrow night. He inti-
mates that it is possible no pictures
WILDE taken, although it has been an
nounced that Miles Bros. have made all
arrangements for them. Selig has re-
ceived word from Cans that he is with
in easy reach of the required weight.
and that he can dry out sufficiently to
make it at any time. 1t is difficult to
make persons interested in boxing un-
derstand that Cans walks around when
out of training weighing about 1856
pounds. The impression is allowed to
go abroad that he Is welterweight
and this always creates a lot of talk
when he has to go In at the lightweight
limit According to all the stories sent
down from Tonopah. he is not holding
Herman lightly, but is training as hard
as If he had to meet Jeffries.
Neither of the boxers has commenced
to taper off in his work yet, both of
them putting in q hard day In their
gymnasiums yesterday. Cans boxed
fifteen fast rounds with Kid Sims, his
speedy featherweight boxing partner.
and with Lew Powell Among his
guests were Miss Constance Crawley,
the actress, and the members of her
company Cans is to witness their per-
formance of "The Tanning Of the Shrew''
tomorrow night Miss Crawley has ar
ranged to witness the training work of
Herman today, and also expects to see
the fight. Hermans brother, after see
ing him train. said that he seemed fast
er and stronger than he had ever seen
him. He looks for the kid" to win In
twenty rounds. as he does not think
that Cans can stand his rushes and in
fighting. How he reaches this con-
clusion is hard to see. as Cans has been
able to stand off Joe Walcott and other
noted rushers
Manager Jim Coffroth. representing
the fight trust has applied to the police
committee of the Board of Supervisors
for a special permit for a fight to be
held in January. The trust goes out
of existence officially with the pass
ing of this month, but the members
are out nearly $500 expense money
on the contest they failed to promote
this month They brought Willie Fitz-
gerald across the continent to fight
Jimmy Britt, and when that bout failed
they sent to Ogden for Cyclone Thomp-
son. He arrived too late to be avail
able for the date. AS both the boxers
are on the ground and the match is
promising one from spectators
point of view there is a general desire
to see it held.
There is precedent for the issuance
of a special permit, so the promoters
are hopeful that their application will
be acted upon favorably. If it is, the
bout will be put on at Dreamland Pa
vilion on January 49,
From present appearances Jack
Johnson the colored heavyweight boxer
will be the first man to put the cham
pionship aspirations of Bill Squires, the
Aus tralian to the test. Johnson, accom-
panied by A. A. Mclean, his manager
will sail for the antipodes tomorrow
on the Oceanic Companys liner Sonoma
for Sydney. The colored boxer has
been guaranteed two fights by the Ma
tional Sporting Club of the latter city
Johnson is sure that one of his op-
ponents will be Peter Felix. colored
man, and expects the other will be
Squires. His contract with the club
reads that he is to meet any two men
the club officials may select. If Squires
is pitted against Johnson it will give
a good line on his ability, as Johnson's
skill as a boxer is well known here
If Johnson is successful in his boxing
pilgrimage to the southern seas he will
return here and endeavor to force JEFF
fries to give him match. He will
want to go down the line with all the
heavyweights. Jack O'Brien was the
first to get into line. as he promised t1
meet Johnson il the latter wins in
Australia.
Manager MacLean who knows
Squires, says he is built on the same
lines as Tom Sharkey. He weighs
about 100 pounds and is about % years
of age. Jack Cox, an Australian friend
of Squires, is authority for the state.
ment that Squires will not meet JET.
fries.