The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-30

JSnliCS. WIZ Cdillc " Odu
Francisco this week, thinks Cans
will beat Nelson. :,
IF they fight on the square,"
said JEFF. lit will be like a clean T:
limbed thoroughbred racing agin'
dray horse. and the racer will {:
win. Cans is the thoroughbred" /:
Jeffries intimated that he might /:
be induced to enter the ring again /:
if the financial considerations /:
were sufficient
Goldfield has now put into commits
sion sporting paper devoted entirely
to news of the great fight which is to
be held on Labor day. when Battling
Nelson and Joe Cans will pummel each
other to finish for the lightweight
championship of the world. The. name
of the paper is THE Nelson Cans
Sporting Bulletin" and is the first of
its kind ever gotten up. 1t contains
the daily news of the training of the
two fighters. besides all local matters
pertaining to the match.
The Sporting Bulletin is a very indie
pendent sheet. 1t is published as re-
suit of the enterprise of the promoters
of the big fight, and is supported by
the advertisements of the local mer-
chants. who are only too anxious to
he represented in such an important
daily paper. The latest issue contains
a full history of the Battler's record.
and an editorial statement Indignantly
denying the report of fake fight,
besides local notes. A front page lad"
admonishes the reader as follows:
Don't forget Cans headquarters at
the Merchants hotel, Columbia, where
visitors can see him train every after
noon up to the fight
Among the interesting information
which is impaired in the sheet is the
selection of George Siler as referee
and the fact that he had wired his
acceptance and set $500 and expenses
as the price of his services. The
Tonopah & Goldfield railroad is busy
laying sidetracks sufficient to accom-
modate 200 Pullmans, in preparation
for the horde of visitors who are ex-
pected to come here soon.
Cans has denied the report printed
in some of the papers that he declared
that he would knock Nelson out in two
rounds He says that he will bet his
$4,000 end Of the purse. or any part
of 1t. that If there is a knockout or a
knockdown in twenty rounds, he will
be the one left standing.
II will whip Nelson. no matter what
the number of rounds" added Cans.
Altitude has eliminated the question
of weight entirely from the fight. Cold
field is 5000 feet above the sea level,
and the climate has had an altogether
unexpected result on the weights of
both Cans and Nelson. Almost from
the moment they started training, the
figures kept going down. Cans had
not intended to make 1913 pounds until
the morning of Labor day. For that
reason he devoted his training hours
only to work that would strengthen
his muscles and leave him in first
class shape. When he suddenly made
1873 pounds few days ago he was
rather surprised.
Now, however. he has fallen still
more in avoirdupois. and only tips the
scales at 1921 pounds. The falling of
his weight has in nowise weakened
him. Nelson's training has been much
heavier than that of Cans. and was
calculated to reduce him to the re-
quired figures. Instead of 1873 pounds,
however, Nelson now weighs 1907
pounds, and the prospects are that he
will not gain weight if he continues to
train.
These changes have set an entirely
different state of affairs before the
sports. Neither Cans nor Nelson had
forseen the effect of the dry air at
this altitude and both conducted their
training along lines that would only
nave been correct on the ocean level.
Both men have found that the altitude
has done for them. without effort and
without ill-effect, what it usually takes
weeks OF training to do. They have
lost the extra pound of flesh without
knowing it. Everybody does that that
goes there. There is nominal differ
ence of two or three pounds in the
same man between Frisco and Cold
field. The ordinary man who goes to
Goldfield will lose ten or fifteen
pounds. and won't know it unless he
happens to weigh.
The fighters had very little to lose,
but what they had went before they
discovered it. AS a result. both men
have taken day off and rested from
the hard work, only taking the lighter
exercises and the road work for their
wind. They will keep this up, with
such notifications as they deem neces-
sary.
Nelson went out for his walk yester-
day morning and rounded up at the
swimming baths, but did no hard work.
He doesn't need it," said Young
Kid Mccoy, his trainer. He's as fit
as fiddle now, and could do any dis
lance. Nelson is the sort of a man
that is always in trim He is husky
and takes to his work like sliding
down hill. do not think the fight
should last more than ten or fifteen
rounds, and I think Nelson will nut It
all over the negro. I've seen Cans
fight, and can't see where he has
any edge to go on in a fight with a
man like Nelson"
Nelson rode back from the baths on
a gayly dressed burro. and in the af-
ternoon took few rounds in the train
ing quarters with, Clifford and Lundie,
and the work was as rough as usual.
After his easy day of Thursday Cans
did a hard days work yesterday, be-
ginning with his ten miles of the
road in the morning, and ending with
q sixty stunt in the gym
In the afternoon. There was the usual
crowd present, and among them sew
eral women. The Baltimore black
was feeling tip top, and the way he