Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-03
WHITE AND NEGRO
AWAIT HOUR OF
BITTER STRUGGLE
NELSON AND CANS WILL MEET TODAY
GOldfield Mining Camp Is Tense With Excitement
Which Precedes What Is Scheduled to Be
the Greatest Lightweight Battle in
History of the Ring

of any kind. He spent the morning
In bed and In the afternoon he strolled
about the hotel and chatted with his
friends. Cans seemed to be most con-
fident and outlined his plan of the
battle. He said:
Lots Of people have asked me what
I am going to do when Nelson bores in
all the time. They have warned me
that walking backwards is very tire
some on the legs. l have never yet
walked backward in a fight. l think
1 am something of a borer myself.
81 know that / can hit harder than
Nelson; l know that 1 am a better
boxer than Nelson and IL 1t comes to
an exchange of blows why should I re-
treat? l will be going to meet Nelson
as hard as he Is coming to meet me.
That means that we will be close to-
gether as long as the fight lasts.
when Mr.. Nelson commences slug
ging he will find that 1 am ready to
exchange blow for blow with him. I
know that l am faster than he and If
he tries that game the fight will prob
ably to over quicker than most people
anticipate. If 1 find that my blows
are not hard enough to knock him
down or knock hi mout, but are still
hurting MIN, of course l will do some
boxing and If at the end of fifteen
IOuIuS MI. lNtlSOIl Is Ill COuulllOll lO
do me any damage 1 will be greatly
surprised l admit that 1 will be a
little tired myself, but the man who
is being hit hard enough to hurt him
becomes more tired than the man who
does the hitting
Cans will not enter the arena until
noon on Monday, when he weighs in for
the first time. He said that he had
seen enough prize fight rings during
his career and he had no curiosity to
examine this one until the day of the
fight. When asked what he thought of
Nelson's propensity for butting, Cans
said that in all his fighting career he
had been butted only eight times. He
said that the buffers generally got the
worst of it. You see," he he said, 1--WE
colored people are noted as having
pretty hard heads and 1 reckon that
mine will stand just as much butting
as Mr.. Nelson's
Dr. ]. H. O'Connor, who examined
Cans this afternoon, said:
"An examination of Cans shows that
he has not lost any strength in reduc-
ing to the required weight"
1t is officially announced that Lar
ry'' Sullivan has been selected as an
nouncer for the fight
The men who will handle the fighters
have also been selected. In Cans
corner will be found Frank Mcdonald,
Jim Griffin, Bob Turner and Young
Sims.
Nelson will be guided by Billy Nolan,
Tim McGrath, Young Mccoy and
Johnnie Reid.
| Tonight there is a congested mass
of humanity. All day long people have
| been pouring into town from the sur
rounding camps and the rush still con-
tinues. Tents are being hastily thrown
up in aevery part of town and every eff
fort is being made to house the pros
spective spectators.
Thomas Rickard of the Goldfeld club
has kept in touch with the railroad
company all day and learns from them
! that the number of regular and specil
| trains enroute to Goldfield is much
greater than has been anticipated and
greater than has been anticipated.
"The officials of the railroad COM
| pany," said Rickard tonight "have in
| formed me that one entire special train
passed through Sparks, New, today
containing 316 people from Reno, New.
This train was made up at Reno early
in the morning and those on board are
from Reno. Five other specials, one
each from San Francisco, Oakland, Los
| Angeles, Chicago and st. Paul, are
| scheduled to arrive in Goldfield be-
tween midnight and o'clock tomorrow
| morning, but they are reported to be
| behind time.
"These five specials consist of 176
! Pullmans, including diners Three
miles of track have been built for the
sidetracking of the cars. The sale of
| seats today was in excess of any other
day since the ticket office has been
open and the cash receipts are now
close to the $4,000 mark"
Nelson and Cans were notified today
by the club that they will not be per-
mitted to leave the arena tomorrow
after - o'clock, when they are to
weigh in for the first time. Cots will
be provided for their use during the
different weighinkg in intermissions.
Judge Volney T. Hoggatt, a promi-
nent mine owner and old time sport
ing man of Bullfrog, has been selected
to serve as official time keeper for the
| fight