Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-20
JOE CANS BEAT
MIKE SULLIVAN.
Knocked Out swim in Fifteenth
Round Of a Very Hard
Battle.
WHITE MAN WAS 0UTCLASSED
Colorcd Champion in Great Form, and
Gave Wonderful Exhibition OF
The Fistic Art at Frisco.

Woodwards Pavilion. San Francisco,
Jan, l9-Joe Cans, rejuvenated, put up
tho fight Of his life and Knocked out
Mike (rwin) Sullivan in tho fifteenth
round tonight The issue OF tho fight
was hardly In doubt from the flrst
round From start to finish Cans was
the aggressor and kept right on top OF
his man. sullivan made several brave
rallies. but he could not hurt the col
ored man. and finally In the fifteenth
round series Of lightning right hand
blows to the jaw ended sulliyan's aspi-
rat!ons and put Cans once more at the
top Of the lighting heap. The fight was
fast and furious from the start. Cans
Kept within striking distance OF his man
az all stages.
SULLIVAN CLEVER AND GAME.
sullivan was clever and game. but
man away from him. Cans left eye
closed easily IN the fight. and Sullivan
Kept playing for II, but at no time did
be- nave tho Baltimore boy IN distress
I'D the eighth round L looked as II The
nght was over. Cans put IN two lefts
10 the heart end a right to the Jaw
sullivan went down. but was on his feet
IN moment and Cans went after him
swinging left and right sullivan went
down again, but came up fighting. He
was groggy, but game and cool In the
ninth Cans went at his man again A
right to the heart and right 10 the
Jaw sent the white boy down, but he
managed to last through the round.
CANS PLAYED WITH MIKE
From this time on Cans forced the
fighting. fiercer than ever. In the elev-
enth he apparently played with Sullivan
and did no great damage. In the twelfth
Sullivan braced up and sent some straight
lefts to Cans face, In the thirteenth
he was still strong and played for the
eolored boys eye. He landed a hard
| blow on the stomach that apparently
! hurt Cans. In the fourteenth Cans de-.
voted all his attention 10 suiivan's mid
die section and landed half a dozen hard
| rights, In the fifteenth came the fin
ISL. A right TO the law staggered sui
| Ivan and, quick MS a flash, Cans was af-
| ter him with several more accurately
placed blows. Finally left swing struck
| the point and sullivan went down and out
with his head resting on the ropes.
JoEs WORK PERFECT.
Cans impressed everybody by his splen,
| did air Of confidence and his aggressive
| ness. His boxing was pretty nigh per
| feet. Most Of Sullivan's blows wer,
| blocked, and the way Cans used his RICH
| with short swings TO the jaw and rip
| ping punches to the stomach was a reve
/ laton. Sullivan showed a great amour
| Of cloverness ana much gameness. bu
/ at no stage Of the game was he n mattel
| for the Baltimore negro. Sullivan, al
| though punished severely, did not lose hi
| head In many rounds he was in dis
| tress, hut Cans, with all his clevernes
| ana ferceness, could not land n FINISHING
| punch. Sullivan's failure 90 become rat
tied under punishment was one Of tn
| most remarkable features OF the iigh
| he put up Cans was a faYorte I'm IN
betting, with the odds 10 to : in his favo
at ring time,