The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-03
THEY ARE READY.
LEghtWeights Win Battle at
GOldfleld This Afternoon.
Contest Is Slated to 60 the
Limit Between the Two.
ODDS YET FAVOR CANS
The CoIOred Nan Seems Strong
at the Weight Set.
Dane Says Little But Seems in
Perfect Condition.
PHYSICAL COMPARISON.

Goidfeld, New, Sept. 3.-This after
noon Nevada will see its second big
ring event The first affair was between
Jim Corbett and Bob Fftzsinnnons at
Carson on March II, 1897. The coming
contest will have for principals Joe Cans
and Battling Nelson.
The Nelson-Gans match has some
thing in common with the Corbett-
fltzsimmons affair It involves a
worlds championship and it took a long
time to arrange. Furthermore. it is one
IN which more bitterness of feeling than
usually grows out of ring rivalry is
shown between the principals. 1t recalls
the rbett-Fitzsimmons go again in
the fact that the prospective opponents
are acknowledged to be the very hest
IN the world in their division. If may
Aot compare in interest displayed with
the Corbett-Fi Fitzsinmons fight for the
reason that heavyweight battles and
more particularly when for Champion
y. t.lps' always create wider spread ex-
clteInent than the contests in which fba
PARTICIPANTS are smaller men II can
sdIely be said, however, that no glove
contest since the one at Carson CITY
nas attracted as much attention as the
coming battle between the Baltimorean
and the Dane.
The largest individual wager record
ee was mace by B. j. Riley the lessor
u u d prominent mining company. The
pet lS one or the many peculiar va e-sys
that have been made in connectica wiff9
the coming fight Riley put up Il mil
non shares of a mining COMPANY Valued
a. Szo'VVU, against 100000 shares controfl-
ed Dy a Goldheid man whose name Was
not divulged, that Nelson .wo1ld win The
Asntwelght battle It is stated that fhe
controlling Interest of the nfnins oor,a-
pany viii hinge on the result Of the
Dattie Many smaller bets at odds ~
TO to z and in some cases. 10 to s vvare
made. o were
Beyond taking a very short spin on
the country roads during the early
morning hours, Battling Nelson 5i5
nothing in the way of training .tza,1 S1,g
can inform the world at large" " sail
his manager, that Nelson WEIGHED in
Sunday at exactly 131 pounds Stripped
and as his fighting togs will weigh less
than two pounds, I see no necessity
Tor him doing any more hard work"
There are sporting men in Goldfeld
who assert that Joe Cans cannot make
the full dress weight required by Nolan
and put up a strong fight. This is one
reason why the price sticks at 10 to 6.
The sports argue that the Joe Cans
who will enter the ring weighing 1913
pounds IN his fighting rig. will not be
Joe Cans who beat SO many good men
in the past.
Joe Cans weighed in after his work
Sunday afternoon. He was under the
notch and enough under = to allow
him to make 133 pounds in the cos
tune in which he will fight. Before
weighing he worked for quarters
of an hour and no man weakened by
over-reduction could have followed the
terrific pace set by the Baltimore
wonder His work was a revelation 20
the sporting men from all parts OF the
west and the newcomers who are pre-
Dared to see a human skeleton going
through training stunts went away
convinced that the negro is fit and
ready to put up a great contest.
Joe's showing was a great surprise to
all the newcomers and when, after a
long session with the skipping rope. the
colored fighter left the room as quietly
as he had entered it, the visitors trooped