The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-04
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did not demonstrate it when he fought
Cans In fact, he fought as if he court
ed disqualification. ard made a grand
fierce because he gave him what, Cans
says, he was looking for
The expose deDTiveS Cans of the pleas
ire Of ever meeting Britt in the ring,
which IS a good thing for James Edward
There has been talk of barring the col
OTed champion from the coast, but judg-
ing from his present match with Mike
tTwin) Sullivan, which is to be decided
at Los Angeles under the management of
Morris Levy of San Francisco, California
fight fans like to see him in action. Be
fore being matched with Nike the col
OTed fellow proposed to fight Britt, Mel
son, Herman and Herrera ten rounds
each all in the same ring on the same
night, with a twenty-minute intermissiOn
between fights. All Cans requested was
TO select his opponents, end if he lost
only one fight he was not to receive q
penny. The proposition, while a bold one,
would never be accepted, as the men he
offers to fight would not enhance their
regulations by entering such a contest
Light Wanted on other Deals.
Now that Cans has become penitent and
has whetted the public's appetite for
scandal, other guilty fighters, managers
and promoters might offer to take the
witness stand and testify what they know
about jobs 1 am positive a number of
Chicago fight fans would like TO hear
up" between his fighter, Eddie SantTy,
and Terry McGovern, which failed to go
through because Terry, accidentally and
Internationally, knocked Santry out in
the fifth round. Sam might confess how
his boy and McGOvern rehearsed their
boxing stunts, how the boy who did not
live up to his agreement not to try for a
knockout was not to receive a penny of
the purse, and how, after the accidental
knockout, TerTy's manager, Sam Harris,
squared matters by paying Santry about
500, the amount he claimed he had bet
that he would stay the limit. That would
not make bad reading, would it2
Tom O'ROurke might tell about how he
handled Joe WalcOtt in his fight with
Kid Lavigne on the coast, and why Joe
quit before Tommy West at Madison
Square garden after having all the bet
ter of the fight and with the wise money
on West
Mccoy Affair.
Jim Corbett and Kid Mccoy might tell
us the inside facts Of their barney
fight at the garden, and there are few
New Workers that might tell how much
money they won when lightweight Jack
'Brien quit in twelve rounds before
George McFadden when the betting,
which should have been in favor OF
O'Brien was that AIcFadden would win in
fifteen rounds.
Fake fights and 'Iay-downs'' have
taken place in nearly all of the fight
towns in the country, and quite num-
Der of them in this city. but those VINO
took part IN them have thrown the public
off the scent by yelling stop thief, at
others. a good acting fighter, and there
are scores Of them, can go through any
number of rounds fighting. apparently,
like demon and then take a punch on
the jaw. go to the canvass for the count.
and meet his victor in a secluded spot
and split the money. Some fighters build
up their records with ''lay-dOwns, as
they are termed.
Nolan Foxy Native Son.
Billy Nolan. who looks after Battling
Nelson's interests, was the happlest man
in the country when he read Of Cans &C
cuSatiOnS regarding Jummy Britt Billy
l. the only manager of a fighter who gave
the San Francisco fight promoters win
uing argument. They tried TO bulldoze
him into accepting 5effricS as referee OF
the Britt-NeIson fight. but he stood pat
and practically compelled them to accept
the man he wanted. For this jim COT
froth who managed TIE fight. deducted
s. Geo from his end OF the purse TOR the
referees services. and has not as yet paid
him the 5000 due him from the pictures
of the contest Besides this Coffroth- it
is reported has barred him. or rather
his boy. Nelson. from fighting at San
Francisco, to which Nolan takes no ex-
ceptions. stating he would not fight in
Frisco until ne receives the 5000 due
him and Bat" Nolan claims COffrOth
was in on the Britt-Gans fake TO the ex-
tent that he personally handed over 70
Britt the winners erd OF the purse, also
that Coffroth threatened to show Up
Jimmy by producing duplicates of the
checks. Nolan is a native son." and was
quite intimate with Coffroth at the time.
and re undoubtedl- knows what he is
talking about. Billy has practically
matched Nelson to fight Britt on the coast
in April, but not unless Coffroth pays
him the 5000