Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-15

I was patience and cunning The best
gunner isn't the best shot, he's the
| best waiter.
Both Britt and Nelson poohpoohed
| The idea. what, fight a Niger How
| dare he inslnuate such thing, And
| then the ulggers past was cloudy
| There were bugs on his cscutcheOn
They got away with this bunk ana
Cans let them. lie couldn't get any
| thing by threats. 50 he began 10 coax.
He took on Willie Lewis. Willie heat
him. Ia. ha Cans wasn't so awful good
al that Cans had slowed and slipped
back few. Nolan began TO take no.
tee.
Jack Blackburn came next on he
program. Cans won By shade. More
h8-has and more notice How the
"fgger" must have chOrtlcd ln his
bed as he saw the terrible black shadow
grow pale and Thin before the hereto-
fore scared gaze Of the game.
And the wise Nolan fell The slick
est. cleveresi. coolest OF fight inanag-
ers Was decoyed within range and by
the brain Of a Niger" But even then
the patience NJ the plotter never let up
for moment. Cans continued his
campaign He lei Nolan get everything
All the money. Every crazy conces-
sion that Nolan demanded. All Cans
wanted was Nelson IN the ring. He
was fearful up 10 the tlnkle n the bell
that the quarry might slip through the
tall grass aud get away from him
might take fright again and skldoo
And when az last his long patience
and careful planning was rewarded. he
had 10 make a sure job Of n. That's
wty the fight lasted forty-two rounds.
Cans knew that Nelson was but
plaything fer him. but ne must be al
ways on guard FOR that unexpected
chance that sometimes blows IN. The
paint on a tin soldier may poison the
KID
So Cans began 10 carve his meat.
Every once In while he rested up.
Now that he was az work on the game
he would so as slowly and deliberately
o. b. worked to got II With: large.
Joe Cans Is the greatest light or
weltcrWeight Of all time. Today he
can whip any man alive except JEFF
rios Jack O'Bnen would be a velvet
lined pipe for him: easier than Nelson.
because Jack is a fighter and would
fight Nelson Is a plsstcrer But
Cans is greater than even this. lie is
the best matchmaker We ever had.
Think Of him letting Lewis whip him
and making Il "a skinny win over Black
harm, when Blackburn was turning
green with fear every time he saw
Cans close his glove.
And Nolan wish IL we're peace 10
his ashes. But the Nolan yawp viii
continue 20 be heard in the land. Well.
lct II. Cans win take Nelson on again.
And then Cans viii make the condi-
tions. Don't you think he won't
When II comes 10 a battle Of wits be-
tween this niger and this white
man. put the old homestead on the
Niger this time.
CANS ALONE SAYS TAD.
New York.-Will there ever be anoth-
er man ike Joe Gans7
There never was one up 10 yester-
dayand some ~ US were foolish enough
20 think that he had gone back some,
and that this rushing. ripping Dane.
who had downed all before him, would
wear the great Cans down.
There was no chance at all against
this black marvel He just peppered
the Dane With lefts aud rights. met
his rushes with punches straight from
the shoulder. fought him breast 10
breast and beat him AS no man was
ever beaten before.
Battling Nelson made the greatest
uphill battle againts the greatest fight
or that ever lived and spoiled II with
foul az the finish
Had Nelson lost by being knocked
out he would be an idol today He
lacked the champion around. battling
against tremendous odds. never stop
ping for a moment. forcing when
blinded by the other mans blows. but