The Washington herald., 1906-11-14

which cannot be disputed: A few days
after the Goldheld fight Billy Nolan, Mel
sons manager, began to howl for sec
ond match under the same conditions as
the first. namely, s20,oO0 to the Dane, win
or lose, the weight to be 1SS pounds with
all the war paint on Nolan did not seem
TO realize that he was no longer in
position to browbeat club managers and
bully fighters. 1t was the same old talk
that disgrunted every fair-minded sports
man: Nelson must have all the best of
1t or nothing doing"
Cans had to beg for the first match,
i because he got such a shady record under
the management Of the HerfOrds, and he
aceeded TO the weight demand because
there was no other way TO keep Nolan
and Nelson from forfeiting their $500 and
leaving Goldheld a week before the fight.
& It was lack of money and reputation that
slnade the champion so humble. After the
Soldfeld fight he found himself in a po-
ition 10 earn 8, 20 a week on the road,
nd be has one-third interest IN the NOV
lg picture profits A man with that
rhuch money in sight does not have 10
8 take the worst of It. So Cans turned
4 dictator. The shoe was on the other
foot and Joseph demanded 65 per cent,
win or lose, and 133 pounds without war
paint.
Nolan promptly refused, giving out the
Abatement that Nelson would rot before
e would allow any negro TO dictate
rms to him. This diplomatic response
ought an ultlmatum from Cans He
We Nelson several days in which TO ac-
pt his final terms. Cans still insisted
the 65 per cent as his end, but agreed
donate half his end to charity. This
ls in its way concession TO Nelson.
10 had said that he would not fight if
zY,he negro received more money than he
did.
Nelson did not come TO the scratch. All
#his loud talk about being willing 10 fight
Sans again was nothing more than blufT.
Perhaps, if Cans would allow Nolan To
1ake all the arrangements for the second
atch, Nelson would be willing 10 fight
At present a second match between the
en- is prohlematicaL Cans is no longer
beggar for fights. Once when ne was
champion without money, credit or
eputation, Joseph was willing to crawl
lis crawling days are done. The champ
,olan and Nelson to foregO the ace in
8 he hole, and fight without unfair advan-
ages
~ Nolan need not hope 10 work UP any
ceiling on the basis Of the color line
- II men are equal when they meet in the
sTiing, and the white man who agrees to
fight black man is not the man 70 talk
of his superiority.
The Gans-HeTman match seems to be a
little gravy for Joey. Cans sent word TO
Nelson that II he did not accept the terms
by a certain date, he-Gans-would make
arrangements to take on Herman, and
he has done it.
Tonopah has gone into the lemon in
dustry.
While on the subject OF white men Us.
negroes in the ring. Harris Lewis, who
has beaten every man he has been asked
TO meet, is now confronted with Jack
Blackburn. Lewis cannot lay claim to
the championship Of Pennsylvania until
he has beaten Blackburn; neither can ne
go over the country as the premier Phila-
dalphia lightweight until he has made the
- sky boxer take the count. Both have
Cans. and in the meetings Blackburn
the best average a contest between
MS ana the AlL4dttU Il sure ~ uAoW a
gate. as thousands believe that the
nqueror Of Fitzgerald can trim any
- ght-weight in this city. There are also
thousands that are firm in their belief
#that Blackburn can drop Lewis. Hitch
them up and let US see who is right. The
bout would be worth travelling miles to
see.
- Jack. Johnson will not 90 to Australia
or any other foreign cline in order to get
"A contest. He will turn waiter in an
eating emporium and get rich before he
would venture across any ocean to get q
right. Johnson is feeling we'll after dust
ng Jeffords for six rounds at Lancaster,
"a, the other night. Jefrords did well for
re rounds and has been congratulated
this fact. He is, however. privately
graduating himself that he lived
ough the last three minutes johnson
glad, too. that he did not commit mur-
Johnson Is in a generous mood.
rough his rotund and smiling manager
IN Fitzpatrick, he offers to give Al
ufman the entire purse if the latter
Is TO the end Of a twenty-round go. \
rful silence from the Coast is the only
wer Johnson has received. Johnson
beginning to think there is not gold
Igh in GOldfeld TO induce white man
Inter the ring with him for long bat
d Herman has written a long state
It telling just how he is going 10 fin
Champion Cans when they meet in
ring at Tonopah, New, on New Years
and IL ought to make interesting
ng TO Cans. Herman figures that,
k TO his small stature, most of Cans
us left leads for the face will go
lis head. and that he will be able 10
close and do great damage to the
and wind Of the chocolate cham
Herman says that all negroes are
about the digestive organs, and that
nata he has practiced TO play on
art of Cans anatomy viii have the
satisfactory results. Mr.. Kid Her
houId be careful not to kid him
His brain is hardly of the caliber to
out a plan that the subtle mind Of
Danes manager. Billy Nolan, over
d. Stil, Chicago likes the chances
terman.
degeneration of fighters in England
" favorite topic Of London sport
napers. but the manager Of the Ma
Sporting Club, of London, declares
z is no foundation for such pessimis-
views. Listen to what he says: here
the very words
O'Brien viii come over here and
it Gunner Moir. plenty Of money viii
sat up. The fact that O'Brien their
SION. IS a middIe-weight shows that
Americans are not particularly strong