Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-01
THE PUGILlSTS
HARD TO. TELL l ABOUT THIS GO
Cans May Fool Even the Best Ez- pests But Coldfield Issues aO
 Warning.

Tn order that the sporting public
 may not be misled and fooled into
 betting on the fight for Labor day, between Nelson md Cans, the sport ing writer of the, Democrat. today gives two versions of the affair. The first is from "Nic" of the New York Telegraph and Is as follows:
 The other day In this column I gave as my opinion that Nelson would win day after tomorrow out in Goldfeld. and put the limit at about sixteen rounds. I also said that on paper Cans ought to be the winner In about five. Many times since then have been asked to recon cile these two statements. To be perfectly candid, they can't be made 10 fit together at all.
 It isn't exactly that Cans may he expected to fake in this bout, al- though 1t is not thing that he would hesitate doing for one minute in Goldfleld or anywhere else. and If he wanted to fake he could do 1t so ar tlstically that no one in Goldfield could tell the difference. As say, It's not only the chance of Cans lay ing down that would suggest Nelson as the winner. but I do not believe that Cans Is the same man he was or the man the ope points him out to me. One thiug besies all that. he has nev- CT fought man who will fight him e Nelson villa man who will keep coming in all the time. and that will change. the dope on the battle alto gcther
 There is just one thing more in Nelson's favor, or rather in Cans dis favor. say people who claim to know. The Baltimore man, if he had snt up nights trying to figure out the worst mnn In the world to secure as man. ,nger he could not have picked one : loss advantageous than Lawrence M. Sullivan, in the opinion of the few persons who are acquainted with the man.
 This brings one around to the ques- ton that has been asked many times lately on Broadway-who Is Sullivan?
 As fnr as I can remember about Che man he began life in St Louis and did some little fighting there. Then h drifted Into the far Northwest and Mnded In Astoria. Oregon. a little town that has always been wide open in every respect. There he fought a good many battles and attained some local fame. and 90 went to Portland. the metropolis of the state, and a great fight town at the tlme
 It was in Portland that he met Dave Cambell the welterweight. Great things were expected of Sullf- van and he was toufed by the crowd l that went over from Astoria as the l coming champion. Campbell whip | ped him % quickly that the Western | sports Immediately could see no one | hut Dave. and he was matched with l Jack Dempsey.
 About fve rounds think was I CsnpbelI's finish with the Nouparcil. |
 Where Sullivan went after that I neht do not know. and the next | time heari of him wns when he turned up In Goldfieid and started I the l.. N. Sullivan Trust company. a concsrn for the promotion of mining stocks
 How he got hoh of Cans has never been made public. but the negro was br0ke-fof he had to be advanced his wns looking for a manager.
 If there ever vas an incentive for 1ae Gans to be crookei-to repeat ens tricks he has pulled o6 several nmHp-fhis fs the time. He is q man ube cnn fake . frsm<nious amount of p1nfshmenf which would let him O onusst any numb<r cf rounds u1f1gut be1nG puf ouf. aBd fhen O oDun- pahaDs IekitimafeIy. frvm . DDg1 su11e sa tbe jav.
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