The Washington times., 1906-07-29
.Nolan's Connected Self-Sut-
fciency Bad for Cans
Nelson Negotiations.
BERGER MUST GET BUS Y
Coast Critics Think He Doesn't Want to
Fight Anybcdy-His Experience
With Jefries.
By W. W. NAUGHTON.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, July -
There Is many a slip betWiNt the cup
and the lin saith the old proVeTD. and
fl NAV be that Joe Cans and Battling
Nelson will not connect after all.
II must be said. Of course, that just
at present the promise OF meeting be-
tween the pair is rather bright Cans Is
due TO arrive here at any moment: Mel
son is heading this way. and Manager
Billy Nolan has saidNthat the Dane VIII
tackle the Baltimorean for the world
championship in or near San Francisco
II the Inducements areN suitable.
All OF This bears out GTaney's state
ment 10 the writer-made several weeks
ago-that he had authority from Nolan
10 make the match If Cans would agree
10 night AT l33 ringside-
Foolish Holding Back.
In my way Of thinking. Billy Nolan Is
the KEY 10 the situation. If he honestly
believes his man has chance TO deIeat
Cans and nothing crops mp during the
discussion Of terms 10 put Nolan on his
mettle as a champion of stubbornness,
there will be little difficulty in bringing
the AFFAIR 20 a head. Il Is in holding
back that Nolan eNcels. Bearer 70 him
than the Chink Of money is the thought
resentative 10 knuckle under.
when ! say no ! mean a., was No
lan-s battle cry all through the weari-
some evenings the Britt and Nelson fac
tions suusndered while trying 10 pitch
uD1n a referee for the night OF a year ago.
il NAV be that Nolan's dissemination 10
concede a point had 10 do with convert
ing The Nels0n-HerTera bout in Los An
gelCs into a fiZZle.
viii Probably Meet.
References to these unpleasantnesses
may serve as a word of warning. Cans,
Fl is understood. is prepared 20 let Nolan
and Nelson name their own conditions
IN the matter of q purse division. and
such being the case. IL looks as though
Grane-'s prediction that Cans and Mel
son would box for the worlds light
weight championship on September 10
will be verified.
For a while the promoters were divided
as 20 which would be the better card
for the revival of the Queensberry pas
time al this end-Berger and O'BTien, or
Cans and Nelson. / asked one OF the
mstchmaRers one day what he thought
OF il.
What's the use discussing it." he
answered, Berger doesn't want 10
fight anybody"
find this view of Master Sans in
teuuons holds all over the match-mak-
ing belt. The belief seems 10 be that
he wants TO be hemmed in by footlights
rather than by ropes and stakes and
that ne purposes making as much cap
ital out OF that Philadelphia futter with
O'Brien as Jack Munroe did out of his
stage combat with the then champion
Jefries az Butte.
II Is up 10 Berger 10 remove this i'm
preston and this he can only do by
mixing in the hurly-buFlv OF ring work
that is close at hand. This. Of course.
If he really is ambitious To have q try
for The worlds championship II he
simply purposes doing enough boxing
20 sweeten his prestige I'm vaudeville
circles II is different In any case. the
public will be able 10 place him where
he belongs before many moons wax
and wane.
sam is credited with saying that his
ultimate ~Oal" IS Jim Jeffries. II he
ever said such a thing take it from me
il was an idle boast. Years ago when
sam. like a reluctant diver. was flying
his toes on the edge OF the pool, IL IS
SAID he expressed Il belief In his ability
70 down the boiler maker
Some time after that Berger visited
Hardin Springs after his go with Casey
at which time Jeff was training foI
Munroe Sam and Jim were on OppOs-
ing sides i'm a burlesque baseball game
at the springs and while making q
home run the champion brushed Berger
with his shoulder The collision, slight
as Il was, sent Berger Keeling a dozer
yards and during the balance OF the
play Berger watched the big fellow in
a studiOus. wondering way l think il
Berger ever had any notion Of tackling
Jenrics, he put it away from him or
that hillside at Hardin Springs.
I'm two years Jeffries Will not be as
fast as he was two years ago" said
the gentleman III question. OF course
not, and in ten years from now JEFF
will have slowed off 10 such an exten
that Joe Grim viii be able 70 take &
fal out OF him. is that the way, though
20 fad out who is entitled to be called
the worlds championship best fighter
OF his day?