The Washington herald., 1906-12-20
PRIZE RING NOTES.


While many sporting critics have the
opinion that Joe Cans viii not make
the required weight, 1913 pounds. two
hours before his bout with Kid Herr
man, Joe has told many of his friends
that he viii be there ali right and
advises all to bet that he viii.
Echoes of the Murphy and Baldwin
fight ct Chelsea arc still going the
rounds Jack Sheehan. the referee,
says that every statement made by
Johnny Oliver is false, and that he
gave the decision to Baldwin because
he was the better boy that night Miah
Murphy also takes Sheehan's side of IL
and says no triekery was employed.
New Workers who managed TO get Ia
the building say no better Christmas
present could be handed 10 Baldwin.
Sheehan and the others connected with
the Chelsea Club killed the game. dc
clare number Of Boston fight fans.
The Nevada gold camps are just go
ing mad on the subject of prize fights.
They are making bids for everything
in sight. Billy" Delaney says they
are doing all sorts Of things to get
JeTries back in the ring Experts think
Jack Johnson the most capable heavy
weight for Jeffries, but of him Delaney
says. IT do not question JohnsOn's
ability as a fighter, but wouldn't the
champion be a fool to fight a negro?
If Jeffries were defeated there would
be a big howl ANY big fellow is
likely to come along, feint with his left
and send the right across and put the
other fellow to sleep. That's the way
Jim Jeffries looks at the situation at the
present time, and I think he is looking
at it in the right way
It is the general opinion among we'll
known fight promoters that Nevada
will be the scene of all the big matches
in the future.
The biggest share OF the fight world
think that a better man for referee than
Jim Jeffries for the Cans and Herman
tight could not be named. His recent
work as the third man in the ring was
excellent II would not be a bad move
TO get the big fellow 10 act in that
position in all important matches
Jack Blackburn has at last secured
financial backing New York sports
are willing to back him to the extent
OF 81 goo that he can stop Sailor Burke
inside OF fifteen rounds The Gotham
contingent must think pretty well Of
Blackburn as Burke is a strong, husky
middle-wcight-
John l. Sullivan deplores the fact
that a man has TO retire as the heavy
weight champion at thirty years OF
age because there is no one at hand to
match against him. The big fellow
adds II is a sad commentary on Ameri-
can pugilism.
John A. Cox, champion Of New Zea-
land, South Africa, South Sea Island,
and the canniba1 country, is on his way
10 America He fights at I5S pounds.
and his slender legs and big, broad
chest and shoulders are said 10 be a
counterpart Of Fitzsimmons. Jack
O'Brien will be ready TO receive him at
Los Angeles.
First il was a wrangle over the
weight: now it is a voluminous discus
sion over the referee. The press agent
of the Casino Athletic Club. at Tono-
pah. is determined to keep the Cans
Herman bout before the public, and
incidentally the mining village of
Tonopah.
Jack Johnson, a champion Of his
own color and nothing more. never
will be anything else in a pugilistic
sense. As no white man of any pre-
tensions TO class will take him on for a
fiJht. the black stands as hstic out
Cfst. If Tommy Burns and Jack
CBrien, the rolled intO-One champions.
want none of Johnson's game, Jack
: must perforce continue to fight jean
cite q man OF his own shade, every
once in a while OF starve TO death. On
the basis that the pugilistic game is
bad enough to entitle every man. no
matter what his color or previous con-
ditiOn, TO equal consideration with any
other man In the game, Jack should
be given all the fight he wants Al,
most every man in the business has
mixed up at some time or other with
color in the ring. From Jeffries down,
each OF the leading lighters has taken
turn at testing the Senegambian's
skill with the gloves and that. too.
with varying and at times decidedly
Indifferent success.-Philadelph Pub
lie Ledger.