Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-23
HoldheId Citizens Have Poured Thou.
sands Into the Affair and Trouble
VIII Result II Battle is Not
on the Square
MEASUREMENTS
NELSON.
RY Ed MorIartX


Though the coming lightweight battle
between Joe Cans and Battling Nelson
Is heralded as the greatest contest
scheduled within the memory of ring
followers the bout alone is by no means
10 be the striking feature at Goldfield
September 8.
Probably never since first a ringside
gathering watched with wavering emo
tons a hardy gladiator endeavoring to
Btagger and down his opponent with
In onslaught Of well timed blows have
buch environments attended a squared
bircle affair as will mark the meeting
Df Nelson and Cans.
The fray will scintillate with all the
wild, free spirit of the west which
hmong the great mining districts reigns
hs in the days of '49. To those Goldfield
Bearchers of the soil is accredited the
breliminaries which resulted in the
Hegeswisch boy agreeing to meet
negro whose marvellous speed and
eleverness have marked him as one Of
the most dangerous men that ever
blimbed between the ropes.
Cans is faker-he has admitted it
himself. Were the bout to BE- pulled off
IN San Francisco strong suspicion would
bower about the COZ lest. Willy northern
promoters have CItered into more than
bne affair which has not ra,-ed ring
standards to any particular extent. The
Britt-Gans fake is acknowledged as the
tleverest bit Of acting pulled off in the
annals of the game.
Britt-Gans Fiasco
Speaking of the affair few days
back a witness who was 'in" on the
deal said
There was but one raw feature to
that Britt-Gans business. Jimmy
rushed at Joe like tornado as he came
from his corner. Now, any one that
ever saw Britt box knows that he
usually comes up crouched and ready
Tor an opening spar. But this time he
lore at Cans like a whirlwind. Had it
been any person but the negro there
hight have been some excuse. Joe likes
them to rush at him and then side
step for one of those slippery stem
winders.
Everyone knows how Joe went down
md Jimmy deliberately fouled him.
When the decision was given Britt tore
nfter the referee and punished him
fearfully before he was pulled off. The
play had the crowd going and practical
" everyone in the house thought that
bimmy was boiling 18th anger"
Realizing Cans proclivity for taking
those Goldfield miners have gone about
their business in a manner which to
hill intent precludes the possibilities of
anything bat a battle on the level re-
sulting.
The hint has freely waited about that
should either of the ringsters evince
the slightest desire to do other than
mix there will be lively doings at the
ringside. One familiar with the sturdy
East of men who are battling for for
tune in the Nevada gold fields will not
for minute dispute the sincerity of
their avowals.
But one possibility exists that any,
thing but q struggle to the bitter end
will ensue when Cans and Nelson climb
between the ropes on the day of their
battle. If there is taking in the air
Billy Nolan knows it. Trust that willy
director of the Dane to realize when
all is not well. If the bout is not to be
on the square the quiet Trishman will
realize 1t before the men enter the ring.
Nolan Is Wise
Nolan saw before anyone else that the
Herrera crowd was out to do him, and
the manner Ia which he outwitted the
Mexican contingent is Vividly alive in
the minds of those who followed the
turn of events. The keenest minds of
the game have ndeavored to thwart
this Nolan, and with the exception of a
$4,000 loss sustained in connection with
the Nelson-Britt contest in which the
Hegeswisch boy annexed the cham
pionship no one has fitted the FOOLS ca d
on the Danes manag ger.
Should a fake e in order Nolan will
be in on the proposition. This fact
alone should result IN a square deal for
Goldfield people. Whatever they charge
Nolan with he has yet to be caught in
"queer" ring politics. and from the
manner in which he has gone about
the present arrangements small chance
for crooked outcome exists. He is of
the sort that Goldheld men admire
straight from the shoulder, and yet i'm
perative In his demands. So long as he
asks for anything reasonable he may
get it from the ! iners who have long
since proclaimed that when a big un-
dertaking is consiC cred no limits are
to stand which may result in an after
math of qulbbling.
The battle is to be Ftrictly a western
affair, with western men and purely
western gold from rich western min es
providing the wherewith to stage the
play. If there are to be fgureheads,
Battling Nelson and Joe Cans will be
the puppets. Stern miners have told
them they must battle and battle with
all the strength an6 willingness in their
powerful young bO lies. They will be
factor that is rapidly sweeping every
thing before and calling men to come
from back of the Rockies to enter the
maelstrom Of he strenuous life.
viii Be on the Square
Should Cans and Nelson engage In a
fake battle september 8 wagering on
ring contests Will be a thing of the
past II such men as are pouring
thousands into this Cans Nelson affair
find themselves outwitted a far
shrewder class must develop before
championship battles or any other sort
OF ring contests may be scheduled with
certainty.
No chance for a fake
Provided South American earth
quakes continue to devote their ener-
giles to torrid regions and allow Tee
Richards arena to stand for a few
weeks more am undisputed lightweieht
phQmOion will Gland raad.r a., 49, !