Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
CANS KNOCKS
OUT SULLIVAN
DUSKY CHAMPION DISPLAYS
GREAT FORM
Clearly outboxes, outgeneraIs and
outfghts Boston Boy and Ends
Bout in Tenth Round With
Rights and Let's to Jaw


After playing with Mike Twin Sulll-
van for nine weary rounds, Joe Cans
stepped in and hammered the Boston
boy into knockout in the early
stages of the tenth round of what was
scheduled to be a twenty round battle
between them under the auspices of the
Arcadia Athletic club at Chutes park
last night.
There never was a moment from the
time the battle began until it ended
with the Knockout. that Sullivan had
a chance to win. Cans so clearly out
classed him that he was wholly at the
mercy of the negro throughout.
The bout was one of the prettiest and
most one-sided affairs ever witnessed
in Los Angeles. Cans was entirely too
clever for Sullivan and his neat block
ing always saved him from punish
ment, while his speedy returns almost
as invariably landed and in an effective
manner.
Sullivan tried repeatedly to land leads
for the head and face, but Cans blocked
all attempts and returned with eff
fective jabs or swings for the head or
face.
The exhibition of boxing by Cans was
admirable while the ineffectiveness of
Sullivan was remarkable. Cans forced
the fighting and seemed able to land
almost at will, frequently staggering
Sullivan with fierce rights and lefts
to the head and face and escaping
any serious counter by Sullivan.
The beginning of the end came in
the first mixup in the tenth round,
when Cans landed a hard right lead
TO the jaw. Sullivan wobbled and
rushed into a clinch to save himself.
When Referee King separated them,
Sullivan seemed upabe to put up any
effective guard or protect himself from
the rush of Cans and the negro landed
hard rights and lefts to the jaw, which
forced Sullivan to again seek shelter
in clinch.
Counted Out
Cans realized his advantage and
pushing Sullivan away from him. yet
holding the Boston boy within reach
with his left hand, he began to rain
right uppercuts to the jaw and Sullivan
slid out of the semi -clinch to the floor
and was counted out.
The first right swing to the jaw in
this round really ended the fight, as
Sullivan was dazed and wholly unable
to protect himself. In a bewildere1
manner he raised his guard. but Cans
rushed in between his outstretched
arms and put Mike out of the run
ming by planting a right and left swing
to the jaw.
Sullivan in manner realized that
he was done for but rushed into the
clinch to stall it out. Cans was too cute
for this sort of thing and broke out Of
the clinch in hurry and sent in more
of the deadly rights and lefts
The audience saw the end and began
to yell. while Cans delivered the fin
ishing touches. The timekeeper tolled
oeft faI IE -l,nt,
the count was finished Referee King
announced the winner
Sullivan's showing was a great dis
appointment to his followers in Los
Angeles. With an advantage of twelve
pounds in weight Sullivan was believed
to hold an advantage sufficient to
enable him to turn the tables on Cans,
but Twin fought solely on the de-
fensive and seemed afraid to get into
close quarters.
Occasionally he would rally and
fight back, but his blows lacked steam
and seldom landed. Cans blocked al
most every lead the Boston boy at
tempted and generally countered with
effective returns.
Cans Comedies Weight
Sullivan had twelve pounds advan-
tage in weight and this occasioned
delay of nearly an hour while the
principals and their managers quib-
bled When the battlers weighed in
at o'clock yesterday afternoon Sui
livan tipped the beams at 1882
pounds while Cans was able to move
the lever at 1856.
Sullivan refused to allow Cans to
claim his forfeit money because of
the postponement of the fight from
Friday night. AS a compromise Cans
demanded that If both men We're on
their feet at the end of the twentieth
round the battle should he declared q
draw.
This was agreed to and Referee AL
vie King announced the agreement
and also declared off all bets, mas
much as the difference in weights
left room for dissatisfaction regard
less of the result, unless it should be
in favor of Cans and through a knock
out.
The main event was preceded by
scheduled six-round affair between
Kid Snyder and Joe Kelsey. Kelsey
was matched with Terry Davis, but
Davis failed to appear and Snyder was
substituted at the last moment.
After about one minute of fddling
Kelsey hooked his right to Snyders
jaw and put him down and out. The
end came with such suddenness that
the crowd scarcely realized the bout
was on before it was ended.
After a delay of nearly an hour the
principals in the main event came into
the ring, posed for their pictures and
Referee King gave the highball to
the official timekeeper for the gong,
and the battle was on.
The battle by rounds follows:
Battle by Rounds
Round 1.-The men fiddled for a mo-
ment before Cans tapped a light left
to the stomach, which led to clinch.
After breaking they spared for an
opening. Cans placed a right and left