The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-28
JIMMY BRITT
MUST MEET CANS
Public Will Force James Edward Into
Another Meeting With the
anr Baltimore Boy.
LAST CO. UNSATISFACTORY
coLoRED MAN SAYS BOUT WAS
FOUGHT ORDER"

Jimmy Britt might as we'll know it
first as last that the public will de-
mand that he fight Joe Cans again.
He may duck him for a while, but the
time Will come when he will be forced
into a match, says II. L. Baggerly in
the San Francisco Bulletin. Saturday
night there was a report that Jimmy
would meet the cOlored wonder with
out any argument, but upon closer ex-
animation it was discovered that he
would listen to no. such a proposition.
Il want to fight Nelson next" said he.
I have beaten Cans, though 1 lost the
decision on foul, and that's
enough" The less Is said about the
Britt-Gans fight the less odor will
arise. Before going east yesterday
Cans confessed to the writer that he
fought Ito ORDERS which was gener-
ally believed long ere now 1t was the
worst smelling" battle fought in Cal
ifOrnia last year, SO Britt ought TO for
get 1t If he can. Jimmy owes il to the
public TO meet Cans on fair field even
If he be black man. He made a blur
to fight Joe once, for which the public
paid dearly, and now he ought TO
make good in earnest Britt cannot
dodge behind the color line Having
fought % Cans once, It is too late to
cry Il don't like a Niger, nohow." He
has passed the color line, and now he
should defend himself against all COM
ers. To say that Cans would be putty
IN Britts hands were they to fight
again would be absurd. Though a VET
eTan of fifteen years experience, Cans
is still a great fighter. and quite able
to cope with either Nelson or Britt
He demonstrated this conclusiveTy FRI
day night when he knocked out a tough
young man who was ten pounds
heavier and much Tangier. Would
either Nelson or Britt have finished
Sullivan in fifteen rounds, meeting him
at his own weight as Cans did. This
is the way to look at il.
Cannot Draw Color Line.
If Britt had never fought a coIored
man he might now avoid Cans without
making himself ridiculous at this stags
OF the game, but to pass up Joe, whom
he has already encountered, would be
gauzy subterfuge. Britt must fight
or acknowledge Cans his master. There
Is no other way out of it. If he says
no, then there viii be none who viii not
believe that their other fiascO was noe
pre-arranged. This one blot on his bril-
liant record can best be erased by a re-
turn battle, and the sooner the articles
are signed the better will the sporting
public like it. Cans has offered to
make a very reasonable weight. He
will weigh 1873 at 6 o'clock, and would
do 1873 ringside If the public would not
lose faith in the affair. There is really
nothing to stand between Cans and
Britt making a match but Britt. Cans
is very anxious and Jimmy Coffroth
would arise from his bed at II o'clock
to cOnsummate the match which would
be a big concession for him. CoffrOth
had a long talk with Cans just before
he left and the promoter promised To-
do what he could for the champion.
COffrOth is shrewd enough to see THAI
Joe is the card new-he is even as big
a card as Jack O'Brien--and he wants
to make as much use Of him as he can.