The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-03
VICTORY
Again Comes 10
Cans i'm Fight !
Baltimore Boxer Came out Of The
: Rattle Without n Scratch While
His Opponent Was Badly =
~ !. Punished.

-. Los Angeles, Sept. 27.--Joe Cans,
the lightweight champion. got the
decision over Jimmy Burns George
Memsict before the Pacific Athletic
CLUB tonight. The fight went the
limit, and at the end Of the bout Ref
cree Jim Jefferies promptly gave the
decisio" to Cans. IS.
joe Cans said today before the
fight that this would probably be his
last appearance in the ring. Efforts
are being made to get him to consent
to a match with Battling Nelson, but
fas Joe and Billy Nolan cannot agree
TO terms and conditions, Joe will
very likely go from here to his home
In Baltimore to remain. Cans now
owns hotel in Baltimore in which
he has Invested all his winnings.
Cans has engaged In over 100 bat
ties, and in the Is or 16 years he
has been fighting he has earned
NEARLY 100000. but being Of a spec
.ulative, turn Of mind he took many
"a chance in Which he depended a
great deal upon luck and came out
loser. He Is undoubtedly one Of the
greatest fighters ever before the
public. and compares favorably with
the other two men who held the title
before him-Jack McAuIiffe and Kid
LaVignc. Joe feels sad at heart be-
cause the colored fighters are not
given their just dues in the boxing
game, and that is one of the reasons
he is retiring from the ring. Years
.ager Of Cans the black boy fought at
ago when Al Hereford was the man
least once every week, but his part
of the receipts never enriched him
to any extent while Herford accumu-
lated q fortune, and Is now a we'll
to-do business man Of Baltimore. IF
proper Inducements are offered Cans
may make tour Of the Eastern
theat rical cirucit, but his present
plans areto retire and rest up before
taking hold Of his new hotek,at, Bal
ELimo1e. .','.. -,
Men Weigh In.
In the preliminary Of six rounds
between Kid Webster and Joe Smith,
Webster was given the decision In
Lne S!XIS rOund.
AT 9:O3 p. m. Cans entered the
ring and wore his usual anxious ex-
preston. -.------------
Cans was seconded by Young Peter
Jackson. Kid North and Willie Keith.
At 9:O7 p. m. Burns entered the
ling. His seconds were Tommy
Burns, the conqueror Of PHILADELPHIA
Jack C'Brien, Eddie Chambers and
Abdul the Turk.
Both> men appeared to be In the
best of condition.
stepped On the scales and
did not move the beam. Burns a
second later stepped on the scales
and the scales again stood still.
There was some trouble about the
weight OF the gloves. Burns insisted
on using pair Of gloves that appear
ed to re several ounces under weight.
they finally left the decision to c.. E..
Van Loan, sporting editor Of the
Examiner. After Van had made his
decision Burns still refused to accept
the gloves, although Cans readily
agreed to fight with them.
Tomjny Burns refused to allow
Jimmy 10 go on with the gloves pick
ed TO-, him, and the crowd became
impatient at the delay.
Al 9:3 in order to allow the ,figh t
20 go on, Cans consented to Burns
wearing the gloves objected to-.
Shortly after Referee Jim Jeffries
entered the ring. The ring was
cleared and the men went to the CEN
ter to receive instructions from
Jeffries.