Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-21
VIVA is DOING
WITHM'CAREY
LOCAL iMPREsARIo is RAsHFuL
WITH DATE BOOK
CANS LOWERS FIGURE TO s75oo
FOR BURNS FIGHT
Negro Brings Terms Down Several
Notches, but "NoIan" Burns Says
He W II Not Accept for
Jimmy

| what has the fight situation in Los
Angeles simmered down t.? Has Man
ager McCarey, who controls the game
through its political phase, done as was
| reported in an evening paper some time
ago. and tapered things down SO that
he can retire at any time some one who
suits his fancy comes along to act as
| his successor?
McCarey says not. He affirms that
fighting will be just as active here in
Los Angeles as 1t was before the Burns
| O'Brien expose knocked away a few of
the underpinings and slightly tilted the
| Maud Junction pavilion.
And in some respects McCarey an
parently is right He still communicates
with any and every fighter whose APP
pearance in ,..e local ring would be the
signal for an old-time outpouring of
sports, and through the summer has
made efforts to keep the sport alive by
putting on a series of preliminary bouts
at frequent intervals.
But then, those who follow the evening
paper quoted above bring forh the fact
that McCarey has no big fight in sight,
and is apparently hanging back on what
would undoubtedly prove a good drawing
card, no matter what the disparity in
ability between the contestants. This is
the Jimmy BURNSIDE Cans battle and
because a matter of a thousand dollars
stands in the way McCarey refuses to
close the deal.
Cans Figures Lower
The present situation in the Cans
Burns affair is this Yesterday Joe Cans,
who is entitled to all he can get, wired
McCarey that he would meet Burns if he
were given $500 win, lose or draw This
would 1paVa RI1rns Of
matter what the outcome. but he and
his manager, Tommy Burns, refused to
accept.
Their attitude in the matter, according
to a statement made by McCarey last
night, is that Cans is not entitled to that
much more than Jimmy. They say they
are willing to fight on a winner-take-all
basis for the $4,000 offered by McCarey.
but they cannot see Cans for the amount
he asks.
Now, wouldn't 1t be the easiest thing in
the world for McCarey to add thousand
bucks to his offer and give it as a bonus
to the Burns duo. Thirty-five hundred
ought not to be refused even by such a
Nolanish manager as Tommy Burns has
turned out to be, and should McCarey
make the offer it would probably be ac-
cepted. Surely Mac is wise enough to
have thought of this solution before.
The fight fans know the situation in
regard to Jimmy Burns well, and they
one and all think he is getting all that
is coming to him even at the figure die
tated by Cans. While Burns may be the
best fighter in the world-and they're lots
of Missouri sports in town-he has yet
to prove it, and for him to attempt to
get on with the negro except on the lat
ter's terms, providing they are reason
able, seems sort of foolish. And Cans
terms are reasonable, too, for in addition
to picking up a nice little piece of change
Jimmy Burns has chance not afforded
to many with no more reputation than
he hasa chance to sneak one over on
the dinge and become undisputed cham
pion of the lightweight division.
Still the Burns family and McCarey
apparently know their business, and If
they don't want to accept what Cans
has to offer it's nobody's business but
their own All that has nothing to do
with McCarey's attitude toward future
ring contests in Los Angeles.
Not Like It Was
In past years the date book of the Pa
cific Athletic club has always been well
sprinkled with future prospects, an
signed and waiting for the time. 1t did
not matter what season or month. there
were always plenty of crack nghters
hanging around waiting for their turn.
has not entirely recovered from the scare
he had last May and does not exactly
know how the sports will take his ef-
forts, and then again he may have rea-
Sons of his own. His plea at present Is
that the fighters should come to him. not
he to them, and if they want engage
ments at the only spot where one is pos
sible they should burn ro the wires and
kow-tow before the boss of the Pacific
Athletic club.
Just the same, and no matter how the
fighters act in the matter, ring battles
in Los Angeles will probably be in fuil
swing as soon as McCarey gets himself
fully relocated, and the money will be
coming in to his Golfers with its old
time regularity. And judging from his
present attitude McCarey doesn't intend
to let any of it slip back by offering
fighters unreasonable purses for their
efforts.
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