Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-03
CANS AN
EASY
WINNER

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and long anxiously awaited fight be
tween Cans and Herman took place
yesterday afternoon as planned, Cans
being the winner in the eighth round
when he landed a complete knockout
blow on Herman's jaw. sending him
TO the floor in a he&D. The men
weighed in precisely at o'clock in
the office of N. NJ. Riley of the Casino
Athletic club. The beam was set at
the 1873 mark and neither man
raised 1t, or even made Il tremble.
Cans wore his undreclothes as he
weighed, while Herman was entirely
stripped. Cans exact stripped weight
was 1872 pounds. The two fighters
shook hands cordially and each wish
ed the other happy New Year A
large crowd was present to witness
The scale balancing ceremony.
The betting was two to one with
Cans the favorite. Bets were made
of 100 to 10 that the fight would not
20 twenty rounds. Betting on the
preliminary between Adams and How
ell was even.
Cans stated before the fight that he
had 10000 to wager at 2 to on his
chances, but very little of this could
lie placed.
There was a little relief when at
II o'clock the sun broke through the
riffs in the clouds, the ground being
covered with several inches of snow
All the stores and gambling resorts
in Tonopah were closed. All hope
that James j. Jeffries would be a
spectator at the ringside was dis
PEELED in the morning, in a telegram
received by the club promoters stat
ing the transportation which had
been forwarded was not delivered in
time to enable the champion to make
connections.
Frank p. Gardner acted as an
nouncer. Cans seconds were Otto
| iieefe, Kid Sims and Bob North In
Herman's corner were Nate Lewis,
Adam Ryan, Ed Crin. Sam Graf and
Kid Lee.
| he were laIe IN
starting. Manager Riley OF the club
announcing that the Goldfeld train
bearing quite a number who had
tickets was late and that no fights
would be put on until they reached
he pavilion.
| Bate Lewis. manager for Adam
Ryan, and Herman complained bitter
ly about delay. He said he thought 1t
n scheme of Cans to delay the fight
in order that both Cans and Powell
might have much more time to take
on additional weight. I'VE have no
hing to do with that Goldfeld train -
he said. Our articles call for
Weighing in two hours before fighting
time. We have done what the arti.
cles stipulated. but | can't say the
same for Cans"
A telegram was received from Dick
Hyland, challenging the winner OF
the Cans Herman bout.
In the preliminary Powell of San
Francisco and Adam Ryan fought Ia
draw. The fight was one OF the best
preliminary events ever pulled on
Powell throughout landed the cleaner
blows and was by far the cleverest ol
the two. Ryan. about seven pounds
heavier than his rival. landed mosi
blows. Ryan devoted most of his at
tacks to his adversary's bowels. Boil
men were bleeding freely from th'
mouth and nose when the battle end
ed. The decision of draw met th'
popular opinion of the crowd.
The preliminary lasted ten rounds
A bet OF 81 500 to $500 was made a
the ringside just before the big event
Bob Kendall. a local broker. takinl
: the short and Fleishman taking tn,
Cans end.
Announcer Gardner took the cen
ter CT the stage and shouted TO th
audience the rules governing the con
test Herman was presented as tn
pride of Chicago" and Cans as tn
lightweight champion OF the world
= Jack OBrien. in response to impoi
tunlties from spectators, was the
+ presented, and said:
Ladies and gentlemen: wish yo
all happy New Year | have bee
offered substantial purse to fight /
:, Tonopah in the near future and
hope the match will be realized.
: do not care with whom. | am prepa
ed to meet any fighter on earth"
Manager Riley was then presente
), and was given a handsome reception
u Much merriInent was caused by th
announcer stating that Cans motht
. had sent Il telegram requesting hi
= to win the fight and bring home ii
+" bacon. Before he had chance
Z. read the telegram some one In II
crowd yelled: Does 1t say brir
, home the Matzos?"
e Manager Riley stated that ne won
T. offer purse Of $4,000 for matt
between Jimmy Britt and the WHINE
III Cans replied that he would acce
the ofYer II he won. Herman repli,
n by saying that he would meet a
lightweight In the world.