The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
BRITT AND
CANS NEXT
BIG FIGHT
Winner Of Mondays Battle
Will Likely Have to
Meet Blackburn.

Next Monday Joe Cans and Jimmy
Britt will clash again for the world's
lightweight championship on the Pa
ciac coast. The result of this battle
will bring an insistent candidate for
lightweight honors into the limelight-
The winner will be forced to meet Jack
blackburn or else quit the ring. The
sports from the Atlantic to the Pacific
will demand the battle. Blackburn has
been shadowing Cans for the last three
years. and after boxing the champion
two six-round bouts and one nIteen-
round contest, In each of which ne
gave as good as he received. he was
told to beat some good man decisively.
Since then Blackburn punched immy
Gardeners head almost or In twelve
rounds. he knocked Fred Bradley out
in two rounds-it took Al kaufmann'
the heavyweight aspirant, seven rounds
to do the trick. Nelson. Harry Lewis,
and even Joe Thomas, declined to have
any of B~lackburn's game. and the lat
ter hurried Jack to California to avoid
a meeting.
Blackburn is the logical opponent OF
the winner of the Gans-Britt battle.
He is a real lightweight. of freakish
build. with the shoulders of a Fitz-
simmons, and can hit a knockout punch
with either hand. Many critics nave
never regarded him seriously, but In
the last two years he has gone down
the line beating light, weller and mid
d1eweights in the most decisive FASH.
ion. AS a result Blackburn is now a
serious proposition. and the way the
Hghtweights have been driven to cover
is proof positive that he can deliver
the goods. The mulatto was born in
Versailles, KY. in 1888, and is there-
fore "a years old. He is 5 feet 10
inches tall. has an abnormal reach and
can scale 1913 pounds in ring costume.
Another aspirant for the heavyweight
mantle discarded by James J. Jeffries has
been beaten. Mike Schreck. the sturdy
Western fighter whom Jim Corbett touted
as being able to fill the boilermaker's
shoes, proved an easy mark for AL Kauf-
mann. After Schreck had been beaten in
such a decisive fashion. his attendants
said that he did not train. was abnormal-
~ fat and could not stand the pace which
the young Californian set. There were
Others who lost money on the German
fighter who were unkind enough to say
that he quit under the rain of body blows
which Kaufman handed out. Which
ever is correct 1t Is a good thing that
Schreck was beaten. There is no room
at the top of the pugillstic ladder for, a
man who is too careless to train Or for
one whose actions In the ring excite a
suspicion Of the gutter. For these rea-
sons II was a real benefit to the sport TO
have Schreck defeated in his first bout,
before he became the idol of the ring fol-
lowers.
Under Billy Delaney's care Kaufman
should develop into a formidable candi-
date for the heavyweight title. Delaney
trained and developed two worlds heavy
weight champions. corbett and Jeffries,
and he knows the physical requirements
necessary for championship timber. All
Kaufman will have to do will be to fol-
low Delaney's advice, and If he can show
the ability to give and take punishment
the great trainer will do the rest, for he
is an astute matchmaker. The Frisco
heavyweight is only Il years old, is g.
feet l inch tall and weighs 1870 pounds. He
Is Of the identical build of ~ex-Champion
Corbett. can hit harder than the mono
logue artist. but is not rated as so scien-
tihc. There seems to be but three men
between Kaufman and the title, Bill
Squires, Jack johnson and Tommy Burns.
On past performances the negro is the
dangerous customer, but it will be a long
while before Billy Delaney will allow his
protege to mix it up with johnson.