The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-10

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doctors, after an examination. announced
that the injury was a fracture and dislo-
cation of the lower end of the ulna.
Whether ii was a genuine fracture or not,
Britt showed such intense suffering while
the doctors were manipulating his wrist
that the tears rolled down his cheeks.
II was utterly helpless" he said. Il
could not even hold up my left haid after
] broke 1t. | had to guard for Ganss lett
and had no punch except with my right.
Had the fight gone on Cans would doubt
less have finished the native son before
many more rounds, so deeisiveiy was ne
master of the situation, The white mans
face was crimson. HIS SIDES were req,
His arms were becoming limp when, IN
the fifth round. Cans rushed him twice 70
the ropes and. with the wonderful skill
he has shown in 1i9 battles, pummelled MS
opnonent and blocked his blows as II ne
were a mere child. Britt was TO tians as
a tallow candle is to an electric light,
Cans All the Way.
It was one of the greatest exhibitions of
individual boxing ever seen on the Coast.
Cans. the human machine. the dark. dodg-
ing shadow. actually laughed In the race
of his opponent. He would jab with the
awful left hand that has laid 80 many
men low. Next he would feint with the
| right. and as Britt plunged toward him he
would dance genlally out of range. while
Jimmy's fists massaged the innocent air.
Cans fought carefully at first. He was
fully conscious of the belief n the Minus
of many that he had fixed the hghtJ
And he knew that the fighting days OF
Joe Cans would be ended if he ~resorted
to dishonest methods. So he fought as
only a Joe Cans can. -,
At the start he fooled around with MS
right, puzzling Britt, who expected mo-
mentarily that the famous left would SHOOT
out like a black arrow and land on nas
merely cropping his way, getting a line on
Britt's tactics and shaping his course &C
cordh1gly.
in the nth round Cans: seeing he had
his man at his mercy. cut loose as he
were mad. But his face was imperturb-
able. 1t was the same dusky, shining
visage that adorned the streets ID the Gays
when he wasn't fshtipg. He forced Rritf
around the ring, making James look like
a little dog with a can tied to its tail. AT
the end of the fifth. when Cans had sledge-
hammered the presumptuons young gentle
man. Britt quit. He said his arm had been
R"faree weich.
"I'm not a doctor, he said. significantly,
but / guess Britt Is injured and can't con-
tlnue. In any case. he was thoroughly
whipped, and couldn't have gone much
longer"
Britt's seconds made the statement that
their man was injured In the fourth round,
when he struck Cans elbow during a mix
up. But the crowd desired to know why,
after his twenty-round fight with Young
Corbett, James Edward declared he. had
broken his arm about the middle OF the
battle. and yet yesterday didn't eYince any
hectic eagerness to tackle Cans after the
fifth.
Il was difficult to believe that the pa
thetic figure which vainly strove to reach
the dark face and the lean, sinewy stom-
ach was the one that whipped Battling
Nelson.
the odds were iammed dow to 2 to ! on
Cans. Tex Richard, who headed a big del.
egatlon of Nevada sports, offered $4,000 at
2 to / on Joe. and offered any amount at
10 to 7 that~'"The Old Master would win
within eighteen rounds.
Great Crowd sees Fight.
A great crowd that filled the grand
stand and open seats to overlooking into
the field saw the battle. The crowd in the
Enclosure was estimated at 5000. The bet
ting was 10 to 7 in favor of Cans, with a
got on the scales in the clubhouse ,1t
2:S0 o'clock, and both scaled under the
limit, 1873 pounds.
The fighters had a guarantee of $25 1000,
with the provision that everything over
$4,000 taken in at the gate would be cut
up so that they could receive % per cent.
OF that surplus. 1t was announced that the
gross receipts amounted to at least $4,000.
At the ringside 1t was rumored that the
men had agreed to divide the, spoils
equally. There was no talk of fake be
fore the mill. and Cans, 1t was stated, had
wagered 5000 on his chances. About 5000
~deadheads viewed the fight from a neigh
Sans was the first to appear. He was
attended by ALIVE King and several han
dlers. He was quickly followed by the
native SON." whose chief second was his
brother, Willis Britt. After the usual
preliminaries the men put ~bandages on
their hands and listened to the final in
structions of the referee. They shook
hands at about 3:15 o'clock. The fight by
rounds:
First Round-Gans began by f~einting
with his left. Britt quickly driving home
several Ugh stomach blows. Cans blocked
two lefts for the head, and then drove
Britt to the ropes. where he landed a
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lowed with two more facers and blocked
several hard wallops. They got into a
clinch. but broke out of it readily, after
which Britt staggered his man with q
hard left to the neck. Cans recovered
quickly and tapped Britt In the mouth
with the left, at the same tirNe getting
away from a rapid return. IL was cans
round.
Cans Crowds Rival.
Second Round-Britt assumed a crouch,
while Cans stood erect and waited. Both
missed left-hand swings, but Cans soon
crowded his antagonist TO a corner, where
was forcing the fight steadily. and Britt
was on the run until he suddenly stood his
ground and shot a couple of lefts into the
stomach. Cans blocked with great clever
ness after that, and finally raped Britt
on the eye with n solid right-hand smash.
He repeated this blow with great force.
and then stood Britt off until the bell.
Gahs's round.
Third ~Round-Britt came to the scratch
with his left eve discolored and closing.
Cans stopped a left body blow with his
elbow. but did not escape a glancing punch
that landed on his cheek. Cans drew away
then and spared, blocking several wild
swings. After that Britt received left and
right in the face and retreated when the
negro started a heavy punch for the body.
The referee broke them out of a clinch
whereupon Cans drove his mar to a cor
ner, where he had it all his own way until
the gong sounded. 1t was easily Gans's
round.
Fourth Round-Gans landed a light jab
on the mouth and stopped a left bod
blow with his elbow. Cans then ducked
away from two hard swings and was APP
plauded for his great defensive tactics.
They got into a elinch, but broke at the
command of the referee. Britt landed n
right hard body punch, but Cans was on
top of him and drove him to the ropes.
getting home a hard right on the jaw and
a solid left on the mouth. Cans followed
this us with a terrific uppercut, which
landed on the Jaw. Britt's head was rock
when he went to his corner.
Negro Deals Punishment,
Fifth Round-Gaus caught a left on his
elbow and jumped way AS Britt step
ped in he got a heavy left on the neck
and a right handler on the Jaw. Then Cans
Sporting Query.
Sporting Editor:
There are twenty men in a pool: each
picked a number, meaning a round. A,