Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-24
CHAMP WILL
COME SOUTH
CANS TO ARRIVE IN CITY ON
ToMoRRoWs OWL
LEAP MAKES TWO CHANGES IN
TRYouT CARD
Summers and Emmick Decline Issue
and Stanton and Riley Are
observation-disclosures Is
Training

Joe Cans will come to Los Angelo:
with Ben Selig, mis- manager. TO sigr
articles for a fight with Jimmy Burns
and also to take a look over what will
be his battlefield next month. Yester-
day the lightweight champion wired
Manager McCarey that he would leave
San Francisco on tonight's Owl, ano
would show up at the office of the Pacific
Athletic club as soon as he hit the burg
This action on the part of Cans is
entirely unexpected, as he had stated
that 1t would be better for him to stay
in San Francisco and keep on pegging
for a match with either Britt or Nelson
However, the negro did not say how
long he would be here, and 1t is not
improbable mat he will walk right in
sign articles and float right out again
Jimmy Burns seems to consider the
match with the champion settled, and
he has already started in on his pre-
liminary training stunts. Burns moved
his kit out to the East Side Athlellc
club Monday and yesterday he got busy
with a few light tricks in the gymnasium.
Frank Lewis, who is now in Oakland,
will probably return to take charge OF
Jimmy and get him In shape, and he
will be assisted by Tommy Burns and a
host of lesser lights.
Jimmy'S brother, who fights around
Chicago under the name of Mike Memsic,
left the Windy city Monday, and will be
here in a day or two to help collect the
change for the family. Mike is also a
lightweight, and will prove valuable
addition to Burns training staff.
AS soon as the articles are really signed
which should be tomorrow, Burns will
get busy with road work and strenuous
boxing, and will take plenty of time in
getting down to weight Although he
is almost alone in his opinion in regard
to a chance to beat Cans, Burns is
really confident, and will leave no stone
unturned to enter the ring fit for the
battle of MS life.
Along with The telegram in regard to
Cans coming McCarey received a message
from Harry Leap which changes the
complexion of the tryout card which
will be handed out next week. Leap
wired that Emmick and Summers had
decided to stay home, and the matches
with Webster and the Turk were filed
with two other Frisco boys.
These lads are Charlie Riley, who will
mix with Webster, and Stanton, who
is slated to go against the abominable
one. Stanton claims to have beaten Sum-
mers. who in turn beat the Turk, and
he also has the credit for fighting draw
with Joe German. Riley is g good lad,
and Leap considers him every bit as good
as Emmick
Phil Knight, who will hook UP with
Lauder in the windup on the card, has
started work at the Jimmy Burns camp
and will A5x with Cans next opponent
at every = opportunity. Lauder is with
Webster Ind the rest of the local brigade
at Arcadia, where the lads have estab-
ll-tsh.na-- "a regular training camp and the
clean little fighter is certain of
victory over his northern opponent.
The Frisco bunch of preliminary kids
will not leave home until the day before
the fights, as they prefer their regular
stamping ground to training quarters in
Los Angeles. Harry Leap is looking
after the bunch to see that none of them
goes astray, and will put them in the
box cars at the proper time and consign
the entire outfit to the Pacific Athletic
club here.