Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-08
SPORTING NEWS

New York. Sept. 7.-Fight fans of both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts will have a chance next week to see what should be some slashing good bouts. Of greatest importance, Of course. is the miX-up between Joe Cans and Jimmy Britt for the light weight championship of the world, which is to be the star feature of the Admission day celebration at San Francisco Monday On Wednesday night the sports of the Atlantic coast will gather in Philadelphia by hun dreds to see the six round go between Tommy Murphy of Harlem and Fight ing Dick Hyland of California, two Of the best and fastest little men in their class in the world. Bridgeport, Conn.,, will be the scene of the third big bat tie of the week, when two mighty heavyweights, Sailor Burke and Jack Johnson will get together. The sail Tor will be strongly backed by his Brooklyn friends, but those who have followed Johnson's record closely dur ing the past few months believe that the big moke is the real goods in the heavyweight field. The Burke Johnson mill will be pulled off Thurs day.
 At this distance, there doesn't ap- pear anything but Cans in the San Francisco affair. Cans is a heavy favorite over Californias favorite son among the betting men of Goth am, and there is little Britt money in sight A few think the Baltimore darky has gone back since he first fought Nelson, but in case he has it will likely take more rugged fight CT than Britt to prove it. It is the opinion of many followers of the game that George Memsic will come near CT taking Cans title away from him than will Britt Memsic is power ful younster and can stand the gaff better than Britt.
 According to reports from Frisco, Jack Gleason has already prepared the staging for the big lightweight battle. A ball field has been convert ed into fight pavilion for the occa- sion. The ring is located in th3 cen ter of the field, and the grandstand will serve as the reserved section of the fight fans. The bleachers have been converted into a haven for the gallery gods, while the space be- tween the ring and the grandstand has been filled with boxes. It is stated that Cans will have no trouble to make the weight and is already near the 133 pounds agreed upon. Cans has had long siege of prepara- ton, having commenced training some time ago. when he was getting into condition for his match with George Memsic, which was later postponed.
 Manager Gleason has promised the men 75 per cent of the receipts, With a guarantee of S25,O00 If he makes good on that figure Cans and Britt will have to draw better than they did in their previous Frisco fight, ! when the receipts were $22,S95. With the evident superiority of Cans gen eraliy accepted, it appears doubtful ii there will be that much money in the house. Gleason believes the battle will draw $50,OO0 This would break all Frisco records for lightweight fights the receipts of the second Britt-Nelson fight coming nearest that mark, $4S,355. The first Britt-Nelson battle drew only $26,SS0, and the Britt-Corbett scrap $36,735. The fighters share of the purse will be split 60 and 40, so that both stand to get a good wad out of the meeting,
 Another lightweight match that should prove to be hummer and one of the best of the year, is that be- tween Fighting Dick Hyland and Harlem Tommy Murphy, which vii! open the season at the National A. C., Philadelphia next Wednesday night The bout will, of course, be of the SIX round, no decsion, variety. The purse will be $2,500, to be split even. lily land has been training for the mill at Stratford, Conn. Murphy is doing his training at Lake Friend, in the Adirondacks.
 Apparently Hyland and Murphy are as evenly matched as any two little fellows who could be found. Murphy will enter the ring a few pounds heavier than the Californian, ard has an advantage of half an inch in height Hyland is slightly broader across the shoulders. In other re- spects they are very much alike. Both are teetotalers in the matter of drink and tobacco. Both are exceedingly polite, quiet, modest in demeanor and