Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27
Return Match Between Sullivan
And Thompson is
Probable.
BRlTT-NELsoN WEDNESDAY,.
Not Much Chance of Another Meeting
Between Durable Dane and
Champion Joe Cans.

The 20-round boxing contest at the
Ogden saucer track last wednesday,
NIGHT has been the chief topic of con-
versauon among salt Lake and Ogden
fight fans during the week From
pugilistic viewpoint the contest ranks
with the best ever held in the state,
and II Manager r. A. Grant can induce
the lightweights to sign up for return
match there viii be big crowd of
| pleased night fans. and the saucer track
Will be taxed to the limit.
Sauliivan was a great surprise &c
those who saw the contest But little
was known of him hereabouts. although
he made an excellent showing in Den
yer. The bouts he had about Bingham
and other places did not count because
he did not go against a man OF his class.
| In Thompson he met one OF the best
lightweights in the country, n man who
has made many of the top notchers
| sidestep, and he won, not by very
| large margin, to be sure, but he won,
and earned the decision. IL sullivan
had had the advantage of another
| weeks training there Is reason to be-
lleve he would have defeated Thompson
| before the last round was reached. BY
saying this it is not meant that he VIII
| beat the Chicago boy II there is re-
| turn match Thompson knows Sulli-
vans style of fighting and might be
| abfn 10 mark out a line OF battle That
| would return him the victory or secure
| draw. But Sullivan has made good
| Impression and will be the favoritc
| should the pair sign up again.
BRITT AND NELSON.
At San Francisco next WEDNESDAYS
night the third ring battle between
Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson Is
scheduled to take place, but the affair
| is not attracting n world of attention.
| The fight is to be 20 rounds to decision
| and is billed as n lightweight cham
| plonshlp'' affair. There Is no cham
| pionship involved. Joe Cans is the un-
disputed lightweight champion and un-
| Ill he is deposed, Britt, Nelson and all
the rest of them can lay no legitimate
claim to the title.
The fight takes place at the Auditori-
UNI rink and the prices OF seats range
from SO to $50. Britt and Nelson have
engaged in two gruelling contests and
| each has victory over the other. Britt
won the decision in a 20-round AFFAIR
and in the second meeting Mt Colma,
| Nelson knocked out the Native Som
IN the eighteenth round, A terrific pace
| was set IN their last battle moving
pictures of which were taken and ex-
hibited In every big city in the coun-
| try.
In answer to the uldnlatum issued bv
| Joe Cans relative to return match
with the winner of the Britt-Nelson
battle Billy Nolan, on behalf of the
Battler, had the following to say:
II have read Cans statement In ref
erence TO the terms for another match
with Nelson. and also his speech, in
| which he says that Nelson viii have
to fight on the square. AS to the rails
ing of the scales, / will state that
| stand now Just as ! have always stood.
If Cans is not satisfied with our weight
proposition he had better begin negotia-
lions for match with some one other
| than Nelson"
From perusal of this statement 1T
| can readily be seen that Nelson does
| not want any of Cans game at the
| legitimate lightweight limit. He wants
| the colored boxer to fight as feather
| weight The latter never posed as
featherweight and has already con-
coded every point except the unreason-
| able one that Nolan demands regarding
weighing in. As Cans says he will
| never agree TO fight Nelson at 1873 ring
side with his fighting toys on, there is
| absolutely no chance of the two coming
together. Britt says he Is more than
anxious u meet Cans, and II he wins
| viii welcome the opportunity TO sign
| articles OF agreement.
Nolan shows his true character In de-
| oining To allow Nelson to fight Cans
OF weight which would permit him 10
show some semblance OF his best form.
Even at 1873 pounds stripped Cans would
not be exceptionally strong, notwith-
| standing that he managed to beat Nell
| son Into pulp trained down TO the
| Young Corbett' featherwelght limit
| The people who spend their money
10 see championship boxing contest
| or any other pugilistic battle--do so
with the expectation of witnessing WELL
trained athletes striving for supremacy.
! is this possible II one OF the combatants
| trains down below his proper notch7
| Certainly not.
| Nolan, by his statemen, acknowledges
| THAI Cans r. Nelson's master at 1873
| pounds ringside, stripped which Is tho
| lowest figure that was ever demanded
| of any champion until Nolan conceived
| what he deemed such brilliant idea
| when he had Cans cornered I'm Nevada.
| At that time Joe was hard UP and
needed the money, SO readily consented
| TO everything demanded by the pound
| of hegh" Nolan. Today II is a different
story. With a fat bank roll and several
other matches in view, Cans Is not
forced TO bow to Nolan's Will.