Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-27
CANS WILL
MEET BURNS
ARTICLES SIGNED YESTERDAY
BY PRINCIPALS
JEFFRIES TO ACT AS REFEREE
AND STAKEHOLDER
Prices of Admission Have Been Fixed
and Are Reasonable, Consider
Ing Class of the Card
Offered

Jimmy Burns and Joe Cans will meet
in the Maud Junction pavilion on the
18th of August for a $4,000 purse, accord
ing to the articles which were signed yes
terday by Ben Selig, Cans manager,
Manager Tom McCarey of the Pacific
Athletic club and Jimmy Burns. The
contest is scheduled for twenty rounds,
and Jim Jeffries has been chosen as
referee.
While the match has been practically
settled for several days, it was not until
yesterday morning that the actual con-
tract and articles of agreement, as well
as the forfeit money, were signed up and
posted. Shortly before noon the princi-
pals in the affair met in McCarey's office
and Immediately attached their sigma
lures to the articles of agreement, and
came through with the necessary forfeit
money.
Every possible precaution was taken to
avoid any hitch in pulling the match off.
McCarey for the Pacific Athletic club,
posted a $4,000 forfeit to assure the fight
ers that they will appear before his club
without hindrance; Ben Selig, Cans
manager, put up $1,000 for his principals
weight and appearance money, and Jim
my Burns came through with a like
amount for the same reason.
Jeff Holds Money
All this money was given to Jim JEFF
fries Immediately after the articles were
signed, and will remain in the big fel-
lows possession until after the men have
weighed In and are waiting for the gong
on the night of their fight. jeff himself
will receive $1,000 from the Pacific Ath-
letic club for his part in the battle, hav-
ing been chosen as referee without bit
of hesitancy on either side.
The date of the battle will call for a
Friday night contest and in the few
weeks which intervene between now and
the time set for the event both Cans and
Burns will get busy and put in their
hardest licks in preliminary training. AS
was announced in The Herald yesterday,
Cans will do his work at Arcadia, while
Burns will probably make Long Beach
his stamping ground.
McCarey's latest card marks a depart
ure in the way ring contests are con-
Quoted in Los Angeles. For one thing.
Selig forced the Pacific Athletic club to
do what is customary with all organiza-
tions of the kind-post a forfeit that the
battle would come off. This surprised
McCarey when Selig first mentioned the
fact that his man must be protected
against any possibility of the fight being
stopped, but the local promoter finally
agreed to do business as it is done else
where, and came through with $4,000.
Game Is Battle
Another thing which puts the sport on
a higher and more metropolitan plane Is
the fact that McCarey inserted one clause
in the articles Of agreement which will
force the fighters to show their real con-
dition every day for at least a week be-
fore the battle. Both men agreed to
weigh in before McCarey's representative
on any day of the seven prior to the 18th
of August, and Mac promises to hold
them strictly to the letter of the agree
ment.
Considering the merits of the bout
the prices of admission will be cheap in
deed. Manager McCarey announced last
night that general admission would cost
SO, and in the reserved portions of the
house either a five or ten spot would be
sufficient coin to purchase a seat while
the boxes may be had for fifteen plunks.
That the house will fill at this price is
not to be doubted. The Britt-Nelson go,
which is now holding the center of the
pugilistic stage, will be out of the way
long before Cans and Burns mingle and
a goodly bunch of San Francisco sports
will make the journey south with the
avowed intention of seeing Joe Cans dis
pose of another aspirant to the light
weight title Whether they will be dis
appointed or not rests with Jimmy Burns,
and while he is not expected to win.
Jimmy is sure to give the sports a run
for their railroad fare and admission
money.