Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-01
THE PUGlLlSTS
THIS MATCH
 LOOKS QUEER
Jimmy Britt and Young Corbett Are to Do Battle Jack Palmer is
 Chasing 0'Brien.

New, is true, Joe Cans and Tommy Ryan will fight to finish for a $3O,OOO purse at that place on Labor Day. It is said that if the men come together Ryan will have to make 142 pounds several hours before he gets into the, ring. Such contest, if strictly on the level, would probably be hummer. Cans and Ryan are conceded to be the cleverest boxers in the American ring to-day. Cans can build up to about 138 pounds in order to be fit to tackle Ryan at the weight, while the latter, under the circumstances. might possibly be weakened somewhat by reducing. When this news was received by sporting men they were inclined to regard 1t lightly. They said that it looked like an advertising dodge and that they would not believe that such a fight would take place until Cans and Ryan had actually signed articles of agreement, with forfeits placed in stakeholders hands.
 Joe Thomas began active training in Philadelphia Tuesday for his six round bout next week Wednesday with Honey Melody, welterweight champion. The bout is attracting a great deal of attention among sport ing men of Philadelphia, who have but two regrets in Its connection. These are that it will go no more than six rounds and that no cham pionship is involved. Under the ar- ticles of agreement the men are to weigh in at 145 pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which precludes all possibility of any welterweight title going to the winner, even though there should be clean knockout Sporting men. however, incline to the belief that it would be rather diffi- cult for either one of them to make 145 pounds and be strong.
 Amby McGarry of New York and Unk Russell of Philadelphia are to meet in six round bout before the National club of Philadelphia on Saturday, March 2. A number of preliminaries will also take place.
 Unable to fight Joe Cans and Kid Herman respectively James Britt and Young Corbett, according to report from San Francisco, will meet at Reno, New, on March 25, in a battle to finish for a $15,000 purse, 133 pounds, weigh in six hours before the contest. The winner will receive 60 per cent of the purse. it is said. Cor bett and Britt are old enemies. but Britt took part in so many queer mills that this latest frameup with la back number like Corbett will not cause much undue excitement in pugilistic circles, it is thought. The recent mill between Spike Robson and Tommy Murphy. in which the latter was bested by the Englishman, put Corbett far down in the estima- tion of the followers of boxing. Britt, therefore, will be expected to trim the Denver pugilist unless the latter suddenly recovers his old form. which is hardly probable. Reno's fight pro- motors must be desperate when they stand willing to give $15,000 for such a contest.
 Jack Palmer. the English heavy weight, has gone over to Philadelphia to waylay Jack O'Brien. who is on his way there from Los Angeles. Palmer insists that in a private bout in England some time ago he made O'Brien look cheap and that when he challenged the Quaker to fight him in public the latter skipped out of the country. These assertions, made with unmistakable boldness, should result in match between Palmer and 0'Brien unless the latter is afraid to lock horns with the Britton. In lappearance Palmer looks like a fight CT. but his legs are rather thin. while his general physical makeup is not one of either great strength or en- duranee.
 Harry Lewis. the Philadelphia pugilist must stand trial at Grand Rapids for causing the death of Mike Ward in a recent bout. But the charge has been changed from mur- der to manslaughter. It was believed that a new district attorney would drop the case against Lewis. but in- stead he now insists that the trial must take place inside of the next ten days or two weeks.
 
 WRESTLING IS BOOMING.
 With the -KarakanofY match out of the way. the next wrestling