The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-01
BAD WEATHER CUTS ATTEND.
ANCE AND TONOPAH PRO.
MoTERS STAND TO LOSE
LITTLE HERMAN MONEY
In Sight and Cans is Big Favorte--
Both Will Weigh in At 1873 and
Both Are Confident--Hard
Training Work.

light weight champion of the world
and Herman Langtield better known
in the ring as Kid Herman. will NEE
here tomorrow for the championshiI
title The contest will begin at
o'clock, Pacific time.
1t may be stated positively tina
both fighters will be at weight tomor
row AS usual both fighters are con
hdent Of winning.
That the promoters of he light
weight battle will incur a financial
loss is a foregone conclusion, as tho
advance sales have fallen below all
calculations. But few sporting men
of national reputation are here and
the betting Is almus' etagnant. Cans
is practically a prJnibi'ive fayorite
the ruling odds tonight being 10 to 4,
with little Herman money in sight
viii Fight at 1873,
The fighters will weigh in at noon
and the articles cali for 1873 pounds.
! Straight Marquis of Queensbury rules
will govern the contest. This will per-
mir fighting in clinches as long as
one or the other has one arm free
Jack WEIGH. of SauFranci. co, will
be referee. The fight will be for
$4,000 purse, 60 per cent to winner
and 40 per cent - the loser
A heavy snow storm ragged in
Tonopah today and the indications
point to severe weather conditions
for tonight and tomorrow The rival
pugilists continued their work today,
Cans contenting himself with a five
mile sprint, while herman eantered
along the frozen ground Tor -four
miles.
Outside OF hundred persons from
San Francisco and vicinity are here
and the attendance will be made up
largely of miners from adjacent
camps and residents of Southern
Nevada towns. The falling off today
in the sale of seats is attributed to
the bad weather.
Cans Never Worked Hard.
Cans has been fighting fifteen |
years, but never trained as hard in his |
life before as he has for this battle |
In August at Goldfeld he had the sun
TO help him make weight Here, with
he Toncpan brand of midwnter
weather. the job of melting The scales
with a smile has been somewhat more
lficult
Joe f. at weight. He has reached
his desirable point by hammcrng
lway at the gym work and by making
lis road work a mile or two longer
han he ever made it before Weight
orfehs are things TO be careful of
md Joe realizes II.
when ! say that | have worked
larder fer this fight than any other
have had Joe said. - am telling the
ruth. For a while | thought that 1t
vas my age against me | don't be.
ieve that now. for I am in good con
ii;ion have reached my present
hape by hard work and from my eX-
,ericncc in the last two weeks that al I
tudc has something TO do with con |
iti0nng fighters as well as wi h boil
ng water If It hadn't been for this I
ake-oven stoce which have in my }
YIN I dan't know how ! ever would !
ave 20 down to weight
Joe Retains His Good Nature. {
Notwithstanding his hard work. Joe
i'm as good spirits as when he start
d. He is, in fact, about the best natur- {
d fighter in the business No pug in g
he lat days of training is exempt Il
I'm strcakes Of ugliness. Joe gets r
loser to this sort Of emancipation
ian any other fighter.
Kid Herman is much the same 4
lrt He IS a willing little chap and }
Is hours ont Of the gym are pleasant q
ot only for him but also for his
lends. HI brother. D. J. Laudheld. 4
as been with him since Christmas 4
~ and has helped nightly 10 keep @
lc kids" spirits up 10 the boiling 81
lint The kid" believes he can \
in There are more people here who Il
link he can than when he arrived c.
bis is significant. The Chicago lad b
a good gymnasium worker. lie
ems 70 like the rough stuff and all
e walIopa Adam Ryan can hard out al
G absorbed with the esgerness Of a d
.onge which has long been dry. s.
This man Cans hasn't got any q,
ing / can't take" the kid" SAYS. kt
nd have something he might not Il
se to take al
Blacks Friends Are Worried. IT
The hard work Joe has been com c.
lied 30 do is causing his admirers IL m
3 section Of the country to worry I a
er his chances. The champion DIR n
2 these latter days Of training is 80
red TO work 10 the border Of over in