The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-29
CANS MAKES CONCESSIONS
TO NELSON'S MANAGER
Gives Way to Nolan On Several Vital
Points-Very Anxious to
Fight.

Under a verbal agreement reached
! last night at Jack Welsh's cafe, If
| Billy Nolan can produce the revised
| London prize ring rules showing that
! fighters are required to weigh in at
ringslde with their fighting toys on,
| Joe Cans will meet Battling Nelson
under the same conditions as gov
| erned at Goldfield. If, on the other
hand, the rules do not so state, but
are explicit that ringside weight
means stripped, then Nelson is to
fight the colored man at 1873 pounds
ringside. Foxy Billy Nolan, who
| drove Joe Cans into corner, has
everything to gain and nothing to
! lose. If he is unable to find a sec
! ton of the rules that suits his case,
! he will return the answer that the
rules are too indefinite and the
match is off If Nolan does produce
the rule Cans is bound by his agree
ment to fight Nelson on the Danes
own terms.
An offer of $35, 900 purse made
by Jim May, president of the Reno
| Athletic club for a fight on Labor
day between Cans and the winner
of the Britt-Nelson fight, was the
starting point and the conference
wound up in way that suited No
| Ian. AS Selig was on his way to Los
Angeles to close with Jimmy Burns,
| Cans had to do his own pleading.
| From the moment that he at first
offered to concede half pound, on
through his offer to fight Nelson at
1872 pounds ringside stripped, Nolan
knew he had his man. He played
| with him, as a cat would with a
mouse until finally Joe nibbled at
the bait, and in desperation, came
through with the statement that If
Nolan could show the rule he would
go ahead with the fight, with the I'M
derstanding on the other hand, that
without the rule Nelson was to
| knuckle under
Nolan has until 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon to produce the rules. Ii
he can show that condition in black
and white, it is expected that the
match will be made. The session
will be held at Welsh's terminal cafe
and all hands to the meeting have
promised to be in attendance.
When they met last night and af-
ter May had stated his $35, 900 offer,
Cans and Nolan commenced the dis
cussion as to the weight question. 1t
was the same old story. Former ar
guments were revamped and thresh-
ed over and it seemed that nothing
would come of the meeting.
Cans wanted to know where Nolan
got his authority in regard to the
ringside weight.
Nolan said the rules. He produced
the Marquis of Queensberry rules, in
which Article u reads as follows:
in, n11 9th c
to be governed by the revised rules
of the London prize ring
"The London rules, continued
Nolan, make special provision that
the men must weigh in with their
fighting toys.
Then Cans went off on another
tack.
''How much do you say those fight
ing togs weight" he asked Nolan.
The latter replied about pound
and a quarter.
"All right" said Cans, '1'll tell
you what l will do. I will cut that
| weight and make it 1872 IL pounds
for Nelson
Nolan wore a sardonic smile. Joe
was weakening and William as well
as others who were present, could
foresee further concessions.
/ Cans dropped to 1872 IL pounds.
Still Nolan smiled cunning smile
and shook his head.
WELL" said Cans, as if it were
his last proposition. 81 will do this:
| will make 1872 pounds for Nelson
and no BETTER
''That will not suit" said Nolan.
81 want the championship and I want
it fought under the rules, at 1873
pounds with toys on"
Then the Baltimore lad parted for
time He said he would weigh in
with one shoe on.
"If you will fight with one shoe
on" said Nolan, "all right.
Finally came Cans offer that was
snapped up. He told Nolan that if
he would produce the rule, he
| (Gans) would fight that way and
otherwise that Nelson was to agree
to 1873 stripped
Nolan snapped this up and presu-
mably is looking for the rule. But
| it's good bet that he will either
produce the rule this afternoon or
will be unable to find anything bear
ing on the subject. In that case, he
will say the whole agreement is
washed out.
If May secures the fight and the
Reno man says he is ready to put up
healthy looking deposit, the match
will take place at MoanO Springs,
about two and half miles out of
Reno, where monster pavilion will
be built.
So far as can be discovered, there
is no explicit mention of weighing in
in the London prize ring rules. The
nearest approach to any mention of
weighing in with toys on is con-
tanned in rule 5 as follows:
Rule 5-On the men being strip
ped it shall be the duty of seconds
to examine their tights, and if any
objection arises as to insertion of
improper substances they shall ap-
peal to their umpires, who, with con-
currence of referee, shall direct what
alterations shall be made"
Rule 6 provides that spikes in
fighting boots shall be three in num-
Der and shall not exceed three
eighths of an inch from sole of boot,
etc.