Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-13
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! Physician Whom Joe Cans Think. Can Go Some Other
 Interesting Fight News.


 chances in the ring of Dr John Krone, q Chicago apothecary, who says he feels able to whip any heavyweight in the world. Even Joe Cans has Joined in with praise for the burly amateur boxer in this manner, "I am ready to bet anywhere from $5,0O0 to $12,OOO that Dr Krone can beat any of the big fellows outside of Jeffries. If so to Nevada to meet Nelson. the Doc will go along with me and fix up the fanciest training quarters ever seen anywhere. I will then teach him something about the game that he does not know and after three months of work I believe he will be ready to tackle even Jeffries. He is as big as John l. Sullivan used to be when at his best. He is young, tremendously strong and good, speedy man by nature. He is fast with both hands and feet and he has shown me that he is natural born fighter.' When Cans gets the doctor really fit an at tempt will be made to match him with burns. Hart or Schreck Krone has plenty of money and merely wants to beat somebody of renown for the glory that there may be in it. In describing the doctors physical at tributes, Cans has neglected to say anything about his heart. But the strength of that organ will be put to the test as soon as the Chicago apoth- ecary receives couple of stiff smash es on the point of the jaw.
 
 Tommy Ryan and Hugo Kelly, who were recently charged with putting mp n fake six round bout at Rochester now say that they fought on the level Ryan says that the management of the Rochester club informed him that the bout should be strictly a boxing match with no slugging and no deci- sion. Ryan also states that those who have been crying fake should blame the club, not the pugilists, for the req son that the club knew all along that there would be no real fighting and that the crowd that paid admissions did so under a false impression. Meanwhile the club managers and other boxing promoters in Rochester, have barred Ryan and Kelly from
 
 future contests in that city.
 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. when asked point blank the other day if in the event of victory over Tommy Burns he would agree to meet Jack Johnson, who is causing much talk in Australia just now, said: ''l claim the light heavyweight championship. but not the heavyweight title. and if Johnson wants to fight for the cham pionship. Jcffries is the man to look after him' O'Brien, by tn way, says he intends to retire from the ring. He will not be missed much in view of the way he has played tho part of the Artful Dodger in times pnst.
 A report comes from Reno. Nev, that Jimmy Britt will not fight Young Corbett after all. If this is true sporting men say that it is due to either an ability to make l33 pounds or foar of defeat. Britt must be pretty far gone when lie deems it ad- visable tc sldestep q back number like Corbett. Cans or Nelson could probably beat both of these men one after the other in the same ring.
 Jack Hamilton. of Troy. and Joe Powers, of Schenectady were match cd to fight twenty rounds at q resort on the outskirts of Albany, early yes terday morning. Just as the specta- tors. numbering about 200. had as- sembled at the ringside and the prin- cipals had stepped in the ring. all in readiness for the gong. without the slightest sign of warning the flooring gave way and. amid shrieks and yells the entire audience. was precipitated to the floor below. a mass of strug- linz humanity. Miraculously none was killed, but many were severely bruised and cut. Physicians who were in attendance treated the in- jured. Despite the accident, the prin- cipals and small number of spccta- tors adjourned to an adjacent barn and the fight was decided. resulting in Hamilton knocking Powers out in inc second round.