The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02

Chance Against the Baltimore Black But Fought His Fight J With Gameness.
 | Casino Atheletic Club, Tonopah, New, Jan. 1-Joe Cans fought true to the | dope" today. After playing with Her | man for eight rounds. the champion landed full swing on the point or | Herman's jaw, and Chicago's favorite l fighter went to the mat a beaten man, It was apparent from the first that Herman had no chance Cans blocked his blows with the greatest ease and | at no time was Cans worried in the least In the first round Joe started to | feel things out. Herman was willing to | fight but the champion stalled him off. Tn the second round Cans started tJ open up. Herman's attempts to lana all ended in failure.
 Cans blocked Herman's leads with | glove and elbow and when opportun- | ity presented showed right and left to | his face.
 The third and fourth rounds were repetitions of the second. It was plain | ly seen that Herman "the under dog" was the crowds favorite. When he l landed blow the crowd cheeredp wild l k. Cans only drew the applause when he fought his cleverest.
 l In the fifth round Cans having mea- | sured his man. slowed down. This was | the only round where Herman made any showing. Herman waded In ana | swung hard rights and lefts at the | champion. Cans appeared careless and a number of the blows landed. The | crowd cheered madly for the Chicagoan at the end of the round.
 | The sixth and seventh rounds were all Cans In the eighth Cans started out by fefnting and drawing Herman's | fire.
 They fiddled around the ring until Cans worked his opponent into cor ner. Cans feinted with his left and Herman swung wildly with his left. He left an opening. Like flash Cans 1 whipped his left, and then a swinging | right, flush on the point of Herman s jaw. Herman dropped like log ! with his face buried in his hands. He lay motion1ess at the edge of tho l Eg Begged Nia to Rise.
 Nat Lewis ran around the ring to where Herman lay and begged him to rise, but Herman was serseless. At the count of ten. Lewis and Adam Ryan carried their protege to his cor ner, where three minutes elapsed be- fore he was revived.
 Herman was outcIassed throughout. He never had a chance. and he never will have a chance when he meets T man of Cans calibre. The fight was not without it's incidents. The heav- fest betting developed at the ringside. In the second the men were mitting It fiercely when the gong sounded. hard right oh Herman's neck. The crowd arose and hissed and hooted. It was then that Cans realized what | he had done. and, facing the crowd, made a public apology.
 | Not content with this. Cans went to Herman's corner and, grasping the latter's hand. explained that he had to cheers as Cans returned to his seat.
 Discussing the result, Herman said.
 There is no getting away from 1t. 1 The best man won. made the best fight that was in me against a supe- rior man. I do not deny that he is the best man. and l do not begrudge him his victory"
 Cans wore his easily won honors with the best of grace. Tt was just as I expected" said the champion. T had Herman outclassed. He was game. l,but he never had a chance to win"
 Had Blizzard Weather. New Years day at Tonopah was ush- cred in with zero weather. The bliz- gard subsided, but was succeeded by | a cold wind from the north that sent pedestrians scurrying in haste in- doors. Occasionally the sun broke through a rift in the clouds, but these visitations were few and far between. I At o'clock the streets. which were covered with several inches of snow, were practically deserted. At the casino I yhAr lo of fig... seats was in progress, there was quite congestion of humanity and the management reported a brisk early morning sale. Cans and Herman were up early but did nos work of any kind. The fighters remained at their headquarters until o'clock, when they weighed in at the office of NJ. M. Riley, the fight promoter.
 At 2:3O o'clock they proceeded to the arena and fifteen minutes later enter | ed the ring. Both were in excellent spirits during the morning and su- preme confidence marked their every | move. Cans in particular was in an amiable frame of mind and spent the time greeting newly arrived friends and assuring them that thers was not the slightest doubt as to the outcome of the fight.
 Get in and bet a wad on me and don't let the odds stop you| he said | to a party of Goldfield miners whose acquaintance he formed during his stay there last September.
 There is not the remoteet chance of me losing the contest and 1t means whole lot for me in the future.
 will be hot on the heels of Battling Nelson, failing to get mAtch with him, I might agree to takS Britt if | he will agree to my terms"
 Herman, like Cans, fitted about amongst his acquaintances and told them that he expected to win by ag- Eressive work and body play
 T have youth on my side" said he, "and believe that by constantly attack ing the champions body, 4 will wear him down and then go in and win"
 There was not much betting in Tono- pah this morning. Many of the blue shirted prospectors were expected to nibble at the short end, but there were few who care to risk their money on Cans at the prevailing odds which rang ed from ? 1-2 to 1 to to Il The mutuals however, pick Cans to win in from ten to fifteen rounds. It was lexpected that the odds will veer in H4rman's favor before ring time. Otherwise there was no betting to speak of.
 All the stores and gambling resorts of Tonopah were closed tbis afternoon while the fight was in pFogress l Cans weighed in on tho club sealas