Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-09
BURNS there
WITH A PUNCH
Cans May Meet bis
Waterloo In Coming
Fight

! Los ANGELES, Aug. 9.-Away
down deep in his heart Joe Cans may
think that Jimmy Burns is a tapioca,
says c. E. Van Loon, but the fact that
the champion is working like Trojan
| ing for tough customer.
! And Burns is tough customer;
make no mistake about it. If Joe Cans
is ever whipped, he will be whipped by
man like Burns-not particularly
| clever, not scientific boxer, but a
knocker-out of the whirlwind type. No
man can hope to outlook Cans. Some
of US remember the fight between
Cans and Mike (Twin) Sullivan.
We remember how Mike Twin made
Honey Melody look like the veriest
sucker at the game. Multiply that by
two and you have the showing which
Mike Twin put up against Cans. Mike
tried to outlook the Baltimore oriole,
and he was beaten to every punch. 1t
will not be a clever man who whips
Joe Gans-not until his stamina de-
serts him, at any rate
Must Lick Cans With One Punch.
The man who whips the negro must
whip him all in one round and with
one punch. Cans record shows that
he can be knocked out George Nc
Fadden handed it to him after %
rounds of fighting, but that was eight
years ago, and Cans has learned a
great deal in eight years.
RnrnS iS q fCbtar Of NJalSo,,
type. Punishment does not seem to
affect him as it affects other men. He
can hit about five times harder than
the great Dane ever could. Realizing
that if he allows Cans to set himself
and fight the battle to his own style,
he will not have chance in thou
sand to win, Burns will probably go at
the champion the second the bell rings.
A hard hitter may score a knockout
in the first round just as easily as in
the last.
Nelson started after Cans at Gold
field, but did not rush fast enough.
That slow little hitch step of his car
ried him across the ring so slowly that
Cane had plenty of time to set himself
for his best punches, and his right
crosses and left swings nearly took Bat
off his feet The man who intends to
rush Joe Cans will have. to step some
for the negro is very fast on his feet
, There is nothing in his way of getting
| over the canvas that would remind one
of Abe Attell.
How They Miss Joe.
! Cans never Sc. ms to be in a hurry,
but he glides here and there without
effort making the other fellow miss
by half-inches and countering with
! lightninglike blows which are hard
enough to jar a man from the soles of
his feet upward.
| Jimmy Burns knows that if he whips
Cans it means a fortune for him. OF
all the divisions, the lightweight bril-
gade is the one which gets the money.
More money has been made by light
weight fighters in the past five years
than in all the other weight divisions
put together.
Should Burns win over Cans, he
would be hailed as the greatest slug
ger of them ALL and it means a mans
size fortune to the Bohemian chal-
lenger. This fight will attract atten-
ton all over the world. Burns has
been marked as a tough fellow of the
| improving kind.
Making of Burns.
His fight with Montana Kid, while.
1t attracted little attention outside of
Los Angeles, showed that Burns is be-
| ginning to use his head and show lit
tie cleverness. Montana began to side
step that right, but Burns found him
with a left swing to the body, and
whenever he saw Montana slide over
to the left he caught him with a left
smash that found him all uncovered.
Whether he can hit Cans with either
hand remains to be seen. It is certain
that Cans will hit him early and often.
and If James can weather the first ten
rounds without Stacking his pace, his
chances will be improved 100 per cent.
The fight of the 18th may make ring
history and give us a new lightweight
champion. With Nelson out of the
game. there are three legitimate 133-
ound-at-ringside fighters left in the
limelight-Gans, Britt and Burns. The
latter Is the dark horse, and he has the
punch which unmakes champions.