The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26
Negro Has a Hard Little Man to
Beat in Memsic.
He Is a Wild Rusher Who Can
Take Punishment.
ODDS FAVOR JOSEPH.
COlOred Man Big FavOrite for
Friday Nights Bout.
But Memsic Has Whipped Two
Mighty Good Fighters.

Los Angeles, Sept. 26.-Joe Cans,
the wonderful negro. on this coming
Friday at Los Angeles will complete a
remarkable record. For the second
i time in one month he will defend the
title of light weight champion. This
! is something new in r f1stic history.
| Champions before now have engaged
in more than one tilt of short duration
in the course of a month, but there is
no instance on record, or if there is,
it does not come readily to memory,
of champion encompassing two bat
ties at championship weight over the
championship route of twenty or more
rounds in a calendar month.
There seems to be little disposition
to take Mr.. Memsic seriously. No
one is betting on, him to whip the ne
gro; few are willing to risk good
money that he lasts half of the twenty
scheduled rounds. Perhaps this is as
il should be. Cans is aegFeats man.
lie is a better maHAthanl the kingpini
in the class aboT5J milk 1s+rT win
Sullivan of the weIters.rt Probably he
can whip all of the anhiddFe0 weights as
we'll. So, you see, it's rash, rash,
to do any specializing with young Mr..
Memsic as the card that must turn
face up for you to cash. Memsic isn't
such bad fighter, though. He's a
lot better than he is given credit for.
Take his first fight on the coast.
Charley Neary. who all Milwaukee
thought was a champion, was his OPP
ponent. Neary went out in the second
round. Then they pitted Cyclone
burning up the far west with brilliant
victory after victory, against the Chi
cago Bohemian. When the twenty
rounds were up both boys were stand
ing, but there was difference in per-
sonal appearances. Thompson would
never have done for a Beauty exhibit.
His face, to begin with; was pounded
to the consistency of mashed potatoes
Then there was burning red line of
angry flesh around the belt to show
where heavy blows to the body had
taken effect.
With Memsic it was all different.
Not a mark on him to show that he
had been up against the great "Cy-
clone" for twenty full rounds. He was
given the decision and the crowd ap
proved. 1t doesn't follow that BECAUSE
Memsic can whip Neary and Thomp-
son that he can humble the mighty
Cans as well. Not at all. Many sup
pose if the negro really had to do it
he could put Thompson and Neary in
the, same ring and whip them both.
He would make. 1t. a Simultaneous
possibly an instantaneous, Operation,
A few rights and leftS to Neary, a
few to Thompson, and the gaff~ with
those worthless would be all off. Pos |
sibly that's the way about Memsic-a
tap or two with the negro's left. tap !
or two with his right, and good-by to
little George. But remember this |
Memsic is fighting demon. He goes
in with his head lowered and his rms
working viciously. He takes a thou |
sand and one chances. but if he lands |
say, If he should land on Joe Cans, |
for instance. there'd be a new cham |
pion right then and there.
They say Cans Just eats up this kind |
the kind that comes rushing to him |
Well, maybe he does, but many are
willing to let the prediction go on rec
ord that when the negro finally meets