The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

Los Angeles, Sept zS-Joe Cans, the
lightweight champion of the world, and
George Memsic, who is champion of moth
ing. fought for twenty rounds last night.
II is passing strange.
Tom McCarey, whose club gave the
fight. is said 10 have paid Cans $sOOO for
his appearance ana Memsic $2,0O0. For
this amount the two men went twenty
rounds. with Jim Jeffries in the ring as
referee 10 watch them. Just why Cans
failed to knock out Memsic is not plain.
Only once during the one hour Of actual
lighting did Cans land blow that greatly
distressed Memsic. In the final round he
planted his right in the white mans stom-
ach. and the victim held on as long as he
could. When IT was ali over Jeff decided
that Cans had won.
Tom A-cCarey, who was mixed up in the
Burns-O'Brien fake, was the manager Of
the contest. Burns. who has been con-
victed in his letters TO his former man
ager of taking. even if Jack O'Brien's ac-
cusations are not enough. was behind
Memsic, and the third faker in the affair
was Cans himself. who has admitted that
ne laid down to Terry NIcGovern and that
he framed up his first tight with Jimmy
Britt.
Fooled Jehries:
All Of which does not prove that the
fight was not on the square. But taken
with the fight il viii at least cause con-
servative people TO withhold their opin-
ions until more light is shed. While
there Is no reason to believe that JET
fries would tolerate a fake-except the
charge OF Faker Jack O'Bren-Jeff'
brain is not so great that he is en-
dowed with an X-ray eye. He, like many
a smarter referee. can be fooled.
In the first round Cans made Memsic
look like the second rater that he is.
cracking twice on the nose with his left,
while the German would not set by the
negro's great guard. He rushed and rush
ed again. Other rushers have rushed at
Joe Cans merely TO bat their heads
against that long left. Cans either block
ed him or stuck his left out and Memsic
Ian into it,
In the fifth Cans put left to the stom-
ach, which held the white man back. IN
the next round he merely defended him
self against Memsics rushes. and he did
It with ease. But Joe opened mp in the
next round. He mixed 1t up with the
man who likes to mix it, They went at
a pretty hot pace, both Of them landing
In the seventh Memsic opened up Cans
eye. and sent three hard rights to the
body Nemsic followed this work with
right and left 20 the jaw when they got
up again. But the blows didn't go
strong enough TO put the negro away,
nor to distress him.
Kisses from Crowd.
Memsic bored in during the ninth, and
holding to Cans, smashed him 10 the
body so often that the crowd hissed him
Later on when he tried his rushing tao
tics again Cans held him at bay with
that straight left to the jaw and nose
just as he had done In the first round
He hooked the strong boy to the head
with ease. showing how nicely he might
have put the young fellow away had he
tried hard to do it.
BY the thirteenth round Memsic had
reached the condition where he found il
10 his advantage 70 hold on. JEFF told
him 10 quit and then he again resorted
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Cans great guard, even If he did bump
his head into Cans fine straight left
Through the remainder Of the fight
Cans went on pounding the strong boy,
but he didn't knock him out. nor come
anywhere near doing it. He held back
that terrible right which has laid so
many better men than Memsic low. Not
until the last did he use il, and then he
planted q blow 20 the stomach which had
Memsjc IN a bad way.
JEFF gave the champion the decision be
cause Cans had plainly outpointed Mem
sic, even If lie had lot knocked him out
Possibly if Mr.. Eyton, the referee whom
McCarey employed in the O'Brien-Burns
battle, had been in the ring the result
would have been announced as a draw.
Then another battle might have drawn a
large house, and those who believe in the
philosophy Of 'get the money" would
have been happy.