Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10

hold, except among the wise ones, that N
order to see fight one must perform 9
hegira to Philadelphia, although the no.
decision rule is enforced there also. The
supposition that there Is no sport with the
gloves to be found nearer than Quakertown
is wrong. for by gaining membership in
one OF the dozen athletic organizations OF
Manhattan and Brooklyn that make
speciality of boxing an opportunity Is
opened to see many good bouts in the
course Of a month, which, though not given
an official ending. have all the fire and go
which decisive fights would be able to
show. = e,s'
Refused to Fight Landers.
Fred Landers did not leave San Francisco,
as was stated last week. After he had
packed his belongings he received a tele-
gram from Billy De Coursey calling his
match with the Montana Kid off, the latter
refusing to fight Fred. Landers has re-
ceived an offer to box Maurice Sayers. who
knocked out Willie Fitzgerald, Dave Desh-
Ter and Artie Simms the past month In
Milwaukee, but Landers would like to get
match in California before he departs for
the east Landers defeated Savers twice,
and the latter Is very anxious for return
meeting. Fred will in all probability box
some good lightweight under the auspices
of the Tuxedo Athletic Club Of Vallejo this
month.
Writes Enthusiastically Of Ryan.
George Siler, who was the third man in
the ring when Tommy Ryan defeated Dave
Barry at Hot Springs, writes enthusiastic
cally over the exhibition of the veteran
champion. The famous referee and boxing
critic says the battle demonstrated Ryan
was far from the 'has-been-class.' He
boxed, tented and ducked under vicious
right and left hand swings as of old, and
fell into clinches to avoid punishment as if
he had been indulging in that sort of work
every day. He was there with his old-time
tricks. sdch as sidestepping, drawing his
opponent to leads and then stepping out of
distance and compelling Dave to miss by
feet At that Barry made a better showing
than was expected by those who had seen
Ryan perform against the best men in the
country. He caught Tom several times
with hard uppercuts, especially when Tom
dropped into clinches. He also managed to
land number of stiff left-hand jabs which
Ryan did not relish and which riled him
when the crowd applauded Dave for his
clever work."
Cans and Nelson to Fight.
Larry Sullivan, who delivered the longest
speech on record in a prize ring, Is doing
the resting act in San Francisco. He makes
this prediction: zoe Cans and Battling Mel
son will fight again and they will fight at
Goldfeld. This you can gamble on. The
match is not made and won't be right
to fight Goldtield will be on the map with
an offer that will set all to thinking. 1t is
little early to talk about such fight, but
it is going to take place.
This summer"
Perhaps, and perhaps later
There will be no trouble matching the
pair when the time arrives, for Joe is Itch
ing for battle, but he won't allow Nolan to
dictate terms like he did before. Cans will
fight Nelson at the lightweight limit and he
may demand the long end CT the purse, win,
lose or draw. Nelson insisted on the big
end of the purse when he posed cham
pion. though he really never held the
honor. Cans was champion when he fought
at Goldfeld though his claim was not al
lowed by many.
Popult. rity of Dan Creedon.
Spider Kelly says: IF you were to
ask me who was the greatest fighter Aus
tralia sent to America 1 would probably say
Peter Jackson, or 1 might name Bob Fitz-
simmons, but if you wanted my opinion as
to the most popular 1 would have to give
the palm to Dan Creedon. Dan was I'M
questionably the best-liked pugilist that
came from that far-away country. Like
some people, he had the faculty of making
friends wherever he Travelled. and Creedon
had them all the way from San Francisco
to New York. He could tell good story,
sing a song, dance jig, was never a rowdy,
| always a gentleman, and made a good
| front in any kind of company. Dan was
very much on the style of Jim Corbett, and,
| like Jim, was clever fighter. I would't
| call Creedon great fighter, for he wasn't
| Fitzsimmons beat him very easily. and yet
| he conquered men like Alev Greggains,
Henry Baker. Pat Reidy and Muldoon Cy-
| clone. His fighting weight was about 1876
| pounds, and while he lacked the terrific
wallop of Ftzsimmons l regarded him a
| cleverer boxer.
II think it was about 1892 that Creedon
| landed in this country. He came over with
| Tommy Tracey, who was his foster brother
and a very shifty welterweight Creedon
| returned to Australia a few years ago. He
made one fight with Bill Doherty and lost
| Then he retired from the ring and went
| into the hotel business"