The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-14
AFTERMATH OF THE
GANS.BR|TT FIGHT
NATIVE son SUSPICIOUSLY
FASTENED BROKEN WRIST
INTO CAST.
(By W. w. Nanghton. }


The aftermath of the Gans-Britt
fight promises to be of longer dura-
ton than the aftermath of some
fights. For that matter differences
of opinion as to the genuineness of
Britt's claim of injury will be heard
whenever the affair comes up for dis
cussion in the long years to be-"
There was quite a babel of tom
CUES up and down the sporting line
yesterday and poor Britt was toast
ed more than he was praised Some
said that fractured ulna" or no frac-
tured ulna he should have kept along
as other good, game boxers have be-
fore him and tried to rake a victory
out of the fire with his one sound
hand. Others doubted that there was
an injury at all and instanced that
Britt had hurried his broken wing
into a plaster cast to prevent X-ray-
ing and examination generally by
some of the better class surgeons of
the city. Britt's friends, and he has
a large following, insisted that Jim
my did not quit until sheer torture
forced him.
The reflections upon his courage
hurt Britt more than anything else
that was said. ne said he thought
that in all his fights he had given am
pie proof to the sports of this burg
that his gameness is intact
Meanwhile BIRTHS arm is in plas-
ter cast and he mas been informed
by the doctors that it will be six
weeks before it is we'll The whole
question is a bewidering one as it
must needs be in the face of such
diversity of opinion. 1t is theme
on which nothing that could be writ
ten or said would be to any extent
convincing.
Joe Cans will leave for Los An
geles tomorrow to prepare himself
or rather to keep in his present con-
dition for his fight with Jimmy
Burns, otherwise George Memsic on
September 9th
Ben Selig, whose handling of Cans
business in the recent fight has CIV
en- his stock as manager quite a
flip, is saying pungent things about
the scheme for bringing Cans and
Battling Nelson together in Nevada.
Said Selig last night: I'VE had to
dance at Goldfield whenever Nolan
cracked his little whip. He kept al
tering the weight arrangements and
he reached out and grabbed nearly
the whole of the 100000 purse.
When we complained that he was a
hard man to deal with and that $22,-
500 was too much to ask out of $780,
600, he said, Well, you see, | have
the attraction in Battling Nelson, and
such being the case | am in a posi-
ton to name my own terms. Now,
while | don't think that everything
Nolan and Nelson asked Cans for up
there was right, | must admit that
Nolan had the best of the argument
at that time when it came to ques-
ton of who was the drawing card.
But the whole thing is changed
around now. At present | have the
attraction in Cans and Nolan has
nothing to work with but a battered
old has-been. | hardly think any
one is crazy enough to offer a purse
for a finish fight between Cans and
Nelson, but if there is any one so
foolish | will demand on Cans be-
half that we receive 80 per cent of
the purse, win, lose or draw This
is in line with what Nolan did to us
at Goldfeld. And when Nolan agrees
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weight shall be 1873 stripped at the
ringside he can consider the match
as good as made. The shoe is on the
other foot now.
Strong words, these, but Ben made
use of them, every one, and said
them over deliberately so that they
should be taken down Alright.
! Jack (Twin) Sullivan, who is
training at the Seal Rock House for
his match with Australian Bill
Squires, has secured the services of
Bob Ward, the well known heavy
| weight, as sparring partner.
Squires is still looking around for
mate in the sparring line. Jimmy
Russell, who is training Squires, says
that Denver Ed Martin has been
recommended for the job and he is
| anxious to locate Martin