The San Francisco call., 1907-03-08
RICHARD ENTERS FIELD
WITH OFFER OF $4,000
Colored Boxer Authorizes
Ben Selig to Sign Arti-
cles for Him
By r. A. Sn1yth

The boxing promoters are in hot pur-
suit of a Gans-Nelson match, and from
the present outlook the man with the
longest purse will land the great draw
ing card. TEX" Rickard is the first in
the field with an offer of $4,000 for a
match to be decided at Ely. New, the
new copper camp. Billy Nolan, who
looks after the interest of Nelson with
so much care. does not approve of this
offer, claiming that he thinks Cans has
been promised a bonus in addition to
his share of the purse.
Cans has placed the entire matter of
the making of the match on his part
into the hands of Ben Selig of this city.
The latter has handled Cans interest
shrewdly and the trust reposed in him
by the colored champion shows the lat
ter has no further business dealings
with AL Herford. Rickard apparently
wired an offer to Cans yesterday, and
the latter in turn wired Selig:
''Will not sign. You attend to every
thing"
In discussing the proposed match
yesterday Selig said: TN the interest
of Cans I want to get the largest purse
that I can. 1 would like to see the fight
decided in this city if the purse offered
was satisfactory. I could not be eX-
pected to sign Cans to fight here for
a smaller purse than he could get else
where. One thing I will demand. and
that is that Cans will receive 60 per
cent OF the purse-win, lose or draw.
He is the champion and is entitled to
this consideration. We think we got
the worst of the terms at Goldheld, but
that will not happen this time.
There is no truth in the statement
that Cans is i'll at his home in Balti-
more. He has been on the road with
theatrical company since his fight
with Kid Herman and finds theatrical
work worse than hard training. He
felt he needed rest and is taking it,
There is no truth in the story that
Cans has gone through all the money
he has earned during the last year. He
has saved the greater part of il, and
is worth probably $4,000 at the pres
ent time He expects to increase this
materially during the next few months"
The suspense over the proposed fight
between Jimmy Britt and Young Cor
bett will be over within the next twen-
ty-four hours. The Nevada promoters
wired the Britts to visit them and set
tie the terms of a match. In response
to this invitation Willus Britt left for
Reno last night. with full power to
make the match He took with him
the money to make good the required
forfeit. and If the other parties to the
agreement fulfill their part the match
Jimmy Britt is not neglecting his
condition, as he is playing handball
each afternoon at the Olympic Club. 1t
is not likely the fight will take place
this month, as the Reno men wish. but
that it will be held about April 10. The
first big fight of the year will be held
here the last week in March, and the
Reno promoters do not want a conflict
of dates.
The Central Club has some unusually
promising bouts scheduled for its box
ing exhibition, which will be held to-
night in Dreamland Pavilion. Tad
Riordan, the heavyweight, will try con-
clusions with Battling Johnson. Both
are hard hitters and are willing to mix
matters when the gong sends them to-
gether. Tom Barry will meet Willie
Johnson, who Is considered one of the
most promising of the lightweights In
the ranks of the four-round boxers.
Dick Sullivan will make his second ap-
pearance here since his return from
Hawaii. He is matched to meet Wal
ter Stanton. a hard-hitting welter-
weight. Joe Mitchell. the colored
champion of Oakland, will meet Kyle
Whitney, who has been winning regu-
larly. There will be six bouts in all
on the card.