Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-10

IOsT-A check for one thousand dol
lars (maybe mOre), somewhere between
the Alexandria hotel and the western
limits of BaIdwin's ranch. May be
found along the old adobe road, but as
the loser failed to answer his purpose
nv dropping 1T, it should be returned Mt
once. Notify Willie Britt, San Fran
cisco, il any clue is discovered.
If Willie Britt. with his tainted bank
roll and fondness for telling his business
before 1t is finished, scattered any or
those certified checks around Los Angeles
thew have fallen on barren ground ana
will bear no fruit. At least that is the
way It looks now, for yesterday afternoon
Joe Cans and Jimmy Burns came to-
gether and agreed to meet on the night OF
August % and fight as originally planned.
The only difference. aside from the date,
is the fact that they will meet at l3ol
pounds instead of 1873. the lightweight
limit.
Unless there is something more stirring
the fight will go through according to the
latest schedule. One chance that 1t may
not occur comes from the fact that Cans
saws he will not fight If Burns is over
weight, but Jimmy eliminates this possi-
bility of a slip by declaring that he will
be there to balance the beam at the
proper notch.
And then Ben Selig hasn't been heard
from vet. He wired last night that he
would be here on the Owl this morning,
and until he does arrive and give his
sanction to the match there is possibility
that Cans will not be able to appear
Selig may have slipped in a clause some
where along the line which will bar the
champion from appearing at the date
selected, but unless he has the fight will
be staged all right.
Cans Deserves Credit
If the match goes through it will be |
due more TO Joe Cans and his common
sense than to any other one cause AT
the conference yesterday, which was at
tended by Cans, Burns, McCarey, Jeffries
and others, the negro champion showed
that he has learned something in his six
teen years in the ring and knew well
how to take care of himself on the man |
agerial end of things.
Cans readily agreed to everything eX-
cept a couple of ideas advanced by Lewis,
which were foolish on their face. The
professor" wanted Cans to let Jimmy
weigh in at 1876 pounds at o'clock in the
afternoon, but there was nothing doing.
''What kind of a child do you think l
ann" said Cans when Lewis insisted on
those terms Don't you think L know
my own business? To tell you frankly,
1 want it a ringside weight or nothing
at all
Most fighters can take on several
pounds in a couple of hours. but 1 can't.
/ never eat hearty meal just before l
go into the ring, and from o'clock till
the time for us to fight would not increase
my weight half a pound"
But Cans did not mention how much 1t
would get Jimmy Burns to have a few
hours grace on the poundage question.
Burns picks up rapidly. and it is possible
\, rIOSa n lao mounds
when the fight began if he weighed in at
the time wanted by Lewis.
There wasn't much of an argument
when Cans once made 1t clear that the
weight must be ringside or nothing, and
the deal was quickly closed Joe made his
position clear in regard to setback
coming from Frisco. and explained that
Selig might have made some agreement
which would keep him from fighting be-
tween the August 16 and the time he
meets Jimmy Britt
May Have Made Change
But there will be nothing doing along
those lines, unless Selig and the northern
promoters slipped in a few extra lines
between those in the original articles of
agreement The articles have been pub
Hshed in this city, and there was moth
ing in them which stated that Cans could
not do as he pleased until fight time on
the night of September 9.
While the fact that Willie Britt had
sneaked down and slipped one over on the
local promoters caused a lot of talk all
over sporting headquarters yesterday 1t
was nothing to the hubbub that was
raised when Cans announced his intention
of giving Burns a chance. Then the ready
acuuiescence of Prof. Lewis added a little
more racket to the din, for there are some
unkind enough to say that the professor"
could tell Willie Britt where his check
was lost"
Manager McCarey of the Pacific Ath-
letic club was none too pleased with the
turn events in the nasty affair have
taken, as he announced Thursday night
that the fight could not possibly be
staged. When Cans and Burns completed
ARRANGEMENTS so easily he was forced to
let the fight go on, and unless something
more butts in will make preparations to
entertain a large gathering on the night
of August %.
Cans the Attraction
But the party will not be as large as it
might have been, by any means. Most
of those who go will do so for the pur
pose of seeing Cans in action more than
to see fierce fight for Jimmy Burns is
not conceded much chance to cop the
negro. Cans tones of assurance yester-
day and the fact that he must forfeit
$500 to Jimmy Britt and the Occidental
club of San Francisco should he lose to
Burns has helped swing all the dopesters
and sports around to the champions way
of thinking, and he will be supported al
most to man by those who attend the
show.
OF course lots of sports will holer for
Jimmy Burns, and they will be doing the
right thing, for he is a good little boy,
but It is a cinch that the betting on the
mill no matter what the odds, will be the
lghtest which has accompanied a battle
of it's class in years.
Now that the match is practically as
sured there is only one thing the sports
in this vicinity would like to know, and
that is Whose mitt did Willie Britt S
checks grease, and why did the one with
the clutching palm fall down on the job?"
And they'll be a long time getting to the
answer, too Certain 1t is that Jimmy
Burns was tampered with and had no
knowledge of an attempt to put him in
wrong, and equally certain is the fact
that whoever did the dirty work got
scared and ran out on Britt. Now the
question is who's who?" If you have
the answer send it along and the Pacific
Athletic club will give you a life pass