Rock Island Argus., 1907-01-02
EASY FOR CANS
The coIored Lightweight Fighter
Knocks Kid Herman Out
=; in Eighth.
MASTER OF GAME ALL WAY
Small Crowd at Ringside at Tonopah
Disappointed with Contest and :
Its Result.

Tonopah, New, Jan. 2.-Joe Cans
| ought true to the dope" yesterday at
he Casino Athletic club. After play
| ng with Herman for eight rounds the
champion landed full swing on the
point of Herman's jaw, and the Chica-
20 fighter went 10 the mat a beaten
| man.
1t was apparent from the start that
| Herman had no chance. Cans blocked
his blows with the greatest of ease,
and at no time was Cans worried in
the least.
In the first round Joe started
20 feel things out. Herman was
willing to fight, but the champion stall
ed him off. In the second round Cans
started to open up. The kids attempts
| 10 land all ended in failure. Cans
blocked them with glove and elbow,
and when the opportunity presented
itself shot right and left jolts to his
opponents face. The third and fourth
| rounds were repetitions of the second.
Herman the Favorite.
1t was plainly seen Herman, the
shortender and the under dog was
he favorite with the crowd. When
The kid landed blow the crowd cheer
ed wildly. Cans only drew the APP
Dlause when he fought his cleverest.
In the fifth round Cans, having meas
ured his man. slowed down. This was
the only round where Herman made
any showing The kid waded in and
swung hard rights and lefts at the
and number of the blows landed. The
crowd cheered madly for the Chicago
an at the end of the round.
Finish Comes i'm Eighth.
The sixth and seventh rounds were
all Cans. In the eighth Cans started
out by feinting and drawing Herman's
fire. They fiddled around the ring un-
corner. Joe feinted with his left; the
kid swung wildly with his left. He
left an opening. Like a flash Cans
whipped left and then a swinging right
flush on the point of the jaw. Herman
dropped like log, with his face buried
in his hands. He lay motionless at
the edge of the ring. Cans walked
away. 1t was all over.
Nate Lewis ran around the ring to
where the kid lay and begged him to
rise. Herman needed not the words;
he was senseless. At the count of 10
Lewis and Adam Ryan carried their
prOtege to his corner.
At 4 p. m. the fighters stripped and
posed for the pictures.
At 4:94 p. m. the ring was cleared
and the fighters prepared for action.
Time was called at 4:05 p. m.
First Round.
Herman led for the body. missed
and they went to a clinch. The men
spared and in clinch Herman sent
lis right around the kidneys. Cans
then drove a wicked right swing to the
jaw and followed it with a right to the
head, and they went to a clinch At
close. quarters Herman hooked his
right to the head. Herman missed 4
left for the body and quick as a flash
Cans whipped right and left to the
nose, bringing a thin stream of blood
rom that organ Cans swung terri
ic right to the face and walloped Her
man with a right to the ribs. Herman
just as the gong sounded, planted his
left to the champions face The round
was Cans, but Herman smiled in a
confident mannerlas he took his corner
Second Round.
Herman covered up and they worked
% close quarters, Herman landing
right and left to body. The men then
mixed it, and a furious rally followed
Herman had the better of an exchange
Of body blows. More infighting fol-
owed, in which both displayed great
eleverness in blocking. Herman swung
his left hard to the ribs, but Cans re-
taliated with two hard rights to the
jaw that forced the Ghetto kid to a
;linch. Mixing it, Cans drove his
right to the ribs and sent Herman
'taggerins back with a right to the
deck. As the gong rang Cans hit Her.
ran on the face with a right and
shock hands with Herman in an apollo
yetic manner. Not content with this
apology, Cans left his seat, stalked to
Herman's corner, and again shook
lands with his opponent The round
avored Cans slightly.
Third Round.
Herman, after a clinch, swung
lard left to the head, and then they
exchanged right swings to the face
Cans nearly fioored his man with a
light to the neck Herman was in
luickly and tried with right and left
or the-body, but received left to the
ace, that would have sent him outside
'f the ring had the ropes not saved
lin. Cans followed the advantage
With short arm right and left body
blows. Cans then sent Herman to the
ioor with left hook over the ribs
1erman, however, was off his balance,
md the blow left no telling effect
fans had the better of the round by