Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-12
BURNS WILL
MAKE WEIGHT
LIGHTWEIGHT ONLY FEWPouNDs
ABOVE LIMIT
CONFIDENT HE WILL CAPTURE
CHAMPIONSHIP
Boy Claims He Is in High Class Con-
dltion and Will Be Ready
When Gong Taps Sep
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Beach for his fight with Joe cans
which takes place in Los Angeles Sep
TENDER 81 Joe Cans leaves San Fran
cisco tonight for Los Angeles an'
will Immediately take UP his training
quarters at Arcadia, where he trained
before the fight was postponed,
The easy victory of Cans over Brit
assures the fans of a corking gooC
battle when Burns and the lightweight
champion meet here. 1t was feared by
many If Cans had a tough fight witt
Britt he might injure his hands, put
ting him at a disadvantage in his com
ing battle with Burns.
The negro was not injured and Gan;
claims to be in the best of condition
with not scratch as the result of his
recent encounter with the San Fran
cisco fighter.
Cans proved by the way he handled
Britt that he is still the same Cans
that whipped Wallcott Nelson and the
rest of the top-class ltghtweights. He
was in grand shape at the time of the
battle and he will have to do but little
work to get into condition for Burns.
If confidence can win a battle Jimmy
Burns will come off the victor Sep
tember 81, as he is the most confident
boy in the world. He sat at the ring
side and watched the fight between
Britt and Cans and says he has moth
ing to fear from the Negroes blows.
Cans himself has said that the man
who 1icks him will be strong, husky,
capable of using both hands equally
well, fairly clever and not afraid of
taking an occasional blow.
Tommy Burns is expected to be here
a week before the fight and he will
advise Jimmy in all matters. With
the heavyweight on the scene it will be
impossible for any job to be put up on
Jimmy as was done recently.
Jimmys recent trip to Wheeler
Springs benefited him greatly, and
while there he took off In the neigh
borhood of i've or six pounds. He now
weighs about 142 pounds. With more
than two weeks in which to take this
weight off he should have little diff
Guilty. and from his past work should
be strong and in excellent condition
for the battle
Burns made 100 pounds for Charles
Neary and 1873 pounds for Montana
Kid" From this it can be seen he can
make the weight easily If given suf
ficient time. He has only to reduce
seven pounds in two weeks, which is
at the rate of half pound a day.
Cans will bring part of his training
his trainer, as he has been with Cans
during all his recent fights and this
trainer knows the negro lad like a
book.
Despite the knocking done by the
San Francisco fight fraternity the
Gans-Burns fight is almost assured of
taking place in Los Angeles. There is
too much at stake for either man to
afford to lay down to the other. Train
ing will be started in earnest by Mon
day One week before the fight the
fighters will weigh in each day for the
sporting writers so as to show how
near weight they are.
Ben Selig, Joe Cans manager. tele-
graphed to Tom McCarey yesterday
stating that Cans would leave San
Francisco tonight on the Owl train, but
did not say who would come with him.
1t is not known who will be Cans
sparring partners, but it is thought he
will make some selection from the local
lads after he arrives here 1t is almost
certain Bubbles Robinson will be one
of them as Joe took quite fancy to
him when he was here before and
thinks the little fellow has champion
blood in him
Yesterday Jimmy Burns was up from
Long Beach and arranged for Abdul the
Turk to work with him. Professor
Frank Lewis. who trained Tommy
Burns for his go with Jack O'Brien,
will be in charge of the lightweight,
and kid" Berry will act as Jimmy s
other sparring partner.
The Turk Is always a great addition
to training camp. He seems to enjoy
the publicity of 1t and takes his posi-
tion seriously. He affects vivid colors
with regard to his training clothes and
delights the onlookers with a view of
crimson shirt and green trunks of vari-
GUS shades. He is a hard worker and
may be depended upon to keep his
principal busy steadily while he is box
ing with him.
Kid Berry will make an excellent foil
for Jimmy Burns. He is a tough lad
with lightweight aspirations himself,
and while he has never shown any
marked signs of cleverness he is a
sturdy hitter and good mixer in a
clinch.
Jimmy Burns will probably be quite
a Long Beach favorite, owing to his
connections with Tommy Burns. The
latter was very much admired by the
seasiders when he trained there, and
quite a bunch of money came to Los
Angeles to back the Canadian. If
there is anything in training in lucky
place Jimmy has chosen the right spot,
as Long Beach has been the site of the
training camps of many recent winners.
Along the Rialto there is any amount
of discussion and opinions are not
nearly SO one-sided as one might think.
Tom McCarey was having a slight ar
gument with one of the sports yester-
day morning. The latter seemed to
think that it was cinch for the negro.
Then the smiling chief of the fight
made an excellent point
you will admit that Jimmy Burns
is as rugged as Battling Nelson and
far more clever" he said. Yes" re-
piled the other, that goes all right,
but what them" WELL" said Uncle
Tom, what did Nelson do; didn't he
stay forty-two rounds with Cans? Sup
pose he had been little cleverer,
wouldn't he have won out, eh?" Then
the champion of Cans became thought
full and wandered away muttering to
himself something about never having
thought of that.
There has been little betting so far
so it is hard to say what the odds will
be. There will doubtless be plenty OF
San Francisco money here to back Cans
and the odds will depend on how far
Jimmy's supporters have the courage OF
their convictions.
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