Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-24
MEMSIC WILL
MIX MATTERS
In His Fight With Cans He
Will Go In TO Win
With a WallOp

JVStpH tTduS is IdpluIy nearing the
last jump on the course He cleared
the Britt hurdle with the bit in his
teeth, but now comes a tough obstruc-
ton labelled Memsic.
This fellow Memsic is a good speci-
men of the only type of fighter that
will ever have a chance to defeat Joe
Cans while the latter retains his
strength. A clever man will never
stand a ghost of a chance with the
old master.
Cans is a marvel at the game Of
feints and counters. He steps in and
prodding about with his left hand I'M
til satisfied with the opening present.
ed, and then like flash the right
shoots true to the mark. Never 2
wasted movement, never an uncertain
step.
Joe fights his fight very much as an
expert chess player-every move
means something everything is done
for a purpose The man who stands
up to box with Cans is lost. The only
man who has a chance with him is the
hard-headed individual who comes in
on the rum banging away with both
hands. And then the odds are about
1000 to l against his landing an eff
fective punch.
Cans Was Caught Mapping.
Nelson stayed AZ rounds with Cans
skeleton at Goldfeld. There was one
In +ho
Cans people lot of worry, and that
was the round in which Bat landed a
hard left swing to the pit of Joe's
empty stomach. The colored boy bent
double, staggered erect and his eyes
rolled in his head.
Had Nelson the punch of a Young
Corbett or a Memsic he would have
won his fight right there. It was the
only really effective blow he landed
during the AZ rounds but it was enough
to show that the old master is not an
ironclad. Joe was caught mapping. The
punch was telegraphed in advance, but
he failed to block it. Such oversights
have lost fights.
Memsic saw the Britt fight, taking
great comfort from the fact that Cans
did not floor Britt during the five
rounds. A man with glass eye might
have seen that Cans never put his
strength into a single blow delivered
during the fight. He beat Britt with
short right jolts and rsFeI once dig
he whip over the old sleep producer
as he did at Goldfeld. If Memsic
thinks that Cans can hit no harder
than he did against Britt he should
think again.
Up to date there has been little or
no betting on the fight The Memsic
people want racetrack odds. for their
money! to 1 will suit them very we'll
This is very Iopsided price, but on
form and past performances it should
be l to TO-
Cans is hard at work. Last Mon
day he started his road work. doing
the usual bag-punching and rope skip
ping in the afternoon At the end of
the days work he tipped the beam at
weighed in at 1873. A week before the
fight both men will weigh in public on
scales which have been balanced by an
expert. McCarey is determined that
there shall be no hitch in this fight
and at the present writing there seems
to be little chance of anything going
wrong as both men are within easy
reach of the weight.
Memsic Will Mix Matters.
Memsic makes no secret of his plan
of campaign. He says that the way
that Cans smothered Britt at the box
ing game has convinced him that his
only chance lies in a toe to toe en-
counter, and he means to meet Joe
coming out of his corner and stay with
him until something happens.
Memsic carries heavy punch in
either hand, the right being the more
dangerous He needs time in which to
set himself for this punch, but if he
hits the mark with it he can whip any
lightweight in the world. He once
| floored Tommy Burns with that punch
to the jaw and it was this pile-driver
wallop which caused the heavyweight
to add Memsic to his stable. I Memsic
wades in to make it a smuggling bee
the fight will not last long, for the
Bohemian fights at a terrific clip, rush
ing his man and swinging as he comes
| in.
This report does not worry Cans.
81 low If he gets clost enough to
me to land his right hand he'll feel
ME- about that time" said Cans. az
can hit some myself"
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| Hnnore Nan. E.,a.