Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-19

LOCAL COLOR
IN EVIDENCE
CANS DRAWS CROWDS TO OAK
WOOD INN
CHAMPION WILL NOT BOX FOR
SEVERAL DAYS
Is Nearly Down to Required Weight
and Does Not Think Glove
Work Will Hell?
Much

Local color is very much in evidence
these days at the lakewood inn. From
pale sable to deep dyed ebony ana II
and around chocolate and molasses the
hues vary. but they are all on hano
whenever Josephus Cans and Bubbles
Robinson mount the platform and per-
form at the Baldwin ranch resort.
Josephus is doing quite bit of WORK
these days. and he is watched In his per,
formances by good sized crowd. Unu
yesterday afternoon boxing was a reg
llar part of the show, but Joe has de-
cided to cut this interesting feature out
until Saturday The champ claims that
he nut one of his mitts on the blink
when sparring5 with Robinson Tuesday,
and the crowd which heard his little spiel
fell for the bunk like good Indians
The truth of the matter is that Cans
does not think he will do himself any
good by including boxing with the rest
of his training stunts. With the eXcep-
ton of Able Attell there is no one IN
the business who can show the dinge
ANYTHING. and he figures that it will
be lust as well to work with the weights
and jumping rope as to take chances OF
hurting his hands.
No matter what he tells the asking
brigade, Cans does not figure Jimmy
Burns as hard game. The champion rea-
Lies that Jimmy is a good, tough boy
and one who is both willing and game
but the lack of class in the Streator
lad makes Cans extremely optimistic of
the outcome of next weeks battle
Not Taking Chances
Still, the negro is not taking chances
by being out of condition. He does his
regular amount OF road work in the
morning, and in the afternoons the plat
form in back of the lakewood inn claims
his attention. Rope skipping, weight
pulling and bag punching ill in the time
for couple of hours after lunch, and
as a rule Cans is ready to quit when
Trainer Keefe says the word.
Cans is about three and half pounds
over the notch at which he must bal
ance the scales a week from tomorrow.
Making 135 is easy for the champion, es-
pecially at Arcadia, and he will take it
easy in knocking off the extra burden
of meat which is now on hand. keefe
viii not hurry him at ALL and there is
no danger of the dinge being overturned
when he steps into the ring to meet
Burns
The lakewood inn was thronged with
visitors yesterday, and they were some
he had skipped rope and punched the
bag a while announced that he would
do no boxing until Saturday. Bubbles
Robinson was on hand to play the
MARTYR, but Cans was bound to let the
glove work slide until later in the week.
Cans is waiting for Manager Selig to
get into the game and do little bet
ting on the fight The champion figures
himself a cinch at almost any old price,
and in all probability he will cut on
few slices of bacon to take back to Bal
tino' along with the nine thousand bucks
he will receive from the Pacific Athletic
club for few minutes easy work Not
enough betting has been INDUCED in to
Settle the price, but those who are string
ing their change on the Champion con-
slider two to one a nice figure at which
to gamble.
Long Price Expected
In all probability the preponderance of
Cans money will lengthen even this
price The Goldfeld sports are going to
bet their heads off on the dusky one,
and they will not be particular about
the other end of the wager. One bet of
a thousand to three hundred is already
up between one Goldfeld man. Patrick,
and a trio of local business men, and If
the mining magnate does as he declared
he would there will be plenty more coin
to be had at the same figures. When he
bet the first thousand Patrick was will
ing to let another bunch ride at the same
price. but he could not find anyone with
three hundred dollars worth of confidence
in Burns. Since the Britt-Gans battle
the sage brush gambolier likes his bet
better than ever, and he will undoubt-
eddy be the one to set the mark which
will govern the odds on the coming fight.
Cans will resume boxing next Saturday,
and in all probability Sunday will be
the big time in the history of the Oak
wood inn. The champion is a magnet
wherever he goes, and the fact that he
is to meet such prime local favorite
as Burns will cause many to go to the
camp at Baldwins ranch and see him
do his stunts. Manager Doyle of the
inn is already preparing for the rush,
and the negro is sure to be the center
of attraction on Sunday.
Hard work at the Cans camp will stop
on Wednesday, and the champion will
content himself with just enough exercise
to keep his weight at the right figure I'M
til Friday night. He will not come to
town at all until it is time to mingle
with Burns, and as soon as the show is
over he will hustle back to the lakewood
to remain until Selig signs up for his
next engagement.