The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-10

I But this is all ancient history Of the
game IN later days We developed Jim
I Jefries. Jimmy Britt. joe Thomas. Ed
| die Hanlon, Sam Berger and Al Kaut-
man and we have extended the hand OF
/ welcome 10 Jack O-Brien, Joe Cans,
1 Battling Nelson and a few other world
! renowned glove pushers-
I Considering the way We have fos-
( tered and fomented ring strife, Gus
| Hartman might have posed as latter
| day St George II he had speared us 10
! death With his little bill
| Reno Nev., IS trying hard TO raise 4
purse Of Sl5.G00 for a fight between jim
my Britt and Young CCrbett-" Willie
/ Britt has gone 10 the gateway town IA
response TO urgent kilograms assuring
him that everything looks rosy, but
Jimmy viii remain ~ this end until adj
vIsed b. his brother that the money is
in sight
II anything should go wrong with the
Reno prospect Jimmy is not likely 10 be
idle long. The san Francisco match
makers nave him on the preferred list
and if Billy Nolan resorts TO much
stone-wG-Iing in the matter Of a Nelson
Cans cor test. az affair between Cans
and Britt viii surely result
Ben SeliS, TO when Cans entrUsts all
his matchmaking. is in receipt of let
tiers and kilograms from the coIOred
ipugiIisJ giving him carte blanche in ar
ranging dates either here OF in Nevada
We understand that Nolan says he
viii not allow Cans to take down S39.O0a
OF the $4,000 purse offered by Tex Rick
I ard for a fight at Ely" said Selig.
Z Srs~Lz IN that rHo-o vrrTrI
be no match. Cans will never forget
that he had TO give up $4,000 70 Nelson
/ Al GoIdfeId. ard now that Joe is on the
! top. he viii forego the pleasure OF meet
Ing Nelson again rather than forfeit the
! right TO dictate terms. We would be
5 I sorry 20 see the Britt-Corbett match fall
through. but il anything happens 20 f.
- and Nelson sin hangs back. you can
e take my word for il that Cans and Britt
s viii furnish the next lightweight cham
{ pionshiD card. We have had an offer
[ already for this match from a San
- Francisco promoter
The story that Bill squires and Jack
; Johnson have been matched to box in
Il Melbourne still lacks confirmation. At
!, that. II isn't at all unlikely that the
b Australian champion and the negro are
n on the point Of signing articles The
steamer by which Squires and Jack
Wren booked their passage for San
Francisco has postponed her sailing date
z twice, and in the meantime Johnson has
= given the Australian sports further
proof of his talent as 4 high-cIass
~ fighter.
\ This, Of course, means additional
u pressure being brought TO bear upon
- Squires to get him TO hook with the
&c colored heavy before setting out on his
- foreign tour, and persistent refusal OF
his part will place him in a bad light
:, with the sports of his own country.
- Squires, like the majority OF men II
n his calling. suffers through disinclina
if ton to be candid in regard - his mo
Oh tives. Here. in this part Of the world
- there is not q prominent heavyweight
he from Jefrries down. who has not BARRE
as Johnson. Vet no man amongst them hal
= been taken TO task particularly FOR do
es ing so.
IN Had SqUires said. The American
IN heavies will not sign with Johnson be
en- cause he is a hard game, 1 suppose, ant
ue what is bad enough for the American
ne is bad enough for me. / want 10 g
abroad and try my luck with the hes
men Of my own color before tackling
man that everyone else is lodging h
n might have stood better with the follow
- ers OF pugilism generally today.