Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
BOTH CAMPS
START WORK
CANS AND BURNS READY FOR
TRAINING
CHAMPIONS WORK WILL BE
LIGHT
1Bubbles" Robinson on Hand to Act
IS Baltimore Mans Punching
Bag-Tommy Burns
Due Soon

Cans and Burns will do their first pub
lie stunts this afternoon before large
audience of fans who are planning tc
20 out to the training camps to see the
fighters in action. Cans will commence
his work aboutR " o'clock in the Fairy
land rink at Arcadia, while at the same
hour Burns will be at work in his new
quarters at Long Beach.
Everything was serene out at the Cans
camp at Arcadia yesterday afternoon.
Cans was not doing any work, but just
taking things easy and resting. He does
not plan to do any very heavy WORK
before the fight. He is already in good
gfcondition and all he is working for now
is to keep himself up to top notch.
Willie Keefe and Bubbles Robinson
were both on hand and feeling happy.
bubbles" Is content over his chance to
train at Arcadia under Cans direction.
He is as delighted as child with new
toy over the coming fight with Kid Web
eter. Bubbles" has plenty OF grit ana
some science and If he can get lit
tie of Cans headwork he will make
hard opporent for plucky Kid Webster,
who is equally confident of victory in
the coming fight.
Cans had little to say yesterday. II
am resting up from my trip today and
will begin work tomorrow" declared the
champion.
Il am already,in good shape and all I
need to do now rs to keep up my good
condition"
Sparring Light
Willie Keefe. Cans traiber, said that
the program for today's work would con-
sist in light sparring with Bubbles" and
himself. after which Cans will punch the
bag a few minutes and perhaps have a
short tussle with the swir ging sandoag.
Burns is taking things a little more
strenuously than Cans. He piars to
have a sparring contest with Abdul the
Turk and Kid Berry each day, besides
some road work. gymnastic exercise and
punching the bag. Burns has the repu-
tation of being rather hard on his spar
ring partners and the men with him
will very likely fird plenty to keep them
busy.
Cans studies the fighting game while
he is training and he studies his op-
ponent when he is fighting. Many be-
lieve that he studies it while he is rest
ing between times. He combines to a
remarkable degree headwork and abil-
ity to carry on hard, swift fight In
the seventeen years of his experience as
fighter he has thought over the many
lessons received In the ring and has
profited by every experience
Burns is stronger than Cans and Is a
harder fighter and reader mixer. Those
who have watched him rise in the prize
fight game say he is not nearly so heady
as Cans He relies for victory or dig
ging in from the start and landing tell
ing blows. He is a two-handed fighter
and has wallop in both fists.
rlans to Slug
Just what tactics he will pursue in his
coming fight with Cans is not known,
but he has intimated that he would start
after Cans from the stroke of the gong
and keep right after him till one of them
is put out.
This may be only boasting. Jimmy has
no end of grit and this is backed up by
a world of confidence. But the tactics
he will pursue in his fight with Cans
will be determined by Tommy Burns
when the latter arrives and sizes up the
situation. What Jimmy Jacks in head
work will be supplied by Tommy, who
will be at the ringside. Tommy is the
general in the Burns camp and the soon
er he arrives the better for Jimmy S
chances.
Jimmy reports he is feeling all right
now and has entirely recovered from his
recent indisposition. He thinks there will
be no difficulty in his making the weight
stipulated. If some of the men who are
offering odds on Cans would go to Long
Beach and watch Burns at work and then
would stop to figure up past records they
might hesitate in their wild enthusiasm
for the duslky champion.