The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-20
GANS-BURNS
FIGHT AGAIN
POSTPONED
Now Set for Sept. II at
Los Angeles = Fight
Trust DOingS.

The Joe Gans-Jimmy Burns fight has
been again postponed, this time from Au-
gust % to September "a, and the weight
has been made 135 pounds rlngslde. This
was forced by Ben Selig, the manager of
Cars. If Jimmy Britt should be able TO
beat Cans by any means, then the hight
with Burns is off for good.
The fight fans believe the Britt-Gans
bout in San Francisco on September 8 h
the cause of the postpJLelnent. Something
surely had 10 be DONE. after Wills Britt
made such a dreary izzle of his bribery
mission with Cans, and very naturally the
Fight Trust. Of San Francisco. insisted the
battle with Burns should be declared off.
in order that the edge would not be
taken off the contest with Britt.
1t was believed by many that Jimmy
Burns could not ges down to 1873 pounds
by August IS and be strong, and rather
than lose the fight Manager McCarey de-
cided again 10 postpone 1t. The majority
of the sports agree that Cans should beat
Jimmy Britt, and they figure that Cans
Will be a much better drawing card after
his fight with Britt. 1t may. be possible
that the Britt-Gans scrap Will be called
off, for 1t is reported from San Francisco
that a Reno club has offered Britt $1,000.
win. lose or draw. If he will fight Nelson
Memsic has been fighting about ten
years. He first came to notice about six
years ago when he stayed four rounds
with Young Corbett His next fight of
note was with Jimmie Gardner. It wns a
G &c of over-matching. Jimmie, at that
time, was al his best. II Is poSSlDie ne
might even have defeated Cans. OF course,
he whipped Memsic, and the defeat did not
hurt the latter in the least. Since then
George has Improved Tommy Burns,
hei vyweight, recently took him to Los
Angeles. and changed his fighting name
to Jimmy Burns.
AS Burns, Memsic whipped Charlie
Neary lin jig time and outrointcd Cyclone
Thompson In twenty rounds. Cans, al
though the champion of tho lightweights,
and considered all blu invincible. is handi-
1t, but sooner or later he must. In the
record books Joe's lgc is given at from
30 to 81. His close friends, however, say
he is 80.
oGers for Cans and Nelson.
Los ANGELES, Cal. Aug. 20.-That
there is still some interest in a battle be-
tween Nelson and Cans, despite BIRTHS
victory over the Dane. seems evident from
the offer the colored fighter received here
today from Reno, asking him to meet
Nelson once more.
Belated kilograms were received here,
asking Cans what he would take for a
fight with Nelson at Reno, New, Labor
Day. Promoters there have sent word thai
If he can arrange matters so as not 70
conflict with Britt a week later, they Will
hang up a purse of $4,000 to see him meet
the Dane once more.
Although Memsic's training camp has
broken up, George is still here. and does
seem>in fit shape to start reducing in the
near future. Those who have seen him
tnlnK lfl1t ne Will mol be aDie 10 yet uOWh
to weight without hurting himself inside
of five weeks at the least. Moreover, hii
stomach is said to be troubling him badly
schreck After Burns.
II hav come a long way to take OF
Kaufman, and If / did not feel prett,
sure that | could beat him l would no
be taking such a chance" said Mix
Schreck, of Chicago, who arrived at Sal
Francisco last week. ''Of course. | know
as well as anybody else that Kaufman Il
a big, tough fellow. but i have met 6
great many of the same kind and beater
them.
Burns is the attraction for me. | know
that / can beat him, and If | get a chance
i will show the world. The possibility oil
securing a match with Burns was whai
brought me to the Pacific coast. If l beat
Kaufman, and I know that | will, there
Is no reason in the world why l shoul
not get on with Burns"
Yanger and Mcfarland.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Jack Curley writes
from Fort Wayne, Ind, that Benny Yam
ger is in tip-top condition, and hat he is
also below weight and strong as n bull,
Yanger declares. according to Curley, that
he will drop boxing when he meets Nc
Farland this afternoon at the ball park
there, and that he will wade IN with the
determination to put the husky y%oungstel
on the mat before the finish. 1t will be
a disappointment to Yanger to get even
a draw, inasmuch as he expects a victory.
His two weeks work in Chicago and the
rough training in the Hoosier town have
put new ginger in him. he says, and he
feels like the Yanger who won the hearts
of the Ghetto fans several years ago.