The Washington bee., 1907-01-05

Knocked through the ropes. After
that. in spite Of Herman's pluck and
Willingness to mix it, he was forced (
to take a terrific beating.
Negro Played Game Vel.
He was cut over the eye with an
uppercut in the seventh round, and
was put to sleep in the eighth round
with heavy right on the point of
the jaw, after he had been severely
Jared with a left on the jaw. Her
man was knocked out as clean as
whistle. There was no accident about
ii, for II was the result of calm de-
Liberation on the part of Cans, who
had been looking for this sort of
an opening all through the contest.
IN science, generalship, hitting, and
foot-work, Cans was easily the mas
ter He put up a better fight it ap-
ears than in the battle with Mel
son and proved beyond peradventure
that he is still the greatest fighter OF
his weight and inches in - -i~g to-
day.
After the battle, Tex. Rickard.
who pulled off the Gans-Nelson fight
at Gold6eld, repeated his offer, made
before the mill, of a $4,000 purse
fol Cans to meet the Dane again at
Goidfeld. Manager Riley, of the To-
nOpah Club quickly came to the
scratch with a similar offer. at the
same time declaring that tie would
7ual the bid Of any Nevada promoters
for this mill Riley, it IS understood.
viii offer S3o,ooo for Cans . 11eet
Jimmy Britt.
C-ns said tonight that he would take
oh Nelson again for one Of the S5o,-
.o2c purses as soon as the Dane was
ready to SIGN articles.
Jefres Not at Battle.
A heavy snowstorm and freezing
temperature made the day unusually
bleak for the crowd that came to
town from the neighboring mining
camps. The trains were late and some
of them were stalled, so that many
would-be spectators did not get here
at all Among the latter was Cham
ION James T. Jeffries who left Los
Angeles on Sunday.
The town began to fill up early in
Il C morning. however. and food was
sooI, at a premium. The big arena,
roofed over, was heated by means of
huge stoves, and was not cold by any
means when the crowd began to file
IN.
] here were many women in the
II rcng. as was the case at the Cans
Ne,son fight and all of them stepped
II 10 the box office and paid. The
uufavorable weather probably cost the |
clrL at least $4,000 in receipts, but
t that there were more than FIVE
thou: and spectators in the building
.rhcn Lew Powell. of San Francisco, |
and Adam Ryan, OF Chicago, were put !
INTO the ring for a ten-round pre-
l;niin2ry. 1t was an interesting go. !
,nl t.,o ,..r,s;o;- was a draw
The announcer read the articles OF
agreement. and challenges from James
Britt and Dick Hyland to Meet the
winner lust before they peeled off
their coats. Tex. Richard offered to
bet any part of $4,000 on Cans, He
got $1,000 on against $1,000. Both
lighters wore breech clouts and black
shoes. They stripped in splendid
shape and shook hands few minutes
before 4 o'clock.
Fight by Rounds.
Round l. Herman led for the
BODY. missed. and they went to a 5
clinch. The men spared and in a
clinch Herman sent his right round
he kidneys. Cans then drove wick
I'd right swing to the jaw and fol- +
Owed it with a right to the head, and I
.hev went to clinch. At close quar-
-ers Herman poked his right to the
head Herman missed the left for
he body. and quick as flash Cans
whipped right and left to the nose
bringing a thin stream OF blood from
hat organ. Cans swung a terrlhc
right to the face and walloped Her
nan with right to ribs. Herman, Just
as the gong sounded, planted his lett |
10 the champions face. The round
was Cans. but Herman smiled IN
confident manner as he took his cor
ner.
Round Herman covered up, and
.hev worked to close quarters, Her
man landing right and left to the
body. The men then mixed 1t. and |,
a furious rally followed, Herman /,
had the better of an exchange OF body i,
blows More in-fghting followed, IN
which both men displayed great clev-
arness in blocking the others attempts
Herman swung his left hard to the (
ribs but Cans retaliated with two
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