The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-04
Complete Chronicle of Daus Developments in Sporting Circles
Fitzgerald and LanderS
To Fight in Baltimore
Date Changed From February to 14-NeIson Meets
UnhoIz Tonight--Soldier Burns FizZle in PhiIa-
delphia Puts Michigan in Bad.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

Willie Fitzgerald and Fred Landers
rere to meet for fifteen rounds IN Bait
kanore on February "a, instead Of Feb
g7lary z, which was the date announced
: the night Kid Sullivan whipped Soldier
Burns. but got q draw decision from
Jack Michigan.
Landers IS Il Westerner with a repU-
tation as a hard, rugged fighter, but is
3 not wonderfully clever, judging from
I his past performance He is regarded
as a conner, but IL viii be some time be-
fore hs gets 10 the tOpnOtch Of 155 or
I8S-pound boys. He fought and lost 10
Fitzgerald at COlma- just outside of san
2 Francisco in twenty-five rounds on NO
3 vember 10. 1906. It was a good battle
3 and efforts were made to match them
again in a finish engagement but the
( scheme fell through. They went six
good rounds in Philadelphia on October
( last year.
Tho coming battle should about de-
eide who IS the better man at present
although it may not tell their exact
historical status as fighters. Lauders
is comparatively a newcomer in tho
East, while Fitzgerald has been going
against the best IightEeights of the day
FOR the past seven or eight years. ana
may naturally be supposed TO be re-
trograding more or less at this time
. .Landers, on the other hand, should
have improved since he met The Fight
Ing Harp more than two years ago.
There is much talk now OF having
{ Eddie Crowley and Bobby Baker, both
sof Washington. fight the semi 5yindup to
5 the itzgerald-Landers scrap, and Il
looks like they will get together. Crow
8 ley had his money for q forfeit for ap-
- peaTance ready this morning. and Baker
said he expected DIT. Moran 10 come
( across for him this afternoon or to-
morrow morning. The washington
youngsters have done so much backing
and filing about their matches in Balti-
3 more that nothing but real money VIII
talk from now on.
Battling Nelson, who was fought to a
standstiu in fOTty-fiye rounds by Joe
. Cans on Labor Day. 1896. at GoldfelG,
and lost a decision to Jimmy Britt ia
twenty rounds at san Francisco on July
81 of last year VIII go against Rudolph
tBcer) JnhOlz tonight in one OF the cE-
purgated, thoroughly refined bouts
which are now all that can be offered In
Los Angeles. Should Nelson win this
bout We are going TO be bored TO death
with loud cries from him and young men
unCer orders 10 write a column of box
ing matter "A day for a match with Joe
Cans. Miles OF white paper Will be used
IN the propaganda. and after windy.
stchening controversy about how the
purse, the weight, etc. they viii get
together at some town on the coast.
and. dope counts Cans will E.HfD and
eliminate the unspOTtsmaulihe Dane
Should UnhOlZ win he viii probably De
matched with PaCkev Mcfarland, and
on what they have shown to date, the
. winner of that bout viii have no lagIff-
mate excuse for challenging the light
weight champion. but there viii be al
most as much demand for the match
with Cans as IL Nelson had beaten J-n-
holz, so there seems to be no escape for
The lOng-suffering public.