The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

Corbett money in sight was quickly
susppcd uD by the ASharbey people indi-
Gated that something was wrong, and they
never opened their eyes till the fake had
been put through
The pretense on which McNey was 20
enter the ring was that Sharkey WAS
fouling Corbett, and the second was 20
lose his head and rush into the ring with
protest to the referee, who was none
other than Honest John Kelly. At the
appointed time McVey jumped into the
ring and yelled to the referee:
Hey. stop that foul work of Sharkey,"
Instantly there was a Comm0tion ana
the fighters ceased their efforts. Kelly
took cognizance Of the foul. sent the men
to their corners and declared Sharkey
the winner Then, after a little thinking,
he added;
"All bets are off.
OF course. under the rules. Kelly had
no right TO declare bets off. for as soon as
referee has rendered his decision that
ends his connection with the affair, and
the bets naturally follow the decision II
has since been said that as soon as Me
Vey entered the ring Kelly realized he
was officiating If a fake, and determined
TO save the money OF some friends he
knew had bet heavily on Corbett 1t was
rumored at the time that Kelly himself
had wagered 5000 on COrbett. and that
his "bets-of" decision was for the pur-
pose OF saving that money. But no proof
OF that was ever produced.
Cans Feigned Knockout.
Although Joe Cans. according TO his
own confession. had been taking for a
long time. stin it was not until he en-
gagged in the palpable fake with Terry
McGovern in Chicago in 1900 that he came
in for much criticism. Cans. who always
outelassed McCovern, feigned a Knockout
| by the little fellow In the second round OF
bout, and it was shown afterward that
outsiders had bet large sums on the
negro, giving heavy odds. AS a result of
that fake the boxing game was frozen
/ out by the Chicago authorities, and the
promoters there have been exceedingly
bitter on both Cans and McGoyern ever
since
The Cans Britt fake in San francisco
on October 81. 1905, was an iugeniously
arranged affair Britt had no intention 81
I fighting Cans on HIS merits. but hs
wanted 10 have it appear that he wa.
really the master Of the champion. Cans
| had no objection to that as ne knew M
! could reverse the impression any tine h'
| tried. So IL was decided that Britt wa.
! 70 hammer Cans all over the ring for fOul
rounds and apparently have the champion
on the verge Of a Knockout, and then lost
4 his head and the verdict by hitting q
/ foul blow The scheme was carried ou
/ 10 the letter Britt went at the Negro
/ with tigerish ferocity and batted him al
| around the ring. Cans was apparently
/ unable 10 do any fighting at all but IL
/ the fourth round be maliciously gave
/ Britt a sharp poke that brought
whispered protest from the white boy.
! "All right" said Cans, soothingly, 90
won't do Il again. Co on and wallop me-
/ Britt hit Cans low. the negro rolled OF
the floor in well simulated agony, and tn
/ referee disqualified Britt. Britt made +;
/ show Of great Indignation. alleging h
! had been robbed after scoring a complet,
| Knockout While Cans was a favorite. We
those In the plot did well by laying 10 Il
6 on sure thing.