Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-10
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who defeated him at Goldfield, New
out Joe Cans in the seventeenth round
afte- a figrt as desperate as any that
mad beer seen in San Francisco In
years. Fighting fror; the beginning
to the end of every found, moving
ceaselessly forward and never giving
tenacity and wonderful stanina, slow
ly battered the veteran colored cham
p,on into submission. The end was
not sudden; there were few who
watched the progress of the battle
and saw Cans grow weaker and weak
er from round to round but had made
up their minds as to the result long
before the count was given that made
the Illinois land champion for the
second time. Three times Cans was
sent to the floor In the final sround,
each time taking all the time allowed.
A blow from Nelson's left glove to
the pit of the stomach ended the fight
and as Cans toppled over and rested
on his knees his face wore a most
painful expression. He tried in vain
to regain his feet, but failed. and was
counted out.
1.-THE best man won beyond doubt"
was Cans frank admission as he left
the ring. ITS the old story of one
fight too many. After the third round
began to feel myself firing. Old age
will tell. That is all have to say"
The attendance at the battle was
the greatest, with two exceptions, that
ever attended a prizefight in Cali
fornia. The receipts Appropriated
$4,000.
TEX" Richard of Goldfeld bet
$4,000 even that Cans would win in 20
rounds; he also wagered $4,000 to
$250O that Cans would win on results
and $4,000 even that that Cans would
win in Is rounds. Jim May of Reno
took the Nelson end.
Eddie Santry and Eddie Marine
went to 20 round draw recently at
Standpoint, although the crowd gave
Marine the best of it and got sore at
the decision. He battered Santry
badly. Marine is now out to chal-
lenge Kid Scaler.
The Spokane Indians seem to be
maging a runaway race in the North
western league. The boys lose an oc-
casional game, but SO far no team has
been able to put a consistent stop to
their winning streak. And at that
there are five other strong teams in
the league.
DR.. B. F. Roller seems to be as
good loser as he has heretofore been
a winner. The defeated near-champion
gives all credit to Gotch for defeating
him and has no excuses to make, SIM
ply saying he was up against a bet
ter man, but did his best.
Tonopah.-Terry Mustain was
awarded the decision over Jack
(Twin) Sullivan in the thirteenth
round before $500 people on the
Fourth. The fight was tame up to
the twelfth and in the thirteenth Sulli-
van refused to fight, claiming his hand
was broken.
Goldfield.-Rube Smith Of Denver
was given the decision over Frank
Fields of Goldield at the end OF 20
Of free fighting on the Fourth.
Hammondsport, N. Y.-Flying bet
ter than mile In a minute and 40
seconds. the G. H. Curtis aeroplane
Junebug won the scientific American
trophy here. Leaving the ground in
a dead calm the Junebug made the
record and landed without damage.
New York and Washington enthusi-
asts and the entire committee OF the
Aero Club of America saw the win
ming of the $4,000 prize.
Los Angeles, Calm a 25-round
draw, remarkable for fast and clever
work, Packy Mcfarland OF Chicago
and Freddie Welch OF England demon
strated their respective claims to con-
sideratioz as lightweights before al
crowd of nearly 1000 spectators be-
fore the Jefrries club the Fourth.
A small crowd at Spirit Lake wit
messed a fight between Charley LON
bard of Chicago and Louie Long Of
Spokane of 10 rounds to a draw, on
tho Fourth.
Wallace A. McBurney evened mat
ters with Joe Tyler for the loss OF the
Spokane city championship in the open
city tournament of a week ago, Sun
day, by defeating Tyler in the finals