The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-19
deRS ON WAY
u TO AUSTRALIA
e'son Very Much in Spot
Light Since His Victory
} Over Joe Cans.

king Of the heavyweights. is now on
way to Australia and New Zealand.
rerN>he will meet three men during
visit of the American fleet to those
alters. Two of his opponents will be
II Squires. the Australian whom he
twice beaten, and Jack Lang. Jack
(nnSon. the colored champion, met and
treated Lang in nine rounds i'm 1907
pa II is up to Tommy TO show what
can 40 against the foreigner. The
ird man has not been selected, and
intimation has been made as to who
VIII be, but the chances are il will
3: an Australian.
Tommy gets $4,000 for the three
ehts. so he cares not who they get as
ng as IL is not Jack JohnsoINNsor he
Epects to get Johnson at San &ran-
SEQ before Jimmy COffroth's club for
money later on. There is an under
landing between Burns and Johnson
that point. and the fight will no
pubt be held some time next winter.
efore going TO the antipodes Burns
ad great time i'm gay Paree. Tom
~ speaks French. being a French-Ca-
adam, so il was easy sailing for him
the French capital. He mixed with
be pest society and had one royal time
o wonder some of the stars on this
de OF he water are jealous of Tommy
Batting Nelson did not get anywhere
ear tiiS sum of money for beating Joe
anS NAT he received when he defeat
Jimmy Britt at Frisco in 1905. When
Bat knocked out Britt he received
early s2l 900 for his trouble the re-
eipts being over $4,000. besides having
n interest in the moving pictures For
etcating Cans he got SO 1903. the re-
eipts being $24.591
AT Los Angeles on the same day that
fans and Nelson fought "Packy' Nc
arland and Freddie Welsh battled
twenty-five rounds to a draw. The
ouse amounted to s1O,2S0, which gave
he lighters $4,000 to divide. but McFar-,
nd received guarantee of $4,000,
Mich added another $1,000 to the
mount Besides this Jeffries had To
lay all expenses, advertising, etc. and
hen he got through he had practically
othing left for his trouble.
Now JEFF says 80 per cent is enough
Or stars. Jimmy Coffroth gave
fanssN~nd Nelson 20 per cent. and paid
IL expenses. He spent over $1,000 i'm
.dvertising, which. with other expenses.
ut him less than $1,000 for his own
york and worry. The receipts at FRS
10 were not so great when YOU ston
nd think of the s2l.24O that Ketchel
md Papke drew for a ten-round bout
b Milwaukee.
Many Are After Nelson.
Abe Attell. the featherweight cham
plon. is anxious. so he says to meet
Nelson for the lightweight champion
fhip. Abe boxed Bat" fifteen rounds
ft San Francisco some time ago and
PAD the best Of the early rounds on
points, but what he would do in a finish
pght would be a different story
SeSy'' Mcfarland also clamors for
Bats" scalp. while Freddie Welsh is
laying nothing, but willing to meet
|ny of them. Why not have Mcfarland.
Welsh and Attell fight it out among
Them and let the winner of the three
fornered contest meet Nelson for the
light weight honor? That would be the
Iairest way TO settle the controversy.
| Packy" says he is not satisfied with
he decision in his fight with Welsh.
|llthorkh the coast fight critics say
| hat bnI Jeffries could not have decided
bthel use, as Welsh had the best of at
Ieastt heen rounds. The best way is
Yer 'Packy" to tackle Welsh again and
he winner meet AttelI
Battling Nelson has matched I'D
with Joe Cans for a third battle at
Ely, New, on Labor day. Bat" will
get the long end of the money, the
purse being $4,000. of which Bat"
|will take down $4,000 and Cans $40
poo. Nelson is playing Tommy Burns
I'm regard 10 the money end of il. but
he must be given credit for sticking to
Fhe fighting game and taking a chance
1f losing when he might sign up for
|ong theatrical tour at a great deal
more money, which has been the case
with a great many of the stars.
The terms are nearly the same as
hen they fought at Goldfeld. except
that Nelson got S22.5O0 and Cans Sill
boo. <fne colored man has plenty of
time now to get in proper condition.
There were several of the lightweights
who had chance to meet Cans before
Nelson did, but they passed it up.
that Joe was too much for
them They must now give Nelson
credit for taking the chance and Win
ming out.
Cross and Griffin Are Good Men.
According to some of the best judges
of boxers in the east. Charlie Griffin.
the Australian boy who met Leach
Cross the other night, is the best
that has come from the
antipodes since the days of Young"
Critic. Charlie O'Hara, Tad. Walter
ST. Denis. Bob Edgren and others all
have a good word for the boy. so there
must be something to him after all.
and IL may be that Harry Pollock has
another Young" Corbett to pilot for a
time. Griffin gave away nearly ten
pounds in weight TO Cross and still had
all the best of it for the first three
rounds, when the weight began 20 tell.
and Cross finished the best Cross has
beaten most of the lightweights around
New York. so he must be given some
consideration. Griffin. il he can make
100 pounds. would be good match for
kid Wolgast. Grover Hayes or Tom
my O'Toole and also Abe Attell. The
boy will have plenty to do
this fall when the Philadelphia and
clubs open up.