The San Francisco call., 1908-04-20
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Joe Cans Arrives to
Fight UnhoIz
Champion Says He viii Meel
Al Aspnonts for His Title
While Here
By p. A. S11yth


Joe Cans. the lightweight champion.
showing no signs OF the wear and tear
OF L years OF activity IN the prizs ring.
arrived last night from the east Joe
was perpIexsd By the involved situation
among the promoters here and MS frsr
question when he met Ben Selig. his
representative. was
Am ! going 10 light and who am
going 10 nghtg
Il may interest UnhOlz. who Is 70
meet Cans here in May. and other as
piring lightweights who want 10 meet
him. 10 learn that he IS looking espe-
cially youthful and Is far from being
the broken down athlete that some
allege him TO be Cans placed no I'm
itationS last night on the distance he
was willing 10 night he said
Nelsou fell rhr0u<h as I an as zaxlocs for a
return match - he iS- ! VII bcx nm any
ference 70 ne Al ! ask IS that an property
paid for NJ e1orts- the coast 20 stay
EntA al the men who aspire - ny tile shall
have had ehance % take Il away from NJ:
As long as there i an Oppc1en1 n s1gar wiz
Be On rhe JOB have no fear q Old age for
As 70 NcFsrland I wiz Se pleased 10 meet
bin Whenever Ne = ready and he cs1 nenne
he Is a clever Boy bur I zza wiling 10 take ny
chances Win hin AZ any tine
l VII settle down % training touOrrog n
NJ cid quarters a. Billy Sha11o1's ! VII
have plenty Of company on tse rad and In ths
gymnasium with Tommy S1llivan- who : -
Stanley Ketch-l- I VIII - trslned by XII
North. TIE horssman. sad Willie Keefe-
Cans praised Jack Blackburn. who.
he says. can make about rs pounds.
and sam Langford. who ranks with the
light heavy weights. Cans believes
the latter can beat Tommy Burns OF
any OF the men IN the heavy weight
division He thinks a tight between
him and jim Flynn would be whirl-
wind affair
LIKE Narisch wesSheI Tonmy Sullivan after
his work AZ Shznnon's yesterday and the 1sxr
opponent q ABE At-en showed l27-, pounds
rs i rake1 A. A insIcatson mar SrliI~su
-s-T -. =. s,.s.,,-- - --.ks- - 80 -,-,-,-
required for hls coming G<ht- He has already
taken - considerable weighr AID snSws no II
Sullivan showed himself a classy worker n
the gymnasium and also ha-d hitter be
eolc-ed ~elrerEsizht and virtually knocked Inn
cur n the LAST round The blow a straight
Sullivan also bozeed TEO ro9nis VITA GeosSs
Ryan
MEX P-endsrg1st. boxing eounisstoner q tne
Olympic clnb. has gone Portland with Law
renee Grz11eld- the crack 10 Qou1t boxer. and
resent the clnb n the 1O-fhwssr cEampIoazhips.
W1lch meeting VII conDe1ce In1rsoay a1d
q the snateu-s turnsd czr here recently and
Is expected 70 give = good aecounr q kInnself IN
Ihe eOnPetiSiOn Wen ne oiynPians return
boxers who VIII enter IN TIE tour1sne1r % he
held While the Sect is here
Battling Nelson id not make lis expected
visit u LverDe<e YESTERDAY OSing 70 ths fact
that ire suroInObile n watch he was nakfaS
Percy Dana. who was ding ne driving al
Eltted thar he vas more fan3ilar Win Dig
and as was unable 70 nske fhe required r.
pairs Nelson VII make the trip soon. bat tie
nexr tine he starts. BE says. il win De N
Rudolph U1holr viii train sor his Hght VIA
n after =. i1ssres:s h.s sar.re - dsasss-.
there and the Boer gi1 do his Eo-k a. me
ss2 Hsss0 SsS r.s .5sT'i1 ssG & M ss, ~ e s Ia %
rne more seriOus part o. Ais preparataon-
When willie Brttt vas sold q Cans, STATE
Il proper Inducements were offered hin he sr
Britt VIII post $500 w1rh Manager i'm Cocro-h
this morning 70 bind match for the san MatRO
an o1sr frOn Los Angeles q 4 match for Nel-
son vita Pan Brock o. some other na1- Tie
southern O-er Is considered noe-al one
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Last. May Boy beat Real Rocker. shaun 0Far-
rel beat Four Paw Gallant Boy beat Bon Ami.
1Ertie oeat ~ l-oSoc1s 1r2ies LAo oest HoJai
Gold. Russell J heat Our Porto. Georgetou1
beat Lady Honesty. OTTAWA beat Clyde. 0n0n-
dag beat Agile Rocker. u y beat kace
King Nile Rock bPsr via Gus
Seeocd round-Sange-man bear Presto. Golden
Trsiee a bye. Rocked Asleep Withdrawn. tl1y
Boy heat Rear Admiral. Gallant Boz beat shaun
O'Fsrrsl. Tralee Lad beat Myrtles Geo-gefowa
beat RusseH J.: O-rzwa beat O1o11zg0. L n y
4 bye Nile Rock wi-hd-RWn-
third rcund-Geiaen Trslse bat ssnesrnsn.
Gallant Boy beat Nay BcT- GeorEscoWn beat
Tralee Lad. n y beat OTTAWA
Four-h roE1d-(sallG7r Boy beat Golden Tra-
lee. L n y heat GeorxecuEr-
Flnsl-Salls1- BoT bear L NJ Y