The San Francisco call., 1908-08-29

lOf ring battle IN his long caree
and everybody who wishes NAV s
There is nothing 10 hide II Cans does
rot look bright the day before the fight
every body VIII know it
With q nice place TO train and cli-
tnAuc conditions 10 match. Cans also
mas one OF the best training and spar
ring stans OF any fghter who ever pre-
pared Tor q battle in or around this
city such boxers as Abe Attell Fred
Aanoers and Johnny Murphy are not
PICKED up in every village every day
and II these men can not give the old
boy enough work 10 bring him around
none OF them can
THREE ROUGH ROUNDS
Yesterday was q big day at the Cans
camp " hen Joe made his way into
the ring IN the middle Of the gymna-
stun some 500 persons were lined up to
greet him It was s sort OF cosmopoli-
tan gathering and represented all
classes. from the cofOred sports of West
Oakland 10 the petite things with merry
widow bOnnets and winsome smiles
me nrst man 10 stand up before Cans
vas freddie Landers. the local light
weight who fought many good and
some very Odorous fights here and in
other parts. For three rounds the pair
entertained the crowd. and it was a
plsinessltke go every moment of the
Nme- There was plenty of punching
anc blocking and duckinE and other
features that the fans like to gloat
The dark lad did not attempt to use
any science against Landers. He seemed
content 10 allow his sparring mate to
wade into him Half the blows he
olocked and the other half landed on
ms body, though he managed TO brush
aside All that were started for his head.
x seemed as though he wanted 10 be
punished about as severely as Lan6ers
could lay Il on him.
Once in a while Joe would rip in
-lmsel1 but these rallies never lasted
long On several occasions Cans would
Ieint l-anders out and have his head
comp letely at his mercy. Then he would
SET ready 10 bring him right over. but
he always stopped II just as the crowd
was holding its breath
The best thing that Cans did was to
lse nerce right uppercut a couple of
times Apparently this had all the old
time steam behind IL and when il
lanoeo II made Landers vince. How
ever u was brought into action so sell
dom that il did not figure Evidently
zoe was for showing the crowd that ne
sun had command OF this once famous
ATTELL'S SHOWING Is POOR
After finishing with Landers. Cans
took on Abe Atteu for three rounds.
Ihis was the bout that everybody was
wonderfully entertaining go il resulted
IN z kind Of bloOmer. Neither man cut
loose and neither struck q blow hard
enough % crush an egg shell. Both
were willing 70 let it 20 at feinting
AROUND ana doing some blocking.
II Attell We're .rying all that he
Tor him that he never signed a few
months ago 70 meet the negro IN the
know anything about boxing admitted
that Cans outboNed. outgeneraled and
osltfeinted Atteu and that he could
trim him II they hooked up
Naturally. Cans superior reach stood
by him. He easily held Attell at a dis
tsnce and peppered him with lefts- Oc-
casionally Abe would sneak in under
JOe's guard and land a couple Of
punches, but none Of these was at ali
as clean cut or effective as the ones
which the old master shot over He
might have stung Atteli had he tried.
MURPHY WILL BOX CANS
Johnny Murphy. the hard hitting local
lightweight, joined the Cans camp yes
1erdav and will be on the job this
box three or four rounds with Murphy
this afternoon and he viii also indulge
in another setto with Landers. Muir
ply viii be great help 70 the eN-
champion and should give him plenty
Of tough exercise
In order 70 accommodate the big
crowd that is expected tomorrow after
noon Benny Selig has arranged for the
construction of a large raised platform
in the middle OF the garden. where the
ring VIII be pitched Benches viii be
ranged along the lot and il viii be
possible for 1000 or 5000 persons to
get A good look at Cans, provided that
For the entertainment OF the crowd
Cans viii box four rounds with Attell,
three three
Lsnders. he promises 10 let himself
out as far as training etiquette viii
permit. so that his friends and we'll
pfshers can Judge for themselves as
He hopes TO make q. big grandstand
play and win over many lost support
At THE ATTELL CAMP
Atteu did more work yesterday than
Ia any previous day. After finishing
with Cans, Abe went three rounds each
= local four rounder- With the latter
two Abe showed a whole lot OF speed
and gave the crowd something to talk
about He played every kind OF a
game from cieverness 10 smuggling and
was ready for anything
Monte gave his brother q good time
for three rounds. Acting under in
structions. he sailed right in, just like
Moran probably viii GO when he meets
Dor day. Abe was forced 10 cover up
and duck around in a lively manner
but whenever he did turn loose on his
brother he planted many blow 10 tho
AtteiI finished Up with setto with
little Meyer The latter is willing lad
and went right in. Abe used him a
trifie too roughly. and came near put
ting him 10 sleep with nasty rips To
the body on several occasions
Attell saws that he weighs 123 pounds
He viii need a lot more work before he
viii be at TO defend his title against
the little Britisher.
NELSON LET'S Up IN WORK
Bat Nelson's camp was the scene Of
= big crowd yesterday afternoon, but
tie Dane did not work quite so hard
ae he has on other days. He was down
10 126 pounds Thursday evening and
Manager Willis Britt figured that a
slight letup would do him no harm.
When he wound up his work last even
ing Bat tipped the beam at exactly l3S
pounds.
Instead or doing his usual roadwork
Nelson played roko IN the morning IN
the afternoon he did the handball stunt
- .hen rnuehed IL for cnnnle Of