The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
NeISOn=JOe Cans Match
Appeals to Promoters
Championship BOHf VIII OH-
dOubfedIy Be Staged Here
on Admission Day
By K. II. Snryfh

By K. II. Sn1yfh
The failure of Tex" Rickard to carry
out his plans for tnlrd meellhs lI
the ring between Battllhs -EelSon 81. tII
Toe Cans places this promising natcu
on the market again. FROM an dp-
pearanceS II will not go begging @ az
Willie Britt representing NeISon, 10,
alreadv come To terms with Promoter
jim, CoTroth II remains only Tor me
latter TO secure the consent OF Ben
sells. Cans manager. and the ma1cn
can be arr3 nged tOr ADMISSION od9-
Sclfg wil return from Lake county
tonight He has spent several Ga!
with Cans and viii have a Sooo luea lue7a
cf his condition and general healtl'
The cOlOred boxer has expressed eAseI-
ness for "a return match with has young
eonnlcror, and ii is not likely mat ne
viii let any small considerations slanu
in the way Of the meeting. All con
cerned are anxious to secure set or
pfcfures AS they missed this challre
when she championship changed hands
II is figured that whether Nelson
wins again or whether Cans turns the
tables on him, the pictures would ne
valuable property. The promoters are
not 10 be caught mapping when Moran
and Attell battle for the feather WelghC
title. as pictures win be taken. me
result Of the fight will determine
whether they will be shown Should
Moran win they would be great At
II Cans baIks at a match with Mel
son both Mcfarland and Welsh are
eager to take on the Battler Ihe
Mcfarland match is the more attrac-
tive one, as he is known to oe haru
hitter. Coupled with this IS the TACT
that he is a particularly skIlI9I e.siL; poAer;
He has youth on his side and should
make p great showing against Nelson.
Although Willie Britt has reacheu
an agreement with ConroJh as 70 the
IL. Aa1C hpfnTp
his club. ne has Joined the blond pro-
mOter at Santa Cruz, where the latter
is spending q few days II IS eXPecteo
that they Will return late tomorrow
especially II Selig signifies his willing
ness to talk terms for a match.
KETCHEL AND KELLY
BOX IN PUBLIC TODAY
As this is the last Sunday before the
Ketchel- Kelly fghJ, the training guar
ters of the rival middle weights viii
be besieged with visitors this afternoon
to see the boxers IN action. Both OF
them viii do as much boxing as posi-
BILE, being limited only by the capacity
of their respective sparring partners
to assimilate the punishment which
viii be undoubtedly meted out tC
them.
Ketchel seems to have improved
noticabIy in his boxing since he fought
Sullivan here. He is using straight
blows instead of the swings, which
were his favorite method Of attack il
LnG past MS IuSEG4lltSS - SUN MS
greatest asset and this is the quality
which is expected 10 carry him through
his fights, no matter how fast boxer
an opponent may be.
Kelly viii be easily the best man hC
has ever boxed here, and if he car
Withstand the rushes of the Montana
man he should give the latter gOoC
argument. Kelly is clever boxer anc
uses both hands as well as Ketche
does. keIly's left is particularly good
The claim is made that ii will be .
man with a good straight left who viii
heat Ketchel. but ii is a question
whether Kelly has the strength be.
hind his blows to stop such a rushing
fighter as Ketchel has proved himself
10 be. Kelly has been eager for the
match, so It is reasonable 70 suppose
that he has seen something in the style
of his coming opponent which i'm
presses him with the idea that he ha:
an even break with him in the ring.
RICHARD OUT OF RUNNING
As A FIGHT PROMOTER
If there is ever to be a fight in this
country with Tommy Burns as one OF
the principals and either Jack John
son or Stanley Ketchel as the other
there will be but little faith placed in
any bids from Nevada 1t is evident
that Rickard did all in his power tC
secure conditions favorable to the Cans
Nelson match, but as he failed in this
venture ii is not likely he will bt
taken seriously in the future
That he was sincere in his desire tC
secure the match has been evident from
the start, but conditions have changed
since he carried out the first big fight
at Goldheld. and it is not likely thai
the flush times of two years ago vii
return for some time to come. j.
Ketchel defeats Kelly immediate steps
will be taken to bring about a meeting
with Burns. Ketchel is a bit on tn
light order yet and the longer he de-
lays a meeting with the heavy weight
the better viii be his chances.
DISPELLS MANY DOUBTS
There has been considerable doubt
about the Moran-Atteu fight, but this
has peen dispelled by the arrival II
New York Of the pugnaciOus little Eng
lishman. The latter viii spend b8t q
few days in New York and then he vii
quarters at Shannon's. where he trained
for the last fight He has the utmos
confidence in his ability TO lower the
colOrs Of the shifty Abe, and will gC
into the ring with that feeling. The
fight is TO be for but 20 rounds so thai
there will be some lively milling l.
either one stops the other in the time
TO which the fight is limited. CoffrotF
says he will hang up an extra purse OF
S2500 to go TO the man who wins in.
side 20 rounds.
KAUFMAN IN LIMELIGHT
While AL Kaufman did not beat q
man of any class in Battling johnson
1T Los Angeles on Friday night, he wor
so oecisively as to bring him to the
front as a likely heavy weight There
was some doubt whether he had passed
his best time in the ring but thi,
shows that he is still q hard hitter
with a fair degre Of cleverness Billy
Delaney viii undoubtedly try to keel
him going now. as the more practice
he gets the hefter II will Fa fo- bf,,