The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-31
Dusky Champion, in Need of Mo
Bacon, to Enter Ring
Again.

Tomorrow night over in old Sleep
town there is going to be a mlttfest for
a few moments, and the Hon.. Josephus
Cans, colored gentleman n all-around
fellow of the calcium, is going to fool a
few moments with one Spike Robson,
he of the British Lion tendencies. This
affair is scheduled to take place at the
National Athletic Club, AMI just be-
cause Cans is going to appear ought to
pack that swell clubhouse. 1t is nigh
getting to the time limit for the box
ing game as the weather will Dol be
of such a nature as to prevent any in
door exercise. But if the weather is
as hot as Hades tomorrow night 1T
ought not keep Joe Cans from going
on, for l think, and there are others of
the same mind, Robson has no more
right facing the dusky Joseph than a
hop toad would have of running a race
with an ostrich. Now, mind you. l am
not knocking the Britisher, for l have
in mind hat he is a clever chap. But
l have also under my hat the thought
that one person might as well be as
honest as another.
.
Where in the name of Johnnie Bull
mas Spike dly ItdSOn l AoSC NAV SAefAAi
pion and expect to get anything but
none out of the meeting? Does he eX-
pect anything more? l don't know, ask
me. If Spike has any idea that he Is
going to do such great stunts with
the Cans boy as to permit him sending
a glowing letter home to his old dad
in Merry England, dontcher know.
then he is a nifty guy. IL Cans let's out
his speed wagon from either arm it will
be all off with Mr.. Robson before the
crowd has had time to see the go
started.
Now. you might think from what
say that l consider Robson a has-been
or that he is without cleyerness. Perish
such a thought. l know Robson, and
know him to be clever. l know him to
be quick, and I will go a bit fur
Their. In a six-round affair there are
very few who have anything on him.
With this said all is said. You must
remember that Cans is clever, Cans is
quick, and Cans is Cans. Don't lose
sight of that. Robson down in his
heart knows that he is going to stack
up against the Demon General of the
pugilistic ring. Unless something be-
forehand is fixed up to stall Cans from
getting up TO high gear, Spike Robson
will get a walloping that he will never
forget. .
Somebody might say, well, with
your way of thinking. Old Sport. 1t
win not be worth the while to make the
trip tomorrow night" Mistaken again.
If you have the spare cash and can
make the trip without missing the get
up bell the next morning sc and see
this pair. 1t will be the fastest thing
in pugology, and you know there has
beer many a fast thing pulled off in
this game. I am going, and will tell
you my conclusions Thursday night.
Joe Farrell, from headquarters and
that cute old t~hief-catcher, p. Joseph
Ryan, is going to have a ticket at the
National Sporting Club gate. Johnnie
Hayes, the Market street b~oniface, and
a few others from Eagle headquarters
are preparing for the trip. When two
men as fast as these two, Cans and
Spike, get together it is such q rare
opportunity that no one following the
game should miss it.
/ would hate like old Caesar to miss
this, and 1 would still object If / had
to referee this bout. Did it ever occur
to you, old pals, that the job of referee
ing a bout is not an easy task? l can
recall some funny Things about referees
n their close calls. OF course now
adays there isn't much rowdyism in
the game, and the men who are en-
ployed to hand out the decisions are of
such a calibre that their word is taken
for 1t, and if they make a mistake their
head and not their heart are put down
as the cause. 1t Is no easy task to
referee n fight. But just think of it,
when two fast men get going and they
both r standing at the end of the
bout. Suppose a decision has to be
made? Why, the referee has only one
loop-hole-that OF a draw. The friends
OF both mSD> are shouting for a more
detailed dB. SIM. Suppose that same
referee 10y a mysteriCaght saw fit to
turn aro ago. and So