Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-26

and his goes scheduled for the rE
 cific coast will certainly put him in
 the Hmelight if he can make the same
 showing he has displayed in previous
 encounters. He is a hard man to
 hurt. and if his proposed battle with
 Nelson comes off as expected this
 surely will be a clash and no mistake.
 The noise of this encounter ought vo
 be heard many blocks from tbe scene
 of conflict.
 Joe Cans is going to stir up the sit
 uation a while lot. The colored cham
 pion is going to prove the most dls'
 turbing factor ever thrown into
 bunch of. claimants for his title. lie
 is said to be in good shape and to
 have lost none of ais old-time speeo- Once he gets in his stride on the
 coast, something is bound to drop.
 One thing can be said about GaIss-- that he never was addicted to habits which directly injured his ability as
 boxer. He is naturally temperate in his living, does not drink and his sole speciality seems to be a reported weakness for playing the ponies" 1 This is a good way to injure ones self financially, but it does not neces-
 sarily affect a man physically unless l the worry tells upon him.
 Cans has even cut down this habit to a great extent He has paid | his new hotel in Baltimore, but now finds himself short of ready cash at a i time when it is just beginning to draw l trade. As a result, he wants to get back to active work in the ring Tor a time. It surely is a convenient thing | to be able to pick up $20,Oo0, or so
 when one requires it, and it is clear
 that Cans does not intend to overlook
 such a bet.
 Jack (Twin) Sullivan and Stanley
 Ketcheu are working at Frisco TOT
 their meeting at Coffroth's arena May l 9. Cofforth is coining money simply
 because his Mission street amphithea- ter Is just outside the city limits and
 is not affected by any ordinances | passed by the supervisors. As a re | suit. he is looming up as the most l prominent promoter in the country to day. Transportation facilities to his place leave a good deal to be desired, l but in spite of this fact he can draw | crowds when the mana gers inside the Il limits are unable to make their eX | pense money.
 i Sam Berger managed to pull of his i first go as a promoter, but it is doubt
 I ful if there was much money in it lUl
 I him. So Coffroth has been able tc Il secure a bout which. while it will no' do much to clear up the tangle in the middleweight class, should al least furnish a go of considerable III
 terest.
 Ketchell defeated Mike Sullivan in ! such rapid order that his go witt , the heavier twin will be watched closely. If he can put Jack out of tht
 way, one more claimant for the mid dleweight title will be disposeu oi The remaining go, then, to clear uI the situation will be between ketcnel and Billy Papke. Both men lay cia,1 to middleweight honors and neither ! should be unwilling to prove hr claims
 Hugo Kelly, who broke his arm il his recent go with Papke at Milwa'i kee, has lost two good bouts in conse quence. Tommy Andrews" of Milwau kee wrote Sylvie Ferreti offering ke ly a bout with Ketchel at the ten round route, and Jimmy Coffroth als' wrote to him asking what purse h' would ask for longer go with Ketch ell on the coast. Kelly arm was examined by a phy sician last week and the result wal an order not even to remove the plas ter cast until early next month. This means that Hugo will not bt able to re-enter the ring until the lat ter part of July or possibly the mldul' of August. It is to be regretted tha } this is so, for honors in the middle weight class need clearing up, an( Hugo certainly would have to b' counted as contender. It seem: ! that the smaller bone of the forearm is cleanly fractured and that it VII not be safe to use it until the bone Il completely knitted.
 In the meantime he is stopping ou in the country near Antioch, III where he can get plenty Of outdoo air and remain in good trim, reao, to get back in the ring. But the Il nanciaI loss in the two purses offeret to him surely must sting more tus; little.
 Tommy Burs and Jack Johnson dk ! not get together in the matter O agreement on conditions for their bat tie last week. The demand by Burn that he must receive s0,000, win, los or draw, has caused the hitch. John son did not agree to this, and would seem, this is a very reasonabl attitude on his part.
 The largest offer of purse made fo such a contest came from one Of tn mining camps in Nevada, wAen tn first reports of possible meeting be tween the men were current. One oi fer was a purse of SS0,000. Thi would mean that Johnson would hay to meet Burns practically for nothin