The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-10
BOXING NEWS

San Francisco, July e.--After talking for several hours last night return Rawhlde, Nev., between Joe Cans and Nelson for September i, before the Ely tNev.) Athletic club. The fight Is 70 be 10 a finish for ss),o00 purse, of which s2oooo will go 10 Nelson and slo,o00 10 Cans. Both men are io ySs s ana s' % pe@TSs S 'Dgsd san5ons M the that rns vailed in their last light will hold.
 Rlckard ls 10 post Slo,0oo in the Ma ton Bank of Ely In ten days, and the remainder of the purse thirty days be- fore the fight Nelson and Cans each must put Up si.000 within ten days and s6. poo thirty days before the fight Ben Selig signed for Cans and Wilius Britt for Nelson
 Selig's demand that Cans should re- ceive si0,000 for his end of the purge resulted in protracted discussion. The hitch over tho money question almoss prevented the match being made: but concluded to concede the point. in order to prevent the biz purse from getting away from the Dane.
 The Dane. according to his own state ments, ia more than anxious 10 fight again, and lt does not make a greNt deal of difference whom he meets a' long as the money end of the game Is big enough to suit him Nelson Is not fond of the stage. and would rather work in the ring than in the glare of the footllghts
 Denver, Col. July Slim Flynn and Jim Barry fought ten rounds to draw here last night before one of the big gest crowds that has gathered to wit bout was stopped at the end of the tenth round because there were rumors to the effect that the police might In |. terfere. It had previously been an. nounced that II there wassno interfer- ence by the tune the tenth session was reached the feferee would order the bout to so on,
 Barry entered the ring weighing twelve or fifteen pounds more than hls opponent, and it was this advantage in weight that aided him to score the only knockdowns In tho light In the third round Barry rushed Flynn and both boxers went to the floor, while Flynn ting up, Again in the ntfh Flynn was knocked to the mat in rush. But at no tmc did the terrific pace at which the fighters started activities In the first round 'et up. And when the tenth had passed and the fight was stopped by the referee no one appeared dis satisfied at the draw decision.
 In fast six-round final at the Prin. 1 cess A. c. last night Charley Scigci and Harry Scroggs fought to draw Throughout the entire distance bott i fighters stood up and slugged away at each other without a knockdown beins scored and without any noticeable ad. vantage 10 either pugilist Both boxers showed speed and generalship and Il was evident that 1t would take more than six rounds to decide the winner.
 About 1000 fight fans visited tho Whirlwind A, c. last night In vain, fo, there were no fights. If wasn't the pro motors fault, nor was 1t the fault of tn, boxers; 1t was just the police. After tht first round of the first preliminary hat been fought the bluecoats entered, ant there was nothing more doing for th rest of the night. The feature even was to have been a slx-round go be tween Joe Wolcott and JackRobinson and big crowd had gathered to se the old-timc negro champion. Ralr checks were given out.
 Philadelphia July a.---Tommy O'Keef of Southward and Young Pierce of Ger mantown are scheduled to meet in tn main event at the stag of the Broad way A. C., this city, tonight. Beside this, there have been several good pre- limindries arranged