The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
CANS AND WHITE
 IN TAME BATTLE Negro Gets the Decision With
 out Trouble AUDIENCE IS DISAPPOINTED Cans Is Not the Cans of Two Years Ago, But White Could Do Little
 Damage-The Fight
 By Rounds.
AUDIENCE IS DISAPPOINTED

National Athletic Club, New York, March R.-Joe Cans former lightweight champion of the world, easily defeated Jabez White, the English lightweight champion, in a ten-round bout at the National Athletic club tonight. It was a tame exhibition, and the big crowd was disappointed.
 White used his left cleverly in the first two rounds, but in the third he changed his tactics, relying mainly on his right. White had broken his left arm some time ago in England and he hurt it early in the third round tonight.
 White was knocked down four times
 Cans was far from being the Cans of even two years ago.
 The bout brought great crowd of spec tators to the club. The men were matched to go ten rounds at 1855 pounds and they weighed in at o'clock. Cans weighed in at 1S29h and White was just 1s5.
 Fight By Rounds.
 Round 1-After tlddhng for opening, White led twice for the head, but was blocked Cans jabbed left to face and sent right to jaw. White swung hard left to nose Cans hooked his right to jaw and the bell found them sparring in the center of the ring.
 Rount 2-white swung hard left to stom- ach. He also sent his left to chest and jabbed it to the jaw. White ripped his left to the stomach. Cans jabbed light left to face. White swung left to neck. White had a good margin in this round. Round 3-White forced the negro and tried a swing, but missed. White landed hard right to stomach. White changed his tactics. using a straight right to stom- sch instead of the left swing he tried in the first two rounds Cans put hand swing to the jaw and hooked his left to the face. Honors pretty even.
 White Is Punished.
 Round 4HWhite led left for the chin and sent his right to the jaw. He landed hard right in the stomach. Cans upper cut with right and sent a straight right to stomach, following up with right hook to the jaw. White swung two lefts to INV, with right under the heart. Cans seemed to be in distress and was weak at the bell. Whites round
 Round 5-Gans jsbbed left to face and swung right to jaw. White tried for the body but Cans sent in two Jabs to the face. White jabbed twice lightly to face and Cans sent straight to the side of the head. After an exchange of light lefts, White sent right to the stomach and repeated. Cans closed the round with left and right hooks to jaw.
 Round 6-Gans slowed up considerably and had no speed, seemingly. He 1abbed light left to face and hooked his right to head, doing no damage. Cans swung right to jaw twice and sent another hard CT one putting White down for nine sec onds. He uppercut twice with his right and White went down again for count of eight. White was groggy at the bell. Cans round.
 End of Scrap.
 Round From 0 ORourke and Whites other seconds worked frantically over him during the intermission, but White came up weakly. Cans sent right and left hooks to stomach. Cans uppercut with right to chin, sending White down and the bell saved him the count of ten. Cans round.
 Round S-Whte swung right to jaw. Cans jabbed two lefts to face and forced White about the ring playing for right hook. Cans uppercut with left to jaw and swung left and right to head sending White down for six seconds Both were very tired at the bell. Cans round.
 Round 9-White slapped Cans on the jaw with an open right. Cans put straight right to jaw and repeated. Cans kept jabbing with his left, but missed several rights inexcusably. This was very tame round in favor of Cans.
 Round 10--The negro landed a heavy right to the wind and swung right to the ear He did all the forcing. He hooked right to jaw, but missed right and left swings White swung right to head and although it had little force, 1t halted Cans. White swung again to head and ripped into the wind. They were sparrng at the bell.