The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-13
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I TAME
Big Crowd Disappointed at
Slow Work of White
and Cans.

National Athletic Club, New York.
March 12.-Joe Cans. former light
weight champion OF the world, easily
defeated Jabez White, the English
lightweight champion, IN ten-round
bout at the National A G. tonight.
1t was tame exhibition and the big
crowd was disappointed as the men
were slow and lacked force behind
many of their blows.
White used his left cleverly In the
fret two rounds, but in the third he
changed his tactics, relying mainly on
right Two rounds later the cause oil
this shift was apparent. White had
broken his left arm some time ago in
England and he hurt it early in the
third round,
White was knocked down once In
The sixth. twice in the seventh when
the bell saved him by one second. ana
once in the eighth.
Cans was far from being the Cans
of even two years ago, as he missed
several blows, misjudging distance
and failing TO take advantage OF many
opportunities that presented them
selves.
Round 1.-After fddling for an open
ing, White lead twice for the head
but was blocked. Cans jabbed left to
the 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 center of ring.
Round 2.-White swung hard left TO
oil fn
and jabbed IL to the jaw. White rip
ped his left TO the stomach. both
missed right swings for head. Cans
| jabbed light left to face. White swung
| left TO neck. Cans Jabbed left to face
I White had good margin in this
round.
Round 3.-WhIte forced the negro
| and tried to swing but missed. White
landed hard right to stomach. Wnite
changed his tactics, using a straigh,
| right to stomach instead OF the leII
swing TO the jaw and hooked his lef'
10 the face. Honors pretty even.
| Round 4.-White led left for tho
chin and sent his right TO the jaw. He
| landed a hard right in the stomach
| Cans uppercut with right and sent {
straight right to stomach. following
| up with right hook to the jaw. White
swung two lefts TO jaw, followed by
hard straight right under heart
| Cans seemed TO I've in distress an(
WAS weak at the bell Whites round
Round 5.-Gans jaoped left to face
and swung right TO jaw White tried
for the body, but Cans sent IL Two
labs TO the face. White jabbed twice
lightly to face and Cans sent right u
side of head After an exchange o
light lefts White sen, right to the
stomach and repeated Cans CLOSED
tho round with left and right hooks tc
Jaw. Neither mans blows had force
at this stage.
Round 6.-Gans slowed UP consid
erably and had no speed seemingly
He iabbed a light left to face an,
hooked his right to mead, doing NJ
damage. Cans swung right TO jaw
twice and sent another hard one IN
putting White down for nine seconds
He uppercut twice with his right ant
White went down again for coun
of eight White was very groggy a
the bell. Cans round
Round Tom O'Rourke An
Whites other seconds worked fraI
tically over him during the intermis
Sion. but White came up weakly. Gan
sent right and left hooks to stomact
White swung right to jaw. Cans steT
J ped in with right and left hooks I
the jaw, but they were light. White