The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-09-10

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,iaa= Neu the uue of lightweight
'=4i#=u Iae ttatb Erue 1T Fert
l.r5e .H one round tu 100 and lost t.
- battling" Nelson iu lan> IA the
.seHteeuth round.
With Tho passing Of cams. TIN did
s.t#t,1.@ the Queensherry rlue lo~e>
ae ~ th,s greatest. II not the great
..-l fighter Who eyer hattled Tor q
l1=e. q side het or a ring of sharpcrs
Had he heen another John l.. Sullivan.
ALWAYS ga rhe evel.a there Is no tell
- bal Gms might have accom-
H'.zHed. hur lie was carly led astray
= =sz..t a-zeriHtions aud up t. the time
"heH he fought that historic hattl,
.tH Nei-en in GoldHeld four years
aea. I'M few Of the followers of tn,
boxing game would trust cans. IL
Ind been lighting L. orders too long.
Cans WIS born near Baltimore about
- t,afs aeo lie never knew his cor
r.et ace. Neither did his mother III,
father died when ne was mere lad
1ud Jae WIS forced 10 go To work in
rider 10 surro1t his mother.
H obtained employment in an oys-
far market IN his native city and
eaiH.d hi first boxing experience with
Youngsters around the block. He Was
= he game for some time before he
became recognized one Of his first
IMPORTANT engagements was in hat
tle ravaI with three other negroes in
Baltimore Joe was the only one stand
Ing 1t the finish. and the spectators
-taad M and chcerod him for his Won
lerfuI science ana hitting ability.
Al Herfnfd vas then a we'll known
Politician around Baltimore. He had
-een Cans in several Of his minor per
f"fmanccs and he was shrewd enough
To- realize that the colored fellow had
= great future as a boxer. Seeking
Jne ont i'm the oyster market where he
worked IIerford quickly convinced loo
that the fighting game was the game
for him Incidentally HEREFORD signed
Cams NJ Il an ironclad contract. which
made him practically a slave for m my
wears
Ifcrfard held some sort Of magic
SWAY over The great black f..hter
IL could make him do what he pleas
ed Some Of the sports are unkind
enough to say that Hcrfp'd fixed and
framed most Of Cans notoriously
crooked fights. This has never been
proven. but the fact remains that
some master hand directed all o. Cans
d.sals and the fightee always stood
TAT
eens fought twice as man. battles
rs any ether Of the pugilists now be-
/ fore the public There is no accurate
record Of the exact number of ring
contests in which he engaged, but his
only possible rival was the late Geo
/ Dixon. These great colored fighters
ran each other neck and neck in the
number Of battles. with the odds in
favor Of Cans.
Cans started fighting in the latter
eighties. but lac did not rise to fame
for nearly 10 years. when HEREFORD took
him t. New York. His first real great
fight was against the then famous
Elbows" McFadden In Gotham in
1879 McFadden was wonder in
those DAYS and he beat Cans in the
twcnty-thrd round though there i,
reason to believe that Joe laid down
y few months later Cans was mix
"a up in that notorious Terry Mccoy
ern frameup in Chicago. This was
one If the most barefaced fakes in the
history Of boxing. and it killed tbs
game in Chicago for all time. Me
Govern was given the decision in tn,
second round. and the fight went as a
knockout The sure thing men made
a great cleanup.
This one past him. Cans hooked uI
with Frank Erne. then lightweight
champion of the world 1t was a great
fight for ten rounds. and then Cans
complained that Erne had butted his
eye He continued for two rounds
longer. when he quit. His excuse was
that he would rather lose the battle
than his sight
Cans showed his superiority Owe
Erne two years later in Fort Erie