Evening journal., 1910-08-06
SIXTH LIGHT FOR
The PIERCE ARROW
Company Adds it That License
Number Of Gar May be
Visible
NEW YORK'S LAW
REQUIRES ILLUMINATION

Almost every State that enacts a
new law for the guidance of motor
car users these days devotes a special
paragraph to rules for lamps. The
general requirement is that the rear
number shall be Illuminated sufficient
" to be visable for a distance of fifty
feet at night. With the lamp equip
ment of some cars the ingenuity of the
owner Is rather thoroughly tested TO
find a way to make the rays of the
rear lamp shine on the number plate.
In order to allow owners Of its cars
10 comply strictly with both the let
ter and spirit Of the law as eNempli-
fed by the Callan bill in New York
| the Pierce-ArrOw Motor Car Com
pany of Buffalo has added to the regu-
! lar equipment of its cars sixth lamp
for the sole purpose of number plate
illumination. This lamp is of peculiar
construction. 1t Is like a tube cut IN
half-about six inches long and an
| inch and a half in diameter. II IS
electrically lighted and can be turn
ed ON or off by the switch that oper-
ates the side and rear lights. When
il is on its rays cover the entire num-
her in a way that would insure any
owner against arrest for a violation
of this particular section of the law
| The addition of this lamp makes six
| that are included in the Pierce-Arrow
equipment without counting the small
one that lights the oil gauge at night
In the death Of Joe Cans, the prize
ring loses one of it's most picturesque
characters, and as game a lightweight
as ever donned a glove. His real
name was Camp. He was born IN
Baltimore i'm 1874, the son of pow
erty-stricken and illiterate negro fam
lily. When a mere pickanniny. Cans
wen 10 work as a delivery boy in
the old Baltimore fish market.
These facts are taken from Cans
own story Of his life:
"Once the boss and his brother and
7 each put in S170 and we bought
q set of SIS boxing gloves. got too
good for the other boys, so they made
me box them two at a time. My first
fight was TO finish with another kid.
NV boxing with two boys at once had
taught me how 70 block and dodge
and lead. so I won my first real fight
which was for 50 side bet and a col
lection of S5.40. II looked like a lot
of money to me and just had to win
I took the money home to my mother
MY next fight was for % rounds
and the purse was for So. Then
began picking up little fights, meeting
the boxers and wrestlers who Travelled
around giving exhibitions and earn
ing a few dollars here and there
took II all home TO my mother. She
asked me where ! got il and | tolc
her won II shooting craps. But she
thought / was stealing it, so ! had t
b take nv uncle one night to see m.
fight. Then my mother tried TO make
; me stop, but I liked the game to'
much. In those days ] didn't have
. much Of a punch. but ! was awful!
fast, and I could iab with my lef
hand in great shape. I did not know
; had a right hand"
zone of Cans early fights was witt
the Kentucky Rosebud" who had JUS
: knocked out George Dixon. Gan
! beat him in six rounds. Then begal
. his professional ring career whicl
= took him to the top.
y Cans first chance for the champion
ship came in his fight with Fran
Erne in New York on March %, 19Ol
Erne won in the twelfth round. Gan
claimed that he had been blinde
q when Erne "butted" him. He was ur
able to get another fight with I'll
i champion until May II, 1902, whe
s they met at Fort Erie, Canada. Gar
: won in one minute and forty second
II Cans had things all his own way
s the lightweight champion until July
!: 1908. His first fight with Nelson hs
/: taken place in September, 1906,
+ Goldheld. Nevada. Nelson got S22 81
q for the fight, win, lose or draw; whi
a. Cans got but $1,000, though the hou
drew 67,715, up to that time the lar
ID est gate receipts ever taken at a rii
,e contest. Not only did Cans agr
II to give Nelson the larger part of q
1t purse but Nelson forced Cans
weigh in twice Cans won in q
Of forty-second round, of one of the mo
s. gruelling fights seen in the Americi
prize ring. After that fight he d