El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-20
Gossip Of the Pugilists;
Sidelights On the Battlers
By I. S.
Andrews

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| lightw Fights. He drifted along until
! Nelson became recognized as champion
and then got back into the lightweight
/ class and matched with the battler. The
manner In which Cans was forced TO
rake weight with his fighting togs on
/ oy Billy Nolan, manager of Nelson, is
: story that all fans are well &C
I quainted with, and the famous battle
at Goldfield, New, which Cans won on
! a foul after AZ rounds of terrific fight
ing.
Nelson always maintained that he
did not foul the negro man, but Cans
insisted to the last that he did In 1908
Cans and Nelson were matched again,
July 4, and the Battler had the salts
faction OF winning back his title. They
met again September 9, and Nelson re-
peated in 81 rounds. That was the
beginning of the end for Joe, his only
fight being a 10 round bout in New
York with Jabex White. of England.
He began to show signs of decline and
the white plague got in its dreaded
work His trip to Arizona, but too
late. is recent history. and his famous
ride across the continent to get to his
| nanny" in Baltimore before the end,
which he did, are remembered by all
no doubt Cans started fighting when
he was II years old. his first fight be
ing with Jack Mcdonald in 1891, which
he won in seven rounds. He was IS years
Of age when he passed away.
The Moran AtteII bout. scheduled for
California, seems to have fallen by the
ha opn0T1DNar1an% that
Moran has been matched with frankie
Burns, native son, for August 81, at
San Francisco 1t will be a 10 round
no decision affair, the same as are held
in Milwaukee and New York Burns
does not appear to be a very formid-
able opponent for such a star as Mo-
ran, having been beaten by a boxer
named "One Round Hogan, recently.
However, it may be. that the promoters
are trying to pry the lid off and are
not anxious to stage a champion bout
this time.
Frankly Comfy, the Kenosha boy. who
claims the bantamv eight championship
of this country. was a caller the other
day, and announced his intention of go
ing after few titles. You see I am
really bantamweight champion said
Frankie, having beaten Danny Webs
ter and Monte Attell on the coast and
received a belt for the same. I am will
ing TO meet Jimmy Walsh for the
honor. or Johnny Coulon. but the later
cannot hold out for any lis pounds.
ringside, as it will not go. I am also
willing to meet Abe Attell in a 45
round fight for the featherweight title,
and I will not go into the ring weigh
ing more than 124 or 125 pounds
talks of giving away weight to Nelson
well I will gave away weight to him
and bet him on the side, too. This
IS not for advertising purpose. but on
the square. as 1 honestly believe that
can defeat him. I expect to meet
Charlie White in Milwaukee and I have
another match in sight at New Orleans.
I will keep busy during the fall and
winter and take all offers.
The report of the new baseball league,
of major league calibre. have been
circulating the past week or two with
such persistency, that baseball men are
beginning to take more notice of them,
and while they are usually ridiculed,
still they cannot help but admit that
there may be something TO it after
all" The u club proposition did not
sound good, for baseball men remember
how the National league spent over half
u club circuit to an eight club league
However. the St Louis parties supposed
TO be fathering the deal, have stated
since the first report, that they have
no thought of. establishing anything
but an eight club circuit. The American
association was in, position to block
any such move, had there been har-
mony between the major leagues and
the leaders of the a. A. 1t would have
baseball diplomacy for the major
leagues TO place clubs in Pittsburg.
Cincinnati and Chicago. upon a non
conflicting schedule. as il would be
the most effective barrier that could
be put up against foreign invasion"
and would not hurt the majors in the
least. The magnates might do we'll 10
ponder over the above suggestion 1t
is all very we'll TO say that it costs
big money to get into the baseball bust
ness, (and it is true sometimes but
just the same there are syndicates with
big reserves of coin, looking for such
investments. and the reports of the big
league clubs clearing from 100000 to
$500. goo in a season. has made lot of
these monied men sit up and take no
tice. Then again all the big leagues are
putting up stands, etc, at the parks,
costing from $3.50, 900 to s1.O0O.000 As
the owners were not mllHOna1reS pre-
viously Cat least very few of them
why they must have made their money
out of baseball. and the business man,
especially the theatrical man. is not
slow to sum everything up. 1t is only
natural then that men Of means can
easily be found TO back such a ven
ture
The story is out. that Bill Bernhard,
the former star twirler of the Cleve-
land, o. club. and now manager of the
Memphis club of the Southern league,
has been offered the management of
the Maps, and of the association team
It Is said the A. 4. club is Toledo, and
that Bernhard is liable to have charge
Of the Mud Hens next year. although
Harry Ninchman has been going nice
" with the Hens of late. Bernhard was
recommended to the Milwaukee club
two years ago by the owners of the
Cleveland club. but John McClosky was
secured instead by the Brewers, and
Bernhard went to Memphis Both are
now conceded managers
Ray Saveland. the Milwaukee boy.
who was sold by the Rockford club of
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