The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1906, Page 8

vt THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26,,1906..' a me Ur TO DATE . AND NEWSY. CHAMPION GANS HAS HARD TIME MAKING WEIGHT j H { ( { i a This, Together an the - Fact that Her-| man Can Hit Harder Than Nelson, Has Found .Many Supporters for the Chicago Boxer. HERMAN may notcbe| wane eas much piu-| ishment as Battling Nelson, but he can gle more.” ‘That'o what the Neada miners are countj®g, on in laying thelr money Gans for the ligat-welght ttle on Now Year's Day at ‘Tonopah. Herman has made a hit with the business-like manner. before Gans arrived on the battle field, and is still plugging hard. He shows a lot of cleverness and endur- 1s looked on nOW AS a Very gUOd nce. Inf fact, 60 much promise 0 that Phort ender. Gans {s having trouble with the weight. It {s cold in Nevada now. |The gir is dry and clear, The-climate gives him an appetite, Naturally he would put on welght instend of taking it off tf ho were jpst ey hard thout the extra wr a Bi Grn eee the fight with Neison ‘the desert was tn e siz- Mle. The thermometer registered a degree of heat that made hand work in the burning sun more effective than a steam bath. Gans made the 134 pounds without an effort, and even the one and three-quarter pounds that he had to take off beyond that mark to comply with Nolan's peeing te conditions did not force him to run his legs off on tha road. It is a dif- _ferent coondition of affairs thet confronts Gans :, Ha has to run extra’ ‘miles daily, wearing heavy sweaters and tl hick woollen tights under his road clothes. Hyex with all this the flesh sticks to him Ike tar and fenth- ers to a horse thief’ For once Gans wears qworker when he wanted to fi to 188 pounds with the thert making trouble. f Hrerman, on the other hand, wears a laugh oven while facing the cam- eras, which {s a pretty good test of a cheerful disposition. jon of the fight. if “Well,” aid Bat, “Herman has fa chance. He can wallop some, and Gans's dody tsn't as good as $t minut pe since I fought him. If Herman hap- -ipens to put a good one in Gana’s stom-|, Enclosed please find clipping ¢rom ——y Roh, I may never have another chance | relatives to the great foer that the ‘at the amoke. Tha main auestion In| colored fair, Johnson, has tnapired in| my mind is whether the coon ts Koing |tho heart of Jeffries (che grandest spec!- | $0 fake or not. Gans is the most noto-|:men of manhood tho ring has ever seen). flous faker in the came, He fought | It's too bad that Jeff could not meet ne on the level as far av the figh 1s writer and make him eat his words, pee Ho oan fight all right when he | as every onca in a while he slings mint But I figure it out that bel at Jet when mentioning the negro, If} for you to express your} courage in the of it would lease me, as tired of /hearing a worrled expression. He was always @ good ght onthe level, but this jod af coming down mometer' standing at 80 degrees above zero is ‘gaine man and a good sportaman has found expression in scores of letters to The Evening World. The following 4s a fair sample: | Mr. Edgren, Eve, Worldir | Dear Biri ASKED RatUing Nelson for his optn- Fanta to. jan make enough money to keep him} te life by laying down to Herman. He | yy, Will be a favorite in the betting, | ,, ni he could distribute enough money | | Al Herford and his other| 1 o.make @ big clean-up. He ght to beat : jo level, but you sure of letter, and others along the same I never kn than James J. Jeffries. The tg cham- strain ell the way th weak or mean jon ts a hard Gana until you a i q'M inclined to think my: ni will not justify Nelson's sabe thar 4 tn this Aght If he wins he can go ght along getting big money on the} nay qtage and taking on other fights, (es- maanaiterea pecially another one with Nelson. jater aple know, It Qn) for big Nevada purses. I can't seo fllustrates Jeffries'n generosity, wh Bow Gans could make near as much ‘Iw nveide of his character that~haan't ‘tying down"? te Herman. ARS = betting on fights nee to clean Up-a oney by here fan't enough jow to give him ac rtynp on thls on IM JEFFRIES wire to The Pvening World stating that no promoter has pffered him a $60,000 purse for « ght with Johnson or any other fighter rma the laugh against the negro's ao- ive managers and press agents, who during the past week have had Jottrion matched (In type) over and over again fbr that mythical offer alleged to have heen made by Tex Hickard, and who are now ploturing the greatest of all Am dha champions as a fat coward ti pm hile to escape Jonnson's wrath. | {fhe populur belfef in Jeffries ‘am a Lice MeN alos alae T youch Ha manager Hurry tried to get a division of the purse that would provide « fair losers end Jeffries was, quostioned. “Why, exciaimed te split the im, jevil as much out ithe winner, It I remember right. ‘The on the white boy who will fight Jod | sage brush enthusiasts. He has been | working away at his training In a} Ho started | I'm pleased te | wom gamer mas | FTERMANS SMILE WON'T COME OFF - > i. ‘AT LEAST + WoT YET. i EVENING WORLD PAIZES with th j atthe depos: @ ball n the i-3 pocket enough times | in a game of twelve franies to make a| eoore of 100 out of m possible 12. | If you have any Gowdts about the/o: matter {t would be @ good idea to vt right down to hard practice, for all ho oan perform ‘the feat in the head-| 0 pin wame mill get a prize worth se eral dollars in the absolutely fro tournament to be held by the Evening ‘World at Thum's White Eleph alleys, opening Monday, Jan, 21. Qyemen team rolling the aggregate. score will win tho annual gbampionsnip | trophy—a solid sliver |p. cup worth ‘This tg @ rewl championship con Broa be whe vel wil n out, of tw recrosa st] ide bet of BO, Rat nea outs rolled on for the bowlers of Greater New York. | neutral or home allays, one There js absolutely no, charge for 6ntry| series at the Albion ee, and the only éxpense to the n regard to any m with Voor- bowler ‘# the matter of mailing an thinks, my application and car fare to the alleys, There will be no limit to the number of entries, as any club may, entec os many ‘ye-men tems, as fide members from whtoh toranke tem nda to. Rood {will there: up. u It fe expected that there Will be [0 | tems Inthe coming competition—a | |larger number than ima ever compet mi Jina tournament, with the sings ‘ ceptions of the national ents, which | gets the entrance fee te % per man in all trenta Last year there were 25} teama enteral but the entrance wat | then restricted to one five-man team | from any club foba were «iv dition to th |The - Byening j comes ay | club tn Teams spould ve « | ntreac Larry Staude deft com: | soascn see HUMAN FISH IN MATCH. : ve to swim ferred .A match that (a creatine ynusual | terest {n aquatto circles Ip ahe-ane tanged between H, J, Handyy « | Chicago A. C.. the preac @ half oha 1H former 10. | trat A. 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