The Washington times., 1905-10-01
KAUF MANN COMING
HEAVYWEIGHT
Friends Claim a Big Future
for the Californian.
HAS WONDERFUL PUNcI
HIS Style Is Still Amateurish, How
ever-Does Not Use His
Feet Well.
By w. w. NAUGHTON.

BY w. w. NAUGHTON.
| SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. So.-Ail San
Francisco IS talking about the new
! western heavyweight. Al Kaufman 1t
! is beiioyed that he is going to cut as
VI r ssTath Gs that other Californian,
James j. Corbett.
"rat is iiited particularly about
Kaufman is his punch. There Is no
questioning the effectiveness Of it. In
mrs amateur days he generally man
aged to put each opponent away with
the first blow that landed
Old Billy Delaney Is as proud as a
cat with two tails. although he would
have preferred to see the thing last
half dozen rounds or so.
To Get Line on Novice.
in talking OF Kaufman before the
contest Billy said:
This thing of knocking out amateurs
in a punch is ell right. as 1t shows the
young fellow has something to start
with. 1 want to see how he acts be-
tween rounds. You can get line on
a novice when he comes 10 his corner
after a grueling round and IL there
are whole lot Of grueling rounds the
better the opportunity for noting how
stouthearted he is.
AS there was no tween rounds in
the Kaufmann-Foley fight Billy will
have to await another opportunity for
studying Kaufmann's demeanor while
resting.
Delaney is satisfied that his new find
Is game, however. 1t was remarked.
in fact, at the recent contest that
Kaufman was as cool as a cucumber
while the seasoned fighter, Foley, had
a case of nerves.
Kaufmann's style is amateurish- He
wastes too much energy in dancing
around. In time no doubt he viii copy
Fitzsimmons and Jeffries and use his
feet in a dignified manner.
No fault can be found with his fist
work He is as quick as fash In send
ing in punches. Referee Jack WEIGH
thinks Kaufman the best heavyweight
that has developed in years.
II never saw prettier punch than
Welch. "Foley's head struck the floor
first and then he fiattened out"
Nelson-Britt Pictures.
That the Britt-Neison moving pictures
made n hit with the public was shown
by the fact that the attendance increas-
ed rather than diminished with each
succeeding performance throughout the
week. Hundreds OF good sports saw
them over and over again and now
have the battle scene impressed upon
their memories to such an extent that
they are in a position to give offhand
answers to questions concerning any
particular occurrence or any stated
round
The week developed a crop Of prize
GfQtfSfini0nC rHa0
rists. Some fellows by careful tabbing
have become authorities on the number
of hooks, jolts and uppercuts used in
each tnree-minute spell Of fighting.
They kDo,v-Or think they know-how
often Nelson led or blocked and how fire.
quently Britt landed.
Britt's Alleged Mistakes.
The analysts have discovered the
fatal mistakes that Britt made and the
theorists can enlighten you as to why
Britt's blows were not more hurtful One
Of these latter. a doctor by the way,
says that Jimmy didn't call on any of
his muscles or weight back or below the
sockets OF his arms and hands. hence
his inability TO do more than start the
blood whenever he dashed out
The gentleman who framed this the
ory can scarcely have taken note of the
heart punches delivered by Britt The
native son certainly tried to get every
ounce of weight into these particular
bioHs-iet IL go at that. A man who
allows himself to be drawn into an
argument on any question pertaining TO
the recent fight at this particular time
is inviting trouble. There are MANY
primed with whys and wherefores wait
ing for him on every corner.
Nelson Walked Less.
To the ordinary observer there are
certain features of the phantom fight
which sing themselves into the under
standing. One Is that Jimmy Britt took
three steps at least to every one taken
by Nelson, and another is that Britt
struck at least three blows for every
punch sped by the Dane
That is the way Nelson planned his
night He was ever pressing in stead |
lily, never wasting a step, and seldom
Wasting n blow. He Travelled at a nat
ural gait. and he kept his Opponent
stepping backward, the most fatiguine
method of locomotion a human being
could be required to adopt
Nelson made good on his boast at
never back up. Hard raps on the face
made the blood fly In showers and iar-
ring punches made him cover up in
stinctively, but he never threw a foot
TO the rear unless driven back by the
force OF blow. His distress-and he
was hurt more than once-was of flash
like dura tfon. and then he pressed and
hooked and swung reientlessly.