Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-08
TWIN MAY WIN
CHAMPIONSHIP
HART WANTS TO FIGHT
HIM
II ls Asserted That Suggestion 10
Made Seriously and Battle May
Be Fought In Los
Angeles

The idea Of matching Marvellous
Hart and Jack Twin Sullivan for a
championship battle is not a wild-eyed
proposition as It may seem and when
the date arrives for the scran. n IL
ever does, there will be more than one
who will put money on the clever mid
dleweight to win the worlds heavv-
weight championship from the blue
grass wonder
Not that Hart is any more of
champion by right or CONQUEST than
are many others, but because he has a
technical possession Of the title and is
not regarded as of sufficient caliber at
defending It,
Harts recent statements regarding
jeff, the man who made Hart nuri.
llstically, have aroused an unfavorable
ana sighting consideration of the Ken
tuckian by all lovers of a square deal
Hart's accusations of dishonesty
placed against Big Jim have not af-
fected the real champions standing in
the slightest degree for the very excel
lent reason that no one has taken them
seriously But, these statements have
weaned away from Hart many who
would otherwise have been his friends
and well-wishers.
The further Hairless statement that
he believes he could whip jeff has
caused more laughter throughout the
country than any other one thing since
Heck died violent death.
What Jeff did to Sharl<ey. when he
beat the ambition out of the sailor boy
when he was one of the topnotchers
in class far above that occupied by
the present technical champion would
be a gentle love tap as compared to
the fate Jeff would mete out to the
blue grass megaphone.
Two whoops, n hurrah and bing'
That title would come butting back
to the Jeffries household to remain un-
til the arrival of Osler or the unde-
feated champion of champions died Of
whooping cough.
To Fight Sullivan
Hart's desire to fight Jack Twin is
In pursuit of the financial end of the
string with vengeance, Hart evident
ly believing that Twin would be ready
money. But those who know the
proweSs of the Boston boy would not
pe at all surprised If Twin should walk
away with the long end of the purse
in jig time. At that, no one seriously
believes that Sullivan could defend the
title should he win 1t, but this lends
added light to the claims of Hart to
being the champion of the world
Although it is only an opinion, but
one which is generally and almost uni
versally shared by followers of the
fight game, it is seriously suggested
that AL Kaufman would now be cham
pion of the world had he fought Hart
instead of O'Brien.
Hart won the championship by de-
feating Jack Root in one of the fierc-
est battles ever fought in the west
and after Hart had displayed the best
science of the game and had the best
of the fight practically until the final
round.
However, Root even in his palmiest
days, was never considered of heavy
weight championship timber. George
Gardner almost assassinated him for
the light-heavyweigh championship
and Bob Fitzsmmons reversed the
business on Gardner IN Jig time.
Hart is due to arrive on the coast
early in December and If he comes
seeking battles, as he has announced,
he will find ripe field ready for the
harvest.
If O'Brien Kaufman, Berger, Jack
Twin Sullivan and Tommy Burns can
not whip him and Jeff refuses to go
into the ring long enough to hammer
the belt back into the family, frankie
Neil, Eddie Hanlon or other little fell
lows may be sent out to recover the
belt.