The Washington times., 1905-07-16

! Hart makes no bones about clubbing
| the conditions are such that he is per-
| fectly justified in doing so. He de-
| ciared himself a candidate for the high
| honor even before jeff retired and he
was the victor in the first so-cailed
championship contest that took place
| after ,Jeffries had announced his with
drawa1 from ring pursuits and had
| told all the remaining heavyweights to
! get together and decide who was who
| In taking to himself the champion
| ship the rollicking Kentuckian Will
have quite a burden to shoulder He
! is simply on probation, and he will have
] TO show us that ne can whip al cred-'
| ton. He has not acquired the title by
! licking somebody who licked everybody
| else. and he isn't in a position to talk
! cf hard-earned laureis or tell cha1len-
! gers to get Il reputation He must
| skirmish around and get one himself
Game and Willing.
! It is likely that there will be a deal
! of sitting and shifting before a heavy
weight looms up who will command the
| respect that a worlds championship
| should command. I am not saying
! that Hart will not prove TO be the man
| at that At present all he has TO COM
mend him is victory over Jack Root
| and a big fund of gameness and will
| ingness.
| IF he is still at the head of affairs
after meeting, say. Mike Schreck and the
! winner Of the Gus Ruhlin-J1m McCor-
mick bout we will begin to take him
mere seriously But you will have to keep
| on lighting. Marvin. At the best you
nj q
who happens to fancy himself better
! tban the men you have already con-
ouered VIII be entitled to recognition
from YOU. If Hart should come 10 be
hailed as champion, or If some one
should defeat him and establish q bet
Ter right to the distinction, what will IL
all amount to, anyhow, as long as JeH
is alive and enjoys good health!
worlds champion should be able 10
strike himself on the breast and say
Il bar nothing that walks on two legs
! am :he greatest fighter of my genera
tior How can Hart, or anyone else,
do that knowing that the earth holds
Il big swarthy individual with the Eim-
bleness of mountain goat, the strensth
of a grizzly and the pulverizing force
OF a pile-driver-a fellow who, as haeIy
as not may weary of retirement, anu
say: Il know / am no longer champion,
| because 1 voluntarily surrendered the
! title. but I'm going to try and WIN II
back, and who shall say me nay?
Jeff to Fight Again.
| 1t is highly probable that the dread
! of big Jim Jeffries taking notion OF
| breaking into the game again is keep
, ing quite a number OF heavies-hoth
ancient and modern-from taking hand
| IN the championship dispute which is
! raging a present. My young friend. Sam
| Berger, 1t IS said. is among those who
think that there should be a decent sea-
son of mourning over the departed
champion. This may be a libel at that,
for Sam assured me not many days ago
that the professional ring had no par
ticuIar glamour for him, and that it was
just possible that he would keep out OF
the swirl entirely,
..One thing is certain" said Sam. Il
am not itching to get into the big game.
] have read a deal about Kaufman and
myself being probable candidates for the
championship Well, Kaufman can
speak for himself. For that matter,
believe he has done So He is to become
a professional after year or So but
am not citing any time for my debut.
and am not letting the prospect of be
inc worlds champion come between me
and my sleep. What l may do in the
future is a corundrum. 1 don't know
myself l do know that ] have grown
two inches in a wear, and that L m only
a youngster yet l certainly won't
reach out after professional glory until
am fully developed, and in the mean
time l am thinking Of opening a school
OF physical culture"
Berger Could Win.
While I did not tell Samuel SO. I am
fully of the opinion that he could gain
the worlds championship without much
of a struggle If ne cared to try for il,
although | just as firmly believe that he
will have Kaufman to reckon with soon
er or later But Sam. according TO his
own telling would rather be proprietor
of a condition farm or physical culture
resort just at present. fact which
way in the writer's presence a few
nights ago.
Him a champion" said an
friendly critic. He hasn't the ambi-
ton. Why, that big sob wants to be
Z trained nurse
Fighters Everywhere.
Fighters. fighters everywhere. There
are :aore Of them around San Francisco
and its suburbs just than you
could shake a stick at.
! tho baacb I{rnrny Rritt