The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-07
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Irwin" Sullivan and Harry Krant
leave Seattle Friday for Dawson. SUI
Ivan will fight Nick Burley there and
Krant has. been matched with FREQ
WYATT the Portland lightweight, who
has been trouncing all corners in the
north. The fighters are being taken
north by Tom Mcdonald, the well
known Seattle sporting man, who WILL
with his brother, run a big club IN
Dawson.
Sullivan ought to make easy work
IF RurIev. who cannot hit hard enough
TO dent a dab of butter, and if he does
he will clean up a bunch of money, for
fiftb-rater. as the sound sports know
Burley to be, ne has a great reputation
in Alaska. and never has any trouble
in getting backing. Sullivan will give
weight to Buriey, and he ought to give
MIN a beating in the bargain. Per-
haps this will be a repetition OF the
two fights Burley had with Choynskl
in Dawson several years ago, in which
the two men cleaned up satchel full
of gold. hurley knocked Choynski out
in jig time in their first battle, as
previously arranged" as the Japs have
il and then there was a talkfest or
several weeks while the second match
was being arranged. Burley got SO
chesty because he had whipped Choyn-
ski that the. Old timer got bit sore
from some of Nick's personal remarks.
In the second battle he got his revenge
for he chopped Burley's countenance
I'D until it looked like a Hamburg
steak. and won as he pleased. There
are still sports in Dawson who Will
say that the fights were on the square
The second one probably was, for Joe
was sore and he knew there was no
more money in sight.
But that fight-fudge!
Sullivan cleaned up few hundred
dollars in his two fights in Tacoma,
and he got that last money so easily,
that he should have paid his own way
into the hall. 1t was like taking candy
from a baby for him to beat Jost and
those at the ringside know that he al
lowed the Portland boy to stay longer
than he had any right to, simply to
give the gang a run for their money.
Twin" was not satisfied with the at
tendance at either of his Tacoma fights
and he hopes to do better in Aslaska.
The crowd at the second fight was not
as large as the first one, which shows
that the sports on the coast get wise
when a brick house falls on them.
Twin" hopes to have a prosperous
season in Alaska, and he may come
out in the fall owning a couple of
claims.
Harry Krant has been in Alaska be-
fore. He started his fighting career in
Nome. and he will visit that camp
again before returning to Seattle. He
can get all kinds of backing Nome, for
in his first time out he hung it on such
a hard hitter as Tommy Bullene, and
he has improved a lot since then. He
will meet a hard little man in Fred
WYATT. but Krant ought to win is he
is in shape, for he is as strong as a
bull moose and a willing performer
with both hands.
Harry has never really had chance
to show what he can do in the fighting
game. He was hooked UP with man.
ager for a while who made it practi-
cally impossible for the boy to get any
matches but up in the north he ought
to be able to get the coin, for he viii
meet all corners at his weight, and he
looks good enough to deliver the goods
Harry is a square little fellow, anc
is not the tough that some folks would
make MIN appear. He made bac
break at the fight in Tacoma, but that
was due to his enthusiasm. He thought
the fight was over and that Sullivan
was being roughed around, contrary
to the rules, so he jumped in to helr
his friend.