Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-21
BURNS REvELS
IN CONFIDENCE
DOES NOT C0NCEDE 0'BRIEN A
CHANCE
Quaker Also Dreams Of Victory, bu'
Wonders What Tommy May
Have in store-Jefries
Issues Directions

That championship events are costly,
especially with moving pictures in
VOWED, was evidenced yesterday morn
ing when lights for the films arrived
from New York, bearing an express
charge of S5gS.
Although an enormous amount of de-
tail must be arranged before the call of
time, everything relating to the big bat
Tie is proceeding smoothly and Manager
McCarey does not anticipate any trou-
Die of an undue nature before the men
come together.
With the meeting time but little more
than week in the distance. O'Brien
and Burns are working as they never did
before Both realize that their future
is at stake, and life apparently pleasant
sailing for the man who wins. A more
confident person than Tommy Burns
would be difficult to find and the husky
! heavyweight appears anxious that his
friends back him heavily in the forth
coming affray.
rhere are many people who do not
give me much credit for what l have
done" said Tommy yesterday, as he
was being rubbed by his trainers after
steady working hour, but such sur
prise as will occur when / get this
O'Brien fellow in the ring. He knows
that he is up against it. and he won't
jump out of that ring like he generally
does. All this talk of his keeping away
from me for twenty rounds is rot.
Il don't see how it can be figured out.
I'll admit that he is fast and clever but
| am going to show him what it means
to meet a fighter and a fast one Ev-
erybody knows that 1 am stronger
man than he is, and that l can hit just
as hard. They say that 1 cannot hit
him. Well, watch.
From the time that bell rings to the
final gong it will be Tommy Burns after
OBrien. If / don't get him it will be
because he hops out of the ring. If he
stands up and fights, which is what I
hope for, there will be a quick ending
and Mr. OBrien may go back to Phila-
delphia and tell how it happened"
Burns Confident
Burns is a cool, calculating fighter,
who has before his recent battles pre-
dicted just what the end would be, and
followed set plan of boxing which
proceeded just as he had intended. AS
the day draws near in which he is to
be given an opportunity of attaining a
life's ambition, Tommy wakes more
scornful of his opponent, and the in
Vulnerable little chickering's and bitter
word passages of the past are working
him to an intense desire of conquering.
He we'll realizes the sarcasm which
will come from O'Brien should the lat
ter defeat him after the months of mud
singing and taunting that have ensued.
To avert such situation Burns is plot
ting and working with all the strength
and brain power which he possesses to
smother the Philadelphian.
While O'Brien is also leaving no stone
unturned which may add to his fame,
there is a supreme difference in the
Quaker's methods. Whatever his real
feelings, an outward display of light
ness and unconcern exists which is that
of a man who does not reflect much
upon the future. Don't be deluded by
O'Briens care-free attitude. 1t is
habit of his, and one that is mighty
effective so far as showiness is con-
cerned. He is wondering what the out
come will be, and in all probability
deeper reflection characterizes O'Brien
than Burns. Both men are of far diff
ferent temperament as may readily be
realized after a few moments conversa-
ton.
Neither can be charged with the
slightest fear of the other, but O'Brien
is given more to thinking than is Burns.
When the Philadelphian first came to
town he was very anxious to distribute
the word that he feared Burns. Very
few were willing to fall for OBrien's
version, for the Quaker'S attitude has
marked other affairs than his dealings
with Burns.
All San Francisco was laughing at
Harry Foley after O'Brien sent poor
Bob FitzSimmons to the pugilistic
graveyard. When O'Brien arrived in
the northern metropolis he was met at
the train by Foley. Harry was anxious
to get an early line upon O'Brien's idea
of the outcome and made haste to in
quire of the Philadelphian's condition
O'Brien Foxy
"Oh my! Harry" quoth Jack. For
heavens sake don't let Fitz get hold of
this but wish / was the man of year
ago. Sort of thought Fitz was bluff
ing before / got into this mess, but
now it is too late. Say, how does Bob
look anyhow? They say he is going
back What do you think of it?"
Foley was completely taken in and
though he promised to say nothing
could not resist a temptation of i'm
parting the tidings to one friend. The
friend must needs tell his friend and
soon the word noised abroad that
OBrien was all in.
When O'Brien was making a spec
tacle of the once great king of them all
poor Foley, whose earning were down
on the speckled beauty, sat in amaze
ment at the ringside and repeated
things under his breath.
An exact imitation of the Fitzsim-
mons version came from O'Brien's lips
when he was first held converse with
local newspaper men. That he really
feared Burns was not taken seriously,
but that he is pondering much upon the
Canadians prowess is undeniably true
whenever meet one of these heavy
fighting fellows 1 always wonder If it
is to be my Waterloo" says O'Brien.
This portion of his wording is strictly
on the level A man of O'Brien's make
up would find it impossible to be other
wise. 1t requires stole to utterly dis
sipate the idea of possible disaster and
OBrien is no stole.
One Burns adherent yesterday gave
his reason for believing Tommy a
coming winner He said:
Burns is stronger physically than
O'Brien and is as fast on his feet
Tommy can hit harder than O'Brien
and then again he was born under a
lucky star"
Just what virtue there is in the opin-
ion remains largely for individual judg-
ment to decide. So far as O'Brien's
hitting ability is concerned local de-
votees of the sport have not been given
much of a chance for determining
relative merits