Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-23
BURNS IN GREAT
RING CONDITION
HEAVYWEIGHT HAS ATTAINED
FAST FORM
Jim corbett Advised Tommy to Avoid
Tenseness When Boxing.
Burns and Kauf-
mann

1t appears a pity that Tommy Burns
cannot enter the ring this evening.
Win or lose, the chunky heavyweight
looms up like a man that needs not
another day of training before enter
ing upon the battle that he has looked
forward to since first he realized that
there was strength and stiffness i'm his
arms and legs. Beautifully built. from
a fighting standpoint, is Tommy, and
as he stood yesterday steaming beneath
his shower his great muscular power
showed to startling advantage.
Indeed claim placed against Burns
is that he is 1nuscle-bound and there
fore not able to use his strength to
the best advantage. Tommy says
himself that there was a time when he
was inclined to hold his body tense
when boxing but claims that Jim Cor
bett taught him a few things regard
ing his errors.
when Corbett was showing at De-
tToit years ago." said Tommy yester-
day, II went on with him for few
rounds and after the exhibition Jim
took me aside and told me that 1 must
cut out the tense way in which 1 held
my arms. After that / boxed several
times with Corbett and each time
learned more about handling my
self"
Mcdonald stood close by and watched
every movement of Tommy's assist
ants. AS a thoroughbred horse trainer
might condition a stake entry, so Nc
Donald watches over Burns, and it is
safe to say that Tommy will never at
tain better condition than that which
he has reached at the present moment.
Drawing conclusions from his train
ing it is evident that Burns has not
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O'Brien and will bore in on the Phila-
delphian terrifically if that individual
is to be found. In Jimmy Burns
George Memsic) Tommy has a great
little sparring partner, as Jimmy
should class with a welter weight when
it comes to roughing tactics. Burns
allowed him to land heavily yesterday
when punishment could have easily
been avoided. Tommy believes that
mis- great chance lies in rushing O'Brien
and endeavoring to beat him down
without fear of the Quaker's punches.
A comparison between AL Kaufman
and his showing against 'O'Brien and
Burns is causing more or less COM
ment. O'Brien required seventeen
rounds to knock out Billy Delaney's
big boy and it is a question whether
Burns would ask more than fifteen
rounds at the most in which to put
Nd uIlHdIlu away.
Those who were close observers of
training for Dave Barry
some months back know we'll of the.
little seances which occurred in the
rear of Lewis gymnasium, where AL
was working with Burns and Jack
Twin" Sullivan. When Kaufman
first began training he spared with
Burns before a large crowd that daily
the workouts.
Tommy, however, IS not an easy man
either when he acts as sparring part
ner or as principal. He was too anxious
TO show Kaufman just what was in
nim and as a result Prof Lewis, who
presided as trainer, was obliged to have
and Burns retire to a rear
room. Burns showed that he was
master at any sort of a
game and for that heason Al prob
ably refused to come west and meet
Burns a few months ago.
Jack O'Brien, in speaking of his bat
lie with Kaufman the other day, re-
marked that had Kaufman possessed
the necessary experience he would
have knocked him out in the
third round of their battle for ''indi-
Vidual supremacy" at San Francisco.
Said OBrien:
Kaufman caught me fairly on the
jaw in the third round and it was
only by stalling that 1 managed to
last the round. OF course he landed
when I was careless. After that, how
ever, Jack O'Brien was on the lookout
for any repetition"
There is absolutely no doubt as to
Burns superiority, so far as Kaufman
Is concerned, and O'Brien was seven
teen rounds in turning the trick.