The Washington times., 1906-01-07

making circles there is little prospect
OF Tommy and Jack being sent together
in the near future. so that further dis
edssion Of the matter at this time is
needless.
RYAN it IS said. may box Tommy
Burns az Los Angeles. Jack Twin1
Sullivan. who recently defeated Burns.
thinks be should have had the prefer
ence. Sullivan wants TO box either
o Brien or Ryan for the middleweight
championship. and says ne will make
Ryan a present of 500 if he will agres
10 box
No less parsonage than Jim JEFF
fries thinks Sullivan the most suitable
opponent In sight for O'Brien, but Jack
himself is yet TO be heard from on
the subject. Meanwhile, Jack Sulli-
vans defiance IS far reaching He is
ready To meet any man in the world at
lo4 pounds, and wiz fight Sam Berger
at any old weight.
Battling Nelson, Of course. is the
prince Of lightweights. and every man
within ten pounds Of his weight is
anxioss TO sign with him. Bats firm
ness IN the matter OF weight enables
him to hold alOof from fellows like
Mike (Twin) Sullivan and Jimmy Gard
ner, ard at the same time this narrows
the Danes zone 10 an extent that there
are few worthy opponents in sight for
him
Among the men Nelson has yet to
meet for the first time. Kid Hermann
is the one most spoken Of The Los
Angeles sports, who are right good
connOisseurs in things Of this kind, are
/ looking forward to the day when the
Kid and the Dane shall clash.
| Jimmy Britt continues TO press his
claims 10 a third bout with the Dane.
and il IS almost a certainty that
| Britt-NelsOn match viii be among the
events Of 1906.
The January program for San Fan
| cisco. as far as arranged, calls for two
| contests The first Will be between
/ Willie Lewis and Willie Fitzgerald It
/ viii take place at Colma the n ght Of
January u.
A week later Joe Cans and Mike
| (Twin) Sullivan will box at Wood
| wards in this city. Il is quite refresh
ing 10 note the condolences which exist
in regard TO the Cans intentions. In
| the past the finger Of suspicion" was
an extremely busy digit when Joe was
| training for a mill, but this time the
sports appear 10 think ne IS out 10 win
by dint OF honest lighting.
With the feeling abroad the Gans-Sul-
: livan affair is sure 10 excite widespread
I interest as the date draws near. There
is no telling now which man will be
| favorite, but the chances are that Sui
livan viii have a slight call in the bet
| ting.
Young COrbett, who is training 10 box
Aurello HerreFa-or. as Billy Jordan
calls him. Aurora Borealis-has circu-
1 lated New Year souvenirs IN the shape
| OF picture postal cards showing him
| SELF picking oranges with his trainers
/ IN "a Los Angeles orchard. C0rbett looks
quite chunky in The picture. but he
writes me that he has his weight well
! in hand and that he will be in great
| shape for the Mexican
A good deal depends upon the way he
| battles with that all-consuming thirst
which fiesh-reducing excites. It appears
10 me that even an orange orchard has
its temptations when a road workers
palate and throttle are parched.
This has been a week of denial Jack
O'Rrien denies that he challenged JET
fries and denies further that he is
matched TO box Gus Rubin.
Al North, one OF Reno's foremost
sports-he helped arrange the Root-Hart
hght-denies that Reno made an offer
for Hart-O' Brien battle.