Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-12-21
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Detroit. Dec. 1S-"Ffom what I
nave read and been told by some who
were there. look for that Detroit
boy, Burns Of Brusso, to be the cham.
pton before very long" remarked
James J. Corbett, the cleverest big
man who ever pulled ON q glove.
Really, don't follow the ring
happenings as closely as I did," con.
tinued the man who put crepe ON the
flag Of green when he beat John L.
Sullivan to a pulp at New Orleans.
There are not so many eligibles to
championship honors as we had to
contend with. AS a matter of fact
there is only one now-Jefries.. He Ia
IN class by himself, and can easily
beat anybody II he elects to re-enter
the ring, bat I guess he will never
fight again, at least his friends tell
me 80.
"Size up the rest and see what you
have. There is Tommy Burns, from
here, clever Jack O'Brien and big
Jack Johnson; that's about all in the
division, but they do not look very
good in comparison with the men we
had to meet and beat 10 or Is years
ago. When fought that draw with
Peter Jackson, the greatest of the
colored brigade, there were, in add.
ton to this wonderful piece of bronze
John L. Sullivan, the pride of Amer.
lea; Frank Slavin, we'll regarded in
Australia, and Charley Mitchell, the
best Of the English.
Then, coming to the later days
you find Fitzsimmons, Jeffries and
myself, fighting for the championship
while close up to us were Rubin,
Sharkey, Armstrong, Martin, Maize.
and few others. It wasn't so very
easy then, there were so many aspir-
ants with big following.
"Jeffries out of it, see no obstacle
in the way of Burns if he wants the
championship. He showed himself a
better man than O'Brien, many say;
at least he was his equal, and with his
rough style of going l think he would
beat O'Brien in a longer contest. The
only one in the way is Johnson. Now,
what has he ever done? cannot see
him. I think a fellow of the determ-
ination Of Burns would make him stop
if he did not knock him out. They
tell me Johnson does not like the
'gaff' any too well, and considering
the way Burns fought O'Brien, l ven
ture to say he would make the colored
man wish he had picked out softer
spot on the pugilistic map.
Somebody was telling me they are
shaping George Lavigne for a match
have always been an admirer of the
Saginaw boy, but I do not think he
can do himself credit. There are
things to be considered seriously IN
preparing man for battle. Lavigne
in his best day won because Of his
ability to take more punishment than
any of his weight. Then, after firing
and wearing his man down, he would
begin to fight, and how he did fight.
Now that he has lived many years in
a few he cannot expect to be able to
stand the roughing which he did 10
years ago. Unable to do this, his
chances are not the best. l would
hate to see George beaten. That's
why l say this
When the football rules committee
adopted a measure last winter to cur
tail mass plays it was criticized fol
not legislating directly against a big
lineman dropping back to run with
the ball. What the committee diJ
was to pass measure that any player
from tackle to tackle who dropped
back must drop at least five yards
back. The committee might hav8
made an out and out prohibition Of
any of the five center men dropping
back except for purposes of kicking