Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-15
AND HART
To BATTLE SOON
BIG MEN WILL COMMENCE
TRAINING
February Contest = Factor In DETER
mining Who May Claim Supremacy
Among Active Heavyweishts.
Kaufman Comes Tomorrow

Marvin Hart has sent word to Man.
ager McCarey that he will arrive in
Los Angeles by February 1 to COM
mence training for the match with
Tommy Burns which is to occur Feb,
ruary 20. Tommy Ryan will accom-
pany him.
Burns will start training Immediate
ly and by the time of the fight should
be in top-notch condition to meet the
husky Texan, who claims the heavy
weight championship of the world.
Tommy is anxious to retrieve himself
for the rather weak showing which he
made against Jack Irwin" Sullivan
and expects to take the measure of
Hart.
Although matched to battle in the
heavyweight division instead of the
lniddleweight class, Burns anticipates
that 1t will be easier for him than
going against a lighter man, In view
of the fact that he has become so
large that reducing would be disas-
trous to his chances.
When he fought Sullivan Burns was
evidently far from being fit for the
fray. as the effort to make 1853 pounds
detracted considerably from his
strength and the blows which he sue
ceeded in landing did not have enough
steam behind them to materially worry
the willy Twin.
In the coming battle things will be
different, for the men are to fight at
any weight deemed best by themselves
and Tommy will in all probability en-
ter the ring in the neighborhood of
175 pounds, thus gaining an advan-
tage which will favor him greatly.
Burns without doubt possesses
hard wallQp, the effect of which will
not be weakened by grueling train
ing In order to meet a weight out of
keeping with his naturally heavy
build.
The coming battle means much for
Burns, as a victory over Hart would
place him on a par with any of those
who have aspira tions for the heavy
weight supremacy, if such a supremacy
can exist with Jeffries still the unde-
feated champion of them all.
Hart is technically champion by rea-
son of the fact that Jeff awarded him
the laurel after Harris defeat of Root
The big California is, however, the
Legitimate champion and will remain
so unless someone gets him into the
ring and wrestS the crown from him.
This is a very unlikely possibility, as
the farmer pugilist appears to be
man of his word and to all intent has
forever retired from the ring.
The only thing left is for the big fel.
fight it out among themselves and de-
termine which has the right to be
called the kingpin of the active scrap
pers.
Hart and Burns will start the ball
a-rolling and there is little doubt
that other matches will be on ths
tapis soon after the two in question
have fought off the coming battle.
Billy Delaney and AL Kaufman are
to leave San Francisco this evening
for Los Angeles and Kaufman will
commence training Immediately for
his twenty-round go with Dave Barry.
which is scheduled to occur Janu'
airy 26.
Delaney has hopes that he will YET
produce champion and Kaufmann's
friends are not greatly disconnected by
the fact that the Olympic pride failed
to leap among the top-notchers at
bound. Kaufmann's match with
O'Bren was made against the advice
of those who realized the fact that his
inexperence would be against him in
battle with such a past master of the
art as the Philadelphia is