Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-08
WILL O'BRIEN
AND BURNS MEET?
MEN ARE AT OUTS REGARDING
BONUS
Burns Declares That Purse Must Be
Split as Under ordinary Con-
dltIons, While PhlladeI-
phian Remains Firm

According to Tommy Burns there will
be nothing particular stirring here
abouts for some time II Jack O'Brien
persists in demanding the major end Of
purse, win, lose or draw, with twenty
rounds involved He declares, however,
that he viii jump at a proposition to
meet O'Brien, winner take all, pro-
viding the contest be scheduled as an
unlimited one.
OBrien, on the other hand, says that
Burns must allow the bonus or let the
match go by the board. Speaking Of
the affair last night Burns said:
mot for one moment will 1 consider
a proposition with O'Brien doing the
debating. There is no reason in the
world why he should demand that /
take the short end. If we meet in a
twenty-round go it will be upon the
understanding that there be the usual
conditions regarding a division of the
purse.
II don't think he wants to meet me
for finish fight and is trying to get
all he can out of twenty-round affair.
To show what 1 think of him will
agree to meet him for a finish fight,
winner to take all.
'T don't know anything about this
Searchlight business, but IL anybody is
willing to stage us for a finish go will
be on the jump to accept.
Burns Favors Cooley
"O'Brien thinks he has something
easy by taking on this fellow Cooley
Well, say for me that Cooley is a
strong, tough fellow, and believe that
he will give OBrlen just a little more
than he is looking for More than one
fighter has met a stumbling block, and
it wouldn't surprise me if Cooley should
give O'Brien the surprise of his life."
O'Brien was told of Burns view of the
situation and expressed sarcastic sur
prise.
"If that is what he means then he Is
about the fellow 1 took him for. Here
l passed up the Berger match to come
down and meet Burns, fully confident
that from what he had said of me there
would be no hitch in bringing us to-
gether.
"McCarey offered us a $4,000 purse
and Burns agreed to accept $4,000 and
allow me the remaining $1,000. For him
to go back on his word is not altogether
surprising, but certainly disappoint-
ment to me. Burns faxed up that S2O,-
900 Acadia story to attract me, and now
he is trying to crawl out.
"WeI, he will give that bonus or
that he is about to add to his reputa-
tion and purse by meeting me under
any other consideration somebody is
badly mistaken. l am perfectly willing
that he should be called champion or
anything else that may be applicable,
but when he meets me there must be
that bonus. Why have not the right
to ask for it from him when he de-
manded one from Jim Flynn?"
Situation Lies With Burns
Should both men remain firm in their
determination, as expressed last night,
Los Angeles may lose a top notch card.
Without a doubt O'Brien will stand
for the bonus and the outcome is now
up to Burns.
Talk of a finish fight does not sound
much to the point with both men on
the ground for the supposed purpose
of agreeing to twenty-round con-
test. Should Burns let the present op-
portunity slip, possibilities of his get
ting another such opportunity for some
time do not make much of noise.
With O'Brien things are different, as
the Philadelphia is never at a loss to
bring down an extra dollar. If ad-
vices from the east are to be believed
there Is a strong movement on foot to
match Joe Cans and O'Brien for a six
round go at Philadelphia. Although
O'Brien would outweigh the light
weight champion by many pounds
six-round battle between the two would
prove sizzling.
The possibilities of O'Brien's agree
ing to a proposition involving rs per
cent to the winner and 20 to the loser
are not beyond bounds, as the Phila-
delphiah possesses every confidence of
his mastery.
There arises an opportunity for
Tommy to do some advantageous re-
fiecting.