The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01
|URAS-MOIR GO
NEXT BIG BOUT
Yer Says 1t Is Causing Little
Comment Here, but Plenty
of Talk in England.
|ITNGS TOURNEY GOOD ONE
lST WHITE MAN IN AMERICA,
fCCORDING TO CHICAGO MAN.
ITNGS TOURNEY GOOD ONE
BY GEORGE slLeR.

he most important fight on tap at pres
is the international heavyweight
mpionship battle between Tommy
ms, Americas representative, and
INNER Moir. champion of England,
ich is scheduled to take place at the
ldon Sporting club Dec. >. Although il
be the first international fight for the
Ids heavyweight title ever fought un-
the Marquis of Queensberry rules. IL
Causing little interest in this country
a great deal in England.
ms. presumably. is because the follow
OF the game in America do not take
rms seriously as a champion and BIZ
Sc they think the Gunner is of the
Squires brand. Regarding Burns and
standing in puglism, he stands head
shoulders over any white heavy
ght in this country, and has proven IL
MS recent fights.
ne talk of still clubbing jim Jeffries as
NIPPON Is bosh. as the big fellow re-
tedly has stated he never would fight
IN, and, as he has been out of the game
rly four years, the only handle that
his name Is eX-champion. Burns was
ghed at when he matched with Marvin
L VINO was pronounced heavyweight
NIPPON by Jeffries after he defeated
Root, and before the battle odds Of
I ON Marvin went begging. Tommy
=
IL. His battles with Jack O'Brien, al
lgh ne demonstrated his superiority
the clever and shifty Philadelphia.
e not taken seriously.
Squires Was Dub.
hen Bill Squires. the Australian cham
4, appetdred in our midst, signified his
klnSness to fight Jeffries and was her
ii as wOrld-beateT by his press
nts, Burns matched with him and beat
IN round. Squires proved a no dC-
/ Mt, but II remained for Tlnmy 60
W him up. Burns did not know
| pres would be easy picking when he
/ ched with him, but he took a chance
pre- that battle il was reported by
be who knew more about the Aus
7 ian than did great many of the
fern fIStic ScTibes that the foreigner
Id show up Tommy in his true coiors.
ilse champion. After the fight those
had been bolstering up the antipo-
n practically admitted they knew Bill
a false alarm Burns received no
it for winning that fight because Bill
easy.
dging by the stand taken by the Phil
i 'phia fight promoters regarding the
x O'Brien-Jack Johnson match the
he of taking to which O'Brien has con-
ed. was more heinous than that 10
ch Joe Cans confessed. The difference
be this: o Brien white man, boast
bout his Offense, while Cans, colored,
ded the limitations of his race and
] to apologize and live il down.
% public was willing to forgive Cans.
sc wrOngdOing was engineered by a
e man to whom he naturally looked
advice and instruction as TO the best
ms to realize on his ability as a boxer.
II. It should be remembered. Cans
ners in crime were white. and they
riably received the long end of tile
ey. His white master depended on
ing on the events for his trouble IN
j nging the fakes thus showing that
white men were willing TO enter into
ooked compact with the black mans
ter for the bulk Of the tainted pro-
8 and then shoulder the crime on tne
K
r years prior TO his confession and
promise TO fight OF the level. Cans
pronounced the greatest faker in the
ness. Since severing his connection
his white master and practically con
ing his own business he has been al
pr to the much abused sport.
Brien. on the other hand. was free
and 81. and consequently his OWL
ter, while Cans. colOred. and not his
master was led to believe he could
get recognition unless directed by d
at makes O'Briens crime the more
Il BUS: still. in these DAYS of pugilistiC
mercialism, he is entitled to chance
his white ally the same as was
5. especially as he elected To fight a
red man for his first effort to follow
narrow path. His turn down by
own townsmen caused some surprise
o was given a grand reception by
= same tOWnSmen when he appeared
- fing on the night of the Al Kauf-
n-Dave Barry contest, IL was that
onstratiOn- more than anything else
induced him to match with johnson
king the promoters had concluded Il
him the first opportunity to redeem