The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-17
BURNS SHOULD
MEET JOHNSON
SiIer Says Col0red Man Is the
Most Logical Opponent for
Bunk Champion.
JACK NOW DRAWING CARD
PROMOTERS WILL OFFER BIG
PURSE FOR THIS FIGHT.
BY GEORGE sILER.

Jack Johnson, the colored heavy
weight, who defeated Jim Flynn at
San Francisco on November 2, arrived
in town yesterday, but showed no
marks of his recent fight
Speaking of the battle. he said Flynn
deserves lot OF credit for taking him
on and for carrying the fight to him
when able to do Sc Regarding Tom
my Burns, the big black said he will
be in New York TO meet Tommy when
he arrives from England and demand
he makes good his promise Of giving
him a fight.
Asked if he would agree to give
Burns 70 per cent of the money, win,
lose, or draw, he said he would fight
him under conditions, and that he
would bet his end Of the purse, regard
less of the size of il, that he will win.
7 demonstrated in my battle with
Flynn that 1 can fight and that ! have
no yellow streak" Johnson said. Il
also convinced the Frisco promoters
that ! am a drawing card. They had
a pretty good opinion of my 1stic abil-
tiles before the fight. but they always
said ! was a dead one from a box Of
fee standpoint. Jim Coffroth and Tex
Richard will go as high as $4,000 for a
fight between Burns and me. and would
bunch the purse for a fight between
Jeffries and me. Coffroth and my
manager. SAM Fitzpatrick. are trying
TO induce Jeff 10 fight, but ] guess Jim
is out of the game for good. I expect
Sam here in a day or two. and then we
will know more about jeff"
johnson did not brag over his Flynn
victory, simply stating he knew he
could beat him, and that he advised
his friends to bet he would lick him
quicker than did Burns.
In my opinion Johnson was Burns
logical opponent before he beat Flynn,
but his victory over the Coloradoan
makes his claim to a match just a wee
bit stronger. The big black is being
lionized on the coast for the clever
manner i'm which he beat Flynn, and
also for his gameness. as the suppose
ton was he had a bit of the yellow
streak, as it is termed, when combating
an aggressive and hard hitting fighter
Of the two Flynn is entitled to the
most credit, as he is much smaller
man and less scientific. He gave away
at least twenty pounds In weight and
fully FIVE inches in height and reach.
AZ IUdL lie tdIIltu Nllt ilEhI ~ tie Dt6
fellow and Kept at it until the black
stretched him on the canvas. Besides
Flynn took on man the best heavies
in the country. excepting Mike Schreck,
did not care to meet. Even Al Kauf-
man, who beat Schreck, passed John
son up as too tough a proposition. Fur
thermore the best fight critics in the
United States conceded Jack the vic
tory directly the match was clinched.
Flynn was aware of this, and If he
vas not, the betting TO l on the black,
practically told him the outcome ex-
pected. If that did not enlighten him
the first few rounds of the fight did,
unless he cannot see through a sieve,
as johnson thus early in the fight DEM
Onstrated his superiority. Therefore it
is not what Jack did but the scientific
manner in which he did 1t that makes
him appear the best heavyweight in
the country. There was not one minute
during the eleven rounds Of fighting
that he was not master of the situation,
and it is for the skillful and mastery
manner in which he did the job that he
is being touted as the coming cham
pion.