The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-14


ssss several years ago, uRdnp btadly
could 3haygass turhed thaftrick and had
he then ken, shim sof,s II heras WoGid
have Been no excuse FIJI this, ARTICLE.
9 1t IN All fairness, aaa surely puEt-
Ism and .all other ORANGES OF sport,
dsma IDS t&ir play, why gfin Burns
tor Sfoflo Wing In the fnptsteps OF the
former champ : It, repeat ediy has been
reported 1that JeffriAs will fight Tor
the championship should d foreigner
Win the title from an American, and
tRking him ct his word; II be Is spon-
sor Tor statement. why still allude
to him az the champion when he says
he will fight Tor 1t should 4 foreign
he win it3 Who would the foreigner
WIN 1T from him or Burns?' '@> ..
Furthermore, how Gan a man retir-
ed A2aer three years ana who, has re-
tareed fights for the title once held
Ry :him. still lay claim to the .title?,
That I am sure Is too deep for the
followers OF the game, and surely
Tor the layman.; There Is no doubt
Jeif was the best big man that ever
stepped into q ring to- do battle, and
probably could trim any heavy
weight In the world should he again
take up the game, but he has elect
ed to become a spectator. z: - ..,.
The latest regarding the big Cali
fornfan Is Tex Richard and Jim Cof-
froth are offering him all kinds OF
money Inducements to take one more
whirl with the mttts and the man, the
want him to meet Is no other than,
Jack johnson. Richard Says he viii
hank up $40 900 for the scrap and
Cofforth' says he will see Tex's offer
and go him q few thousand better.
Richards offer, however, does not
80 unless Jack defeats Tommy
Burns, and Jim probably has the
same string. to his offer. And the
strangest thing concerning these Of
fers the sporting writer's have taken
kindly to. them. g.. 90.
Now as to Burns and his fighting
q colored man for the championship.
Before sailing to England he stated
he would fight Johnson upon his re-
turn to this country, provided the
purse warranted 1t. Also that he
would demand the long end Of the
purse, rs per cent of it, in fact, re-
CARELESS OF the result. He makes
this demand because Joe Cans asked
for and received $4,000 of the $1O,-
600 purse when he (Gans) fought his
protege, Jimmy Burns George Mem
sic). That, he evidently believes, is
paying the colored figters In their
own coin. But how about the white
fighters starting the long end Of the
purse game irrespective of the out
come? Fitzsimmons demanded and
got 1t the first time he fought JEFF
fries, and it is we'll known that the
battling :Nalson party received it at
the Goldf1eld fight.
OF course, Burns demand depends
upon the result OF his fight with
Gunner" Moir as also does his pro-
posed fight with Johnson Should the
Gunner" win, then the worlds cham
pionship will be an English asset,
and may be the meansy according to
reports, or bringing .Jeffries out of
his retirement, and then, perhaps,
the Gunner" would not care to fight
Meanwhile the Nevada and San Fran
cisco promoters will increase their
purse offerings to INDUCE Jeff to fight
and the sporting writer's will nag at
Burns and boost johnson as the COM
ing champion. We pugilistic scrib-
es must feed the followers OF the
game something and the heavy
weight championship question seems
good nourishment.