Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-01
"PENNYS' PRIZE
RING GOSSIP
SchreCk Must be Considered Fac.
tor in Heavyweight Char.
pionship.
MEETING WITH TOMMY BURNS.
Brother of Hack" Wants TO &c, INT,
Gainc--Britt Denies Story of
Match with Nelson.

Even though Mike Schreck did no, sh,v,
up AZ a real champion. and barely as ,
'heur' champion when he hammered bt,-
Marvin Hart into helplcssness at ronon,b
Thursday afternoon, he is entitled To ron
slderaton when the question OF tb,
heavyweight championship comes I'M f7r
discussion. IN the calculations OF his
Interesting subject three names loom ma
prominently. They arc. Tony B,itps
Mike Schreck ana Bill Squires The LAT.
ter receives notice not for what ne b,s
done since he arrived here from Austria,
liza, but for what has been said about him
and the boosts he has received from H.,
Frisco press and his manager II depend
on these three whether or not Jim Jct
fries VIII again pull ON the gloves and
crawl through the ropes and this lie Viii
not do unless Squares decisiVely beai.
Burns and SChreck.
The man who Is really entitled to dis
putc the championship claim with Tia
Canadian is the Dutchman from Cincin-
natl. Burns claims he won the title from,
Hart in Los Angeles. 1t will be recalled
that he was given the decision "ou
points" SchreclSs victory over the biz
Fellow from the Blue Garss state was
more decisive. He made him Quit. Gaye
him a terrific beating and won With pIen
~ To spare. Comparing the two tights
the advantage lies with schreck. lis
victory OF John Willie was of the clean
cut variety and left no rom for doubt.
He has been willing and anxious 10 mlv
It with any heavyweight now before tho
public, but for some reason, known only
70 Burns perhaps, the latter has side
stepped Michael.
AFTER r. BURNS,
1t Is safe to predict that Billy Hogan
will now camp on the trail Of the alleged
champion aud make life miserable Tor
him until he consents TO meet schreck
While in Denver Just after leaving Salt
Lake. Burns said he would fight SGhreck
but when If came TO closing the deal b.
made impossible conditions, or rather
conditions he knew full well would not
he considered by Hogan and Schreck
This was Burns way Of getting out Of the
match The Dutchman has been going
along quietly beating every man his has
been matched with since that time. Burns
VII! have TO meet him under fair condi.
tious cr stop pracning up and down the
highway calming to be the only simon
pure blown in e-bottle-champion Of the
world
Schreck can afford to wait and get
crack at either Burns or Squires II this
pair comes tUseter. They are matched
the articles If agreement and an actual
cCrtest, In the meantime Hogan's man
made 10y Mccarey Of the. Los Angeles
a &. to bring Mike and Jim Flynn to-
scther this month II they fight the
10y out sh%d 10y, an ,d ,nte Il sung one esi
bring comparison between Schreck
aad burns, The latter knocked Flynn out
in fifteen bounds. Sclreck thinks he can
tuin the trick IN ten.
CANS. NELSON BRITT.
Tho return match between Cans and
Nelson seems to og as far on as ever;
Nelson Is doing nothing in the ring and
Nolan IS keeping quiet Perhaps Nolan
docs not care 10 attract any more at
teniion than possible since the recent
Burls-O Dlien fiasCo. The Nevada promo
tiers seem TO be slutnberiug also and ara
not Offering 2 million collars for re
turn match between the dinge and the
Dane Tie rumoI than Britt and Nelson
were 10 meet again seems to be unbound
Cd. N"tNitlslandipg the reports that
Britt and Nelson are sure to fight. and
the l;chl to take place some evening Just
before he FoLtth ct july, Jimmy Britt
declares that he has not been Informed OF
m" tout - his manager and knows abb
'Thcie is a report that Nolan and my
m nrSssf s saS' lining nny II want f' ands
charge, and that whatever arrangements
that are made will be made by me. or
course | want to fight Nelson. but
know nothing about any match
ABOUT "HACK's" BROTHER
A new bugaboo has arisen on the pugilis-
tic horizon in Alec Hackenschmidt. bur-
y brgser who has been parad,nS aGSSad
brother of the famous wrestler, Hack,
enschmidt, known 20 the sporting, world
as the Russian lion. III medals ana
prizes count for anything. this new as
pirant for honors in the local heavy
weight field is no slouch. even IL he is
uuder pseudonym. He has all kinds OF
Junk" made out OF the good old yellow
stuff Which tells of his victories over
champions in all sections OF the country.
He certainly has a physique that lndi-
Gates strength and stamina. and Frank
Schiller. the matchmaker of the Western
club, Frisco, claims that he Is there with
the wsllop as well as science Schuler
states that whenever n new pug bobs IN
he makes him 20 though traces to prove
his ability. and that The first time Hack
hove IN sight and asked for chance az
the local heavies he put on the mitts win
him and made him do a few stunts ms
sparrring bouts were 80 impressive thae
he decided % match him with Jim Wilson;
the big fellow who has been developer
by the California club.