The Washington herald., 1907-10-25

New York, Oct 24-'Tm going 10 sail
tomorrow morning on the Deutschland
and I'm going TO beard the terrible Mr
Gunner Moir in his den right smart and
proper.
4 have heard all along that this artil-
lery upstart was a cook and a bunch Of
humanity weighing about 40 pounds. /
now learn he weighs go in tip top shape.
1 might add that he is no sailor"
II was no one else in the world but our
own Tommy Burns VINO gave vent TO the
above Ills diamond and his loose -jointed
snirt arrived at Forty second street and
Broadway yesterday and he had few
pert things 10 say pugiEstically.
Please say for one Noah Brusso that
after he has Invaded the muddy wilds of
London he will return al Christmas time
prepared 10 make and gIeefully see, little
Arthur johnson climb a slim and slip
pesy rope.
About this dark terror have played
the game of lacrosse since / was a weak
ling. Look at this scar reaching from
my nose 10 my ear. I got that in an
athletic game There isn't more heart
breaking stunt in the world than Ia
crosse / got that when I was mere
stripping. I take It that a chap swaI-
lowing that crack isn't afraid Of the
greatest black man the world can pro
duce.
Ready for All Corners.
Now. 1 hope that this Will set at rest
for all time the hue and cry about the
American champions Of the world fighting
the handy colored men al hand. I'll so on
record that I'm the first American cham
pion to recognize their claims. People
whisper slyly about our great Jawn Law
renee Sullivan licking Peter jackson. a
lot OF things have been printed and said
about me that are not true. /, for one,
cannot approve of tying pink ribbons on a
coal Scuttle and calling it anything but an
honest coal scutte. Fighters are fighters,
They may be more. as some of your
champions may allow, but 10 Tommy
Burns they are mere money getting fight
ers
I'm a champion by dint of hard work
and some little fighting and I'm not in
tic pink bow contingent I'm in the fight
ing business TO fight and to win. You
are al crying about LII Arthur. 1 never
feared the best man that ever drew hon
est breath ] told jim Jeffries that and
if YOU read the papers you will see that
they have all barred Poor Little Jim, the
JEFF of Los Angeles.
johnson met me in Los Angeles and
before "a smart crowd of newspaper men
challenged Le TO settle the claim for
worlds honors Johnson said that he
would night me for $4,000.
Il said that it was a go. and demanded
showdown. The dusky demon an
nOunced from the box office that he had
but d stingy 500 in his jeans. That suited
yours truly, and I wrote out d check for
ike amount. As I was blotting my
name mind you, he gently bat firmly
grabbed his 500 and said that money
talked. ! was warm and some torrid in
the collar. and told the Texas catamount
that crawling was his middle name.
was that yexed that / then and there in
vited him to the darkest corner Of the
cellar TO settle the much-mooted Ques-
ti0u Of personal supremacy, and that the
stakes be individual qualification. I called
that coIOGed gentleman everything the
prOprieties Of the occasion allowed, and
he w1lked out Of the place without
T. Whimper
Il After Real Money.
Let me add that I am in the fight
business. not for the glory attending, but
Tor the good old American dollar that
goes with it. You ask me why I won't
nght Johnson. winner 10 take all. III
get around that little quizz by saying
that in all the history Of prize fighting
there has never been a contest shaped
along those lines.
Tommy Burns says right here that
Jim Jefries viii never draw on a win
ning right hand glove again. II is the
last chapter concerning the story of the
greatest hstic marvel the world ever saw.
Jim's only consolation is in the fact that
he never lay on the fiat of his back lis
tening 10 some fool referee counting the
doeful ten before his CLASSY eyes. it's
pity and a shame 70 see the greatest ath-
letic marvel the world ever saw going to
see..
Napoleon never had the bulge on poor
IeT Indeed, there are no more worlds
for him 90 conquer. With that big fel-
low In trim and willing, I'd say, Poor
little Tommy Burns. you, with your 2l0
pounds, as you stand, go seek the lone
liest glade in the pugilistic forest and be
conspicuous for your silence
can YOU picture our great Jawn L.
and al The merry traditions that go with
his sturdy record, if he had mixed with
little Jim2 JEFF was the only man that
could nave made it Black Friday for Bos-
ton. The world viii never sit up and
wonder from that source again. and after
I've sailed on the Deutschland and re-
turned by Christmas time, / will be ready
10 take on the one stumbling block in
the American fistic fraternity"
Indoor Baseball League Proposed.
{. +. Beckett. physical director of the