Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-09
THE PUGlLIST THE OLD MAN
 WOULD FIGHT Fitzsimmons Wants a Whack at Burns Ryan Barred From
 Rochester.

Bob Fitzsimmons says he has re- celved proposition to fight Tommy Burns six rounds in Philadelphia in- side of the next four weeks and that he will begin training at once. Fitz may be looking for a little advertis- ing for his show, for Burns has gone west and expects to take on Mike Schreck before he tackles O'Brien at Los Angeles in May. O'Brien, by the way, says boldly that he will make Burns look like cheap selling platter in the coming mill, but the Philadel- phia pugllist made tlie same predic- tion just before Burns broke his nose and beat him up generally in Califor- mia last year.
 The rumor that Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist, has been matched to fight Bill Squires in Australia has caused whirl1 of excitement among the heavyweights in this country who have steadfastly drawn the color line whenever Johnson has expressed desire to meet them. Advices from Melbourne say that Johnson has be- come favorite in that country since his easy victories over Peter Felix and a big slugger named Lang, and that many ring experts believe that he can whip Squires. Should John son put Squires away, therefore, 1t would be matter of interest to see how Jeffries, Burns and OsBrien would find reasons for avoiding a match with the big colored man on his return to this country. It is need less to say, however, that in the event of Johnson-Squires fight these three pugilists would root hard for the Australian. Tex Rickard, who handled the Gans-Nelson fight last year at Gold field, Nev, has come to the front with an offer of $30,000 purse for an other battle between the noted light weights on July 4. When Richards offer was communicated to Nelson's manager, Billy Nolan, he said that he would decline on the ground that he could do better in the way of a bigger purse, and that he thought that Cans was in line to get bonus Cans, who is in Baltimore, said tha, he was ready to accept the purse al once, but that he would not sign ar ticles unless he got the big end oi | the purse, win, lose or draw. It u exDected that match will be made soon, although there will probabl, be a whole lot of wrangling over tho | terms.
 Tommy Ryan, because of his recen fake with Hugo Kelly, has beer barred from all future contests at tht clubs in Rochester. But Ryan proba bly doesn't care a straw about thii as he and Kelly got a bunch of eas! money. Still the fact that Ryan Il inclined to hand the double cross t' | fight promoters may result in a gen eral frost when he asks some of thu big clubs in California and Nevada to hang up purse for supposed genuine encounter with Kelly.
 Jack Palmer. the English heavy weight fighter, who has been unable to get on a match with Philadelphia Jack o'Brien, will meet Jack Twin Sullivan in twenty round battle De fore the Pacific A. c. of Los Angeles Cal. next month. Jimmy Loves manager of Palmer, has agreed to le his man fight Sullivan, and as sooi as the answer comes from Sullivan saving the match is on, Loves an'
 Palmer will start at once Tor Lo
 Angeles. The only thing that Man ager Loves asks is that the club oiii cials furnish transportation to tn coast and back and that he have
 good big guarantee for fighting.