The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-09
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KAUFMAN HOT ON
TRAIL OF JACK
O'BRIEN

OAKLAND, Jan. 8.-Al Kaufman is
hot on the trail Of Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien. and through his manager
here, william Delaney. has issued def
to fight the Quaker in March, on any
terms the latter may suggest. De-
laney said today that Kaufman would
rather meet O'Brien than any other
fighter in the ring.
so confident is my boy that he can
trim the Philadelphia that he will
make no suggestion regarding the
terms or conditions of the contest"
continued the famous mentor Of cham
pions, with the exception that he
would like to have the affair come off
in San Francisco. But Kaufman will
even waive that consideration If
OBrien will consent to box him"
Delaney was asked concerning the
effect of the blacksmith's recent poor
showing In Los Angeles against old
George Gardner. Said he:
THAT fight is no criterion of Kauff-
mans ability. The boy had simply
gone stale from long training I never
saw him act so in ring. He just
blew up, exactly as a horse will blow
up in the stretch toward the close of
a hard season of racing. It must be
remembered that AL is only 21 years
old this month, and that he is glut-
ton for work and trains all the time
whether he has q fight on or not
In company with Twin Sullivan I have
sent him to a springs resort near Los
Angeles, with strict orders to do moth
ing but rest for the next two months
If he gets this match with O'Brien I
will give him not more than two
weeks training, and when he enters
the ring the fans won't know him."
Delaney has received a letter from
Joe HUMPHREYS, manager of Terry
eli fr,rr Co.
Abe Attell and Harry Harris of Chi
cago. Harris will do 122 pounds at 8
o'clock on the day of the fight, and
HUMPHREYS has deposited $1,000 with
the sporting editor of a New York
paper to show he means business
Attell will be permitted to name the
terms and the match will be pulled off
before the club offering the best in
ducements.
Harris Is a feather-weight who
fought around Chicago and throughout
the East, and has always been rated as
a high-class scrapper. Delaney for
warded the letter to Tom McCarey of
Los Angeles and is merely acting as
friend of HUMPHREYS in putting him
into touch with the proper people on
the coast
Il have another proposition in the
way of a match" said Delaney. 81
will send Twin Sullivan against any
man in the world at l5S pounds, win
ner take all, and 1 will further offer,
on my own account, side bet of
$500 on the Twins chances. No man
who can make the weight is barred,
and you can make thai as emphatic as
you please"
The recently consummated Britt
Cans match came UP for discussion,
and Delaney spoke highly of Britt's
ability and conceded him a good
chance to take the chocolate cham
pion's scalp.
Jimmy is strong and rugged natur-
ally and his long rest has done him
good" said Delaney. "Gans may get
him. but if he does it will be when the
fight has gone a good ways, and Cans
Will be a very tired man himself be-
fore he turns the trick. Britt's vanity
may be counted on TO cause him to al
most kill himself before he would
lower his colors to Cans. He is abso-
lutely confident he can defeat Cans.
and that will count in the important
stages of the scrap"
Delaney said he was hopeful for the
future of the fighting game in San
Francisco, and, admitting that at pres
ent it was in a bad way he argued
that a return match between Kauff-
man and O'Brien in March would be
exactly the tonic needed to set it on
its feet again.