Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-22
BARRY BOXES
DOZEN ROUNDS
KEEPS UP STRENUOUS PACE
IN WORKOUTS
DOES NOT PRoPocE TO BE
CAUGHT MAPPING
Considers Battle with Kaufman the
Crucial Test of His Championship
Aspirations, and viii Be
Fit and Ready

If Billy Delaney does not hurry up
and come down here from Oakland he
will find that AL Kaufman is in a fair
way to be decisively whipped when the
big German and Jim Barry tangle at
Vernon next week. Kaufman is TAX
| ing things easy in his camp at Venice,
awaiting the arrival of his trainer,
while Barry is doing just the opposite
and plugging away for dear life at the
South Side club.
Barry's work yesterday carried with
it an impression of sincerity. The Chi
oago man, naturally adverse to strenu-
Gus labor, has buckled down to the
grind of training like good one, and
already his efforts are meeting their re-
| ward in speed, hitting power and gem
eral ability to stand any pace made
| out.
Several months ago John L. Sullivan
| saw Barry fight in the east, and as
soon as the bout was over the famous
former champion made his way to jim
dressing room and talked to him You
| have everything a champion needs, "
said John L. Il predict right now that
you will be the best big man IN the
world inside of another year, but to
make good my words you must work,
without stopping or minding the OBJ
stacles placed in your path"
"An right Mr. Sullivan" replied
Barry, and since then Big Jim has
gone about his work of making good.
II never thought much about the cham
pionship before" said Barry yesterday.
but, if Sullivan thinks 1 can do it,
you bet it is me to try. And so far |
have not seen anything that could
cause me to lose confidence. If Kaut-
mann is the hardest game / have to
tackle, then Sullivan Is right in every
respect"
With John L. touting Barry as the
best man of his weight in the world,
the fans naturally would take his word
for it were not Billy Delaney in the
running The veteran trainer, who de-
veloped Jeffries and Corbett and made
champions of each of them against the
hardest of handicaps, picked up Al
Kaufman when the latter was the
biggest dub in the business, and right
off the reel Delaney began making his
championship talk
At first Delany's path was strewn
with many thorns, for the big baker
boy could not handle himself right. He
was overconfident to a remarkable de-
gree and finally the trainer conceived
the idea of having him whipped to re-
duce the swelling of his head. JACK
! O'Brien, a veteran of many years ex-
| perience, was brought out to oppose the
green lad, and after giving Kaufman
| all he had, finally managed to win.
The defeat had its effect on AL, and
| from then on he began to improve.
Under Delany's tutelage he gradually
| learned to use his hands and with his
enormous strength Kaufman soon
proved his worth in the heavyweight
division. Battling johnson, jim Flynn
and other tough men we're brought out
to face him, and one by one they were
moved down because of the Frisco
mans hitting ability and knowledge of
the game.
Now Kaufman is up against the
test of his life, and if he gets by Barry
then a meeting with the winner of the
Burns-J johnson scrap win finally give
him a shot at the undisputed honors
in his division. Should he prove vic
eorious over either the Canuck or the
Senegambian. then Billy Delaney will
once again be hailed as the shrewdest
pugilistic Judge of the age, and for the
third time will have a chance to wave
the championship banner.
Kaufman is waiting for his trainer
managers arrival before settling down
to the real work before him, but Barry
is right on the job for all there is in
It. Following up Sundays work the
big boy went through hard siege yes
terday that gave the assembled fans
good line on his wonderful speed and
endurance, and when the days grind
was over, Big Jim was there with eX-
pressions of renewed confidence in him
self and his ability to beat Kauf-
mann.
AS a starter, Barry went over the
highways for a twelve-mile spin, and
the iaunt nearly put Jack Doyle in the
bughouse because OF the appetite 1t
gave the big fellow. The hearty noon
day meal was followed with a half
hour Job on the handball courts, and
then came twenty minutes at skipping
the rope. Twelve rounds with the
gloves, in which Montana Sullivan,
Maurice Savers and Frank Mantell
acted as punching bags wound up the
work, and Barry looked to be in grand
condition when he retired for his rub
down.
According to the present plans of
the Barry camp, Big Jim will keep hard
at it until next Monday, when he will
quit until time for him to face Kauf-
mann. Barry and Manager Murphy in
tend leaving town for a day or two
and Jim will partake of light exercise
at the ranch of a friend near the city.
They will not return until the day OF
the fight and If Murphy and Barry are
to be believed 1t will be to trim Kaufr
mann and knock out the championship
aspirations Billy Delaney has mapped
out for the Frisco slugger.
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