The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-12-24

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~ c. HARRISON GREEN.
ON Saturday. December 90. Tom
my Burns and Jack Johnson viii
battle IA sydney. Australia. for the
heavyweight championship % the
World
So far a. the records Of tho two
men arc concerned. there u very
lititn % choose between them
lohnson's Rameness has been
questioned The heart % Burns Is
acknowledged 70 be ~ stout as an
oak
Young Peter Jackson and Sam
tanEford. defeated by Johnson in
~ and 10 rounds respectively. are
probably tougher men than Burns
has yet met.
Both the principals ln The coming
battle have met and knocked out
Jim Flynn. Burns doing the work
"a IS rounds, and Johnson one year
later IN n
Marvin Hart holds q 70 round de-.
clfinn over Johnson. aud Burns de,
feated Hart decisiyely IN the same
number Of rounds
Both Fought Lang.
nnrna and Johnson have also
fought nlll Lang The Johnson.
iAng affair WAS stopped IN tho
nlnih round. the negro heing de-
eiayed The winner burns beat 40
IanE terribly. and knocked him
cold IN ala rounds
Il would appear from che records
81 the men that Turns Is the hard.
er puncher % the two. a. he has
- knorkoptn a. his credit. 90 John.
SONS 90 Tho black man has fought
&C fights aud Burns So.
johnson VIII have the advantage
if y u an advantage ~ 81 inches
IN height They viii each weigh
IN che neighhorhnod ~ 100 pounds
Burns was 81 years old last
IBne and johnson wiil be gI IN
March Although Burns II young
er than hla opponent he has been
fighting about year longer.
IL on the square.
Some sport critics hint AZ an "ar.
taugumen,. claiming that the fight
has q suspicious aspect. because
the match was made IN Australia.
and ihat Burns. having arrived IN
Sydney first. vas followed b.
Johnson There IL ono sport writer
10 Seattle who not only knocks
Burns and beiigtlea him IN every
manner possible. bat fAinifiea Ia
the harEnin u Ia only nv long az.
Qusiatance WITH Burns that forces
me 70 make that statement Per.
honaiiy I would like 10 see Tommy
whale the coon good aud plenty.
but II Johnson IL the beat man. lei
him win and reap the benefit.
When Johnson arrived IN Lon.
don with Sam Fitzpatrick. bis man
nger. and chalienKed Burns. the Tat.
tor Immediately planked domn a
dsposi, 20 bind a match. The mon.
ey was never covered burns had
distinctly stated In dozens 81 re-.
liable newspapers that whnn he
met Johnson be would get bis
price $40 900, win, lose or draw.
Dubbed Coward"
For making this demand he was
dubbed a coward. aud Waa accused
% being afraid 70 firht johnson.
The National Sporting club hung
np n purse which Burns laughed at
Had the club offered the rirht
amount the fight would have taken
place IN England
Jack Curiuy ~ Nevada tried for
weeks a. raise the necessary purse
and failed Not one promoter n
America succeeded in landing tho
match. al of them declaring II was
too much money for the men. Had
any American promoter put up the
amount demanded hy burns the
fight would have been fought In
the states.
Because Burns refused 10 meet
johnson unless be got hie price. he
o. a coward
Because Burns succeeded Ia aaf
ting Sufficient sized purse. where.
By he would receive his price. Ia
meet Johnson, he is a coward.
Burns isut a coward
He's wise. That's am
] have often wondered why IL IL
that the hRicheis are out AGAINST
ilurna Unlike the larger number
u Fighters. he f. clean living
man lie has had 40 saloon fiehte
was never drunk in his lifr. has
figured IN no divorce suits. and
has not stolen some other fighters
wife lie has made huge wad
.ot money Tie salts H. Other firht.
efa have given their fortunes away.
are beer aoaka ia their latter DAYS
and n goodly number have barely
been saved from the potter's fold
Some Of them are really there no.
day.
~ u because Tommy does not
hand around the golden ahokeis
that the knockers work so strenu.
ouaiy against him.
Maybe so.