The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-31
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gether), and three round-trip tickets
pounds, or $4,000 in American mon'
Sydney Referee (newspaper) before
posted too, in cash, just like my
moter. Hugh Mcintosh. Is nuS''', ~
man. No monkey work with him. i-e
puts the coin up as 1t should oe pu' or
IN any big contest Mcintosh ran az
member of Parliament last year uI.u
was only beaten by seventeen
which shows what kind of man ne 40
Fight is Twenty Rounda.
You may have seen the press story
.ent out from London by Johnson
manager. saying that the s1,wV purse
n to be cut 60 and 40 per cent Ae even
sent a cable. so the promoter 'o'u me-
asking him to let on that the purse - 10
he cut 60 and 40. But they won't STAND
for any uueer work like that here. Jonn-
son,s press statement said this ASht was
IN n finish. But he knows very well
that he signed for twenty rounds ana
that twenty rounds is the limit IN This
country. The ring Is TO be about twenty
es., instead OF sixteen feet. as Johnson
.t.ted. I don't think I'll need a sixteen
foot ring to beat him. He won't have
Marvin Hart or Jim Flynn or an oio
Fob Fitsimmons in front OF MIN iais
time.
No one need take my word for me
nurse. The. Referee office has the coin
and the details are public property mere.
The Referee has just paid out @l'-W
$4,000 for libel for publishing small
slipping from an American paper Saying
Johnson was going TO marry "H''e
rrl from Australia. They mentioned
The girls name, and, although sne "ds
we'll known in certain quarters, she col
manages. The libel laws are very strict
here.
We are to fight straight Marquis OF
Oueensberry rules. The referee IS mo-
10 mart US unless one man is de1inefa'e1S
holding. The referee must be inul"ai'
Agreed upon and II We can't agree ''!S
oromoter picks the referee want Iel-
Tries, and as soon as Johnson a'FI'es
thew will cable JEFF. unless johnson re-
fuses to have MIN.
Burns Likes Country.
This is a fine country. The people are
ane sports and very hospitab!e' NO
lords here TO stop a fighter from getting
10000. There alnt any In EngIasi bat
.ne. Lord Lonsdaie, who tries 10 make
tbe public think he is a sport by seni-
ing a Niger named Johnson telegram
having he won't allow Burns to get
S6.OOO for his end, and he won't a!4oW
any promoter in England to give II.
1 am UP at the Kosiusko Mountains
ihooung and hunting ana hUlseD1-h
.Iding. l needed rest. Am ieeltNs 'Sg
rood Ny wife is with ne she mas
sained twenty six POUNDS mere, whieA
.Sows what kind OF country IL IS,
She snot RABBIT yesterday. We rough
Il out once in while over night IN the
lamps. ,,,,,, - .us-
.st,s December is the hottest month
q the year. l expect TO fight Johnson
IN the day after Christmas WhicA Is
rnown here as Boxers Day. ~ make
I still warmer when Johnson ana set
soon NO peace IL it's in me 10 do II.
This is the money country. Australia
n q second United states. thought
sefore l came here that the people were
They're like Americans, and the best
,lass O. Americans at that. Say. Bob,
I'm surprised to see so lew AneTlcahs
n this country. lis the finest ! have
tanI come here, yet they 60 10 inferior
countries like Japan and China; This
4 another America on small Gaze.
There are no beggars here, and II
nan hasn't money, IT'S because ne won
york. There's lots OF money
Great Crowds at Fights.
When / fought Lang we had ii.4OO
~, OOOJ in the house and that was az
Melbourne And the Squires fiGut was
Almost a worlds record-tlS, bJO-yJ, .jOJ-
INST a couple OF thousand below Cans
Nelson at Goldfield. Both nights were
n open air. The johnson fight wiz be
ne same. They are Just finishing A
btadium for the fight that will seat 10
90 people, and have standing-rOom Tor
ZOO more. TIN be packed, too.
Win or lose, this is my last battle, as
as the wish of my wife, which I'm not
ashamed TO say. has more Influence
With me than money or anything else,
bhs has been sick a good deal because
n worry over my fighting, Now have
money enough 10 keep us both Tor the
est OF our lives. and that's all 4 wish
This Is a white mans country. John
IN Will have 10 give big bond so as
b assure the Government that he won't
he promoter say one day thai he
yuessed he'd have TO put up the bond
or johnson.
/ don't think johnson will care to
tAy the six months out when our fight
) over Losers aren't much more pOpu-
ar here than anywhere else. This
caves out Bill Squires who gave me a
onsh fight here. and made big hit By
IA gamenssk. SQuires learned q loi
yayelling about. and Is Improved a lot
After this fight i expect TO shake
,snds with Jefries as retired champion
u the world No. 2 ana then Tor az
- nfs altar ali the hard work.
As always, your friend.
ToAMH BURNS.