The sun., 1908-12-27
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
JOHNSON STIRS UP A HORNETS
NEST AMONG BIG FELLOWS.
shsfkey, FitasImmO6s. Ketohsl, Kauf.
man and Hart Are Apparently Anx.
iOus 10 Meet Him for Titie-Burus's
Defeat Proof He Was OyeFrated.

Ueteat rToOt ho was OveRrated.
Jack Johnson's decisive victory over
Tommy Burns for the heavyweight cham
pIonship OF the world was widely dis o,issed
BY local sporting men, yesterday. It vas
the general opinion that johnson had shown
, Burns up as an overrated boxer who he'd
won fame and fortune by whip ping q lot
Of alleged fighters in preference to meeting
nrst class ones. Burns never had chance
with the big negro from the moment he was
Knocked down In the first round. He wa
severely handicapped by his height and
weight and was also greatly outclassed In
Tho scientific points OF the game.
While Burns did not suffer. On actual
knockout in the fourteenth round he was
on the verge OF one when the police inter-
!ered so that 1t 10 conceded by fight critics
thst he would surely have been put TO sleep n
the battle had been allowed to go on. That
Burns evidently knew johnson was a dan
gerous man was shown by the fact that he
raS away from him for nearly two years,
sad when finally cornered In Australia he
insisted upon $50. 600, win. lose or draw.
That johnson was supremeIy, confident
Of beating Burns all that time was illustrated
by his willingness TO accept the unfair terms
laid down by the French Canadian. From
all accounts Burns was "beaten to death, "
punished that his face was q sight when he
was helped from the ring. johnson was 20
clever that he escaped without q mark
that was visible. Burns landing only few
wild swings on his head. Naturally the
question asked by sporting men all over the
world Just now is Who will be Johnson's
next opponent johnson I'm q cable mes
.age to this city after the battle said he was
open to meet any man In the world. Jeffries
preferred. - -.
Jenries has already p|aced himself on
record as being determined not to reenter
the ring. but many fghting men. including
John l.. sullivan say that he is' the only
heavyweight in the world who is capable
Of giving johnson "a hard battle. Bob
ritlsimmons. who 10 in England, is quoted
as saying that ke will. maks;a rnstch with
johnson, but his assertion Is not taken
seriously here, johnson stopped Fitz In
two rounds at Philadelphia two years ago.
some OF the spectators who saw that min
have been insisting ever since that Fitz
feigned knockout, while others have de-
clared that the 0ornishman was feirly
smothered nto submission. Tom Sharkey
who predicted Johnson's success. declares
that rather than see q negro retain the
Championship he win challenge him. to
Sharkey insists that he csn get into old
time form In three months and that as he
is only 35 years old he is still q young man.
decision over johnson In a twenty round
bout, sta ties that he wants TO meet the negro
again and that after his battle with Mike |
Sshfik he vii issue a e fef5 ssnss
ketchel, the middleweight champion. says
that IL his manager consents he will agree
10 box Johpsop rs sotns time NEXT year: but
10 give him chance TO stand up against
the new champion.
,Jeiines, who has a fighting club in Los
Barry in their .forty-flve round bout at his
club next "Wednesday night Kaufman will
be the best mdn to pit against johnson.
nd Rss SO sapd s pone
ring science that he has been regarded for
some time as dan gerous contender for the
pSach IL either hand and Is Very S shifts for
lin to NEE. eeIqTsd pusiilsls, but 4 big
make make a match with johnson.
outCiassed, Itch % says Yfhst aere % isn't . heavy.
Weight n the ring Eho can eess SI
man since the daysJof james J; Corbett:
Johnson s victory has been we'll received
,l6 Ens"1d sSo,6 w6es s eere i ts ssb seHSs
men say that they did not like the way
Burns tried to dictate terms to johnson |
S asG that sGb beaa%Sl % lSRaoR n ss ss
sporting Club when he demanded the money |
before the Moir fight made many enemies; |
In London Il Is believed that johnson; VIII
weight, on February ~, but I.angford says /
that under no circumstances win he agree |
tOa match with the new champion =
johnson was too big for him and that the |
knockdown he received in the first round |
practically beat him. Il is probable that |
I he has made M n1 neariy | saeoooo S ot u the ES
ing game. AS johnson was well nigh |
penniless when he faced Burns 1t is believed
so that he can tour En- gland and america |
IN search OF the almighty dollar.
Johnson owes all OF bis success to bis
c discovered Td"fi lin and d has developed his
pugilis &c skill Fitzpatrick spent his own |
money in taking johnson half way around |
Richly serves % S1'e the i ina hciai harvest that
Fitzpatrick several yeers . go predicted that |
Sd SsoT. Toe hs E e here soy Eesnd
Bunss trail he said: burns is the biggest |
counterfeit that ever got into ring: John.
burns W viii es agree rem to - fight johnson viii stop
WIN agree to light for nothing II We can gs. |
Ssks hat nlo snf Is tRss equal Il PesF
Jackson, who when at his best was under |
his wing |
Abe Attell, at iG said, has made up his
u battle for the. featherweight champion |
ssP sh3GI Of the world Attell has sD Dsid mo s
and Is thinking seriously OF gotnR 70 AUS
lrais where he can have q bout with Johnny |
Impression prevails that Attell is afraid OF
Brtscoll and will not meet him under any |
conditions. Driscoll is by far the pest |
leatherweight that England has ever pro
a9eed ,,t' al, and has been after & mate1 If E,sn
10 England about March l.
Charles w. Gates has been doing some
heavy betting on the races at Los Angeles
ately, The other day he won but one bet /
out OF five and quit $24,7 ,7S5 behind on tine
afternoons operations. Bookmaker Tom
shaw clone won ~. 400 frorh Gates, while
Abe Levy also took a large sized bundle.
Gss Gs,ssrneo biggest ysser s1so a 90 on ISe
Rose and se75S on Haroourf.. He won
G,so on Lord Nelson in the first event
o' the day. These plunges caused sensa.
ION IN the betting ring and are the TAX OF
me town just now
William A. Pinkerton, who has been In
New Orleans recently. has this to say about
ne turf situation In 1.-THE Crescent CITY:
INew Orleans GOULD have had racing tns
meeting in the history OF the local turf.
! believe it was q grievous wrong to pass
20 drastic a measure, for RACING GOULD have
Deen regulated satisfactorily. But IT 70
become tGe TOO 81 bis am an Industry f i Ia America for
nat Millions Of dollars are Interested IN