The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-06-16

theatre. Last night was the open
Ing performances. and the doors had
10 be closed, 90 great was che DO
mand for soata They made a bis
hit Mrs FiiEaimmens' singing
toak the house by storm. and she
VAS forced 20 respond 10 four on,
cures. and FitE had To make
speech 90 satisfy the erowd,
Fttx Talks Pualllssle.
After the turn a Star representa-.
tive had chat with Fits along tho
lines 81 matters pnglilstie
Il did not take long 10 set down
II business. and No sooner was tho
first question asked ~ the news
paper man than rita was away With
a jump
Rikht OF the reel the sold man"
/ Hob saws he was 90 the snd day
# the present month"; when asked
10 give his opinion Of what no
thought ~ Burns. stated that the
latter was too small and not heavy
enough 10 be champion.
johnson can beat Tommy nurns.
aud three Just like him. said rita,
This man nurna Is too small Tor
a heavy weight lie II too abort.
There il no question but that he
Is a very clever fellow. and a fine
athlete. They tell me he Il u Etea,
lacrosse player That's the game
where all the men get cut 20
pieces Hut Burns IL not iarEe
enough for Johnson Johnson - a
big fellow. clever. has a good
punch. and cannot figure whore
nufps has a chance, ! think ! can
beat nurna myself In ten rounds.
one thing Burns has never been
given credit for. and that II. he n
auro getting all the money. moro
than any ot US fellows ever got
The best thing for him 10 do Il 10
quit the game. come home and 70
tire. He has got enough money
rlsht now"
Flu Given a Tie.
When F1tsslmmons was told how
burns had grown the past Few
years he was surprised and could
hardly believe a. fft2 was In,
formed that Burna weighed almost
40 pounds when ready for action
these days. and Il Was then that
the old warrior declared that the
present champion Was too short,
Fftx probably remembered that on
March II. II years ago. when he
won the heavyweight champion.
ship from Corhett. be. himself.
~ctkhed bat 1864 pounds. and
Corbetts weight Was ISL.
The talk thea drlfted 10 the
llghtweights. and Joa Cans cor
tainly has warm admifer In the
ox.ehamploa.
why. say he exclaimed. There
Is only one llghtwelght today. and
that man IL Joe Cans. lie can
wade through the whole bunch and
never take off the gloves He Il
the beat man In the lot. ! am sure
he viii beat Nelson. and ! told
tat so Nelson u a nice. quiet fol.
low. bus I told him that Joe could
hit too hard Al that. wished
Hat good luck. We met In Port,
land the other day
What do YOU thiak ksteholrs
chances would be with Harnss Eta
was asked.
burns can bea; Keteheil.- vas
the answer. Ketchaii l. a good
man. but | am OF the onlalon that
can beat him In four rounds. ON,
inx 20 my punch. po not think ]
do not mean this. Make u strong.
/ can beat Kctchsll Ia four rounds,
and III fight him. too. and Il !
do not beat him | DO not want a
cent OF the money | am ready 70
ha matched with this man right
here In Seattle Whoever heard OF
me being licked b. any middle
weight TIM the champion Of that
class. and ! am The champion OF
the world of the ilght heaxies. too.
All over ths eountry ketchell IA
being heraided a. the one man who
can take the measure Of Tommy
Burns
Joe Cans says he vili be, ali
hls money on ketchsi against
Burns
Ieffrscs has made the statement,
When ketcheil meets Burns.
Tommy will have % look out
Fitz says he can beat Burns In
ten rounds and Ketrhell IN four
what's your ideRf