The sun., 1908-12-20
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
81 rms WILL BET $4,000 on
HIMSELF AGAINST JOHESON.
Coiored PuEihsts Manager writes That
the Fight VIII Ne on the Level and
11hSt Burns win Lose-Battllng Mel.
son WIN Take Freddie welsh On.


raxered on hlmsslf-sS, 900 that he viii
defeat Jack Johnson and sS 600 that the big
,,rro will not score q knockout inside Of
thelvc rounds. Burns writes that he re-
yards Johnson as lemon" who will prove
rst as easy as Squires. Roche, Palmer.
Nor aud Smith, vino proved real auirces
when Tommy put them away In Europe.
Burns declares that he Il confident OF VIM
ring I'm the reason that he can take a lot
Of punishment while waiting for q chance
10 land decisive blow and that johnson
possesses yellow streak. He says that
in the event Of q victory he will indulge In
long exhibition tour of Australia and Eng
land before coming to America. but that II
he il beaten he will retire permanently from
The ring.
II il said that Burns will weigh about
,7j pounds when he enters the ring on De-
,cmber 26 at sydney, while johnson will tip
the beam at 200 pounds. According TO the
latest advices from the antipodes Burns s
al TO ) fayorite, with q large amount of
money wagered both ways. A letter was
received here yesterday from Sam Fitz-
patrick, Johnson's manager, who said:
Pay no attention to the story that the
Ncht will not be on the level. We have
,hased Burns almost around the world TO
get this match and johnson will surely
vim We had to accept the small end Of
The purse or Burns would not have agreed
10 hght, but that does not bother us at all,
for We will make big money after johnson
becomes heavyweight champion of the
world. johnson was never better in his
li,e He has trained hard aud faithfully
aud " i'll get into the ring in fine shape.
He will outweigh Burns by fully twenty-five
pounds and will show better boxing and
hitting from the start. There will be no
irameup, for we want TO show the sporting
world that Burns is nothing more than a
Counterfeit and that he has been afraid
10 try conclusions with johnson all along.
Burns simply had to fight the negro here
or crawl, so he insisted on getting $50 900.
no matter what the result OF the fight might
he. Australians are crazy over the boxing
game. and when the men enter tho ring, they
re me. there will be nearly IS 600 spectators
which means that the gross receipts viii
amount TO possibly $4,000. maybe more.
klter the fight johnson will go back to
England for while and win then return to
america, where he will as champion be
prepared to meet all comers."
Battling Nelson. lightweight champion
OF the world. who arrived here from the
est yesterday. says that Freddie Welsh,
the English boxer. will be his next opponent.
will take place. Nelson declares that
" Melsh is the best man at 1873 pounds, bar
ling himself. In the world and that he out
classes Packey Mcfarland. The Dane
may have been Joking, but he insisted that
before resuming the puglistic game he
intended to do a lot of long distance rum
ling for the purpose of taking part In several
Marathon" races with Longboat, Dorando
cr Hayes. Nelson says he was always a
cod runner and that he sees no reason
hy he should not get a whack at some of
'e rich money prizes that are hung UP
or these events.
That there is big money in the annual
"a day bicycle race and the "Marathons"
.,. icb have been run In the Madison Square
arden recently Is shown by figures which
ere handed to THE Sun man yesterday.
e gross receipts OF the bicycle race last
iq- siA days were $4,000 in round num-
,rrs OF this amount the Garden received
.-aalf, or about $50. 900. Managers row
s,s and Pollbk after paying out about
-.,OW in expenses cut up about s27 900
e gross resep,s 81 the The bons6SSs1Po spSsn 30,
SD.oU rentfor the building. while the runners.
NO got . per cent; each. took down 5000;
snd ' towers and Pollok pocketed $1,000
!,orando-Haye race were sis.sSo' of which
Hayss @ the Garden and Gef the Managers
The rest. This is conclusive evidence that
he New York sporting public will pay
.iberally for winter events
II appears that while Shrubb. the Eng
lish professional. has signed articles TO
run run s7s5 on wsn LORsoHad ne fndan
aas net yet accepted terms. Longboats
manager. who Ia IN Canada. says that the
RdaG snd Ss ass Shrubs
match until after New Years. But there
seems TO be no doubt that Longboat will
fall in line when the proper time arrives.
Richard, Arnst, who, won the worlds
-uiltns ehamgonshiP in New s,aa ZEALAND dtIe res
ilg. He won the Sydney, Thousand, one
NJ the most important CYCLE meets In Aus.
ss ISs. sS krPss s .ns a' seRSs sssRS
that he attracted the attention OF q number
Of rowing men who introduced him to
aauatiCs. He became star sculler from
rhe start. but for q long time he was not
-ecogni1ed. although he repeatedly chal-
Ienged for the championship.
Mshm out, the big Turk who beat Jenkins
y the Garden recently. is sweeping all pc
fore him in wrestling matches In Western sra
defeated Gus schoenleiD.. better known as
Nmerlcps. in two straight falls. catch
S catch can rules. The nrsI 1au was ~
s. minutes and IS seconds. while the second
vas in minute and 10 seconds. Mahmout
;ays he will remain in this country untl,ii
frank Gotch returns. when the latter WI
hs forced to meet him In a championship
hout or crawl.
The two year-old colts Sir Martin and Ed
ward, recently sold by John 4. Madden
70 Louis Winans OF Brighton. England.
we're shipped for the other side YESTERDAY
cn the Atlantic Transport Line steamer
Nlnnehaha, Dan oNeil. an exercise boy
Tho has worked these colts ever ever ths% since
CNeil will ride them In their trials IN Eng
land and France and will be in the employ
NJ Mr.. Winans. Madden was at the COCK
~ see The colts sail away and declared that
10 his belief Sir Martin. barring accidents,
Soul ID be a keen contender In next year
English Derby. He said that Edward wouio
1ll number Of stake engagements N
rance, including the Grapd priH, Mnt ana thas ~
himself Il am glad to get Sir Martin And
,,dward OF my hands" said Madden, Tor
y they had remained Fayettes chances
ior winning races In this country ne1t
FaSon would have been lessened; AS u
u ! believe that Fayette will develop INTO
" Sres three-year-old and viii VIII the
i'm share Of the stakes for horses OF that
r.. Madden will visit, France aiter the
VI, return here to begin getting his pig
>tAscu
Nhou Barney SchreIber's great Sain
,'l' lack Atkin left here for California il
,'iohor II vas believed that he would
~ 10 consistent winner. But IL appears