The sun., 1908-12-26
BOOST or JACK BLACkBIRS.
Philadelphia Man Thinks the Negro Can
Beat Boxers In Three Glasses.

Jack Blackburn. the noted coiored light
weight OF Philadelphia, has at least one
man to champion his cause In r. II. Kain
OF that city. who writes TO THE SUS as fol-
lows:
In your recent interesting article. Few
Good Native Fighters you seem very
curiously to have entirely overlooked the
man who Is to-day the best American fighter
living. / refer to Jack Blackburn. the
coiored lightweight of this city. who is a
native fighter. having been born at ver-
sales. Ky. Blackburn is a genuine light
weight. but owing to the fact that no light
weight in the ring could be secured to meet
him no has through careless living allowed
himself TO get just q little above the light
weight limit Bat with q little training
Black burn can easily reach the required
weight. es was shown recently when he met
and beat George Memsic at 1888 pounds. the
weighing being done at p. NJ. the evening q
of the fight
Blackburn is the recognized best man
In the lightweight, welterweight and mid
dleweisht classes. as no man Of reputation
tn any one OF those classes can be secured
to aght him, James Cofroth., the Cali.
Papks. Hugo Kelly aud other mIddleweights
matches With Blackburn. but they have all
been 9aIos e sIdssteP bin a:,o 10 eS,r recent
mote moter. stated that he had offered Jack and
ner nrI matches HItS blackburn, but ~ three
q chance AGAINST the oolored nam.
Both Joe Cans and Joe Walcotv have run
away irom Biackburn,, Cams has always
ss'SssS az catch 70 wsaSls % and has aefnowi edged
| In private that Blackburn is the best man
OF his pounds in the world to-day, Val
cot, has always 5etgssd 20 pen ms sseES%rn nMn
to the iishtweiehts, Packy Mcfarland.
Battling Nelson ana Fred Welsh. Xhe '. Are
s sstssS as sSssSR seSsmSonShp St sSns Sans
Blackburn sl ss and V ali thrse oi Them bsys BEEN
offered matches with him inside OF the last
h.. done IN i. rns he hss S been , ,HGeh,tl[Ias q ,lI.s
s G s.1st ss bssn ssd SSs Cans Gscs aS
q decision over BLACKBURN. but II vas at
Gans.s own club 70 Baltimpre IN fifteen
TSuEd hght Az ths end Of shs s s1SSSshtfi S,Ss i,
is we'll known that no one could gel, a decl-
sion In Baltimore over Cans. for the club
Sss run by atass Sss;.n mansssr A. Herfo5d ,Ss
sd 20 be ~ nsDsr sD% srs S ha
has beaten 5ohn VILE Jack ss 9,Bsien, a, sem An,
HsiYeron. Pat 6'Ro9fke. Charley Camp
bell, Sailor Burke and other heavywelghte.
BrsSdlsy Hes5on sSs Campbell spaSurss re. ss
blackburn inside OF SIX rounds
9u. ycs Grim, the Italian Iron Mar. M q. era 10
mons, Joe Walcott, Kid Carter, Jack John
| Grim out In elk round encounters. In the
Welterweleht class Blackburn has beaten
all the recognized men who could be IN
duced TO hght him. He beat Jimmy Gard
ner. Nike Twin Sullivan. Harry Iewis.
Terry Martin. Mike Donovan Charley
HIttey qeorse Gunther, Jack Morgan, Cy
Flynn. Dick Fitzpatrick. Dave Holly. Tom
Daily. Vernon Campbell, 9iily Burke and d
host OF others, He knocked. HItte out In
fourteen rounds and he knocked out Gun
ther, Morgan, Campbell, Fitzpatrick and
DAILY inside Of six rounds. ~ .a
Barring perhaps Jack Dempsey. no man
who has ever followed the business Of
fiRhtfnK Ia this country has q record so
compape with that OF Blackburn. In every
fight except that with MemAic the men he
was fighting we're heavier than himself.
AS Far as English fighters are concerned.
Blackburn can whip any man they have In
Great Britain or any they could e6nd over
here. Jack Palmer refused 10 meet DlAqk-
Robson, Fred Welsh and other English
fighters who have seen both Blackburn and
Gunner Molr In action have stated that they
felt euFe the latter would be easy picking
for Blackburn Ithink that Q fair square
DEAF peper like THB SuN win be sure to give
Hlackbuffi At least some confederation when
the question y being discussed A. to whether
the present day article OF native nshtere y
.degenerating.