Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-28
Burns Thought
He Had John
son Easily

The Examiner prints the following
from Tommy Burns while he was
training to meet Jack Johnson:
Once during his tenure of Office as
champion of the world John L. Sulli-
van went to Australia and grew whis-
kers. Now history repeats itself.
Tommy Burns, who at the present
time is in the Land of the Golden
Fleece, has done likewise.
OF course, Tommy's silken facial
adornment does not begin to com
pare with the bristles Sullivan
brought back with him from the An
tipodes nor from the way Tommy's
whiskers appear in the photographs
he forwards is there much prospect Of
the present worlds champion pro-
ducing luxuriant crop.
That Tommy is proud of his whis-
kers is suggested by the fact that he
wears them not only in camp but in
his visits to the city of Sydney. In
one snapshot Tommy is pictured in
company with Hugh d. Mcintosh, the
man who is handling the Burns
johnson fight. OF this picture Toni
my says, 81 am feeling his pulse just
after he has offered me $4,000 for
my end of the purse"
The writer is in receipt of letter
from Burns in which Tommy tells Of
his preparation for the battle with
johnson. According to Burns he
will rest for at least year after this
johnson fight and IL Mrs. Burns 80
wills he will never pull on boxing
glove again. II he loses to johnson,
Burns says 1t will mean farewell Il
the prize ring SO far as he is con-
cerned.
Here Is Tommy's letter: -
mellow Bath. Blue Mountains, New
| South Wales, Australia, Novem-
| Der 4, 1908.
Mr.. w. w. Naughton, Examiner, San
| Francisco.
Dear Sir:-As you will see by the
heading of this letter. am in the
mountains again, at a place called
mellow Bath, and here I will stay
until 1t is time to 60 to Sydney to
fight Jack johnson. have every
thing / care for up here, a lovely cot
tage with fine garden, and they
have built a nice handball court for
me. have had some snapshots at
my quarters taken and am sending
them to you.
am sorry Jack (Twin) Sullivan
missed the steamer. as consider him
a fine trainer and second and, be-
sides, l am sure he would have got
some good matches over here.
Johnson arrived the other day and
is training at st. Joseph Banks Ho-
tel. Botany. He is as fash as ever
and thinks he has walkover, but
I'll fool him II possible. ] have had
lots OF people tell me never to fight
Johnson, and some were San Fran
cisco people, but always said
would fight him when got ready.
The ones who told me not to meet
him didn't change my intentions, you
see. In all my career l have used
my own Judgment, and l have been
very successful.
have figured johnson out and
don't believe he is any harder than
the rest of the lemons, as they call
them. Anyhow, we shall soon see
What made the San Francisco sports
think little of men when went
against Squires there was the Dave
Barry contest about four years age
or less In San Francisco. A fellow
doesn't do as well some times when
he is training and for that matter
doesn't always fight the same, SO the
fellows who thought the Barry fight
gave them line on me were fooled
will do lot of theatrical wOrl
after this contest, win or lose, ant
will not fight anyone. for year, ant
maybe not any more, unless ge
Mrs. BIS consent. or course, II
lose am sure not to fight again.
We haven't picked the referee yet
johnson wants Eugene CORR, wht
refereed my contest with Gunner
Moir, but ! would prefer someone
else. / wanted Jeffries, but johnson