Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-27
DEMAND WINNER
MEET JOHNSON
PUBLIC MAY ASK DELANEY TO
ALTER DECISION
Great Seml=FinaI Event In Heavy.
weight Division to Be Fought
at Vernon Arena Next
Wednesday

What pressure will be brought to
bear OH Billy Delaney IN case AL Kauf-
mann wins from Jim Barry when they
meet Wednesday night at Vernon?
The fans are all asking this question,
for the winner of the bout at Jeffries'
arena is the logical candidate for a
inixup with the big Sonegambian who
so decisively defeated Tommy Burns
yesterday.
Delaney has declared that no man
ander his management could fight a
negro and still remain under his wing.
The veteran trainer has been in the
business a long while, and always has
been one of the most ardent support
ers of the color line" But so much
depends on either Barry or Kaufman,
that in case he wins, Delaney will have
to stand for lot of influences if he
keeps Kaufman away from the big
smoke.
Kaufman is looked on as the prob
able winner over Barry, and in case
the dope is correct, he will be the only
man in the world with a. real chance
to turn the championship crown from
black to white. Al himself is prob
ably willing to tackle the job, but at
present Delaney has the say, and will
not stand for anything with shady
complexion. A new condition is con-
fronting the fight world, for never be-
fore has a. black man held the title
and always a color line has kept him
from even getting a chance at the
crown.
Barry Is Willing
Should Barry win, conditions will be
better, for Jim has met dark com
plexloned mixers before. He has fought
Sam Lapgford six times, and his rec"
ord shows other negroes as his oppo-
nente. While Barry is expected to
make Kaufman hustle for all he is
worth in order to score a victory, the
Chicago man is not looked upon as a
formidable opponent for Johnson, and
the fans are hoping that Kaufman
will win and be induced to take a
chance with the big smoke.
Everything is ready for the meeting
Wednesday night between the giants,
and because of the fact that the bout Is
really the semi-finals for the world
championship the fans are turning out
by the hundreds to watch the men in
their daily workouts. Both men are
right on edge and ready for the gong,
and nothing in the line of excuses will
be tolerated from either side. In ali
go
training period with todays workout
but Kaufman will stick on the job all
through Tuesday and does not intend
to let up until the end.
1t is Billy Delaney who advises Al to
do this, and the veteran probably
knows what he is talking about. Kaut-
mann did not start to train until nearly
two weeks after Barry had gone on the
job, and his long period of idleness did
not help matters at first. A badly
wrenched leg added to the troubles al
Venice, and not until Delaney came
down from Oakland to take full charge
did matters adjust themselves to proper
conditions. Kaufman is looming VI
strongly at present, however, ana II
Delaney is right he will present ms
most formidable front to the enemy.
Jim in Good Condition
Barry is as fit and ready as he car
ever expect to be, and the big Chicago
bow makes no bones about saying thai
he expects to win. Day after day jim
has gone on the road in the morning
and shaved like trooper In the gym
nasium afternoons, but his EFFORTS nave
had their reward, and it rests with him
to whip Kaufman. Should he do sc
articles for fight with Johnson Will be
signed Immediately, and Barry is con-
fident that he can take the Senegam-
bian's measure.
Forty-five rounds is a long way to
travel, but neither Kaufman nor
Barry has any expectation of going
| this far A knockout inside of the first
/ twenty rounds is what each man says
will happen, and for the benefit of the
ksnectators it is to be hoped that the
| fighters are right. While big men al
ways furnish better bouts than do the
little fellows, the distance set IS un-
usual and was made in order TO Vlrtu-
ally guarantee knockout.
! Hartmann worked like a trooper yes
terday, and missed a grand chance to
put Jim Barry out-not the man Whe
will oppose him in the Vernon ring
/ Wednesday night, but another of the
same name. The Frisco pug did not
know of the similarity in cognomens
until it was too late, for Barry was q
I wise guy and refused to allow any
openings.
al wish I had known that fellow s
name in time" said Kaufman after
a four-round bout with the stranger
had been completed. Luke Kelly sent
him up here from San Pedro and told
me his name was Larsen. After we
had spared our schedule out Larsen
said he was not Larsen at all, but thal
1 he was really and truly Jim Barry
However. the real and only Barry wa
| do for mine, as I'll get him sure Whel
we hook up"
Barry is supposed to have something
! to say about this, and in conversation
y and actions appears every bit as con
fident as his opponent. ."John L. Sui
Ivan opened my eyes to the possibtlt-
ties in the heavyweight division" he
said, "and now / am on the job L
= make good for him. While | am no. no.
quite as big as Kaufman l can hi
harder. am twice as fast and figure