The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

his last bout with Tommy Burns. the
one in which Jack got the doubie-cross.
but the two separated right after that
contest In fact. O-Brien had no use for
a manager for year, since be could SCI
no fights
Then he went back 10 Philadelphia, and,
after boxing poor old Bill Hever01- open
ed Up a boxing club Of his own Jacks
next contest may be- with Stanley Ketch-
Ell. plans now being under way 70 bring
these TWO toCether in a siN-round bout
In Philadelphia. On his showing with
Jack Blackburn. O-Brieu VIII need TO
take care in conditioning himself On order
20 De in shape 10 90 six rounds with
such Dsgsed fighter as ketcneIl- Black
burn was in far better shape 10 continue
than was o. Brien A. the end Of that fast
six rounds. and g was apparent that
Philadelphia Jack had lost some of his
speed as weu as his eve FOR distance
Should ketcheu ever get O'Erien IN the
condition that Blackburn had him in
some of those middle rounds. there would
surely be a disastrous ending for O'Brien-
O'Brier. After Burns.
How many Of son are aware that Con
fessor Jack OR-iea made advances 10
Tommy Burns with the idea OF getting a
six-round match IL Philadelphia saws
Harry B. smith. of the san Francisco
Chronicle The proposition was turned
down with a thud. however. as Burns
decided ne had enough OF the Confessor 90
Listen 10 what Billy Neal says in ref
erence 20 this subject
Except for the fact that Burns thought
O-Brien and Ketcheu were matched. 7
know he would not have mentioned the
Philadelphian- q We had several letters
while in England from O-Brien's repre-
sentatives. asking US 20 fight O-Brien on
our return six rounds a. his club in Phila-
delphia. and We never answered them.
We talked il over and agreed that we
would never again connect Burns name
with HIS While I was IN New York City.
on my return 20 america. about April =
OF L. O-Brien sent over two men 70 t-y
to get ne 70 sign Burns up The frs- one
failed. after tagging me all over the city.
and the second. who IS O'Brien's partner.
and also acts as his manager. offered ne
s. 90 70 sign and $4,000 for Burns In the
face Of thts. We turned & down This
was offered ne at the Imperial Hotel
Kaufman and O-Brien.
Al Kaufman. the san Francisco heavy
weight who knocked out Jim Flynn a;
Los Angeles the other. night. has agreed
10 meet Philadelphia Jack O.Bricn At sim
JeTries' club at Los Angeles. and the
match may be clinched in few DAYS
C-Brien beat Kaufman when the litter
was a novice. but Al thinks THAI he IS
seasoned enough now 10 reverse the de-
cision.
Tommy Burns next bout VIII be with
Lang in Australia Although it took hii-
| thirteen rounds TO beat S1uires last week
he again showed his ability to deliver the
| Knockout punch Burns record WITH tlC
| Australian Is. At san Francisco he
/ knocked out Souires. who was heraldeC
/ as a champion. in two minutes and forty
| Eve seconds. At Paris Burns won in eIgh'
| rounds
| Charley Griffin. who was said 70 be th'
/ lightweight champion Of Australia wa
/ recently knocked out in the NTH roun-i by
1 Bert Keyes in New York Griffin fsiieC
/ entirely 70 show championship cal5ber
/ and with the exception Of the secon,
| round. Keyes had Il the better Of tn,
] g