The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
Kaufman and Ketchell Now
in Line for Titles.
BOTH YOUNG AND HAVE CLASS
Pacific Coast Fighter Developing in
Hands of Billy DeIaney-Has Been
Defeated bat Once-StanIey has
Punch in Both Hands and Wins
Most Bouts by Knockout Route

D
hOnors in the middle-weight and heavy
weight classes. Both are young. sturdy
fellows. each twenty-five years old, and in
the i've years that they have been before
the public KetcheI has never been defeat
ed. while Kaufman has only met with
one reverse-that by Jack O'Brien in sew
enteen rounds. N less than one year
after the young Californian had turned
professional Billy Delaney tried him out
against the clever PaIadeIphian. In the
middle Of the seventeenth round. after
/ O'Brien had nearly blinded Kaufman
with left-hand jabs. Delaney threw Up
/ the sponge. thoroughly satisfied that his
man could take a grueIing and was game
l 70 the core. He realized that the Frisco
/ lad possessed all the qualifications OF z
/ coming heavyweight and when he was
convinced that Kaufmann's heart was II
| The right place he proceeded 70 nurse him
[ FOR the heavyweight mantle He passed
/ up Burns and Johnson for a while. saying
I that Kaufman lacked age and expert
/ ence- Since KaUfnanc knocked out Dave %
I Barry. On October Il. 1907. Delaney has
/ sept him under cover As soon as a series
I OF elimination fights were announced 70
[ develop a zeal hesvy-wsight. Hartmann
was announced as the first candidate
johnson, IN Los Angeles. proved that he
IS made Of championship timber Il again
I brings Billy Delaney into the spot light
Z Delaney Is the man who discovered and
/ developed Jim CO-beJt and jim Jefriss
I into world oeaters. and now he believes
he has in Kaufman another fghter who
-7vil be q worthy successor Of these great
/ giadistors
Delaney Great Trainer.
Delaney IS the greatest trainer OF fight
ers IN the world No fighter ever scored
the successes that he can boast He prob
ably IS the best judge OF q heavyweight
battler in existence. and 50 highly IS his
opinion regarded by fight fans ali over
the world than the betting sports usually
accept It Instead of depending on dope"
as guide 70 their operations So sue
oessfuI has he been with his 6zhte-s that
the fans are willing 70 give any OF them
q chance any time with any fighter whom
Delaney may select IS their opponents,
merely because the fans have implicit
faith n Billy Delaney. not only as re-
CARDS his opinion as 10 ire ability OF a
fighter. but because he never has been
mixed up in any deals and always s
on Ile level IN everything he undertakes
Delaney brought out Ea-r1lz-u and de-
veloped him until to-Esy he IS recognized
as prominent dispu-sr- with Tommy
Burns and other Big boys OF -le heavy
. weight championship tile lie never has
lost faith in Al. despite that me boy won
der was practically Knocked OFT bv JACK
O'Brisn. and has improved so slowly that
any other trainer would have been dis
cOuraged- Delaney says Al Is getting UD
70 the top rung by slow degrees. but Re
predicts that in . short time Al VIII Be
recognized as good enough 70 whip any
Of the big boys
3
tive son. Delaney Las brought Al % t1s
point where Ire world must accept. him
as 8 serious proposition in his division
p Delaney seldom makes q mistake with L-z
fighters. and probably the only real mis-
take that can be charged 10 him wzs -ls
match between Kaufman and O B-iel AZ
that time Many thought him TOO g-e-l
3 20 tackle such tough Job as whipping
D O-Brien At that tine Many accused De-
laley Of making q mistake when he took
COrbett TO New Orleans 10 wEiQ Sullivan,
: and when he sent Jsfries after C0-betr
and Ei1zsi-nors- but after these fighters
b had startled the sporting world with t5s--
decisive successes TIE greatness Of De-
lansy began 10 dawn q the fans. and he
has ruled ever since II = class al by him
SELF
DeIaney's One Ambition.
He enjoys. with Billy Madden. the dis
.
and there Is no doubt at all that he Is the
oldest trainer Of heavy-weightz now n
I harness. While Madden and his oI5-t5re
rivals have quit the night game. Delaney
! seemingly IS as young as ever and IS
Q very much in the sport He has one spe-
{ cial ambition. and that Is 10 put Kauf-
mann in the chair on the throne OF the
: heavy division. and if he can GO this M
a probably viii Be content 10 retire and
: rest upon his laurels. that no p-eseut-day >
, rival ever viii wrest from him he VIII
= put Kaufman On top Of the heap Z
Kaufman has the stuff IN him 20 make
a champion, and De-aEey says he has that
= same stuff.
Delaney expects Al 10 whip all his
rivals in the chase after Burns. and BY
the time Burns Is ready 10 defend his
= title again in america Billy thinks Il
{; VIII have proved his right 10 such a
l match and with such unden[abIs cIear-ess
that Burns cannot resist the offer And
Delaney says that Eaufmaun VIII vva5o
Burns any tine they meet he would
send Kaufman after Burns right now
in ali confidence, having expressed trs
: disappointment he felt in the last bout
that Burns. instead Of johnson. was not
in the ring He says Al would have
whipped Burns deciSiveIy-
Great Friend of JeMFtes.
Delaney and JeTries are great friends
yet and always VIII be so. Each has a
, profound respect for the other. and TIE
ties Of friendship between them are w
b-eakabie- Not SO with Delaney and Cor
bett. however Delaney quit Corbett after
the fight at Jacksonville. Fla. when Cor
bett whipped Charlie Mitchell in th-es
: rounds They QuarreIed. and. aIthouEh
: they were not on speaking terms when
Corbett fought FItZsimmons at Carson
Y City and lost his title. the then champion
= had such confidence in Delaney that he
had his new manager. Billy Brady. En-
gage Delaney to train him
During the training period Delaney ard
\ Corbett never spoke 10 one another. They
Z were unSpeakable friends for the occs-
= sion, and had Corbett followed the il
E structOns Of Delaney in his training he
\ would have been the champion a while
longer, IN the opinion Of Delaney Corberr
: refused TO train as Delaney directed how
: ever, and Billy told his friends Tot 10 bet
on Sunny Jim, as he was beaten before he
stepped into the ring. Delaney said a
few DAYS ago that Corbett was one OF the
greatest fighters the world ever knew.
and had he lived right would have held
z on 10 the title for many years. He saws
s Corbett could whip such men as Fitzsinl-
= mons in the years following his victory
E over Sullivan. but that Corbett had whip
. ped himself BY his nervousness and re-
fusal 70 train right