The San Francisco call., 1909-09-04
Kaufman Boxes
While johnson
Takes a Rest
Twin Sullivan and Frank Man
tell Getting Into Shape
for Monday Night

With Johnson taking his promised
rest yesterday, Al kaufman had good
chance to jump into the limelight and
draw the attention of the fans to him
self and his work at Milletts. Big AL
made the best of the opportunity, and
boxed seven fast rounds for the beneht
of the big crowd which turned out to
former in the gymnasium, the black
smith showed decided Improvement
over his past form and loomed IN
splendid physical shape. He Will be
in condition for Johnson, anyhow
For sparring partners AL had Lew
Taylor, the amateur heavy weight, and
Jack Corden, the welter weight, from
whom he hopes to develop speed in. his
workouts. The blacksmith Went four
rounds with Taylor and three with
Cordell, besides doing a lot of hand
ball playing and other gymnasium
stunts. He intends to keep on boxing
for several days, believing that plenty
of this sort of exercise will fit him to
make the proper sort of showing
against the heavy weight champion OF
the world
Kaufman's friends are hoping against
hope that their man will start to tear
at Johnson from the outset and not
attempt to stand off and box with him.
Kaufman never was a boxer, and never
will be. What he must depend upon
is his strength, his right hand punch
and his ability TO take a beating and
then come back and wear his man
down. Johnson is too clever boxer
and too wise a ring master to be out
generated by such. a man as the black
smith.
Johnson let his boxing go by default
yesterday afternoon and contented
himself with doing a lot of gymnasium
Jack will also lay off the glove work
today, but tomorrow he Will resume
his bouts with Bob Armstrong and
Dave Mills. Johnson is not taking any
chances w G
reason why he does not care about
doing too much boxing, with his next
fight so close
The big fellow appears a trihe fat
to the fans, but apparently his wind
is good and his boxing is certainly q
revelation. If anything, he is much
faster and far more clever than when
he appeared here the last time against
Fireman Jim Flynn, nearly two years
ago.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan says that he
will be right when he goes in the
Coliseum ring Monday night against
Frank ManteH, the. Rhode Island
middle weight. AS Jack has been on
more, he must beat Mantell in order
to win back the favor of the fans, for,
in his day, the Twin was a well
thought of fighter.
even money. and the friends of both
men seem to be about evenly divided.
Mante1l mas never 1OuSht IN san tran-
cisco, and his hackers are getting their
dope on his last stand against Sulli
van July 8 at Sacramento. Mantell
outboxed the willy Twin then in 20
round mixup and apparently showed
much class and skill.
AS for Young Peter Jackson and Joe
Willis, who will mix it in a 90 round
special event on the same night, the
fans apparently figure on the same
basis as they do Sullivan and Mantell.
Willis looks much larger than Jackson,
but the dusky boxer is older in the
game, and therefore has the advantage
of long experience. Jackson is moth
ing like as fast as he was seven or
eight years ago, but he is still tough
and apparently possessed of a punch.
Percy Cove, the Seattle skeleton, and
Joe Leahy, the local bantam, who open
up the evenings entertainment, are
both In training and apparently in good
trim. They are to make 122 pounds,
and Cove certainly should be able to
fight better at this weight than at the
lis pound limit.