The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-08
kAUFMAN'S OFFER HAS
NOT BEEN ACCEPTED
tBy Tad)

New York. April S.-BiIy Delaney's
offer, which was that AL Kaufman
would knock Stanley Ketchel out In
ten rounds OF forfeit his end OF the
purse has not been accepted yet by
Willus Britt, manager of the Michi-
gan champion. Delaney called UP
from Newdorp last night To see whcth-
er the other fellow had caiieG OF not.
When told that neither Britt nor Ket-
chel was willing to take this offer,
the old manager said; 1t looks as IL
they were four-hushing to get lit
tie advantage. / said before and re-
peat that ketchel has no right to tho
heavyweight class and am willing to
prove It. Kaufman would have Ket-
chel on the floor looking up at tho
lights before seven rounds were over,
if I'm not mistaken,
Il think AL Is the legitimate con-
tender 1t took quite a While. I'll ad-
NIT, TO nurse him along, but there is
not another man In the world fit to
meet Jeffries in the matter of
physique.
There is no getting away from the
fact that Kaufman has the punch
There arc few men who ever held
title who lacked the punch. / think
that Kaufman can outpuncn Johnson
or / never would have agreed to let
him fight the big coored fellow
There was time, I'll admit, when
| would never have thought OF send
ing Al against Johnson, but now that
he has filled out / feel that 1t will
only be an even break In matching him
up. II 1t took Johnson fourteen
rounds TO lick Tommy Burns
II Will take a thousand and fourteen
to beat AL Why. down in Los Ange-
les Kaufman beat Burns all over the
gymnasium in training. ana l know
that IL they ever meet In the ring
Burns Will not go ten rounds. / tried
time and again TO get them matched.
but Burns always SHE'D. / guess he
knows me
This idea of matching Johnson and
ketchel Is joke. Why should they
give him chance. or even think Of
giving him a chance, until he has
shown that he is worthy of It?
My money was at the ONCE of your
paper twelve hours before Ketchel's
L "oof anu u Dllll MdnlS 10 Ucl llldI
$4,000 in fight with Kaufman he can
have 1t. or he might raise 1t to $10,-
600 If he thinks he has a show.
III Britt means business let's hear
from him right away or let him stop
this gun about his man being the real
heavyweight champion"
When seen at Hammerstein's thea
ter after the show last evening, John
son said that as Kaufman was the
irst man to cover his money he would
be the FIRST to give q fight to unless.
of course, Jeffries decided to do the
same
m not anxious TO sign up with a
little fellow like Ketchel," said John
son.
After l whipped Burns they said
Well. why shouldn't he lick him?
, Look at the size OF Burns Well. this
boy. Ketchel, is way shy OF Burns.
or course. IL he should beat Kaufman
! VIII give him the first chance.
There are only three In it-Langford,
Kaufman and Ketchel. Let Ketchcl
peat Kaufman. and promise YOU that
ne VIII have the next fight with me
ana then Sam Langford can get the
next match. That seems fair to me
don't want to fight a middle.
weight unless he is a remarkable fell
10" and the public wants me to fight
him II Kaufman agrees to knock
hetchel out by knockout that will
put crlmp in his aspirations.
ketchel Will have TO show me be-
lore ] take notice of his challenge"
| Wilius Britt did not smoke UP very
strong to the Kaufman thing when
seen at the Dartholdi todh
Il thinks said Willus, that after
ketchel's winning over O'Brlen ne