The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-26
Tiff SCORNS FIGHTERS
OF The PRESENT Time
pelittles Ability Of Burns, Kauf-
man, Ketchel and Other
Men in Ring.
THINKS KAUFMAN IS A JOKE

lanes ]. Jemries Is not much or Il
.-u.or and is this day and age, when
solf a mugs stock in trade Is his line
. ao,versation about himself and 9th
eobters. with emphasis on tho
inner left is generally regarded rs
,be human sphinx. However he has
.nhurdened himself of some opinions
on the present day ring situation ana
mo NJ the comments he got off his
system are interesting.
During his little talk on lighters Al
voufman. Stanley Ketchel, Billy Pap
10 and Tony Burns must have had
.or,e burning ears. They are not all
ZION rood second raters, and one or
two Of the list never knew what IL
nos IN engage in n real prizefight, ac-
oordlng to the retired champion.
kaufman was the first ito get his.
:, bonnened when Jeff was asked if
no was going to get some big young
fo,,ows 10 train with him who can give
him a good workout and be tough
enough 10 fight him. II would like
IN have someone name one such fight
or in the country today" said jeff.
There is not a young man in the game
who Is top notch conner, to say
noibinp of being a top-notch fighter.
There is not a heavyweight who can
Give me that kind of training.
AL Kaufman Best Youngster.
al Kaufman Is the only young fell
low in the game who amounts to any
thing at all. and he is joke. Al
Kaufman is no fighter at all. ! would
NOT trust myself to get into shape to
fight anybody by sparring with Kauf-
man. do not consider him a good
fourth-rater. The old fellows will be
good enough for me. Corbett, McCor-
mick and few of the others will be
far better than any young fellows in
the game today"
That was about enough to convince
Jeffs hearers that he does not think
much of the big Californian who chal-
lengea him some time ago. jeff ev-
identity does not think Kaufman would
stand as much show with him as Il
good lightweight.
what do you think of the chances
Tommy Burns will have with Jack
Johnson in a return go?" a friend
asked. pointing out the fact that
Hugh Mcintosh of Australia had offered
these fighters $4,000 to meet in Aus
tralia in September.
Hands Burns a Roast.
"There is not n chance i'm the world
for Burns to beat that negro said
JEFF. "Why Burns is not even n good
mddleweight, and never was. He was
mighty lucky to be able to hold that
title as he did. 1t was simply because
there were no heavyweight fighters
Of class to meet him. If there had
been. he would never have had It, l
do not think Burns will fight the ne
gro again. If he does, and the negro
fights hard, Burns will lose. AS 10
the chances OF Ketchel with Burns,
think probably Burns might win. He
Is about as big rs Ketchel, and IT
might be a good fight l think Billy
Papke is n much better fighter than
Ketchel. The trouble with Papke
has been his condition. He has never
been in condition to fight when he
has met Ketchel, and Stanley has been
lucky in this respect. ! believe Papke
today. | think he will beat Ketchel If
he ever fights him when in condition.
OF course, Ketchel did not have n
chance to beat Johnson. being so
much smaller, and only a fair middle
weight"