The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-06-24

Nhc SSCVhu. Ahe tnlFu ala not last
long enough for the Australian to do
any execution. He went at it with a
rush and real determination and they
were fighting fast and hard when the
blow landed that made Cans the win
ner.
Sarcone the Marine. was introduced
by Corbett before the preliminaries
and challenged the winner Of the Cans
johnson fight and Young Cans accept
ed after his victory while the audience
checred him to the echo.
Theodore Herman, who boxed the
two rounds with Burns, is an electri.
clan on the cruiser Cleveland and has
been in the service about seven years.
While the Cleveland was at Manila,
Theodore cleaned up everything in the
pugilistic line that came to light in
the Philippine Islands, but he never
went up against anybody of note, and
he said he had never seen Burns until
he went into the ring with him last
night.
While he is big husky looking chap,
We is very quiet and retiring in man
ner and was very reticent about him
self when questioned by an Advertiser
reporter. Beyond the fact that he was
native of New York State and had
been in the service seven years, he had
no information to impart, except that
he stood n trihe over six feet and
weighed one hundred and seventy.fve
pounds,
Burns Gives Opinion.
At the conclusion of the sparring
exhibition, Tommy Burns passed .iudg.
ment on the merits of the big fighters
who are to get together in Nevada
next month, if nothing happens.
i Tommy is strong for Joffries, "And
IN tell you why" he said in short
address to the audience. "When I
fought Jack johnson in Australia he
had me going in the first round, but
had two broken ribs. They weren't
stayed fourteen rounds and was feeling
better. am sure that I could have
gone the full number of rounds, but
the crowd had their money on John
son and they began Co yell: 'Tommy's
Jaw is broken, and the authorities
stopped the fight. My jaw wasn't brok-
en-, but I'll admit that took good
lacing. The next morning johnson
went to the Sydney Hospital thinking
he had two broken ribs, They weren t
broken but they were badly fractured
Burns said he thought we'll enough
of Jeffries to bet $500 on him with
Hugh Mcintosh.
"Johnson, +" he said to an Advertiser
reporter, "has never fought a man his
size, and Jeffries will make him fight.
He is not at all aggressive and don't
know how to put man out when he's
got him."
; Burns said he expected to go to Eng
land after his fight with Sam Lang
ford, which is scheduled to come Oft
} in Los Angeles on September the fifth,
He is under a ten-year contract with
Hugh Mcintosh and Lang has placed
himself under this Australian promoter
for one year. Mcintosh said last night
that he was going up to the Coast with
the two fighters and see that all the ar
rangements were carried out for tho
Los Angeles bout, and try and get Lang
signed up with Ketchell and then he
would return to Sydney. Mcintosh
says that Jeffries hash It got look in
with johnson. He is banking on John
son to win chiefly because Jeffries has
been out of the game for so long and
, he doesn't think that he can ever get
back to his old form, while johnson
is fresh. Mcintosh said he doped it
out million to one against Jeffries
w. +. Corbett, who is travelling with
the party, seemed to favor the coon
He said that Jeffries retired from the
, ring to escape fighting Johnson because
he was afraid he would lose his title
, to him. "Jeffries had fought other
| colored men before,' Corbett said,
"and why did he draw the color line
{ when he came to JohnsOnR'
, Bob Fitzsimmons, all the members OF
} the party agreed, was the champion
| shrimp eater Of the world, but whether
/, this made him cranky or not they
i could not divine. AT all events they
{ all said hard things about the old fell
! low, although Hugh Mcintosh stood up
for him as the greatest fighter that
, ever went into the ring. "But Bob
. is getting DID," he explained, Sand
a he don't like to see the younger fellows
: stepping into his place. He is nursing
D big crouch in his old age and the
b mere presence of the younger fighting
q stocks ems to get on his nerves. F"
o Bob stayed aboard the Mariana all last
!. evening and did not take in the show
r at the Aloha Park arena.
y There seemed to have been some mis-.
9 understanding about the number OF
rounds that Burns and Lang intends I'D
= to put up in Honolulu. Jack Scully
5 was good deal annoyed last night be.
cause he had advertised a fifteen-round
o sparring exhibition between the big
e fellows and they would only make il
six. He was afraid that the public
d would be sore on him, but Mcintosh
9 said that he paid $4,000 for a twenty
a round fight and he couldn It think of
! running off ffteen-round match here.
Q The show, however, was a good one and
a no kicks were heard around the ring.