The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-03
BURNS AGREES TO
F|GH I LANGF0RD.
Will Meet Near San Francisco.
Other Sporting News
Gossip.

sydney, Australia. April Wv. w
Naughton, Examiner, san Francisco
Authorize YOU to sign for mo Ggh
il Langford, Testers Club. september
! Have guarantee $4,000 for NC, win
| lose. draw. Deposit First Nationa
| Interpretations Will cable bank s5,-
600 FOR appearance in ring. Answer
| paid
/ (sisned) TOMMY BURNS.
san Francisco. Cal, April o.---The
! foregoing cablcgram received from
| Tommy Burns. explains the offer made
I To Burns by the local promoter, Sid
Hester In connection with fight
with sam 1.angford in this nefghbor-
hood on September s.
Burns evidently thinks well Of tho
scheWe. and Is eager to close the
deal Without delay. The promoter, 1t
Is to DO presumed. is Just as anxious
to cinch the match. Otherwise he
would not have placed himself in COM
munication with Burns, who is ut the
other end OF the world. and would not
have made such handsome offer.
1t is said ma tch we'll made is a
match half won, and on the same plea,
a match half made Is no match at all.
Manager Woodman who directs the
sends word from Los Angeles that he
has not been approached vet on the
subject of Burns Langford bout, aud
it seems as though Hester has been
dickering with Burns alone
Woodman says he Is ready to talk
terms with Hester, and 1t is up to the
lad who discovered Richmond to show
that he means business by making the
necessary arrangements with Wood
man. and then complying with Burns's
demands.
Bert Igoe. the we'll known newspa-
per man, is now at the holm of stan
ley ISctchers ring affairs, end is evi-
IDENTIFY bent on having the famous
middeweight work back to condition.
a message from Igoe tells that ketch
Inn, to train for his siX-round contest
with sam Laneford. which takes
place at Philadelphia late in the
month
Tommy Ryan, who once coached Jim
Jeffries, and who. it IL said, will be
wiser, when the latter comes to Seal
Rock Hotel, will assist In Ketchers
preparation. and will also be one of /
the Michigan boys seconds. IT is
doubtful, however, If Ryan will be able
to help Ketchel to any extent.
Stanley is natural fighter. and II
would be unwise for him to alter his
style. so as to conform With Tommy
Ryan's notions as to how a punch
should be delivered.
with helcnel everything depends
upon condition. Properly trained he
has a way OF lighting that is over
whelming with the majority of his
opponents. Ryan may be of service. If
he sees to 1T that Ketchels prepara
ton is thorough, but If it is Tommys
| intention to teach Kctchel new ring
! tricks, he may do more harm than
| good.
In very few days now Jim Jcffries
will he in the full swing of training
at Rowadennan. near the sea. Manager
Sam Berger. who returned from hur-
red trip East night before last is
going TO the mountain camp to-mor
! row. to see that the new handball
court and gymnasium are ready for
the big fellow. And in the meantime
Jeffries Will work his way north from
Los Angeles.
Jeffries and Berger will meet in San
/ Francisco on Monday. and Will then
in all probability journey to Rowan
dennan together Bob Armstrong and
Farmer Burns will assist in Jeffries's
preparation. and later Frank Gotch and
Jim Corbett Will join the camp.