The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-17
PUCILISM

isn't ir 8 rather funny proposition that the country to which foreign promoters must come in order to secure the hes, fstic talent is the one that the hshf game has the hardcs, kind of struggle 10 exist in About the same time tEat il was announced that the city couu- .il If Los Angeles had passed d stringent law prohibiting g,ovc con Tests of all kinds. amateur or pro fessiopal Hugh Mcintosh he Aus craliau. stated sleetullN that he had rop,d in a select bunch of star pugilsts 10 slug merrily under his management. first in London. Eng land. ard then n the far off Anti 2odcs According to McInTosh's octr1ula Tomm, Burns. wto IS so- tourning in Seattle will take on Sam Lanefo~d in London next December aft"; which. if he comes out on ton in tie LaugtOrd miXup. he will 90 against Johnson before crowd of British sports. Mcintosh has Johl&Or's promise tC give Burus the fir. chance al his title and feels as if the match in question is as good as assured l. may he SO. but there are two trincs that might intervene ana change the puEihstic menu composed by the husy sport from Kangarooland One 's hat when Burns gets through oXcnanaing ,va-s with that dark person from Hest)n. he nay Ii. le in condition to tackle anything r1ac in the scrapping line for a long tine to come. Burns has ncv- er seen I.ausfud fight, but ne i- -umemely ,oudIeu, of his ability
 O Tlir inc rrcro If Tommy is l- good as he was before he Wenl
 }o,u ta defeat 'befofc Johnson. he is aboat he het selection that could he made 10 pit against Lang sord anc would stand al. even show If 2umrEing the winners share of he purse But unless he k keyed up to s'nccrt pirch, and possesses 4l the speed and huting power .Hat cared um hish place among the hca}ics in ,ho past Langford wiH wh.p him. and whip him bad ly,
 The second possible obstacle that may pu crimp in McIurosh'- plans. i, the fact that Johnson is, #, -r,er il. slang parlance, "darb" Il making prom es, and somewhat of a dead one" at keep ing them Mcintosh may thlnh that he las Johnson cincbcd fo" an ell agreement, and ii is to be hoped ha, nothing may occur to mar his trus. full innocence X feF moments conversation with either sam Fitz- patrick or George Little. two gen jIcmeIl who hay" haa cXtensIve business dealings with elusive Ar
 hur, meht inject a chilly alley of Iouhr into the Mcintosh mind. Al SO there are others but as long as he Australian enthusiast is happy
 in his belief. why disturb him? There ts one thing sure mo- bohN on this side of the Wtret will try jo stva! The Burns-JoInsOn match away from Mcintosh if he succeeds in clinching il. We stand for some pretty raw deals in the hstic line here but Burns vs John son is shade tco strong for American d;gestions. Ii Burns manages 10 beat Langford he will have done more than was expected of him by the fight bugs" in this coIn.ry But as regards Johnson we'll the lieht films of thai encoun- Ter between Tommy and the black
 n far Australia have been exhibited Ill over tha United States and those Wuo saw them agree that to deliver Burns again into the hands of Johnson. would be like passing 2 pet lamb over tC lhe butcher England may have the match and wel@0me there won't be an inter- national Wran2le over it.