The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-31
Tommy Burns Will
Try and Come Back
As Champion Boxer

Tommy Burns, ex-champion heavy
weight boxer of the world, is a
through passenger by the S. S.
Mariana, which arrived from the Col
onies this morning,
Burns is looking fit and clipper and
weighs stripped 100 pounds. He has
been in light training for the past
six weeks and has a gymnasium TT
ted up aboard the steamer which en-
ables him to take regular exercise.
He has reduced IS pounds since leav-
ing Sydney.
Every morning he has done an
hours running on the deck and every
afternoon has boxed and wrestled
with anyone on board who cared to
take him on.
His weight has come off surpris-
ingly well, and what is best of all,
from Burns standpoint, his game
knee has not troubled him any since
he started exercising.
This knee, it will be remembered,
was hurt in a railway accident be-
tween Tacoma and Seattle
May Fight Again.
81 am going to have bout in Can
ada, said Burns to Star man this
morning, land if my knee does not
| trouble me, and | feel that can
come back successfully, | intend to
get into the game again and will re-
turn to Australia to fight the win
ner of the return match between
Langford and McVey. If I win that
I shall challenge Jack Johnson.
I'm going to be sure that | can
come back however, before I attempt
it. I'm not going to do as Jeffries
did. When I make another match
the public may rest assured that they
will get a run for their money, as
they have always done in the past"
Speaking of ring matters in Aus
tralia Burns said:
Boxing in Australia.
The decision given by Snowy
Baker in the Langford-McVey fight
was a bad one. The betting was 5
to 4 on Langford McVey only had
three rounds out of the twenty,
1--WE got the news that Jim Barry
had beaten Lang in eight rounds on
board the steamer.
"An effort is being made to re-
match Langford and McVey, but the
latter says that he will meet any six
men in Australia, but not Langford.
He claims that he injured his hand
in his bout with the latter. The truth
of the matter is that Sam McVey
doesn't want any more of the other
Sans game | believe that they will
be rematched before long, however,
as McVey is bound to Mcintosh for
return match with Langford
Jack Lester has gone bad He was
beaten in fourteen rounds by Dave
Smith, the Australian light heavy
weight, who is very good man.
still retain my interest in him and
7 hope that he will improve as he gains
. experience. doubt that he will evel
) make a frst-class boxer, however.
THE fight game is very good il
Australia The efforts of the anti
: boxers petered out, and the OUTLOOK
is now bright"
Burns Boxed Langford.
Just before Christmas Burns boxed
four rounds with Langford in aid o
local charity before crowd o
10000. 1t was the first meeting o
the two and the first time that Burns
| had ever seen Langford in action.
The bout was valuable to me,
said Burns this mornin, "in that i
showed that the black has nothing OF
me- / weighed over 200 pounds whel
! stepped in the ring with Sam"
Burns was sorry to learn of the
death of Billy Delaney. He was mucl
surprised to hear of the defeat o
Kaufman by Palzer
1T looks as if Flynn is the bes
white man in the world today" sail
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