The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-01-14
Now Tommy Burns lust Missed
Hls Ambition to Become Man.
ager Of Another Champion.

Copyright 1918. b, The Press Publishing %.
The New York World.
THfS IA short but thrilling tale. II
relates how Tommy Burns. former
heavyweight champion OF tho
world. just missed realizing his am
oee1on to become manager OF another
champion and. incidentally. to add an
Oeher fortune to the quarter million ne
~ cleared In the ring and real estate.
In the fairy tales. you know. the good
Aary gives YOU a wish. guaranteed to
come true. Sometimes you wish for the
night thing: sometimes you miss Il and
take series OF swift kicks at yourself
years afterward when you get wiser.
Tommy 10 now taking the kicks
Tommy Burns lives and handles vari.
- ventures Of . business sort In Call
gary. Alb~rta, Canada. a busting boom
eOwn Of the great Northwest He settled
- Alberta and opened q Clothing en-
oorium." latest New York styles assured
- all buyers. shortly after returning
oom Australia. where Jack Johnson
Nd torn the championship wreath from
~ bleeding brow.
NOW. Tommy never ala forgive the
veAck giant for imposing his 30 pound,
pom Tommy's mere lcJ and pounding
In Into an ox-champion. Ho longcd
- chance to dethrone johnson, but
seAaissd that his own inferiority In
esaght and weight made this an almos,
Anoossible task. johnson. too. refused
ever to meet Burns again. SO Tommy
onSned his desires 10 the diacovery OF
h. n
e5ick.
Up N the Northwss. hs found . two.
eDtsd lad pamed Lester--Jack Lester.
kAster looked very good to Tommy
Burns. because he was IN almost exact
counterpart Of Tommy himself In fea-
Sores and build. but about two sizes
Argsr. lie promptly declared himself
1e0teVs manager. and settled down to
~ rather difiicult JOB Of mailing him
Q great hGhter. Lester wac tough,
Lester was game and willing. and more
o. less Intelligent. He became q fairly
good heavyweight. Blu; opponents were
scarce in the Northwest. Tommy de-
eldsd that Lester needed hard lighting
against near champions. % he sent him
to Australia to work his way up 70 tho
TOP. There Lester whipped . local
champ or two. and then was pittcd
against Sam MONEY!. .ust to aocustom
eamsslf 10 hitting at q dark target
YUST about this time. two years aEo
this month. . lanky COW punoher
worked his way to Calgary, DOS
sibly by the break beam route, ir
search Of Tommy Burns He though,
he'd like to be . heavyweight champion
enc he had heard that there were nc
more scientific hshters In the world thar
Tommy Burns. About right. too.
1oCarty-that was his nams-landet
n Calgary. got . bath and Q clear
GAEt and COLLAR. and appron CHI ot
Tommy. whom he found standing befor,
his clothing emporium thinking ovel
Lss<sr's chance In Australia.
IN shout two seconds-a way he has
AcCsrty told Tommy Burns what h,
wanted.
Burns looked him over carefully
Gee. but you're a big kid!' said he
enly eighteen.
With an eye to business. Tommy tele
yhoned \ local newspaper and had
writer and q photographer sent down
pronto! The result was the pictur
printed on this page. Tommy Burn,
also the clothing emporium. also Luthe
Accarty. the big KID" appeared In tn
nsxt issue Of the paper. Luther. VIII
haA never seen either his name or hi
picture In print before. was highly ds
hghted. He bought twenty-five copls
o. the paper and sent them to h
friends at home. Then he went O
negotisung with Tommy Burns. Tonm
tried him out and was impressed wit
his ability-for big KID"
UT after thinking the thing owe
- Tommy came to the conclus!o
that one coming champion" wa
about all he cared to have on his hand
ct one time. And OF course he couldn
throw Lester overheard. SO he relu,
tAutly let MoCarty so. Luther boxe
once In Calgary. then jeff for the Sou,
again. to trail the champion ship on h
own account
Shortly afterward Tommy Burr
learned by cable that Sam Mavey. AFT,
. long and stubborn contest. had ef!oc
ually eliminated Mr.. Lester az a poss.l
champion.
But Il wasn't until New Years Mig
Aa4 he read the Dispatches from -
An0eles describing the way In viii,
enc Luther Mccarty had wa!lopei b
Al Palxer and won the McCarey Chan
pionship belt
Tommy Is still selling clothing IN h
emporium in Calgary. Luther MrCsrt
with another MANAGER, j. trayeliii
about with 'chanplo." pr s;ed on h
lstterheads, collecting large sums wrel.
from theatres and rejoicing Ia the pro
Doet Of cleaning W ans tnousaB n &
n01t few months.
Tcmm, Burns Is wishing he had a
OoAog wiz.
41oneetOn :. Ov~rhasI afhi~tir.
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