Show Career of Top Notch Boxer Short as Al Kaufman's Kaufman Finish Shows BY BOB EDGREN Copyright ht 1912 by the tho Press Publishing Co the New York World victory vic vic- victory t two round LUTHER tor tory over o Al AI Kaufman in San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco shows again how short a career belongs to the topnotch boxer A second rater called upon to meet second cond raters only on I may last a long time But the thc fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low who has hai to stick around near the championship class or drop out Isn't likely to keep up the pace more than a afew afew afew few years rears at the best est v Al Kaufman ne neve was a very clever boxer He lie was la fairly clever but his main as asset ct In a fight was as a good hard p punch In to right ht or left and a world of en endurance endurance endurance en- en durance and gameness Big Al first became prominent when h he was matched against a Jack OBrien O'Brien in his first professional bout bout bout-a a raw amateur in his part of the country In a single round who round who never yet ct had heard the bellring bell bellring ring at the conclusion of the first round of or an any of his battles battles against against one of oC the cleverest and trickiest lighters fighters fl In the thc profession pro pro- Kaufman came within an ace of ot adding Jack to his one roun round list But nut OBrien O'Brien stalled an and recovered reco and ran for his life for a dozen rounds or so 50 Occasionally Oc Oc- he stopped long enough to Jab sharply and antI In to time he closed both of big Als Al's eyes eres tight After that OBrien O'Brien slugged ed while Kaufman Kaufman too game to quit felt around rund for him and swung at empty air all Finally Kaufman Knufman dropped and Delano Delanoy Delanoy De- De lano lanoy threw in the sponge After that Dill Billy D Dolaney lanes who had mode made his first mistake as a manager In picking O OBrien O'Brien for his novice no brought Al along slowly Ho Ile learned d a lot about boxing Delaney c brought him to Now New N w York where he made such a l hit with Billy Dra Brady the Impresario o of Jeff Jeffs s early fortunes that Brady y offered to back I Kaufman against t Jeffries with a side stake of nO- nO Ki I. I This was long long- before there was an any taut of a Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight Jeffries simply that ho he had retired from the ring years before and that ho he had no Intention of fI fighting again Kaufman met meta a lot of or h heavyweights a around the country countr and as a rule was successful Ills HIM first setback came carne when wh he met Johnson At that time Delaney was tr trying ln In ever every wa way to get ct Johnson to give Ive Kaufman a n along along long fight Johnson signed for ten rounds round but wouldn't make It U more than that There to b bo he no decision John Johnson on played with Al In his usual I way 1 grinning at the ringside stalling only occasionally landing a punch Kaufman Knufman was as strong strong In the t to nth as ns in the first but he dl didn't nt make much of n a showing against Johnson Johnon and ancl his chance for A n lon long match went The ThC promoters didn't want it Kaufman went to when Johnson was waR training to fight Jerles Jeffries and boxed with the tho bl big negro dally He Hc said he wal was wa l learning all about Johnsons Johnson's style of fighting and afterward tried hard to get another mutch match Kaufman fought only at long Intervals His first hard setback camo came a few we weeks k kafter after his hla marriage when he was knocked out b by Jim Flynn In III th the tenth round of a ten-round ten fight at Kansas City Months afterward he met mt Al AI here her fought ought like a champion for a couple of or rounds and was waa knocked down so 50 hard with a n aright aright right upp that the referee stopped the bout without counting That was waR the tho sign that Kaufman was on his wa way A Afew Afew Afew few months ago In California he was defeated defeated de de- b by a green wel hea heavyweight ht a novice no who was lat later r defeated in turn by br Flynn Now com comes s this last battle with Luther three McCarty-three McCarty three knockdowns in two rounds and the battle battlo stopped to save Kaufman from further punishment It Is the end of or ofAl ofAl orAl Al Kaufman a as a possible wel hea heavyweight ht champion even champion ven en as a J. J fighter Its It's back to ho he old butcher shop for Al At He Hc ha hat ha lived JIved modestly and no doubt has some capital to go back Into business with |