Show MORE 2TAUGHTON DREAMS Touting1 Gardner to Got tho Lattcrs Block Knocked Off I W TV Naughton In noW stacking lie cards for George Gardner aa I championship cham-pionship possibility He has It doped out that the conqueror of Root has a chance against Jeffries Recently he expressed himself as follows on the proposition Who will be George Gardners next opponent Thin question Is asked frequently and the degree of guessing Indulged In suggests that there Is n widespread desire de-sire to see the clever young heavyweight heavy-weight try conclusions with sqme prom Inent man In his class > r Aa 0 matter of fact Gardner Is as strong a pugilistic attraction as there Is In sight just at present Ills defeat of shitty Jack Root at Salt Lake recently re-cently was a performance of sterling merit and the promoters of several sect lone are baiting their traps for him Root of course wants n return match He would be false to the tradl tons of thE came If h6 didnt clamor for satisfaction for there never was n defeated fighter yet who didnt beg I for another chance From the way the cat Is Jumping however It looks ai If Root will have to hIde a wee Gardner s willing to tackle him later on but for the present Master George has other Ish to fry Gardner Is not particular who he slacks up against Ho would like to box Marvin Hart of Louisville and he Is not averse to taking a whack at Sail or Sharkey He Is amblllous beyond that even for ho has told his manager that he would Just aa soon fight Champion Cham-pion Jcfirles as anyone else Alex Greggalns who attends to the booking of ring dates for Gardner Is In favor of the match with Sharkey and it Is understood that arrangements looking to such n meeting are In n fairway fair-way of being completed before many days go by They cant accuse George of looking look-ing for easy marks Bald Greggalns He told me to go right ahead and match him against any man living irrespective ir-respective of weight or reputation I think we uill be able to bring Sharkey to time and from the way It looks now I believe the sailor will be Gardners next opponent I George should defeat de-feat Sharkey we will be ready to meet the best that can be found While It may at first blush appear foolhardy for a man of Gardners heft to he setting his cap at a giant like JoE fries there Is plenty of precedent for such an ambition FItxylmmons In all probability neither outreaches not outweighs out-weighs Gardner and If Fit was considered con-sidered a suitable opponent for Jeffries surely a man of Filzs weight and Inches with a fifteenyears advantage over the Cornlshman In the matter ot youthfulness should not be deemed precocious for aspiring to break a lance with the gigantic champion Incidentally there Is an axiom of the early prize ring which has It that a twelvestone man is big enough to fight anything on two legs A twelve stone man is a man weighing 1C8 pounds and Gardner is very few ounces shy of that notch If Indeed he Is I shy of It at all Sharkey will prove either a steppingstone stepping-stone or I stumbling block for Gardner I George disposes of the sailor there will be any number who will agree that Gardner Is In line for a fight with Jef frleo I Sharkey downs Gardner poor I George will be rudely awakened from I hum championship dream |