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Show THOMPSON SAYS HE WILL FIGHT BURNS In reply to tho recent challenge of Tommy Burns, published In The Tribune Trib-une some days ago, Eugene Thompson comeB back with the fallowing tatiasco-splced tatiasco-splced acceptance: Sporting Editor Tribune: The papers come out with a lovely write-up for Mr. Burns, the gentleman from Ogden, who wishes to fight the Utah State milittn, or the dog that ate up the Health department, or any six or eight fighters at one time. Now, for the edification edi-fication of those who are determined to knock anything that Is not handled by themselves, I will say that I will fight Mr. Burns, all alone by myself, on his own proposition: If he does not knock me out in twenty rounds I get the whole purse. If I put him out I get it all. If he puts me out I get 40 per cent of the net receipts. This is his own proposition. Now watch him crawfish. craw-fish. As to fighting Mr. Williams. The gentleman is right about Mr. Williams being a fighter. He is Just that much of a fighter that Burns, Rellly, Levell or Flynn could not be dragged Into the ring with him. I desire to say that I did not try to get on a fight with Williams; Wil-liams; I would rather go on with a dub like Burns. I was the last of these fighters to be asked to flgnt Williams; the others all having frozen thIr lower extremities. I said I would take a chance. As to how long I will last that is no one's business but mine. If I can stand it the public ought to. All on earth I want Is to Unci out whether or not I can fight, and the better the man the better it will suit me. If I wanted glory I certainly would not try flghting ln Salt Lake, where absolutely no one can escape the hammer. If Burns can whip me I am certainly a dub of the worst description, and I will never again talk about fighting as long as I live. Yours truly, EUGENE THOMPSON. |