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Show BUHK HAS FRIENDS. Many Beliovo Ho Can Give Johnson a Ilarcl Tight. Tribune Spncl.il Sporting Service. NEW YORK, Aug H.Whon Slor Burke and Jack Johnson meet It will bo a battle worth going to ueo. Burke is ambitious. He thinks he can whip any one of the heavyweights of the country, except, of course. Jeffries. There are n good many others who think with thf pallor. Burke can probably hit as havo an any of the heavyweights, and he hits a better blow than most of them. Without With-out training and without practice he uses short hooks that carry tremendous-power. tremendous-power. Should he land one on the jaw of Johnson and another In the stomach, Sam FHspatrlck's black hero will know there Is "something going." Johnson probably knows more in a minute about boxing than Burke will over luarn. But boxing Is only Jialf of tho game of lighting. light-ing. Burke will probably wfdgh about 1C5 pounds for I he light, while Johnson will weigh 1S5 or 100. That Is quite a difference, and tho black man will lravo a irrcut advantage |