Show Philadelphia Jack OBrien O'Brien 0 Brien ol to Be Matched by Jeffries- Jeffries J BY JAY DAVIDSON After ha having vin served a lon long term of for his bis elaborateness in explaining ex ox t his f ring record as an ito to his last fight with Tommy Burns it itJi 11 Ji ia probable that Philadelphia Jack OBrien O'Brien will bo ho received back hack into full 1 fellowship hip in the sporting f world and that tbt th t his coming out out t party y will bo be put ut on the Jeffries Athletic club calen- calen idar ar for an October or r November c date with either Stanley Ketchel Hugo o Kelly Belly or Al Kaufmann ns ne his chief as as- nt s 0 OBrien O'Brien has applied for forgiveness eness and con And reinstatement and very T wisely con con- eludes that the tho Qui quickest and surest Ta way to prove to the world that his his of repentance and promises to be f good food are sincere he ho asks to bo be given a af fight f ht in Los An Angeles from which cit city he was canned about two years a ago ngo o. o He takes the tho position in this ar argument that if it the Los Angeles public will for fore igho he and for forget et he will will have no in being received once more in goon oo sporting so society iet throughout tho the world J A few days das a ago o a bunch of sporting men in Los Angeles were wen fanning over told fold fi fight ht days and the Burns BurnsO Burns OBrien Brien squabble came up for o. o It was surprising to noto that man many V good Sportsmen of this cit city held beld to the belief that 0 OBrien O'Brien had been sufficiently punished pun lebed and that he would be delighted lit at an opportunity to prove that he is Sincere in to wanting to get et another chance to make good and bo be good there there- after Taking this as an indication that the time had arrived when the Philadel- Philadel could got get et willing auditors in his plea plu a few of his bis Los Angeles friends telegraphed t le him the tho news and asked if if It The she wanted to get et t back in the game via ia viaLos Los ILos Angeles His reply of course was fa tau an ent enthusiastic affirm affirmative Jeff Forgives Him i fa These friends friend got col ot busy right away and nd talked with ith those in Los Angeles Vho were expected to offer offer- the principal pal op opposition to the plan of reinstate reinstate- ment Jeffries was approached upon the subject the bi big boy boj- being considered lIS as the one who had the greatest sr Knee ance ance against the Philadelphian and the big fellow promptly prompt and unhesitatingly ly said aid W 6 Why I do not hold a against 0 Brien OBrien and his talk about me never did b bother ther me rue much I suppose he be has hafl j realized his error for a long time and I Inot 11 I Inot i I not only am willing willingto to forgive all the i i j I unpleasant past but will use whatever cr influence I may ha have haa a in aiding him to I get ef a match here as a means of reinstating reinstating rein rein- stating tin him It seldom that I r happens a fighter who on once co has been boen canned for indiscreet indiscreet indis indis- creet talk or actions will fail to make good when given another chance One i Jeon usually is enough h to prove pro to to them the error of their ways and as a arule arule arule rule they never forget that lesson Jesson I OBrien O'Brien has had bad his le lesson son and it ha has bap cost ost him dearly in money prestige and andin andin andin in every other way If he wants to come comeback comeback comeback back and be bo good now it proves pro that j l he has has' learned his lesson well wen and be he r bably will do the ri right ht thi thing 1 in is the I A burned child dreads the fire I you know I While there thero is no excuse for rehashing I Ithe I the story of the tho BurnsQ Burns OBrien Brien affair Of ot two years ears ago 30 it is not amiss to refer rc re- I fer to it lon long enough to assert that inasmuch in I as nobody except the principals buffered suffered Buffered in any de degree eer tho p principal with which O 0 OBrien O'Brien l Brien can enn be barged is that h he hp did too much talk talk- n ng in his efforts at justifying himself and In playing even en with those con- con with his downfall Had he ac- ac his medicine and gone ahead with closed dosed mouth instead of spilling too too any self convicting con words alon along his pathway I. I hwa he would have o been reinstated on one ago I His best hest friends took him to task f r too much and he be was not lon lono long longn n o realizing that he had made a mis- mis II tie ake e. e It then was too late to attempt ay or remedial tactics and althou although h he be molly nally closed his m uth and went back I Mt t to begin bogin all over o again h he ho realized e had bad a lon long journey journe ahead of him be- be bre ore he could get et back to the place rom rom rem which he tumbled himself Howver How How- ver Vert he has attempted to atone for his and the public generally in he be east tat and a big element of it on the tho is inclined to give e him another ba hence hance To b o Lack Lck of Precedent t There T ere is no no lack of precedent to jus jus- luy ity the reinstatement of OBrien O'Brien Hisor His- His o or y fails to record an nn instance where p fighter after alter being canned and hen then 2 given en another chance to make rood od ever failed to justify the hopes bopes of feia is friends after one experience outside I I Itie tie e fold It only is necessary to refer to touch uch notable examples as Kid rid McCoy I Tommy Ryan Joe Gans Jim Corbett I Tommy Burns and Jimmy Britt to prove Iiii I III i iii II ii statement and reassure the sporting of the utter lack of risk involved Riving giving a fighter who has bas gone astray i final chance to make good True the p pugilistic world door does not noted eed ed 0 OBrien O'Brien half as much as 0 OBrien O'Brien I Iea edd ea an the pugilistic world Yet he is an i fitted contender for the tho crown laid 1 Ide by Jeffries and in the tho sporting e rId arid a a. champion is a champion and ether he be black or white inside or orel i his ms real abilities must be bo confessed el it u he can go o to the front he be h is enid en in led id to o the thet t privilege e. e Personal ill will prejudice and real ity individual of c course uree should not I permitted I to bar any man from hilSer his hilS per er place place in Jn sports Only prejudice I Ional I lonal onal ill will and enmity can can keep I i rI nen Tien n fr from m getting that one chance I I f his nis wron wrongdoings s that ho he so BO much muchea uca Ues ea at this time i I i That's Caught AlL AIL AILI I t was O'Brien's mi to be beA A WC R ht t with the goods foods on him and that about bout about all aU there is to the ar argument ment 4 t i makes v kl kles es no attemPt to excuse himself elf holds nolda ho ds that ho was tried d convi hits nas as been executed in a 1 measure te teele ls that ho has paid d f Pa a severe evero penK pen pen- K 7 or his misdeeds an and d inasmuch 1 h as Le s r reco recognized izod 11 as a n champion in the tho 1 die 0 i. i and d light ht heavy weight divine divi- divi h ne he desires to get et back in the fray hey fO o are arc ar numerous good matches in iu inv ru t for him m and J he is v an 18 not asking for r ular one He naturally Burns pre pro i but it is 18 not deemed best thin mU II time to rematch match then theeo o archA arch A AleK 1 ice t get Ketchel chef Kell Kelly Fly Flynn n. n Barry Barr d ic Kaufman aulman are Fe fi fighters of e that he will tackle if f J given ven en an anu b Ketchel or Lau man tine un im will u iH b be tho the opponent s selected for or b is first local fight f an is anxious fight In to fight OBrien O'Brien ren Th The Bi is ill the Ii ler r in ooh only t th h world who holds r th tb the et a victory victors R 0 n native IV son on and Al wants j a Wt ht to wipe It UA out ut- ut When the tho lub subject W says mentioned to Billy i ayS a ago aco he ho o seemed anxious tor to li i r send Al up against 0 OBrien O'Brien a again ain believing be be- lieving that the tho boy bo wonder will be beable beable able ahle to wipe out his only defeat when they thc meet o OBrien O'Brien Is Good Card Oard D Despite all aU that 0 OBrien O'Brien did while m ml mixed x er d up p in in tho expose of the Burns Burns- 0 OBrien O'Brien affair he still is a n good card cardany cardany nn any time anywhere and a against any n fighter in the tho world T Ho classes with any of the lighters fighters in an any division now in the riD ring While probably a bit too li light ht to ran rank as a n heavy wei weight bt his great eat I II cleverness ernes speed and wallop make him a n. I contender for the hoo heavy wei weight ht title I and there i is none to deny that he will make thin things 8 interesting for any of those who are aspiring to the abandoned crown of Jeffries OBrien O'Brien is tied up with a vaudeville contract until aft after or September 1 but butwill butwill will be free them thew Ho lie writes that he will require at least one month in which to I I get et into condition to put up a good fi fight ht and therefore sug suggests that if he ho is given cn a match the date dato be set Bet along late in the fall faU probably in Oc October October October Oc- Oc tober or November tho the latter month preferred Ho He says BayS that he will win come to toLOR Los LOll An Angeles and anci train faithfully and r will go o into the rin ring and fight any man manon manon on earth arth 0 OBrien O'Brien has served his bis t terra term rm of penance penance pen pen- I ance and when he comes to tho the front like a man acknowledging acknowledging- his Vron wrongdoing wrong wrong- doin doing and pleads for forgiveness the I least that can can bo ho done is to grant nt his appeal Give Ghe him the thc chance he asks for forand forand forand and if he hc fails to make good put thenon the tho non non erasable erasable label on him and tho entire I world will wiM know him but if ho is is sincere siu- siu sin sin- inI cere in his desiro desire to make amends and I get back in the game no good sportsman sportsman sports sports- I man will withhold d him that permission |