Show I WHEN HEN PIGMY BURNS AND GIANT JOHNSON I MEEt IN COMBAT I INow Now that Champion Tommy Burns the pigmy weight heavy ht has at last nt-last last accepted accepted accepted ac ac- the challen challenge e of giant Jack Johnson a genuine weight heavy ht dram cham championship cham battle will soon be arranged writes Robert Ed Edgren ren the well-known well sporting authority Johnson rejoices I in the dignified dig title Colored I eavy- eavy weight Champion of the World Burns who has been confining his attention at at- to white men of late has hasan an announced that he is willing to assert his claim to supremacy supremacy re regardless of race or color Jimmy Coffroth's offer of a 26 25 purse pUlse is the incentive Colma will will be bethe bethe bethe the battleground forty-five forty rounds the distance Forty-five Forty rounds is practically practically cally a a. finish fight for few finish affairs affairs af- af fairs have passed that mark This one sur surely ly will not The big Zulu is a ma magnificent physical physical cal specimen Few better built big men have ever put on a boxing glove He stands stands- 6 feet 2 and wei weighs hs well over pounds He reminds one of the ancient ancient an an- bronze statues of the Greek boxers box box- ers He is lon long of limb huge of shoulder shoulder shoulder der and clean dean cut Under his skin the bronze muscles stand out in sharp re re- re lief Physically Johnson is far more than thana a match for Burns And Aud he is a a. remarkably remarkably re reo re- re clever boxer His quickness and great strength give ive him ability to to hit a heavy blow With gameness and good intentions Johnson would certainly certainly certainly be one of the most dangerous big men that ever fout fought t in a ring On his bis record it is evident that he lacks either gameness or ring ling honesty Sam mana manager cr of Dick H Hyland land has as seen Johnson fi fight ht in the West West Johnson says McClintick is is game enough He has no yellow streak The only trouble with him hun is that he isn't a aggressive enough Ho is is too careful He lIe stalls alon along all through h his fi fights taking good o d care of his face and lettin letting the other man do the work Its It's almost impossible to reach him He doesn't take any chances He has faked a lot of fights Perhaps that was because ho lio couldn't get the matches matche without promising to be good Tommy Burns has faked faed a fight or two as well as Johnson But neither Johnson nor Burns has ever laid down When there has been anything fixed it has bc been n fixed for Johnson or Burns to win or draw without putting the the other other fellow in the hospital Burns has a great money making future future future fu fu- ture if he wins this fi fight ht Johnson has the same prospect if ho he wins Either can make more mor by winning than by laying laving down w and betting on the result Dealing with 1 fighters who are arc inclined to arran arrange e matters before entering entering en en- the ring its it's best t to tp regard the whole thing as a a. business proposition commercial to or or a proposition quote Jack 0 OBrien Brien Viewed as a commercial proposition proposition proposition tion this Johnson Burns-Johnson fight promises promises prom prom- best results if it is fought on on the level Its It's a a. case where honesty is the best money making policy It will be a hummer hummer fought fought on the square No one ever accused Tommy Burns of havin having a yellow streak Hes He's a great reat fi fighter of his inches He is a savage fighting man For all of his squat fig fig- figure figure figure ure ure he will probably tear into the ebony giant ant as if he were just another Jack 0 OBrien O'Brien Brien or Bill Bm Squires Burns is h half lf a foot shorter than the bi big Zulu But he has a long reach His arms are just as thick He is broad shouldered And he is tou tough h and enduring enduring en en- durin during as any weight heavy in the game Fame He can take a word world of punching punching punch punch- ing without losing a grain of his cour cour- a age e. e This will surely be a longer fight than the affair between Burns and Squires or the short one between Johnson John son and the crippled Bob Fitzsimmons To make a lon range long range prediction it ought to go o thirty rounds And that will make a show worth the price of J. J Coffroth's Coffroth s rin ringside ide seats |