Show BURNS EXPLAINS EXPLAIN II FIGHT L- L Tommy Says He Hes He's s Getting the thc Money P and Experience and Is Happy IS NOT D DODGING JOHNSON Canadian Will Ask Explanations Explanations Explanations When Jhen He Gets Back Championship Belts I BY Br JEFF THo THOMPSON IPSON N New w York Feb 23 EnglIsh 23 English fight fans fan evidently enjoy a steady lemon diet and anti wise Tomm Tommy Burns is perfectly perre per per- re willing to give them all this Unco line Unc o or of the they are willing to pay forThe for Cor The reason for tor the foregoing ref reI reflection re- re I f Is tho the announcement which comes from tho the other side that Lord Lonsdale Is la read ready to wager 1000 pounds that Gunner Gunnar Mole can cnn last Just six rounds with viti Burns Will Burns accept ac ne- ac- ac capt 1 Is a l lemon sour One question answers anwer the other It 18 s s. s of oC course possible that i may moy take a n len leaf out of oC the book of or his compatriot Tug TUb Wilson who stayed four rounds with John L L. SulIvan Sul- Sul Ivan Ilvan and b by a Judicious combination of or sprinting and going down for Cor the count every time Burns makes a. a pass at nt him stay his lila rounds but if it he makes an any pretence mcc of or fighting he ought not to last three It certainly looks like easy money for Tomm Tommy Tomm Another Another An An- other report has it that Moir Is comIng coning corning corn com Ing ng to I America to fight ht l Ia Maybe be Arthut Ar- Ar hul Johnson could be induced to overcome his natural diffidence and meet tho the Englishman Burns Hums Getting tho the Money In a a. recent recent letter received from Burns there was vas contained this gem of philosophy What do I care Icare care I am arn having a mighty good time timo and end getting a a. lot lotof lotof 0 of experience and what is considerably considerably considerably consider consider- ably mol inora to the point I am getting tho the coin They can can call me crazy for not rushing over to meet Johnson but just put pLit this down In your notebook They will never have to hold an any benefit benefit ben hen for inc me The am anvils Us can ring as long IonS as they want to When the tile time eom comes s yours trul truly will hike back hack home and ask this Johnson guy U some ques ques- tion I N My friend 1 Tad ad makes s n a 1 suggestion y hl IiI i 1 1 Wr Jl Cs f t tion on He says I Why not h c belts for the fighters lighters as they used to in the tho good r old clays Why h not have real champions in each class Instead of a hunch bunch of oC howlers bowlers who spend their time timo yelling about their claims Instead of ot fighting Why hy couldn't tho big big- bigman managers man man- agers get together tog and take tako a a. piece niece of mone money out of or the tho purse pure and put Itin it itIn itIn In the tho belt helt The winner to have It Jt deducted from his earning In the days of Jack Jack Dempsey Demps John L. L Sullivan we had hall no such howlers bowlers as we have to todo to- to do day Yes Ter Terry McGovern Let us include Terry also They fhe had champIonshIp championship cham charn- belts Th The They y were the recognized n musters masters ot oC their r respective clas classes cs Of or cour course e there were howlers howl howl- ern ers in those thosa days das bu but different writers writers writ writ- I ers en claim this nn and that for Cor this and that fellow as aR some of oC them do donow o now nov I I i I I I Short Unsatisfactory Limited round bouts arc are necessary perhaps on the tho ground that fighters must live hut but they thoy are ml mighty ht Th They y are arc likely to create false also reputations and rarely are arc decisive de do- A man like Nelson for example example exam exam- pie has no business In a n six or ten round bout Men who are arc not at all aU allin allin in his his clasa class are able to make a monkey mon- mon key koy of him on points along the short route He cant can't box and arId It generally generaU takes him six rounds or more to strike his gait gatt And there thero are others As Asa a a. matter of ot fact unless there Is a a. knockout a x or ten round bout ought not to count In a n mans man's record According to tho the majority of the California papers paper Battling Nelson Neison and boxed to a draw and It looks vcr very bright for Cor another bout in the I near future The Boer Is more than anxious to have haye the same sarno thing thIng- over 1 again and as the Dane Is always re ready for trouble he will lose lOBe no time In acc accepting ting the challenge The Tho Dane also wants to make a bet on the next meeting I will bet an any amount up I Ito to that I r can turn the tho trick the tue next time I meet this Dutchman Is the way the Battler puts It IL Tho The Doer Boer thinks he won all the way and and when some one told him It looked lI like o a Q draw ho became rattled an and said he I would be pleased to get the Dane Dano In Inthe Inthe the ring with him again Harp p In F Km nest Willie Fitzgerald the Fighting Harp friends s call him hIm Is is out with a n challenge to the lightweight division that will make malce the cracks sit up Uj and take notice Fitzgerald wants to fight light the best bost man In his division and has backing for tor This meney mone money mon men e ey can n go as d t side bet and in case the tho man who accepts the tho deti wants wanta the terms to read winner take all 11 he can have It that way wa- There Is but Jut one ono string to the Harps and that Is that Joe Gans Cans cannot get In on the side bet beL Fitzgerald has haa fought Gans Cans and while he Is he-Is is willing to meet him again he Is not at all nIl positive e that he can beat him so 50 I If Gans is read ready to tight fight tho the bout must bo be without a a. wager on n the side and tho the pur o must bo be plit l in some manner manner that will give the ool B Brooklyn boxer hoxer a d little change for fOl his work With any oth other r lightweight I though Flu Fits Is so sure sur that he can win that the other fellow can n dictate dictate I r tho terms terms I. 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