Show AL Ai KAUFMAN liAS A RECORD He Has Been Defeated Only Once During His Career in inthe inthe the Ring RingBy j By EddIe Smith Oakland Sept years cars n ago o DeWitt Van Court the tho then boxing In Instructor o of the Ol Olympic Athletic club ot of San Francisco announced that Ito I Ihn I hn had another in inAl inAl Al Kaufman who ho would In all proba follow in the of Corbett who come from th Ol Olympic club to the heavyweight championship ot of the world Van had made that statement he be before fore about big fellows he had un under er his care eare and or of course this B made some of the boys obos around the club SH say what bat he always s says s Dur DurIng Ing the course ot of events newcom newcomer or er WAR ws introduced to the public at the Woodwards Pavilion In ra a contest with Jack Walsh It took the big boy from the blacksmith shop just about one mInute and a half haIr to put Mr Walsh down for Cor the till ull count and ho did the trick so EO neatly neath and with such ease enso that the crowd went I wild over him and immediately pro pre championship honors Then Kaufman met three other am amateur amateur heavyweights and each or of them suffered Buffered defeat In one round and his reputation as a coming fighter grow with sIth ever every contest With nothing more for him in the amateur ranks Kaufman decided to turn professional and take a chance chanco with the best of the big fellows First Der Defeat at The Tho first to chance hIs hide with Kaufman was as Harry Foley Kaufman was the larger of the two and the onto to win It was that F Foi l lo o Cs would give hire hIm a good tryout try out outA A I goed Od tryout try out AIr Foley Fole did ld not give gle him however for In less than one round Mr 1 head had hit the canvas covering the ring before his toot feet did and there was ws nothIng to It but a count by br the referee Then Billy Delaney Delane maker of worlds champions was asked to take charge of Kaufman and after some hesitancy ho did so Kaufman was matched to meet Jack Jacl OBrien in a contest at the Woodwards Pavilion It had been reported out from Crom the eastern cities where OBrien had been appearing that Jack would be unable to stand a long route roULe with witha a tough strong young man and for that reason Kaufman was made a fa onto In the betting belting Philadelphia Jack had been to Al Alaska Alaska aska for six months however and while there thero he had roughed it with the minors miners and one thing thin or another and was In the best condition of his I career For 17 rounds Jack jabbed and cut the game Kaufman but never once I did the stop coming or tr try trying I Ing In the thc Kaufman was put putdown putdown down for the count defeated but not hot disgraced for Cor hI he had proven In that lint contest that ho he was one of lf the gamest men who oer pulled a glove over ocr his hand Has Good Record Front From then on Delaney worked with Kaufman and verr ary soon soon he was start started started ed out again Sinco that time Kauf Kaufman Kaufman man has had 13 fights and has won 10 of them by the knockout tout route Kauf mans complete record shows that he has had HI 19 fights on two b by decisIon ion lost ono one b by knockout and won IG 16 1 by This Is some record for fora a young heavyweight In the tho game only live five years ears earsYe Ye Yesterday this same sarno Al AI Kaufman opened training quarters at and there he will prepare p rc himself for his chance at tho ho heavy heavyweight weight champIonship or of the thc world Those who have watched Kaufman for forthe forthe the five fio years cars ho has been In the game and who watched him work yesterday declare that the bl big fellow Is better belter than over ever before and many of r his friends came awn awa from the camp fooling feeling that he would be successful In his coming contest |