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Show Burns Can Beat Ketcirel or Kaufman, Says Mcintosh Jus Brltt Is as busy as our friend tho Bird Dor hunting sparring partners. Ketchel cannot hit easy and, of course, every afternoon and evening some one jumps the job. (By Tad) New York, April 12. Hugh Mcintosh Mcin-tosh will see both Jeffries and Johnson John-son today for a final talk as to his Austrian offer. '"there's no use of mo waiting around here for months," said Mr. Mcintosh "I ant to see whether Jeffries will fteht or not, and I will today If possible. pos-sible. I've posted $5,000 for Tommy Burns to meet either Johnson, Kaufman Kauf-man or Ketchel, and I firmly believe that Tommy can bent either of them. I like Tommy. There's no getting away from that. I like him personally and I like hi6 fighting. I've seen him In three fights and I know what he can rlo. He took a terrible licking from Johnson, but he was coming all the time. "He was weak and anxious and nver-tralned before that go. which accounts ac-counts for the poor showing. Why, wait until you see the pictures and you'll have a different Idea of him. "Why, Johnson missed him every time. The only time he hit Tommy was when ho was in close He Is a j funny fellow, that Johnson. He stood up before Tommy and as hen the latter rushed would say, 'This is what Is known as a left hook. Tahmy,' ami then ho'd let go. Then he'd step back and as Tommy rushed In would say, 'I now give you another little lesson on boxing, Tahmy; look out for your eye! And then he'd let go on Burns' eye. He just kidded Tommy to dealh Ho knew that he had Burns worried days before the fight and figured himself him-self a winner. "Burns, with either Kaufman or Ketchel, would be a grand card, too. Of course, I feel that ho can beat them both, and would bet that way, but there are others who think differently, dif-ferently, which, of course, makes this fight interesting" Stanley Ketchel Is appearing at the Bijou theater In Philadelphia this week, doing a sparring stunt, and Wil- |