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THE EVENING’WORLD, | WEDNESDAY, FEBRU BURNS WILLING | AND READY TO | FIGHT JEFFRIES “Big Fellow Must Meet His Master) Some Day, and I Believe Time 'Js Now Ripe for His Uncrown- ing,” Said Tommy. OMMY BURN ‘had gone “miroleh A large plate of tur-” key and cranberry? sauce and “had just begun a solentifie ‘tack supon a wedge of cocoanut pi crushed: nnder ‘an ayalancho of ice- cream ‘whet I menuoned the ram of Jeffries. q 1 Immetiately the first bite of pile —Aleeppeared——in—a—guip ——fornmy Burns sat up straight in his chal: gol dropped his spoon. (Tommy eais ple ind fce-crean with a spoon, Jack O'Brien ents ice-cream and ple with a fork; <id Broad eat# t¢ with a Kaltes Joe Gregg ekte It with ule Sngere-—hst's al] a matter of vaste.) ‘Tommy eat up stralgh¢ in his chair and delivered Eis opinion. c Now, when I asked Jack O'Brien t wan a your ago—Jack snorted disdain= a deeeription of Jeftrics—ax-an~easy had nearly blinded Jeffries In eight @ better than Fitz I am,” said wabout fightin, Jeifrics—perhaps 4 TKully and plunged immédiotely into \mark.—He told me how Ficzsimmoas ‘rounds. “And you know how much faster an) Pack. "! wuld nearly blind Jeffries in eight rounds it would be u jeinch for me to close his eyes entirely in six. Shen, of course, Tys the easiest thing on earth to knock out a man who can't sce where the yen fs.coniing from. You remember how 1 knocked Kaufman out when ! had hia eyes closed. Well, same thing for Jeffries. Biggeat snap on earth.’ ‘A year or so having passed, 1 don’t guarantee that this 1s exactty word for word what O'Brien sald. But it's the eecso of his staiement, anyhow. “But nothing of that port from Tommy Barns, aes ted ‘or nothing. He fell for, my. talk - watSUD. aight in bis ites eer ade the: matoh just to give me a. {third me —Tve—had him one Snapp Dretended-1o bei &-TORE, that, I, believe) and looking ieerenee cee with him. On the ni it of io fig! he Setzaight aime with a mild, Laine in‘uua Ting oand offered nis hand. thin sion began.in.agentie piers ing I wouldn't Tefuse then. He Toade poe uh ines to spring. kick about\ my belt, ich real ee cocinee ead Tommy | Wasn't as hich as his own. T saw a ureo— chance tO Turn the vrowd- aRainet that all champions get beste and promptly refused to take It off. porrie time. if-they keep on fighting long | eat {n my corner for an | hour, cs Shinn inlaw count upon | OHS, eas EM SCE Se oh —— ng —uttibe beaten sometime tf he — pita the. fen << Hitt took off-the—bett ‘poew on fy Yerhaps I may come | mads the whole crowd sore. a) ny watched O' Brien-and one eyo ivan, tae to; Set him. z| on. the spectators, At inet I could see “Now, I don't want to boast, but T/that Jack was getting pale at) the think—imy—chances—fairly-good—I-have }rnought of losing 86 much money, for it LP fights right along. I'm |jooked Ike a fa8co, He thought I $ eal. condition. ..I—Icn| wouldn's-go-on—-The-crowd- thought: the and v ‘ dit wided with me against Poargreover. Tam not atratd to Ae ine yo Wien T aw this I setzed the n Y set will fight Jeftries Just the way bay cnolonice Eee tee ray ts ‘ought Sullivan at Feeble ean ihure because I gave fn, and O'Brien wi dont want to Knock J wind Thrattled. At that be made n good, kame nda. But he ts get- | agent against odds, and stuck It out in mo condition that Sulit |apite of a terrible beating. wet me give b Dimi creait-for that.” cman-Hying- cart o ra ‘Phen you feel competent to match the way ‘Jef docs and keep our siciil und brains aguinst any man,” ity, Te caldnt hurt Jettdes for zl mgwested: few youre, but It has him going now. — . nS -omt ted HRT ODER BMLTS OF Lie = ‘J Bolg terribiy hoary. He hes B and iooked straight “at me with put on a lot of weight His . oa short huating Wipe ts, the moun- | gy? spas paren tning don't take tf off. He can't train | en6°ochery Til_meet: my master, some fawn —the—way_he_uewt- ton 14 f _ORBT | dayo-At > ans- beater’ once=T-statt ites TWIT yatOve Wes, ar again, When I am beaten twico I shall + advantage and keep him moving. Tam | toaye the ring, for I'll know that ire short. I can get in under his ‘panct ‘hla | Mata better man, Lam unlike some other , And Titowork almost entirely on bls ltenters. I 'don't-care for the notoriety i body, That's his weak spot now. You = __-might-a2—well-punch = rook as hit Jef = friesson tha: gar. “The. higKost thing in my favor te ttriss yegardsme_as_an—cedy mark He looks at me and. thinks, | lke It AD bee fWaetl ‘That kid Mgnt me} Way, ho's | tis cy iene z z t for all 1 am worth ever; pm little bit of @ fellow. He couldn't | get {nto a ring. And for aa fleas me.’ Jeff wouldn't take me ser- | champion, nalde £ siaaight bring pa eren tf he agreed to Santis us. |e, f don’t cure a co Whi I stop e Wouldwtimin the way he used to [fighting all of my attention shall” tn forthe And. there | given to. sy home nt & commercial | ord feae a Komal, but | business thet 1am working up now In weigh Just yhat Sharkey weighed at | Lon Angeles. Let me tell you one thing Tex faxter-and amore | they never get up benctite fort “ponpin, Ud have a better, chance 1 leave tho ring. J'ii leave tt his best would hayeT war when I began, an indepan he said. “Tur itive all} quietly than ont with a show. The the-} atrial sad of the ccme doesn't appeal! to mo at all, except wa a business propo. now. mot moses & Br ho and caked him|care of myself, Hthout waking favor he would sf I| from uny one | That some big | Tommy Murase cove West to-dny-to After | some engag with the plomiea Buy TENE WI, O'Brien. Then “back ‘ngelea to train his com ve in oped, efter battle, Se knows -& BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK. x EDITED BY ROBERT EDGREN, "arin Get UNDER JEFF'S BLows 2G FIGHT FOR HIS Boppy” SATS TOMMY BURNS. ~|BURNS MIGHT GET JEFF AS CORBETT CAUGHT JOHN L., ICHUG-GHUG OF MOTORS | INVBIG GARDEN EXHIBIT ON THE BACKWARD ROUTE. : — AWHILE TALKING FIGHT. TOMMY PROVED THAT HE IS UNDISPUTED a CHAMPION OF THE WORLD AT W EATING CocoaANur PIE A 4A SIOOE, oe nd Hight, are magnificent launch duck canvas boats. canoes ani ‘all flotitin of other aquatic speed- Would you ike to h & yeat-pocke motor—an energetic ttle C01 that -would—-move’ a wagon or ait Doat through the water? up at Amitson— Squaré “G eax of the motor 0 trom Ths st 10 and most ex- detall. y and wet bat— it was of special interest y to one man at least—a dig with a red no Ho asked the batter! Ho batteries Were wet, while the ' terles Were guarantesd never to aimed the bia ide in hia bh of delight 18 % wet batteryt'* are on display, taking pattern after thetr landlubber kerosene buggy fellows | § recently turned out in their best dress, Hon, tor snow Purposes. Sore Persaps x more prete: ered under one starting marine motors tl cately cons son of a Wi rection, ata Yentor deol cperate horse pawer ma: claus ever bullt for water motoring. and declared to be a Seerotit! ‘There are boats galore, too, of tne” varied design and build. One novel ax- hibit 1s a pressed steel boat, poworful KddAT fot apart —6 tng an. hax ceme to stay. and the exhl- Wifi this week at the en Is polnt- tenv for Tir fi — thee RUMOR THAT MERTES WILL JOU HUGHLANDERS SPIKED. ta dissatisfied Deaumont. He O, fans. There's nothing ih tae teain and sndow Blertes is not coming to not join the ditions, This Highlanders under an Philadelphia Rumors that Nahon, of the local club. the ox-Giant is to return to the metrop: olla—iney—be—jumped—on—once—for of tyne about tho 8) Sensartty fiescing te te dest $33 we sald ovtore, thing doing as far as the Highlanders Tho whole sto application £ Orack buckswp < He has’ been offered a ra says it Isn't ble enough. aré concerned wiurtod by Mertes’ [the Kansas Cit SULLIVAN STOPS. “MARTIN IN SEVENTH AUGUSTA, Ma, Fob, Tommy Bul- Iwan, of Lawrence, Mass., vent TerTy Martin, of Philadelphia, to the floor for the count last night in the seyentl round of what wna Intended to bo & Gflecn-round bout, The deciding blow jWas a short left uppercut, delivered when both men were crouching, T° bout was tame for fout rounds, but “An _tha_alxth Martin went ope to the eas, In the peeventh Martin had=taieen much —pun- ‘jehment-end tell twics -berore the tenoct: out. A large number of members of the Legislature were among the spoctators, that arouned consideraole inter- ew before that body. rdinals to sue Ya much prefer_to_be at home living | 9 thus offonami fend it tapos! Jack Johnson, whom al! the b: try have refosed to meet in the | e Kood in AUB- ught:his first battle minors unless Give Glazts | heavier" In} wad St. Lous would teat provo.a= fn the Giante, go back to the ‘Australia after tw ‘yeryoaminor_league n first round with two stiff Vike Club Bt- ent gentleman, ready and Wiiling to take face and a right swing he fight wan decide and-wan witnersed- by to Fight Chambers: the focal flehter who had) cage then. we ar St on't think he| Tommy Burn: beat} — Matcha cee om it e boty. | Ra reason to thik ather Angoles, CAREY, sk man after the Bo there !s one Western promoter wh & mark, and was {isn’t we! ing from his-offer~ot 7, feeling aa Rood as | purse, wf oft, Me- “Having Offe Lat js one of my | Carey would anh give tent 7 san inch the best of it in any fight | amount. had in Log Angeles, because he ts ab- Neary and Memste to Clash Again, | Memate, whom jolutely on the level. ad et I fought Hart I went to McCarey and offered him 2 ond to Ket in: match. ‘My bo: eo aald, ‘I w the match for you {f I can, b touch g red cent t's how much the match for to neo om match I got fo en Into th 1 We met a atalk, He “A new. Gibson| picture with next/s Sunday’ s World. ates sce ite t G : them. t the set and frame }iev 26% COMPLE ¥ ot dforningslve —Holkhia aver tia: ai wack for $1,000 IN SCOTLAND iN AMERICA ee | = Gk JOHNSON MAKES. GOOD heavy- | 4A opponent ani—terenet—fear a punch. he jis tatte-to-give Walcott all be can do to beat itm, Baidwin to Box Rouse O'Brien. Articles of agreament have Just been oss) to py Meaty Tildwin, the Glaver Now Sieiand teh sd House O'Brien, Ue Bowland (tetas and Mouse OvBri¢n,_ th Tit come corstrar hyn’ fftecn-roynt bon je next show to bevtrougnt off by Rhode island A.C. wt Tharntoa, Re. 1 Ag bath ba biefoltowing, it fe expected thal a blk} fread wii} tum out to setfsonsthe-esup, Langford and Jeannette-to Fight, elgh paticent ol thn groan eecerita 60 the fourth time Uh poe AMUSEMENTS Recen }/AIIMERSTEIN’S VICTORIA TIMEATRE OF VAR! Rice & Prevo: zart, Jack eon he Hard fe Wothetn. by haar iicawestreden ‘mmy's Pets, Mooney { Tne WINE, WOMAN & SONG CO. Pies Bonita, Alex Carr & Great Cast. @: AND ROBSON FIGHT TN QUAKER CITY TO- NIGHT battle etonitaentenss Robson throughout. the. six | MURPHY be mnother great Iphia to-night. be the National A. C., sis who will figure in it are | d Tommy Murphy, the pride of Harlem, and | ntly returned 10: whoa, without cone 0 cieveraatoxers ot lls welght-that ever | country from” Johnny | five the mi (ter—that-both men worked hart — in} 4 —rherbt, one etna Mas} the Afth. Startin went tothe . Feb. 2 This is) was un instnatly, Just as tho bell rang. ditinos of the sport baker DUCK. WEES tropes and once to hike kn floor, but} rngagetn-a-stx-round bout, aciaton _ will bs 4 Will try hard to secure » the bell sounds for . This nd as:each tter of one of thia—alone..w and-Aaitiroug? ren- | the beginning of the will be thelr third meetii of them has had the b peoause of the antlprizo-fehttse | make them tat order to win Robaon won t {came out of. tonight's hout. Lie sponend contest with ay & 40th St Wet... 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