The evening world. Newspaper, December 24, 1908, Page 6

¢ 6° THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1908. — (iko'Rusv THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK | nosenreodhen BURNS A MIDGET COMPARED WITH | OLD CHAMPIONS renee Man Who Fights Johnson the Shortest) Title Holder the Ring Has Ever Known t | SATURDAY WILL TELL THE TALE | | an {nch taller than Fitzsimmons, was ‘ nearly a hundred pounds heavier. I'll ey say that Jeff's best fighting weight 1s probably about 240 pounds, although it is | a fact that in the best and most remark- | bly clever fight he ever put up—the lart ne with ett in San Francisco—h . He never fought at le » when he was a youngster ng. When he began the last Corbett fight Jeft A year ago, after a | ps trip in the mountains, he had worked down to which is about as hght as he is likely to go should he ever hange his mind and take up fighting | again, tr weighed 2 Burns Is a Pigmy. Burns looks like a pigmy among ¢ you notice only his| height. But he weighs 182 pounds, and sometimes more th at. He stands feet § inches. He is built like Joe ¥ Tomm T Tommy Burns holds his world’s championship after the Johnson} close to the ground, but ‘‘mahty 1 7 eS int fight he will be the shortest | pow’ful | prt din. ort. 1% IN, Grr tw. = GFT.1 HIN. SAT. BINS SONGS soo heavyweight champion, physically | Should Johnson win he will establish | Sucuvan Coreett Fitz simmons \ JEFFRIES BURNS Pale Ee as ae be i rue tockhenes seein nell 210 Los. 1G5 LOS ise LBS. 240 ces 182 LBS, (not financially), that we ever had in aiirapremstanatoen tell ee we is aie eSEees: America. If Johnson wins he will be) Som Pr gerated his height. It ! ioe Nicci | “CINCH FOR JOHNSON! WHY, I'LL fmm Ughtest. + Club in, Philadelphia, £) FIGHT IF NEGRO | BOSTON WANTS HERZOG; John L. Sullivan, the first of the great i | i was sitting at the ring side whe world’s champions developed in Amer-| {ura a big voice. behind. me ‘saying. | fca, was a big man, Not so very tall, “Mr. Edgren, may I speak to you for a | : compared with some of the giants of moment?” | 9 the ring. John stood 5 feet 10% inches}, °King up, I saw a huge black man, | wera (Spe | big as a mammoth, towering half way —_— : 5 : 1 fn his socks and tipped the beam at 210 to the rafters. At tit was my fret | TOM SHARKEY. Los Gul) ana, Bate pounds when in his best fighting condi-, impression that he towered to some) et ! Fourteenth street he became remir ————>— Ret succeed in getting Manager of Giants Refuses to Listen te Four Man Offer From Bowerman. Hod: such extent. He looked about seven | i scent ae : = - fries will Corbett, who came next, was 6 feet | etieg! Gotup to my test quickly and) Former Sailor Declares that) “Burns ana Johnson? who win? |“Jeffries or Fitz Bight Years! {to carry You got me} °, , 1% Inches tall. I remembe zs Wrong, boss,” said Joli with a eri Yes," he remarked, “I've been thin ‘ = Din Juat Derecho rere menmuring Woot wide, “l-ain't sucha pad felew, | He'll Bet $10,000 He Can that over. Gee, what as Th Ago Could Have Easily Beaten Heavyweights of nd he resumed hi 5 Vain't such bad feilow, M Why, 1 ain't ‘cused of nothin’. Nothin’ ellows are gett on of m mons. Jeffries and Corbett had a dis-| much, anyhow—nothin’ only ‘dultery.” err ee See ntoar ot Eaeeiendanytoineh fal icsaslcvel tale Mai lnualenteareneei heat. mnressioueier | eDereat athe Money e Making, settled the argument by bringing out a eve that the big biack fighter stands | s ie Es GRD fis Gera appen ip to Je ft tap aiec ; ist about a good six feet two. urns hanson, -Day je Says is 302 NB > tape. First 1 stood Jeffries up against “Wy Johnson should win. from. Burne— | Man from Canada. youl prelinun ters in To-Day,” He Say save t nalan| race BREE OZER MANIE UCD the wall of the dressing room in the!and he has a chance—he will be the | REO! Bopunerola ae hold the know how much a handball court and marked his height. | {T8t black champlon in his class. Lang- peered When a er is re worth, ford, if he can get near the middle- weight limit, would n Ketchel, althou “by! ball p said John Mc‘ day, ntil some manager begins to want him blew out his est and atiffened up J do if Jouns the muscles of his ar If I am wrong, or Jeff was a full 6 teet 1% inches—close to srawsyes\e 6 feet 2 itches. Corbett was a full 6 feet ar the middie-| RY VINCENT TREANOR. h I think Ketchel would | 6s NEVER took a drink of whiskey e writes that he 1% inches, but put up a great argument | tH seins judging coir general records | in my life. Boer? Yes, I take @ inch 4 and comes back to, this "itt around real bad. Look at this, for instance: aw) oa See 35 fee being of an inch less |°%,both men. Ketchel is as much be. | imino ee Ae Peace a A Cinch for Jeffries. pght him myself and guar 1 w the neck The Giant manager then ext da nt is three months to [4 ib Twill bet $10,000 of my t don't want any back- ynns class as Langford showed ‘ he years ‘ould have bi hi Al T iy Iglass or two of wine. I smoke a lot. . HignE years axu it would have been get" in ‘chaps ‘Ever since I was twelve years old I've | Jeffries would need S own money had just rece ch the Boston telecram he Frank Bowerman, tn whi than Jeffries, and on being remeasured | hiins stretched up the other quarter without | {Hal Chase win . according to t | [UST one more detail about the heavy- smoked ever ing—and will fight. Burns, winner take igh 78 a Pite Flaherty Gaee OH) ° 3 ything only about two I fight if neces. J) manager — oftere itcher aher jeu Ufting his heels from the ground. Jim! J \eignt champions—thetr reach, Cor. : © rounds tw lick men all, nie i Outfielder Bates and Or ROB Rrer had a putty pompadour in those days. J) yeu nag unin 1 Inches, wats COF from a smoking | founds tv lick med , Tam just nod ae Y ever was, Tf sa atoners@rahenn quite nas ‘8 to work In : : i 2 5 was Bem, cori a en ah ee Sh am_only” thirty-fv old, and 1} |Shortstop Dahlen for Herzog and Sey- 1 back longer. His weight, by the way, was 185 pounds. | Z,qut the same as John L.'s. Fitzsim- could do it, too, and ack longer. never a ° x : line to cigarettes I hate to think what Anne Da nd hanging — | mour. nan who ts 1 would do to them. “ | This looks as {f Bowerman’s desire and pipes. It made ,! Wpuld de to them” PEs L / B b i fea ; : no difference even much about this tele 5 meat eer . . aiest aseba US eerie inks rhe ME a if 1 was training, [ow Burne, in fact T qe : é ’ Ss dal: D i jot iy case Dahicn’ was sold to Wates ever saw him, but im ni we © les tT nouldnt deny [Bevgh sa Me bi : s Scandal: Donlin | myself a smoke, said Ton mite 4 . and it never inter- |FRiied, me back Ih Hed of the fact Beais McGraw =: fered with my pipes Denver working for Fitz Was Ring Freak. | mons's reach is 75 Inches: Jeffries's 1 Then came Fitzsimmons, the freak of | Burns's) is. 74% inches. ering. Fight en -welg! vith- h is remarkable when you she ci ig. Fighting heavy-welghts with: | “orsider the fact that the average reach out any trouble, F mons was still a! fa man is exactly equal to his height, middieweight. He claims that he never should be, according to the idea. scaled over 158 pounds in any of his Measurements compiled from famous Acne ae ! K states and many modern ath- lights, Fitz stocd 6 feet i inch; so his fetes, Burns's height is 68 inches. His weight was phenomer light. The reach is 6! inches over his height. This head and our life. 1 ners, You McGraw simply shook ly said: “Not t looking for c ha a ossible will give a real advantage ything else.” 8 fight with Fred shera fling toaren corning er ipertn ibyice NelyathallMorlanh thing that made it possible was his ¥ elves hina reaiiadvantasedin ithe: erin iin gs pie Foray ey A ae ag much sx ‘oldsters’ that are going. I ' 1 that Moriarty apider-like legs. ‘They had the ordinary Wil he hander @ hits and: he wil then I thought hin guess Frank wants that boy Herzc 7 pipe stem of commerce beaten to a pulp. | ths of long h himself, and brawny Ea comer. He was big, clever and) kinds xa 5 had a pretty badly aie, M = i Fee ee eer iratonentite Lena Proeniiliat ; herce McGraw's refusal to accept this offer Mon, was standing at the front end of wan! to go per copa te sa Ra ant innings |is pretty good proof that he never in Knock him out Jthing the Aght wil all ove nded to Ket rid of in after al go the full distance and that Joh Long Distance Races |, orient, agregar EN ae ne AL | i ct at a liens | puffing one of his own cigars, and as he | “Hj,9q'Hnat the Capack | “Burns a good manz S next season. ing stro good bet. No, I Why, t ; 7 : leaned on the bar and looked out into here Sharkey str aighitenes aad fowa who Cals lighting 1 " i 2, bu s worth 'y haven't the same vitality ( Pty r * know that F y and Graham are J thon. ee as may hold an amateur stamina.” They ain't as game both good men, Bates also a good Head ae Amateur Athletic atnietic meet. All the A. A. U. anks outfielder d Dahlen is not all in by a Union Wants a Marathon | amateur Ine atrietyadored ca | Sign for Ten-Round Go ne sight." Held Every Da t . i h This propos fous to meet for some time, and as they #*] BNE They all va never know when old Cy is com. he said. “And he them! Do you tion from Poston may m with men | jie h utma if shame to th W's room. tend to set Charley Ebbetts thinking Sharke notirep tory ovur ‘ould £ » by whieh arkey sa aah tackled Sammy {If he could frame ur h “T've got afi e evening, he could transfer a go: ayer to New nd T put ° a ’ ’ fast fighters stiff punch- or t sth 1 take My) ASMUSTNOR j Rotencare Rae Pie ae er, means | Pride of Harlem” and Bowery ght to furnish one of th i, Be, vou see T any als ior | AMUSEMENTS, water with you variy' inthe day to takes | EMPIRE iciain WILTON LAGKAYE. yates, best bouts ut It's i little AAAITISE real drink games of/ — Boy to Clash on New pes view of this, that the Registration Com- | ear’s Nig L, : Hass aivelcal: Comedy AE ven 2 tlie i ot care te tan ton i om Year's Night, O'LEARY BEATS DALY CASINO” gagtastet | NEM YORK sso a3 dallas of the As Ast FUeR eens Wi Mould) Larbly basta IN SIX-ROUND BOUT. = | | EDDIE FOY in ji haYh BT rian ect ; OAS LYRIC 1 know nv hol ah « ng of auch TER arguing over the welsht One of the most vicious battles between | ETHEL BARRYMORE ret) Makes inthe GAIETH eee ee nana Penetion has be Se cee ee a ae eis eliows ever switnensed at any of] | uma, At caathiaiae Xuecti | MAESTION B61 Mai THE TRAVELING SALESMAN was the six-round bout between Your gO La ny Dal. f at the night ETO De OLE HOPPER Aiarguertte Clark (Specially Brece DALY'S iets any WM. 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