BOXING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 53, 11 June 1910, Page 3

BOXING.

(By "Uppers nt"). « , ,"- H, . I>- • lknill " !l , Burns, Bob iitzsnnmoiu .n„t Bill Lang hn.e left Sydney under t!:e ui uu: huge lodestone now e.us..i,g lU ,s ali and wliich for main monuis tiwacu die eyes and minds of uie m t . v j V j|. ised world towards the city of the Cu.uen Gate, and is attr.uciin-*p, Oi ,, L . 0 f all classes, creeds and colors tu that spot. I refer to the approaching battle tor the heavy-weight championship of the world between Jim Jeffries „.ij J JU .< Jjhusoa, which takes place on .Julv 4,;, next. Tommy Burns' latest 1,.. L ..,an mail brought an offer of s.-±m hum the New York World proprietary for an exclusive report of the Jounson-Jetlries light, wiuh which Tommy Bums closed at oncesigning the contract anu posting ; t i,aok forthwith. It will be rur.em.uorcd that a similar offer was made to, and accented by Bob Fitzsimmon.- a month or 'two ago, and it came from tue same quarter.

A cable message from San Francisco tells that Sam Langford and Kauffmaan have been matehed to meet on the Pacific Slope yet to be named. Langford lias been a very busy fighter during the past few months, be recently knocked ''Young Johnson" out in short order at Philadelphia. Tommy Burns, will find the black, whom Jack Johnson has so far carefully side-stepped, in great buckle for their fight on Labor Day—September 4. ' From the New York Police Gazette, of April 9:—"The cable informed us the other day that Mr. H. D. Mcintosh has chartered'a steamship to bring a party of Australians to the JeffriesJohnson fight." As usual, Mr. Murkan scribe, you have got in on us. Fancy this newß coming here from America! There is, however, some consolation in the fact that it lacks completeness, and we are able to supply the shortage. The "steamship" which Mr. Mcintosh has "chartered" is the Vancouver mail boat Marama, which Mr. Mcintosh is generously allowing to carry his Majesty's mails, also 100 or more passengers other than the Mcintosh party, and the wsual big complement of cargo. A month or so since SSd Hester, the Richmond (Los Angeles) boxing promoter, offered Tommy Burns £SOOO, win or lose, and fares to 'Frisco for two, if he (Burns) would meet Langford. Burns accepted. A little later Hester sailed that offer back, because Langford objects ed to only receiving £2OOO whichever way the battle went. Then came another offer of Burns of £3OOO (win) and £2OOO (lose), and £IOOO bonus for making the match. Tommy cabled, asking if the £IOOO bonus would be his should the match not take place thjough anv default on the promoter's or Lafifffowl's part. No reply arrived, but? later Mr. W. W. Naugfiton wired. After waiting some time, Burns cabled Mr. Naughton, enquiring whether Hester had backed down again; and if he had, Mr. Naughton was instructed to accept Tom McCarey's purse of £3OOO (win or lose) and £IOOO in lieu of the proffered quartershare in the picture part of the business. On Monday morning of last week the following reach Burns: "San Francisco, May 28. McCarey telegraphs all arranged as agreed.—Signed, W. W. Naugh-