TOMMY BURNS ON AUSTRALIANS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 6

TOMMY BURNS ON AUSTRALIANS.

WILL BE. THE GREATEST PEOPLE; ; to an. : English we«kly,- to .hand 'by the; last mail,.-. Tommy -Burns, the world's cxonampion .li«avy 7 wc.iEht:.boxer, said:—.• '• ' •- -, "Well, first, of all; I- am. going to settle out here, for. good. I- haw met. many good sportsmen in my travels round the world, but tho Australians arc absolutely tho best of all- I had a good; time all round in England, and 111 never forget .how kind, tho;lrish people wero during my short stay iamong them, 7" taking everything, into -consideration I i!on t expect ever to meet a country or a l-sople. like. Australia or the. Australians'. ■.■ . Xhey, are the .best. on. this planet, and' are Eoinß-,t0.-.be the greatest- I'dpn't oftcu prophesy, but this is such a dead sure thing that .I cant help doing it this «me. •'■• I hare just iir.ishcda long tour, in which I have been all over Australia, and: New Zealand, and have given,a show in ,practically every town'of any importance, and Imyo met : good fellows, the ■>ost of: good,fellows, and ha'ro seen the finest country.: wherever I have .Wen. -I am now going to slack off fora.cpuplo'of months, andUav.e.a,rest, after which I'niean 1 to start a Sflisincss. of my, own -.in.-.Sydney,: and,to have a try for tho heavy-weight commercial chain-' •I-ionship.....-.:. ~,.., .'..,,.,. "Not that I 'have 'absolutely -resolved -to quit tho; boxing, game yet awhile, because! certainly .would I .like .toijiavo another go. at tito championship of the ring; -. -I- am feeling , ?i S J? ,Sn 0> - cr J ,va , s » l ni.v life, and am.scaling "r:'} 21 "- ln '"J - clothes at the time of-writing' Which reminds nio that I wish that I could lmve had a' littlo: of.-'.this extra "weight- last Boxing Dny. ■ It would, I think, havo made all tho _ difference. Other people may entir-' tain n different opinion, but J, know I. was far , too.. hKht (under 125t.V.16;.d0-, myself .justice then. Just now I feel thatM-.am as good as a;ij. mairlivirig. and I mean this in,'any wav P««?la lite ta tako. it.''-Sydney "Daily MeC.raxk." ■ : , ..■:■..;■ . \ ... ■ . : . ■-.-...