The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-17
SULLIVAN SURPRISED.
Jack Burke Faces the Champion for Five
Lively Rounds.

CHICAGO, June 13.-The grand stand at
the Driving Park and about $50 carriages
contained over $4,000 persons at 6:14
O'Clock this afternoon, when Jack Burke,
1.-THE Irish Lad" weighing ITO pounds,
entered the ring to face John L. Sullivan,
weight 237 pounds, for five rounds, Queens
bury rules. Previous TO the event of the
day mixed programme of wrestling and
sparring had been given and the crowd was
somewhat excited over some blood easily
drawn from surprised middle-weight from
Bloomington by a wiry little chap, intro
duced as Tommy Warren, the ex-feather
weight of the Pacific coast.
THE APPEARANCES OF THE CHAMPIONS
was the signal for the exhibition of consid-
erable enthusiasm, but when the "Irish
Lad" walked jauntily down the track the
crowd rose as one man and cheered. Some
little time was lost in arranging the prelim-
inaries and in selecting the referee, Sherman
Thurston. In the meantime the sight OF
the champion lounging indifferently in his
corner and looking like a giant compared to
his adversary induced a number of persons
to entreat Burks to keep upyour heart, my
boy, and you'll knock him out" At 6:23
o'clock time was called for the
FIRST ROUND.
The champion smiled as he shook hands
with the little man in front OF him, and
looked as though he wanted to laugh,
when the latter danced back step or two
and made a feint, suggestive Of mediation
left-hander. He became slightly more seri-
GUS a moment later, when Burke cleverly
lodged dangerous right-hander, hitting
the champion q rattling blow in the chin
with his fist. Almost Immediately Burke
was dealt heavy blew in the back OF his
neck, which brought him to his knees, and
left red mark that is there yet. Before
the close of the round Burke was wildly ap-
plauded on account of several clever raps
he managed to land in the champions face
and neck, while in the act of dodging blows
that would have felled an OK.
SECOND ROUND
Sullivan began to realize that his adver-
sary possessed an amount of nerve, deterity
and science that would makeup for great
deal that he lacked in weight, but closed,
however, without any noticeable advantage
of lsurke's left-handed plays in the champi-
on's face, during the latter's recovery from
several terrific lunges.
THE THIRD ROUND
was uneventful. At the beginning of the
OAAN
champion had decided that a fifth round
would be superauous. Though Burke was
never squarely knocked down he was four
times forced against the ropes and then fell
on his hands and knees. Sullivan forced
the fighting and his blows became SO
wicked in their intent that the referee and
"Parson" Davies, master OF ceremonies,
began to look as though they smelled blood.
When the men began to retire to their cor
ners it was evident that OF the two the
champion was worst winded.
FIFTH AND LAST ROUND.
Burke got in two of his best blows on
Sullivans neck and jaw, but their effect
would have been less noticeable had they
been extended on brick wall. The cham
pion forced the fighting as in the fourth
round, and, though number OF times he
had the Irishman against the ropes and on
his knees, he was unable to get in a single
effective blow, and the match was decided
in Sullivan's favor, simply owing to the fact
that all the knock-downs, such as they
were, were on his side, otherwise the points
were nearly equally distributed. The Irish
Lad leaped from the ring after the decision
and walked down the walk as jauntily as
though five rounds with the champion was
hardly worth mentioning