Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-14
BURKE'S SCIENCE
walls Little Against the ChamPion'S
WEIGHT aud Brute Force.

ANaiIs Little Against the ChamPion'S
Weight and Brute Force.
CHICAGO, June lS-The grand stand Of
The driving park and about 2jO carriages
contained over 10000 persons at 6:l+
o'clock this afternoon, when Jack Burke,
the Irish Lad, weight 10 pounds, entered
ihe ring to face John L. Sullivan, weight
237 pounds, for FIVE rounds, Marquis Of
Queensbury rules. Previous to the event
Of the day mixed programme OF wrestling
and sparring han been given and the crowd
was somewhat excited over some blood
easily drawn from a surprised middleweight
trom Bloomington BY o wiry little chap in
troduced BY Tommy Warren, sx.feathei-
weight of the Pacific coast. The ap-
pearance of the champion was the
1gnal for an exhibition Of enthusiasm,
but when the Irish lad walked jauntily down
fhe track the crowd arose as one man and
cheered. Some little time was lost IN ar
hanging the prelim naIies and IN selecting
the referee, Herman Thurston. Meantime
the sight OF the champion lounging indlt
ferently in his corner and
Looking Like n Giant
eompared TO his adversary induced a mum
Der OF persons to enrreat Burke to
nkeep I'd YOUR heart my boy and you'll
knock him out At 6.23 time
Was called. The champion smiled as he
shook hands with the little man in front OF
him and looked as though he would laugh,
when the latter danced backward step or
Two and made teint suggestive OF q
mpditsted left handler. He became slightly
more serious a moment later when Burke
eleverly dodging dangerous right handler,
bin the champion a rafting blow 10 tue
chin with his left. Almost instantly Burke
,.as dealt heavy blow in the back OF his
nsck. which brought him to his knees and
In A red mars that is there yet. Before
ne clcse Of the first round Burke was wildly
srpAuded on account ot
Several Clever Hits
aeyekd ON the champions face and neck
rwbile in the act of do6giug blows that
would have t,lled an OK. In the second
round sullivan began to realize that his
adysrsarv possessed an amount OF nerve
Ssxterity and science that would make up
-Fnr a great deal that he lacked IN weight
INT closed. however, " thout any noticeable
advantage having been gained BY either
except for some more Of Bnrke's LETT baud
work, on the champions face during the
latters recovery from several terrlhe lunSes.
The third round was uneyenttul. AT the
beginning Of the fourth, however, 1t was
APPARENT that the champion had decided
fbst a fifth round would be superhuous:
Though Burke was never squsrely knocked
down he was four times forced against the
roDes and three times fell on his hands ana
knees, Sullivan forced the hghung and
MS blows became so wicked that the referee
and Parson Davis, master OF cere MONIES
began to look as though they smelled oIooa.
When the men retired 70 their corners II
was evident that OF tie tEo
The Champion Was Worse Ninaeu'
In the last round Burke got in two OF bis
hest hits on Sulhyan's neck aud jaw, out
their effect would scarcely have been less
noricssble had they been exerted on orleS
vail The champion forced the lighting as
in the fourth round, and though nuuoeT
of times he had Burke against the ropes ana
on his knees be was unable to get IN SIN
ole Elective blow, and the match was de
.eided in his favor owing to the fact that 81
knock downs such as they were, were on his
side. Otherwise the points were nearly
equally distributed The Irish Lad ieapeG
1om the ring after the decision and walked
down the track as jauntily as though nTe
rounds with the champion were hardly
vorth mentioning.