The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-04-27
FARMER BURNS is CHAMPION
Wins the Worlds Premier Position a

Wins the Worlds Premier Position a
Wrestler From Big Evan Lewis.
Chicago, April 22.-TNhe wrestling match
for the worlds championship between
Evan Lewis and Martin, known as "Farm-
er" Burns, Saturday. was won by Burns.
Lewis won tine first fan in fifteen minutes.
but lost the second in twenty-five; Lewis
The third in Twenty-Five minutes and eight
seconds; Burns the fourth in one minute.
and Burns the tinth and match in ten min
uaes and ten seconds.
The match was catch-as-catch- can, best
three on. of five las. Burns, who weighed
I6l pounds, was in splendid condition, while
Lewis. who tipped the scales at 200, was as
fat as a prize pig. Time was called ait S:45,
Burns started on the defensive. and
throughout the first bout Lewis did nearly
all the work. The greater part of the time
Burns was on his hands and knees, with,
Lewis trying to turn MIN. Burns cleverly
broke a hammer lock, twisted out a half.
nelson two minutes later and then Went
down with a hammer lock.
Both men started in easy for the second
fall, Lewis particularly so. Lewis was the
first to assume the aggressive, but could
accomplish nothing and then went on the
defensive. Burns seemed then to be able
to do no more with him. Lewis finally got
a hold on Burns leg, but the latter pulled
away. Both men took 1T easy for a few
minutes. Lewis then got a half-nelson,
which Burns broke and by a quick turn
threw Lewis over his head. He lifted
Lewis bodily several times and finally
dropped him en- mis- back, where after a
few minutes work he won ahe fall with a
hammer lock. which Lewis struggled des.
perately to break. The crowd, which was
four fifths for Burns, went wild With de.
light.
Burns started in on the aggressive in the
third. but Lewis broke his holds as quick.
ly as he found them. Lewis rushed Burns
several times to The ropes, but Burns
grobbed the rope and rok away. Lewis
got Il double-nelson, which Burns broke,
doing the same thing with a half-nelson
a half minute later. Lewis then assumed
the aggressive violently, and downed
Burns with a body hold With n flying fall.
Glhe fall was fair and square. but the
crowd objected SO s~trenuously that the
referee, Charles Duplessis of Chicago,
felt called upon to make a speech In hia
own defense.
On the fourth fall Burns Tented for a
leg hold, rushed and threw his man like a
flash with a '~half-nelson. Time, one minute.
In the last bout Lewis got his hands
tightly drawn across Burns mouth and
nose, choking him badly. Burns broke
away, but was caught again, Lewis
squeezing him so hard that the blood was
forced out of The Farmers nose. Burns,
after three minutes %hugging, worked
loose, and then went ait Lewis like u cy-
clone. He had Lewis with one shoulder
On the floor. with a body hold, and when
Lewis broke that Burns lifted him clear
from'the floor, trying to drop Lewis on his
back. He twice had Lewis with his head
to the floor and his feet in the air. The
second time he dropped quickly, and IN a
twinkling had Lewis half turned, with a
hammer lock. THE champion struggled
like a Wild man, hut it did him no good.
Burns turned hin slowly, inch by inch,
and finally downed him, amid deafening
yells from the 1900 spectators.
PEARSON Davies, on behalf of d, c.. Nc:
Leod. the Scotehman, challenged the win.
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