St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21
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match for the worlds championship
between Evan Lewis and Martin.
known as Farmer Burns, was won
by Burns. Lewis won the first fall in
10 minutes, Burns the second i'm 81
Lewis, the third in % minutes. 3
seconds; Burns the fourth in l minute:
and Burns. the fifth and match in 10
minutes, 10 seconds. The match was
catch-as-catch-can, best three out of
five falls. Burns, who weighed 1g1
pounds. was in splendid condition.
while Lewis, who tipped the scales at
2Oo, was as fat as a prize-pig. Time
was called at S:45. Burns started ON
the defensive at the outset 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
him. Burns cleverly broke a hammer
lock, twisted out of a half-NeIson, two
minutes later. and then went down
with hammer lock-
Both men started i'm easy for the
second fall; Lewis particularly so.
Lewis was the first to ASSUME. the
aggressive. but could accomplish moth
ing, and went on the defensive, but
Burns seemed to be able to do no more
with him. Lewis finally got a bad
hold on Burns leg, but the latter
pulled away Both men took 1t easy
fors few minutes. Lewis then got
a half-NeIson, which Burns broke and
by quick turn threw Lewis over his
head. He lifted Lewis bodily
several times, and finally dropped him
on his back, where after a few
minutes work, he won the fall with a
hammer lock, which Lewis struggled
desperately to break The crowd
which was four-fifths for Burns went
wild with delight.
Burns started on the aggressive in
the third, but Lewis broke his holds
as quickly as he formed them. Lewis
rushed Burns several times to the
ropes, and once had his man near
ly down, but Burns grabbed the rope
and broke away. Lewis got a double
Nelson which Burns broke, doing the
same thing with a half-Nelson a min
ute after Lewis then assumed the
aggressive violently and downed
Burns with a body hold, in a flying
fall. The fall was fair and square,
but the crowd objected so strenuousIy
that the referee, Charles Duplesse, of
Chicago, felt called upon to make a
speech in his own defense.
In the fourth Burns tented for a
leg hold, rushed and threw his man
like fash with half Nelson. Time,
one minute:1
In theSlast 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 Farm
er's" nose. Burns after three minutes
Juggling worked loose, and then went
at Lewis like cyclone. He had Lew
is with one shoulder to the floor, with
body hold, and when Lewis broke
that, Burns lifted him clean 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 twinkling had Lewis
half turned with hammer lock. The
champion struggled like a wild man,
but it did him no good. Burns turned
him slowly, inch by inch, and finally
downed him, amid deafening yelIs
from the 1900 spectators "Parson"
Davies, on behalf of d. c. Mcleod.
the Scotchman. challenged the win
ner.