The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-21

sary Three-Burns Weighs in at a Hun
bred and Sixty-one and Lewis Carries
Lots of Fat--Crowd is With Burns--
Winner Challenged on RehaIf of Nc
Leod.
Chicago, April 2O-The wrestling
match for the worlds championship
between Evan Lewis and Martin,
known as Farmer" Burns, was won
by Burns. Lewis won the first fall in
fifteen minutes but lost the second in
twenty-five: Lewis the third in twenty
TWO minutes, eight seconds; Burns the
Fourth in one minute. and Burns the
fifth and match in ten minutes, ten
seconds.
The match was catch as catch can,
best three out of five falls. Burns, who
weighed 161 pounds. was in splendid
condition, while Lewis, who tipped the
scales at 200. was as fat as a prize pig
Time was called at 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 him. Burns clev-
erly broke q hammer lock, twisted out
Of a half Nelson two minutes later. and
then went down with a hammer lock.
Both men started in easy for the sec
ond 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 more with him.
Lewis finally got a hold on Burns leg.
but the latter pulled away. Both men
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then got 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
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
flfths for Burns, went wild with de-
light
Burns started I'm on the aggressive in |
the third but Lewis broke his holds as
quickly as he found them. Lewis |
rushed Burns several times to the ropes /
and once had his man nearly down but /
Burns grabbed the rope and broke |
away. Lewis got a double Nelson I
which Burns broke doing the same
thing with half Nelson a minute later |
Lewis then assumed the aggressive I
Violently and downed Burns with
body hold with flying fall. The fall !
was ldlr ana square but the crowd OBJ /
Jected so strenuously that the referee /
Charles Duplessis Of Chicago. felt call /
ed upon to make a speech in his own !
defense.
On the fourth fall Burns tented for a 4
leg hold, rushed and threw. his man
like a flash with a half Nelson. Time (
leo
In the last bout Lewis got his hands /
tightly drawn across Burns mouth and /
nose. checking him badly. Burns /
broke away bat was caught again. /
Lewis squeezing him so hard that the
blood was forced out of the Farmers
nose. Burns after three minutes tug
ging worked loose and then went at
Lewis like cyclone. 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 sec
ond time he dropped quickly and in a
twlnkling had Lewis half turned with
a hammer lock. The champion strug-
gled like wild man but ii did him no
good Burns turned him slowly inch
by inch and finally downed him amid
deafening yells from the 5000 specta-
tors.
ParSon Davies. on behalf of the d |
c. Mcleod, the Scotchman, challenged
fhn winner