Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-21


ribs twice. Sparring and exchange OF
light blows. Burns on the aggressive.
Burns put several lefts on ribs. Burns
put rights and lefts on the jaw, but the
blows lacked steam. Both still
strong.
Round twelve-An exchange of jaw
blows in which Burns landed three
times and Johnson once. Burns placed
several lefts on the ribs. Burns still
jabbing the body Johnson put right
on back Burns ducked two right
swings. Burns swung left on jaw.
Johnson acting on defensive.
Round thirteen-Burns put left on
body, and ducked right swing. They
fiddle. Burns put right on jaw three
times. Crowd accused Johnson of
fouling Burns in corner. Burns ducked
out of a tight corner. Burns jabbed
right on ribs. Barns put left on ribs.
Round foulTe en-Johnson swung
right and Burns ducked. Crowd again
accuses Johnson CT fouling. Johnson
put his right on Burns neck, and he
dropped to the floor. Johnson swung
right viciously and missed. Johnson
put right on jaw. Burns accused John
son of fouling, and called referees at
tention. Not allowed. Burns in
furiated and went after Johnson fast,
but gong sounded and saved some rare
sport
Round fifteen-JOhnson swung right
twice and Burns d'1cked. Burns put
right on back Of neck Burns jabbed
left on wind and ducked two rights. A
wrestle, and Burns fell to the floor.
Burns put left on stomach. Burns
put right on jaw. Eurns put two left
jabs on wind. Burns fell against ropes
and limped when he arose
Round sixteen-BuEns jabbed left on
jaw. Wrestling and pushing Burns
swung rights and lefts and con-
nected lightly. Burnsnput left on ribs.
Burns put left on neck hard. Burns
jabbed left on wind. Burns put right
ON ribs. Burns put two left iabs on
face. Johnson On defensive and seldom
lands blow
Round ghteen-BuTns jabbed left on
face and got light blow in return Burns
put left Oh stomach. Eurns slipped and
a wrestling match followed. Burns put
right on ribs. Johnson swung and MISS
ed and Burns cCuntered on jaw. John
son tripped Burns, throwing him to his
hands and knees. BUNS swings vici-
Gus right and fell short Burns ducked
hard left swing the first time he used
| his left.
Round eighteen-Wrestling Burns
put left on ribs. Clinching and wrestl-
ing. Johnson jabbed straight right on
jaw. Burns put left on stomach Burns
put right twice on wind Burns slipped
in his corner. his feet going up in the
air. Burns put left On wind.
Round nineteen-Llght taps and
wrestle. Johnson uses elbow very eff
fectively. Burns put left on stomach.
Burns rushed Johnson to the ropes.
! Fast work but no damage. Burns put
/ left on ribs and missed left swing. fall
ing against the ropes. Burns uppercut
on jaw. Burns jabbed right on wind.
Round twenty-Burns put light right
on ribs Burns iabbed left on ribs.
/ Burns put right swing on Jaw and left
! on stomach. Johnson jabbed right in
ribs and on Jaw and then pushed Burns
to the floor twice Both ducked vicious
right swings.
Round twenty one-Fxchang of love
taps. Burns put right on ribs twice.
Burns jabbed left on breast. Burns
swung for jaw and missed. Johnson
put right on back of neck. johnson put
right on ribs. and Burns countered on
jaw. Burns put two rights on body.
| Tame
Round twenty-twO-Burns put right
on ribs Burns put stiff left punch over
the heart and Johnson grinned Burns
put left on stomach. Burns rushed,
landing several times without return
| In separating the boxers in a clinch,
! Pearce was struck by Burns who
claimed it was an accident Johnson
made weak defense. but smiled conf
IDENTIFY as he walked to his corner
Burns round.
Round -three-Burns put right
on ribs and right on jaw Burns lab
bed left in stomach. and swung vicious
upDercut which fell short Burns jab-
bed right in face and both slipped and
fell in Burns corner. Burns tripped
and fell again. Burns rained rights
and lefts on jaw. but without steam.
Burns fighting fast. Burns round
Round nty-four-Burps put left on
| face, and right on ribs Johnson struck
Burns against the ropes and crowd call
ed foul" Johnson put light right on
jaw. Burns put lefts on body. Burns
put stiff right on jaw. Exchange of
| light blows as bell sounded
Round twenty-siX-Burns urged by
the crowd to finish him" Burns put
right on ribs. Burns put left on face
and right and left in same place John
son hugging. pulling and tugging.
Burns put two stiff right handlers on
| the jaw. Johnson taking every adva 1T
| age in clinches. Crowd expresses dis
! approval of hugging and wrestling
Rounds twenty-seven, twenty-eight.
| twenty-nipe and thirty were very tame
! Round thirty one-Burns jabbed right
| three times on ribs. Johnson caught
| Burns against the ropes. but Burns
| ducked three vicious right swings.
| Johnson put right on ribs. Burns push
! ed Johnson and he fell Burns rushed
| him. but Johnson guarded himself we'll
Round thirty-two-Re Referee Pearce re-
uuested the audience 10 remain oulet. A
ciinch Burns nut right on ribs and
! left on face Burns iabbed right on
body Beth on the floor Burns put
| stiff left on stomach Burns put right
on law Burns swung left on jaw.
Wrestled and both fell Clinch and
/ Johnson struck Burns Loud and Der
sistent cries nf -four" Foul claimed by
| Burns seconds
Round thirty-three -- Burns jabhed
left on wind, and right Gu Jaw John
son nut right on Jaw. Burns mt left
on ribs Burns placed right and left on
ribs and law johnson swung right
and missed Crowd calling draw"
Round thirty f0ur-Burns put right