The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26

but in the struggle following Burns got
away and to his feet. Burns defensive
tactics brought forth frequent applause.
When thirty minutes had passed both
men were struggling about on their feet.
With quick lunge at the farmers" legs
Mcleod again sent him down and with
close resemblance of Burns fast work
secured a half Nelson. quickly turning
Burns on one shoulder. In the struggle
Burns got his feet over the ropes ard in
this way saved being forced to the mat.
Mcleod, however, worked like a demon
and, getting Burns nearer the center of
the mat, cinched a half Nelson Burns
slipped away, but Mcleod seized him III
a full Nelson, quickly changing to half
Nelson and crotch hold and again got
burns on his shoulder. Burns struggled
Val1antly, but could not escape and Nc
Leod hnally pinned him to the mat. Time,
thtrty-two minutes.
SECOND ROUND.
After a ten-minute rest the gIadiators
locked arms for the second bout. Both
appeared strong and fresh. Burns had
discarded the tights he wore at first as
they had been badly torn in the first bout
1t took eight minutes of work on their
feet, during which there was some fast
in1x-ups.' before Burns ducked after one
or McLeod's legs. He almost raised Nc
Leod from his feet. when the latter
whipped away and got ono Of the
FARMER s. legs, sending Burns down
hard. Dan sawed away a while on
Burns ribs and then tried for a hammer
lock-
Burns got away easily and slipped out
or McLeod's embrace to his feet with
the remarkable speed and activity that
characterized his defense throughout the
match. The next go on the mat Burns
was back Of Mcleod, trying for q
shoulder and ankle hold, then a hammer
lock. botn unsuccessful, when he tried
half Nelson. Mcleod broke the hold, but
Burns was at him before he could get up.
Burns worked on McLeod's arm for an
other hammerlock with only partial sue
cess when he switched to a crotch hold
and tipped Mcleod over on one shoulder
AS burns tried to shift to a Nelson, Nc
Leod got back to his hands and knees
and moment later regained his feet
Inc lively struggle in upright positions,
which all through marked the contest and
permitted of more spectacular tactics
lasted this time four minutes when Nc
Leod got Burns leg. Burns broke away
cleverly, but Dan kept after him and
both went down on Graeco-Roman tao
tics, with Burns underneath. Again
Burns showed his ability to get up, ap-
parently whenever he liked. by ducking
away from Mcleod as easily as a pet
Both men seemed to play each other for
rest for some minutes. AS twenty min
utes was called by the referee McI,eod
went at the Farmers legs, but missed
and Burns took him to the mat under
meath. Burns tried for half Nelson and
Mcleod shifted to the aggressor.
Burns style on the mat was new to the
audience. He crouched low, almost in a
pail, leaving the fewest possible chauces
1or his opponent. Burns worked hard and
sent Mcleod crawling about the mat in
frenzy, almost, to get away from q
savage ankle hold. Still clinging to the
ankle. Burns tried to bend McLeod's
neck. Then he changed to full Nelson
with no more success. Mcleod shortly
jumped to his feet and had
BURNS ON THE MAT. ~.
Dan only got a chance for a front full
Nelson when Burns was up again. with
ms cat-like agility At the end of forty
minutes Burns was at McLeod's hack
trying various holds, but could NOT get
Mcleod on his back. Mcleod got away
from an ankle and shoulder hold and for
hfteen minutes the wrestlers gave a pret-
ty exhibition of active work on their feet,
one rushing and tugging at the other,
only to be in turn forced back, or hurled
aside While the men were next on their
feet, Mcleod made use of the first
Ii.
arms about the farmers" throat he
bore down and sawed with all his strength
TO force Burns to his knees. Burns stood
the punishment however. and refused to
bend. When Burns broke away the ap-
plause was enthusiastic
In the next scramble Burns landed on
top of Mcleod and retaIiated for the
strangling he had received by twisting
McLeed's neck with a bar Nelson. At
the end OF one hour both men were still
active and strong. While on their feet
Burns made for McLeod's legs and sent
Dan to his hands and knees. Burns then
showed some of his fastest work Nc
Leod succeeded in regaining his feet but
Burns had him back on the mat In a.
5ify and went savagely after hammer
lock- This did not work and the Farm
err tried a half Nelson, Mcleod wriggled
out like panther, Burns was at him
again. Mcleod in the scrimmage rose
partly to his feet but Burns locked an
ankle hold and sent Dan back to the mat.
With ligntening-like bound Burns Jump
ed In front of Mcleod and pulled him ha If
over with front Nelson, then changed.
to an ankle hold with a side half Nelson
and turned Mcleod over. Mcleod bridged
but could not get away, and Burns won
the fall Time, one hour and five minutes
THE THIRD BOUT.
Neither contestant went to the mat in
the third bout, which commenced at :55,
both men remaining on their feet
throughout its twenty minutes duration
before mutually agreeing to quit Burns
appeared as fresh as when the match
started, but Mcleod seemed to have in
some degree felt the fatigue. Part of
the undetermined bout was pretty from
spectators standpoint, as the men ex-
ecuted some lively tactics. Once they
stopped and smiled at each other, and
Burns said something to the referee This
was about 12:10. After ten minutes more
they again backed away from each other
and both interchanged a few words with
Capt. Whitmore, then left the platform.
while shout Of Fake went up from
all parts of the big hall
The only preliminary event Of the even
Ing was four-round sparring match be-
tween Billy Mcdonald and Morris Self.
1t was decidedly lively and greatly enter
tanned the spectators. Referee Jack Muir
ply decided the bout draw