Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-11-16
Jimmy Burns Was Unable to Make
Dummy Rowan DrOwsy
MUTE'S CLEVER BLOCKING.
Big Crowd Of sports witnessed the
Contest aud Appeared 10 BE
Satisfied.

Jimmy Burns was unable TO land q
Knockout blow on Dummy" Rowan
last night at the Salt Lake Athletic
club because the mute wisely objected
to please the crowd by thrusting his
head In the course of the big mans
jabs and swings and, therefore, the
contest went twenty rounds TO draw.
From the showing made by both men
II was evident to those present that
the Spokane man, although a jolly
good fellow. could not induce the DUN
my TO slumber In twice twenty rounds
barring the use OF chloroform or a
sledge hammer. one thing which
evoked the admiration of the crowd
was the gameness Of the mute in GO
ing up against q man who had nearly
every possible advantage over him. In
weight Burns had about ten pounds the
better OF the bargain, In height at least
hve inches. and in reach ten inches.
AT the end of the twentieth round,
Dummy was the more groggy Of the
two, but neither of them were harmed
In the least.
The mill was exceptionally clean and
free from anything bordering on fake.
Each man struck a foul blow mad
Vertently IN the fifteenth round but as
the blows, IL combined into one, would
hardly have knocked mans hat of,
the referee paid no attention to them
and the crowd did not care.
TO chronicle the bout by rounds
would be useless and uninteresting, as
II was pretty much the same thing
from start to finish. The men shook
hands when they began and again
when they quit, which goes 10 show
as Manager McNamee says, that the
sport is "all right"
The mute was the aggressor In the
early part of the contest and assumed
crouching position which made his
red topped head absolutely immune
from the Spokane mans left swings.
He tried to rush the fighting but could
not get within range. Occasionally he
succeeded in sending his left to Burns
ozone department, and once or twice
by jumping managed TO reach his tall
opponents chin and nasal organ.
Dummy was unusually confident de-
spite the big odds he was up against.
and grlnned good naturally every time
Burns made vicious swing at his
head
During the first half Burns stood
straight up. but finally began to crouch
and fight carefully. He waited patient
~ for an opening 10 send In a knock
out punch, but In the opinion of those
present he waited too long. He played
for the mute's head all the time, oI1y
landing a body blow once In awhile.
After lead the mutet left numerous
good openings but Burns was not equal
to the occasion, or had Q healthy re-
gard for the right hand swings of the
Dummy The feature of, the contest
was the latter's clever blocking. To-
ward the last Burns had the silent man
In his corner and was sending In rights
ard let's to the body with terrific force.
The spectators held their breath exoect-
Ing to ste the mute retire while the ref
eice counted OF The fatal ten seconds.
but the unspeakable did not drop Those
who observed closely know that near
ly every blow was blocked. Dummy"
jumped out OF the corner cleverly md
iudulsed In a good laugh which. how
ever, was not boisterous
From the fifteenth 10 the last round,
buInS IWceu all tne HgntlnB ana kept
the mute busy protecting himself. Ia
the fifteenth a reasonably stiff jab
brought blood from the unspeakablc's
nose. which became smeared about con-
sider6bly In the clinches which follow
ed. 1t did not enhance the little fell
lows good looks. but before the next
round the claret was removed by his
secretary OF war, silent Rowan.
All things considered, the evenings
entei tainment was highly interesting
and no complaints were heard from the
Loco spectators present. II was the
largest crowd the club has accommo-
dated this year and the management
was greatly pleased with the showing
made.
Tom Bennett was chosen referee
Professor Thompson was timekeeper
for the club. while Jack Hays held a
watch for Burns and Sam Pots for
Dummy" In Burns corner were
Sammy Clark and Roy Condie. In
Rowan's corner were his brother "Sil-
ent." ana Dusty Bob Brown.
The two preliminary bouts were not
very fierce. Sammy Clark and Roy