The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-01-14

THY effect.
In the fifth round Jerry had the
kings man going. 1t was not the
usual shamming for an opening which
charaCterizes Burrows tricky work
A hard left followed by two hard
rights to the jaw put Jimmy up the
prayerful street and it looked then
as if it would be a short fight.
Jim was badly distressed in this
round. but the bell tapped and the
next time he came up he stalled for
a minute and then went to work.
Both men used practically the same
tactics all through the rounds. Jerry
would walk over to Burrows corner
and start leading with his left, while
Jim would stall.
Burrows would hold back, cover
ing and taking the blows, while
awaiting an opening Then, as the
opportunity came, he would start
straight lefts for the wind and heart
and swing or hook across for the
jaw.
Jerry would cover and wait for his
turn and then would come his rush
and fast returns Both men were
quick to take advantage of openings
and both ripped in terrific punches
to stop the rushes. Jerry, from the
fifth on, kept up a boring in crouch
which would have worn down any
other man. Burrows would meet the
crouch and both would stand to the
work of inighting. with heads to-
! gether and arms working.
From the sixth to the tenth round
| Burrows slowed up and it was mostly
| Jerry's. Burrows was hardly punish
ed in these rounds and Mccarthy had
decidedly the best of it.
|
In the eleventh round Burrows
came up stronger and did most of the
work. jerry laying back in his favor
lite cover, awaiting a chance. That
came in the twelfth when Jerry be-
gan to get in his right and lefts hard
! to the jaw again. From that on to
! the seventeenth it was all McCarthy's.
|
The same tactics were used all
| through these rounds Jerry would
| go over to the Burrows corner and
start the lighting and then Jim would
tear loose with rushes. Jerry would
cover and stop the PUSHES with
straight pokes to the jaw and face
or return the rush.
Burrows would cover and play for
an opening and he in turn would rush,
Jim had trouble in landing effectively
owing to Jerry's splendid defense, but
often he would straighten the Walk
eryille lad and rush him to the ropes.
Several times the Walkerville boy
had Jim on queer street, but the
magnificent recuperative powers of
the B. c. man would result in a sur
prise to Jerry, who often thought he
had the fight won.
Jim would go a little bit wabbly
and Jerry would start his rushing to
beat him down, when out would come
a fierce swing and Jerry would again
be on the defensive.
In the eighteenth round Burrows
changed his plans and went in after
| Mccarthy with bull-like rushes and
straight body and heart blows which
| sent the Irishman to cover. 1t was
his work in this round which saved
the day for Burrows and even up to
some extent the lead which Jerry had
/ held all through from the sixth round.
Both men were fighting grandly and
although there were two or three
patent fouls, none was effective
enough for a ruling, although Jerry
was warned by the referee for hold
ing Burrows head in chancery and
landing bad blows.
The nineteenth round was a repetf-
tion of the eighteenth, with Burrows
lighting faster and harder and hold
ing the honors even, The same tao
ties of counter rushes gave neither
an advantage, although it seemed as
If Jerry was landing the cleaner
blows.
1t was in the twentieth that the
scale might have turned, but for the
bell. Burrows did splendid work in
the early part of the round and did
| his best to overcome the harder
blows of Jerry. Neither could land