Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-29

hurled into his efforts.
Jeffries Earns Fee
Once again O'Brien broke loose and
started to leave the immediate vicinity
of Burns. Tommy followed and re-
ceived a stiff left for his pains. The
powerful figure of Jim Jeffries moved
between the desperate men as the gong
sounded. When O'Brien reached his
chair his face was anything but
pleasant spectacle and the blush blood
could not be stopped, try as the seconds
would.
over on another side of the ring Jim
Jeffries stopped and asked for hand
kerchief from a person at the ring side
The big fellows face was also covered
with the purplish fluid which was flow
ing from the o'Rrien boys face.
Jim Jeffries earned his $500 last
night, and earned 1T well.
Countless times did he force himself
between the battling men, receiving
his share of the jolts and shoves. A
lucky phase of the affair was that
such a man as Jeffries was officiating
as referee Even his gigantic strength
was taxed when he endeavored to
break Burns and O'Brien. Both men
were guilty of holding, though
O'Brien's clutch was the more notice
able.
Fights to Standstill
After the fifth round Burns fought
his man to more than a standstill.
Not for a moment was O'Brien given
an opportunity of resting with the
exception of the infighting periods
when he managed rather successfully
to straighten his arms and prevent
much of the damage which Burns was
directing toward his stomach.
Granted that O'Brien proved himself
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the most clean cut blows of the night
it is difficult to figure where Burns
did not have at the least shade when
the twenty rounds had been completed
He demonstrated that his strength is
far superior to that of his opponent
though it must be remembered that
O'Brien was giving away something
over ten pounds.
At that, Burns landed times without
number. though O'Brien, after the fifth
round, was successful in evading the
terrific right cross which lay in the
poised arm of Burns as he followed
his opponent around the ring.
Scarcely moment after the fifth
round did OBrien manifest the SUI
preme cleverness which distinguished
his marvellous performance in the open
ing quartet. Tommy Burns had made
inroads upon his stamina by that
crushing right in the fifth and sue
ceeding rounds to the final two or three
saw Jack dancing away a major por-
tion of the time, lunging in with his
left repeatedly at times, but with no
apparent effect upon Burns, so far as
affecting his strength was concerned.
Tommy left the ring with a badly
closed eye, but the mouth began SWELL
ing during the initial stages of the
fray when OBrien distributed blows
ad libitum.
Expected Sensation Lacking
1t was anticipated that Burns might
make a terrific windup after slowing
considerably in the eighteenth, but the
sensation did not occur.
O'Brien had either husbanded his
strength for the same purpose or Burns
early efforts had proved too much. At
any event Jack came up for the nine
teenth and twentieth without exhibit
ing a tendency to run away, and to all
appearances this is the reason that the
decision did not go against him. When
Jeffries reached over and raised Burns
arm 1t was thought that decision had
been reached but the big man also
grasped O'Briens glove and held 1t on
high. There was no outcry of disap-
proval but 2 quiet sentiment prevailed
throughout the house that Jack O'Bren
was the lad who might give Thanksgiv-
ing today.
Driven to Extremes
With all his cleVerness O'Brien had
been driven to extremes by Burns, and
though he delivered blows of cleaner
sort than Tommy he had received the
worst of a terrific argument when he
left the ropes.
O'Brien's statement when he left the
ring was one which will win for him
much favor by those who witnessed his
battle last night;
II am very well pleased with the de-
ri htnt will ftrhf IN,
weight class again.
For man who but few hours ago
considered himself Burns superior by
far the aftermath clause was a sports
manlike one 1t must have been a bit
ter thing to O'Brien when Burns did
the very thing which so few boxers
have been able to effect when In contest
with O'Brlen. He has prided himself
upon the manner I'm which he danced
away from damaging blows and gave
Burns all credit after the fray had
ended
Burns showing last night came in
great measure because of his magnif-
cent physical condition. He was a
beautiful specimen as he squared off
before OBrien and the weeks of hard
training had hardened and toughened
his body TO stage where only the most
terrific punishment could bother him.
After the first four rounds were over
and Burns had secured a lead In the
nth, succeeding rounds were much on
the same order.
A nerve-tingling spectacle marked
the opening of the sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and four
teenth rounds when Burns succeeded IN
putting O'Brlen on the defensive be-
fore the latter had come to the ring
certer O'Brien did a pretty bit OF work
IN the seventh, when Tommy whirled
yieiously from his corner, Burns en-
deavOred 10 send a right cross to the
head. and o'Brien blocked in marvel