Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
THE PUGIL1STS
 ARE BARRED
O'Brien Didn't Like the Pounding Burn sGaye Him and Will Stick
 to Middleweights.

 fight Wednesday night between O'Brien and Burns ended in draw.
 When the end came it found the two men in the center of the ring, engaged in a terrific struggle. The whole upper part of their bodies was covered with blood. While Jeffries held up the gloves of both fighters, shout of disapprOval went up from the Burns admirers, who believed their man had won. Burns, who fought like bulldog from the be- ginning to the end, was always on the aggressive, crowding his oppon- ent to the ropes and frequently rush. ing him about the right in flight.
 The fighting from the first round to the last was terrific and interest ing. Burns landed undoubtedly many more blows than his opponent and they seemed to show greater force. O'Brien's foot work, however, was fast and clever and his ducking saved him time and again from severe pun ishment. Burns, however, landed many stiff blows on O'Brien's face and had the latter's nose bleeding and his right eye laid open in the early rounds of the fight. Burns, too, was severely punished about the face, his nose being bloodied and his left eye closed
 When O'Brien and Burns entered the ring OBrien found fault with Burns belt, which ho charged was Inflated. A quarrel resulted. A de- lay of fifteen minutes ensued. Burns insisted that he would not remove the portion objected to. Burns ob- jected to O'Brien's bandaged elbow. A proposal was offered and O'Brien assented that the men would fight wearing only supporters. Burns de- murred.
 At 10:15 Burns agreed to take off the objectionable bandage. It was inflated flannel affair that covered the lower portion of his abdomen.
 During the opening rounds OBrien had the advantage, but as the fight progressed Burns warmed up, and at about the sixth round Burns was strong aggressor. Tn the three following, O'Brien was the leader. In the eleventh O'Brien be- gan to rally and was coming back In the thirteenth Burns was badly punished. Up to the fourteenth Burns did all of the rushing and showed surprising ability for duck ing and dodges, many of O'Brien's blows going over his shoulders
 The fourteenth and two succeed a 1xxt some fast work and clever ducking. But little damage was done In the eighteenth. O'Brien had recovered rom the effects of Burns blows. During the latter rounds he had lit. tie difficulty in avoiding the worst of the punishment.
 The last few rounds of the fight were very even and in the twentieth the last round, Burns appeared much less vigorous and weakened when Q OBrien landed hard left to the Jaw. The men had clinched, repeat edly throughout the fight, and many times Referee Jim Jeffries used all Of his great strength in trying to tear them apart. At the close of the fight Burns was hanging on and Jeffries was trying to force them apart by using his shoulders.
 Alter the fight Burns said: "I won fairly and I think the decision was bad. l chased O'Brien miles all over the ring. Just compare our faces and draw your own conclusions"
 OBrien said: T am very we'll sat- isfied with. the decision. Jeffries did the right thing. outpointed Burns. l think. but I was little light for him. Hereafter I shall fight in the class"
 Referee Jeffries. defending his de- cision, said: There was nothing to warrant different decision in favor or either. Both were strong at the finish. There was not enough lead ing done to justify selection of the better man.