The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-29
Crowd Expresses Its Dis
 satisfaction.
.CaIifornians Thought the Native Son OatcIassed Phiiadelphian, But Dldnr TeIi Rsferee Jcfrries
 So at Close quarters.

II l1UH AHktACSs StlA.s ANOfs SoF7- ANtAN~ | delphfa Jack" o'Brien and Tommy
 Burns of Los Angeles tonie t fought twenty terrific rounds before the Paci- l fic Athletic Club to a draw.
 ! When the end came 1t found the two
 men in the center of the ring engaged in a terrible struggle The whole up-
 per part of their bodies was covered
 with blood.
 When Jeffries held up the gloves of
 both fighters, d shout of disaprovai
 went up from the Burns admirers, who
 believed their man had won. Burns,
 who fought like a bull deg from the
 beginning to the end was always on
 the aggressive, crowding his opponent
 to the ropes andN frequently rushing him about the, ring almost In flight The fighting practically from the
 first round to the last was terrific anc l interesting Burna landed undoubtedly I many more blows than his opponent and they seemed to show greater force 1 O'Brien's footworh however, was l clever and his duciSing saved him time I and again from severe punishment Burns, however, landed many stiff blows on O'Briens face and had the lat l ter's nose bleeding and his right eye | laid open in the early rounds of the I fight Burns. too. was severely pun 1 ished about the face, his nose being I bloodied and his left eye was complete Fly closed atsthe termination of the l light,
 The men showed evidence of bitter ness toward each other throughout i the fight. It loked abo9t the m d. iIe of the fight as though Bur would l win easily. OBrien was almost sroggy at different stages and knocA ut semed prob bic. But in the SIX teenth round OBrien who had rested | In the eiinches appeared strengthened and for awhile carried thae tl5At 10 l he opponent.
 during the fight. Jeffrtes referring ws eminently satisfactory. Jeffries l experienced the g.featest difficulty in prying the men apart from the tena- elous clinches in every round of the aght
 When o'Brien and Burns entered the ring OBrien found serious fault with Burns belt. which he claimed was in Hated. As the men conferred and quarreled over the matter Referee Jeffries seem I ed absolutely at sea over the pfqpo- sition which, was new to him. OBflerI contended that under the rules his op- ponent could wear nothing except bare I trunks. Burns insisted that he would not remove the belt.
 4 delay of fifteen minutes ensued. while the men QASpuAGO. AAtSAStC0 suikily that he would not allow o. Brien to inspect his apparatus, nor | would ne remove the portion objected to- Burns objected to O'Brien's ban daged elbow proposition was 'nTer- ed and o'Brien assented to the agree nent that the two men would hghf | wearing only supporters Burns de- l nurred
 1 At 1o:1s D. m, Burns agreed to take off the ,bfec+ionable handage. It was an inflated 4snnel affair that covered
 tha lower rortion of his abdomen. O.
 srien was greatly pleased and bowed right and left to the crowd, which re- anonded with rningIed hisses and cheers rrrrs refirea to rernoVe the bandaEes
 He was IouHlv cheered when he re-en'
 tered the ring.
 left iAaH snd protested when Burns ! '-ert both hands working during the
 o''voh O'B,Ien staRgered Burns with l q IaF+ hook and they clin"hed ORr'er
 -,lshed with a r'~h+ and was blocked | rur~a WIS Needing at +he nose when the round closed with little advantase
 sor either man. The round was rather
 tame.
 O'Br9en snvs~eIv Protects. Penr6 e-Burns landed left to ribs ! ana O'Prlau savaeelv protesting as TAe'r'es sensrated them. Jeftries sep areted another clnch with ulHrulty Il O'Prien nut two lefts to jaw and Burns was hiesed Tor attempting to hit in
 q oiinch. O'Brien -ut hard left to stomach. OBrien landed two stiff up- nercuts and left and right to the side of the head Burns holding on fast ! Burns seemed to lose his head and
 went into a clinch. The round was
 strongly O'Brten's who appeared to have the measure of his opponent and | seenaed very confident
 Round s--Burns was eager and l landed light left to body. OBrien
 hooked right on the head and left to
 body. The round closed with Burns
 holding and O'Brien seemingly the | weaker,
 Round 4-Burns was hissed for hit ting in 8 clinch. He attempted to
 reach O'Brien's ear as they were close ly locked together. O'Brieu nut right
 to shoulder. Burns tucked straight left
 and they ollr"Ned. As they were sep areted Burns put right hook to jaw. o'Brien cleverly escaped from corner | They eychauged right and left hooks OBFien missed a stiff upper cut as the gong sounded The round was
 rather tame with great deal O. clinehlng,
 Round g--Burns put right to the
 body, Burns took a left in stomach OBrien missed a right swing and they
 clinched. He danced away but re-
 turned to plart straight left to jaw, They exchanged right leads to tn a
 Jaw and O'Brien took a stiff one in tn"
 mouth that brought blood. Burns
 snoved Brien around the ring and
 they rushed into a clinch. Burns put
 a right and left to the face. OBrie1
 countered with a right without dam , age. Burns took three stiff straight ! 10 the jaw. O'Brien landed a srigh,
 hook as the gong sounded. The round
 was by far the busiest and most scen-
 ticfc thus far. Burns showed conf
 dence that has been seriously lacking
 and the round was in his favor. 1 Urged Jack to Fight.
 Round 6--Burns, head oown and
 eyes eager. continued to follow his
 man around the ring. O'Brien missed
 a straight left and clinched. Burns
 taunted O'Brlen asking him to stand
 and fight. O'Brifn kept away and
 Burns repeated the operation. They
 clinchtd O'Brien trotted circles abou'
 his opponent occasionally leading The crowd displayed dissatisfaction and
 urged OBrien to fight. Burns planted
 his left three times to the head as th- gong sounded.
 Round Burns attacked sava7ely
 landing rights and lefts that did no damage. Bu ms continued to use his
 hands in clinches o Brien landed right and left hook, evidently with 10 power BIrns s owed ability [
 duck OBrien's leftz leads. Burn dla invited Q Brien tu h=h-. II
 landed a straight left to hest and
 right to the neck and they went int a cI!nch. Burns landed several gh kidney blows but they ware not wei
 taken by the crowd. O fen landrl n no fa n D ia