The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-30
Burns Surprises Sportdom
by His Showing Against
Philadelphia.
FIFTH BAD FOR JACK
Gets a Jolt in the Fifth that Came
Near Putting Him out
of Business.

Somewhat disfgured, but both al
lowing that they are still in the ring
Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns, whose
twenty battle last night was
called a draw by Referee Jim Jeffries
made their appearance today to dis
cuss the fight and talk over future
plans with their friends and hackers.
Il would like to meet Burns again.
this time in a finish fight" said OBrien.
I will bet $1,000 that 1 can defeat him,
too. He certainly put up a good, game
fight, but 1 still believe l am his mast
er and not only can outpoint and out
box him. but put him out He was
hanging on at the end last night, and
believe if it had gone five rounds
more he would have taken the count"
There is a big change that the men
Will meet again. and already the pre-
iminary steps are being considered, but
nothing definite has been done toward
the contamination of arrangements.
Jenries said IN regard to the de-
cision; There was nothing to warrant
different decision in favor of either.
Both were strong at the finish. There
was not enough leading done to justi-
fy selection of a better man"
Burns willing Boxer.
The followers Of pugilism are talk
ing Of nothing but the fight. They
agree that they got their moneys
worth, so far as real boxing and gore
shedding are concerned. Burns proved
a willing boxer, and possibly the Incl
dent of the inflated belt made him
fight the harder.
This belt incident is bound to cause
a lot of discussion. There is consid-
cradle praise for O'Brien's astuteness in
discovering the presence OF the pro-
tector That it is about the limit in
the way Of poor craftsmanship. or
rather the lack of craftsmanship, is
generally conceded. The bandage,
upon examination, proved to be an in
hated waistband covering the lower
part of the abdomen. and covered with
flannel. That it would have afforded
considerable protection against blows
in that region is generally admitted.
Burns probably Will be roasted by the
critics for this piece of trickery, as
he certainly should be.
Burns was the aggressor for a good
share of the fight. He rushed OBrien
repeatedly and had the clever Philadel-
phian using his best footwork to avoid
the wide swings and hard uppercuts.
Burns was veritable bull at times.
and showed great willingness to mill at
close quarters.
O'Brien Rocked in Fifth.
In the fifth round they exchanged
right-handers. and O'Brien was caught
with a hard jolt in the nose that
rocked him perceptibly, and he seemed
dizzy He saw that the best thing he
could do for the remainder of the
round was TO keep out Of harms way,
and he hoped about with this end in
view He staggered as he went to
his corner. and apparently was i'm
pressed that he was up against man
of considerable ability. O'Briens tao
tics from that part of the fight on
seemed to indicate from that he would
make it more or less a defensive prop
osition.
AS the go progressed 1t seemed
that O'Brien was the wearier of the
two. Burns did not show any great
signs Of WEAKNESS until near the finish.
They clinched frequently. and big Jim
Jeneries was kept busy-almost as
busy as the men themselves-in sepa-
rating them in the clinches.
Burns seemed the more successful in
getting in telling blows on the breaks,
lOBrien seemingly being content to try
and stall off Burns attempts instead
of attempting to get In any hard jolts
himself in these embraces.
OBrien started in fast. bringing the
blood from Burns face il the very
drst round. Burns began his rough
work in the clinches at the outset, and
the spectators settled back 10 see what
promised to be a hard go They were
nit disappointed and before the battle
not disappointed. and before the battle
less covered with gore.