Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-24

Round 4-Hart led with his right for
the face and Burns placed his left
to the jaw. Hart sent a right over the
heart. Hart swung a vicious right
which Tommy ducled. Burns rammed
his left repeatedly to the face and
Harts features were unacceptable at
the end.
Round 5-Burns again started at the
sore nose and three successive clinches
followed. Tommy again sent lefts and
rights to the face and body, and Harts
hard right swing caught Burns in the
back They were clinching at the gong
Round 6-Tommy put his usual left
TO the face and following the clinch
ripped left to the stomach. Burns sent
a very low one to the stomach and they
clinched, Hart held his arms high for
The break and Burns pushed him away.
Hart drove his left to the Jaw in the
olinch. Burns reached the head with
several hard drives before the bell
Round BURNS drove his left to the
face and received two rights in the head.
Burns ripped a vicious left to the
stomach. Tommy enticed Hart to his
own corner and as the latter swung
hard with his right, he slipped to the
floor, with the gong.
Round 8-The men clinched and as
Burns led for the face Hart sent his
willing to olinch often and the only
etfecttve blow Of the round was a jar
ring right which Tommy hooked to the
head. Hart broke his right to the neck
with the gong.
Round 9-Hart came UP strong and
forced Burns into q clinch. Much
clinching was indulged in, Hart striv-
ing with his right during the might
ing. Burns was able to reach Hart's
nose repeatedly and the blue grass man
landed but one successful blow, and
that heavy right to the kidneys
Burns put right hook to the head at
the gong.
Round 1O-Tommy started the round
by stinging Marvin with a left jab to
the nose. While clinching both men
turned at sound Of a disturbance in the
pavilion. Hart was the first to resume
business and sent right to the neck
Hart landed several times during the
round but Burns continual tantalizers
to his face made the blood flow in tor
rents. The red flood streamed over
Burns shoulders and spattered Referee
Eyton as he struggled to make the men
break.
Round 11-Hart opened with a right
to the body and they went to the ropes
clinching. The round was repetition
of the preceding ones, with Tommy
hammering Hart's face repeatedly. The
men rushed time after time to a clinch
and were struggling when the gong
tapped.
Round 12-The men rushed to
clinch, Burns jabbing with his left
again Tommy placed a right to the
head and Marvin also sent right to
the same place. Clinching, ducking
and jabbing by Burns; an earnest but
ineffective striving by Hart marked
the round which ended with Tommy
pushing Marvin to the ropes in a
wrestling clinch.
Round 13-The men rushed to a
clinch. The electricity in the pavilion
died out for a moment and the men
were hugging each other as the illumi-
nation was resumed. Hart was unable
to do anything with Burns who danced
away from every vicious lead, only to
come back and whirl his left to the
sore spot on Harts face.
Round 1.-The men clinched and Hart
fell to the floor in the wrestling match.
He was up Immediately and put a left
to Burns head They exchanged rights
and lefts to the body. Clinch followed
clinch until Burns went after Hart in
furious fashion and drove eleven rights
and one left to the Kentuckian's head
The blows were at short range and the
house went wild with excitement, as
Burns appeared to have the big fighter
at his mercy. A clinch followed, how
ever, and after the breakaway Hart
was manifestly weak. The gong prob j
ably saved him from a knockout.
Round 15-The round was resume of
the early part of the contest. Hart
stroVe without success to send his
ever poised right to an opening which
he could not find. Tommy raped with
his left to the face and jaw and Marvin
landed but once, right to the kidneys
Round 16-Hart welded his right in
busnesslike style, but Tommy danced
with much cinching and a usage of |
rough tactics. Honors were nearly
even, with very few blows reaching
home.
Round 1.-THE men started fast and
after the opening clinch Hart drove his
right to the head. Burns directed his
piston rods to the stomach and Marvin
failed to reach the shifty Detroit man,
missing by a wide margin the majority
of his leads.
Round 1S-Clinching and breaking re-
peatedly, the men fought to the middle
of the round, when Burns uppercutted
viciously with his right, following with
left jabs to the face. The gong found
them wrestling with Referee Eyton
struggling for a separation.
Round 19-Both men appeared deter
mined to end the bout, and following
wild rush to clinch Tommy slammed
rights and lefts to the face and they
clinched. Hart tried with his right
and a long clinch ensued. Tommy
whipped vicious right and left to the
head and danced away from Marvin's
leads. Hart landed right to the body
and Burns sent his left to the face,
drawing a fresh torrent Of blood from
his opponents face.
Round 20-The men shook hands and
Hart in despairing effort lunged with
every ounce of strength at Burns, who
needed the cries of his seconds and
fought cautiously. The major portion
of the concluding round was continual
clinch, with Hart vainly striving to
send in a decisive right. Tommy dis
concerted him with hard right wal.
lop to the head. followed by left up
percut to the jaw. This was the last
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