Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-24
MARVIN HART TO
JOIN HAS BEENS.
Tommy Burns Makes Him Look
Like a Novice in Every
Round.
NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
But lie Only Holds the Title IN Trust
For Anyone Who Can Give
film "a Battle.

Los Angeles, Feb gS,-By those who
took Marvin Harris claim to the world y
championship title seriously, Tommy
Burns OF Chicago may now be consid-
cred the heavyweight champion. Burns
decisvely outpontcd Hart tonight at the
Pacific Athletic club pavilion. aud re-
ctived the decision at the end Of the
twentieth round.
From start TO finish with the possible
exception Of the tenth and twelfth
rounds when Hart had a small advan-
lage, Burns outloueht the bigger man.
ouigeneraled him and beat him at every
point I'm the game Of boxing Al times
Burns, although greatly Handicapped In
weight and height, made Hart look like
a novice
BLOOD IN THIRD ROUND.
IN the opening round Burns was nerv-
Gus and lacked confidence After this,
however he quickly sized Hart up and
began systematic attack on his face
ana body with straight ietts. IN the
third round he started the blood fow.
Ing from Harts nose anu Kept Il run.
ning In almost every round thereafter
In the hfth Burns cut Hart over the right
eye and In the following ROUNDS battered
eye also was badly marked and Harts
face presented a bloody sight practically
throughout the fight.
HART OUT OF FORM.
Hart failed to show any sort OF cham.
pionship form, His persistent attempts
to rough II IN the clinches earned the dis
approval OF the crowd. which appeared
to be with Burns almost TO a man.
5ufns style OF attack was TO shoot his
left TO the face or the body and step
inside Of Harris swings, allowing him to
60 around his neck, or ducking them en-
urcly Hart simply could not land on
Burns ana toward the latter part OF the
light tried hard TO rough II and wear
Burns out by using his weight In the
clnches The tight was tiresomc, one
round being much like the preceding and
following ones.
NEARLY \ KNOCKOUT.
In the fourteenth Burns appeared 10
have chance to knock Hart out He
caught the bigger man right and left
ON the Jaw that sent him staggering for
q moment Quickly selling his advantage
Burns hammered Hart about the face and
head until he forced him to cover UP and
give ground
In the last few rounds, seeing tho tide
OF attic going against him, Hart. urged
by nus chief second, Tommy Ryan, tired
desperately to corner his qmck-wltted OPP
lDlltlll ana administer a knockout. tNtlN
attempt failed however, and every round
increased Burns lead
Hart weighed about 1915, while Burns
weight was given as li5. Jack Crwin)
sullivan was Burns chief second, The
betting WAS 2 10 ] In iiart,s favor, and
even money that Hart would win In ten
rounds.
The attendance was 400.
LOCAL FANS NOT SURPRISED.
Very few salt Lake night fans were sur
prised over the result u last nights bat
tie at Los Angeles, While 1t IL true that
Burns vas moderated while here. since
leaving Salt Lake he has made known his
real worth as a fighter. Here he was not
taken seriously because he talked too
much and told what he could do. After
going TO the coast and beating "A few Of
the leading lightheavies, local fight fans
awoke TO the fact that Burns mad the
ability to make good all he SAID.
OF course Burns will now send broad
cast over the land the claim OF heavy
weight champion Of The world. The claim
il ridiculous. Hart and Root were billed
on July to fight for the title. JEFF said
he would give the honor to the winner.
Hart won but JEFF now declares that no
did not give the title to Hart. Had he
any right to do so anyway? We think
not
philadelphia Jack" OBren fought old
man Fitz for the title, and last night We
last evenings News" the only way 20
settle the matter Is for all the heayies
and llghtheavies 70 light II out and then
the best man may properly lay claim TO
the honor OF champion
CHALLENGES COMING up,
Burns will have such men as OBrien,
Ryan, Twin sullivan and Gus Rubin
after him from now on, Burns and o.
Brlcn each announce himself champion.
Rubin says he II the only real one. Ryan
says he can beat Brien In a walk, and
the latter declares he has 1t over all OF
them because he battered poor old Fit2
into a state Of exhaustion, II Is now ny
TO Burns to demonstrate whether or not
lie Is made OF championship timber. and
until h. wndes through those mentioned,
his claim 70 the title will amount to moth
ing.
Burns Is a good one, from a pugilistic
standpoint, and IL he keeps on improv-
ing, there Is no reason why he should not
soon be at the top Of the pugilistic lad
der.