The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-01
STONE WAS DOUGH
IN FARMERS HANDS
Swedish Giants Nerve ConSid-
erabIy Shaken
IMMENSE THR0NG PRESENT
A lauehable Event In Which Game
Cock Defeats shanehai-An
Amusing Boxing
Event.
IMMENSE THRONG PRESENT

Like a bunch of ante-dated love letters.
the championship aspirations of Charles
Stone were shredded and given to tie
flames last night
Farmer" Burns turned the trick in
twenty-three minutes that Goteh accom-
plished in twice as many Stone Yves
beaten badly. lie WAS crushed lie was
hacked His great strength awaited him
nothing. lie submitted to the punishment
of the little giant like lamb. lie had
nothing to say. lie was beaten.
Some fifteen hundred enthusiasts gatn-
cred 10 witness a match over which the
expectations were keen. Some fifteen hun
bred were badly disappointed Burns won
with remarkable ease, and no one in the
audience was more surprised than the
Farmer" himself. unless it was Thomas
Griffin.
So strong was the belief that stone
would win from the indomitable planter
of Iowa that enthusiasts reclIessiy
wagered their coin. There were many bets
made with even odds. and in frequent in
stances five to three was ventured. So
easily did the, Farmer" handle the biz
man, however that the disappointment
was quickly supplanted by mirth. here
were many hilarious laughs. Stone Was
derided.
Stones Nerve Oozes.
When it is known that Burns was out
weighed by some sixty pounds, and when
the additional fact is published that
Stone is man of wonderful strength,
the ease with which the smaller handled
the larger is remarkable. Stone has eV-
erything in his makeup but nerve, the
audience last evening being impressed
with a belief that the Swedish giants
backbone could not stand beneath the
vicious attacks of Burns. Indeed it was
evident that after the first fall at any
rate. Stone made no attempt to defeat
Burns His sole effort was expended in
preventing his shoulders being placed to
the mat within too short a limit
Stone tame to Birmingham with repu-
taton. He had been matched with Gotch,
and while the champion defeated him, t
was commonly believed that the victory
came only after every effort had been
exhausted and after some forty-odd min
utes had passed away. This reputation
was further enhanced when before a loce'
audience, Stone defeated Thomas griffin
with all the ease in the world Griffin, IN
the clutches of the powerful Swede was
as ehafr before an angry north wind
Then Stone met Demetral, the Greek and
within a space of thirty-seconds. the repu-
tation of the big fellow was given an
other substantial boost. Then thought the
scholars of the sport. "lle IS indeed IL
wonder, and Burns is destined to find a
master Gotch had better prepare to do
battle for his laures
Gentle as Lampkn.
Therefore when Stones nerve oozcd
away as Burns arms were encircling his
waist for the first time, there came a
woeful disappointment Throughout the
match, Burns was never IN a dangerous
position. and when at the end Of twenty
three minutes. the Farmer mad pinned
the wonderful shoulders of the Swedish
giant to the mat there came a howl Of
dismay Stone was crushed to the earth,
and his spirit never afterwards, scared
In the second event, Stone was as n
lamb in the hands of Il shearer. He made
no effort to defeat the smaller and older
man. He tamcly submitted. When by
some chance, he managed to gain posi-
ton on Burns back, the wonderful
wrestler from Iowa would make n twist
of his wiry frame. and presto. conditions
were reversed. and the big man was
again the under one.
Stone, contrary to expectations. showed
no skill no wonderful ability, no de-
termination, no pluck. no nerve In the
first fall his great strength saved him
several times, but i'm the second event,
he exerted himself little to prevent his
downfall. Burns fought with the skill and
determination of a game cock when his
adversary is a buff-coehin of weight with
out nerve. The ability of Burns impressed
the audience with renewed force. Never
was he cleVerer.
iIsn Nph m Ia al
ability, always thinks out a plan before
an event. Last night, believing that Stone
was Il powerful man. an aggressive man,
and a man of SKILL Burns decided to
carry the battle into the Swede's terri
tory. This he did. and that his forethought
served him well is shown by the result.
From the time the gong sounded, Burns
fought the bigger man. He hammered him
high and he hammered him low Stone
was kept SO husily engaged in prevent
ing Burns from throwing him, that Burns,
himself. was in absolutely no danger.
When one hold was broken Burns had
another When the Swede's strength would
prevent a fall in this instance, Burns had
him in an equally as tight place in the
next.
The Farmers" Tactics.
Burns had everything his own way. His
versatility is cleVerlN shown in the fact
that after getting Stone i'm precarious
position by means of the half-Nelson, he
discarded that hold as no good, and FIN
'shed his man by means of another. When
stones shoulders We're finally pinned to
the mat, Burns legs were gracefully
wrapped about his head, Burns body was
laying upon his stomach, and Burns
hands were grasping his ankles Stone
was then beaten. The second fall which
came after nineteen minutes was brought
about by means of ne hold coupled
with a half-Nelson.
birmingham is now impressed with the