The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-23

BURNS A BEAR CAT"
0'Brien Will Side-step Burns BUSHES
and Wear Him Down, Says
the Expert.

Charles c. Foster, the sporting editor
of the (LOuisville) Times who
signs his name "Retsof" dropped into
Hammond yesterday and consented to
write one of his raey stories about the
coming bout between Tommy Burns
and philadelphia Jack" O'Brien. At
this time when the bout between these
two heavyveightS is "a matter OF gem
eraI interest the opinions of this ex-
pert which have been written especial
Iy for THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES VIII be
of interest to all followers of the
sport.
by Retsof.1
The triple star pugilistic event-the
lemon heavyweight championship con-
test-scheduled for Thanks giving, be-
fore Tom McCarey's A. c., in Los Ange-
les. Cal, between Tommy Burns and
Jack OBrien; has the wise gazabos
wondering whether to bet on the num-
Der of rounds Burns will stick or
whether to wager just when he will
try to gouge out the eyes of O'Brien,
pastmas ter of the big high steppers
and also the ace high of the learned
men of the rope arena.
AS to the final there seems to be lit
tie doubt Burns, a French Canadian
who resembles a butchers block in
height and width, is, in the opinion OF
the writer, not a fighter but 'fouler,
with the strength of a bear and the
speed Of lightweight. However, these
accomplishments will avail him little
in a battle with OBrien, who travels
fast, feints all the while and can jail
in tantaIiZing fashion.
% tar Of ha nil n
Burns rushing, then running, with
| O'Brien pecking him down to slow time
and-then the end.
Burns is the winner of thirty -four
ring struggles of more or less re
nown. He sprang from darkness into
certain kind of glory when he ''co-
operized" Marvin Hart. the big Ken.
tuckian When the Louisville bear
cat" hooked up with Burns it sounded
to Louisville people and others ac-
quainted with Harris style like the will
age band in a contest with the city
musicians. But something slipped
Hart was led to believe that he wa.
going to box Burns according to Mar
quis of Queensberry rules. Tommy
Ryan, the fox, was handling Hart
The night of the contest Hart stepped
into the ring and into one of the sur
prises of his career. 1t terminated il
putting a period to his championship
aspirations.
Clean breaks will govern this fight,
said the referee.
Hart. who is above suspecting any
body, barely uttered a protest an,
gazed with indifference as Burns sec
onds wrapped his hands with tap
that made them as hard as a rail split
ter's mawl.
The fight was a slaughter, witt
Hart playing the role of the butchere,
steer. The first crack out Of the DO,
Burns damned his thumb in Hart
eye. After that Hart was a sidewheel
er so far as his vision was concerned
| Through twenty rounds the fight lum
bered to the limit-and Burns got tn
decision. 1t put Hart on the blink
Ryan dubbed Hart a ham. Ever sine
Burns has been staIling as the pee
of the big men and Hart has been bus
explaining his defeat.
1t viii be a different story wit
OBrien and before another week it will
the lacrosse player back to the sec
ond rate division and O'Brien re
plying to challenges from the huskie
who have about as much chance o
filing Jeffries' shoes as a Clark stree
copper in Chicago of Joining the Broad
| way squad in Greater New York.