Fergus County argus., 1906-12-28
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That fighters with poor seconds
are handicapped in the ring has been
shown repeatedly in many battles IN
which the day has been lost by por
coaching. One of the expert writer's
of ring bouts, Sandy Griswoid. has this
to say of the manner in which Burns
was handled in his recent fight with
O'Brien, during which he almost had
the Philadelphia finished:
Burns had nobody behind him who
knew beans about secOnding man,
and the consequence was that he got
a draw where he should have put
O'Brien to sleep on Che h:o
"All that Burns needed was man
to sit behind him and steady him.
He was veritable mad bull in the
ring. Why, l never saw anything like
him before in my life, and l have been
reporting prize fights for 35 years.
Burns would shoot out of his cor
ner like a rocket at the beginning OF
each round and he would tear into
O'Brien like mad. He had no more
idea where he was hitting or how he
was hitting than a man not in the
building.
I'm the fifth round he shot over an
overland chop which caught O'Brien
squarely between the eyes, and it
nearly blinded him. The blood spurt-
ed out of O'Brien's nose in big
stream, and under that creeping light
which they used to take the pictures
he was a CHASTITY sight. That wild.
wicked punch, which Burns to this
hour doesn't know how he landed.
made Jack wobble.
Here is where a brainy second
would have done his work. He would
have made Burns steady himself and
measure O'Bren. If he had he would
have finished him there and then. In
stead of taking a good aim, Burns
went at O'Brien like a panther would
at a young lamb. He did everything
but the right thing. He mauled and
paved and hauled and tugged and
tusSled
Weak as he was, O'Brien never
lost his head. and it was this that car.
ried him through the wicked mill.
Burns in O'Brien's place would have
hoen whipped in six rounds, for he
hasn't the head. After the fifth round
O'Prien laid up dozen rounds, and
he finished like a whirlwind. He
punched Burns all over the ring and
had him going. The first few rounds
of the fight We're also OBrien's.
AT the outset it looked easy for
Jack He hit Burns every time he
led, not missing him once. | didn't
think Burns would last over six rounds
but he was too strong for Jack, who
was Is pounds lighter.
Burns is big, sbtrong, willing
fighter, who has a lot to learn yet
If put in the hands of a man like
Billy Delaney he would beat lot OF
good men, but not Jeffries.
Another uninteresting battle on The
coast will be that between James Brit
and Willie Fitzgerald tonight. When
Britt tackled poor Terry McGovern II
the garden last summer ring follower:
were quickly convinced that Britt was
overrated. In a twenty. instead OF
ten round. bout that night McGoverl
would have knocked Britt into tn
middle of Sleepy Hollow. and Terry
even then, was in a delirious menta
and physical condition Cans victor
over Nelson made all of the othe
lightweights look cheap, a reason VIII
this Britt Fitzgerald affair does nc
appeal to everybody.
Sixteen jockeys We're killed on tn
country in the past year. Some wer
steeplechase riders, the branch of tn
sport that is particularly hazardous
but the majority were riders of race
mad thoroughbreds that competed fo
turf prizes on the fiat. A few wer
victims of accidents outside rae
track grounds, but most of the littl
fellows came to an untimely end Will
sporting silk. The latest fatality i
the ranks of the riders occurred fe'
weeks ago. Levine Sewell, one {
Americas most famous jockeys, wa
killed while riding 100 to l shot 9
the Aqueduct track.
Robert Fitzsimmons expressed su
prise at a published statement ths
Hugo Kelly, the claimant of the nit
dleweight championship is out wit
a challenge to fight any man in Anne
ica in that division. Il would like
know how this fellow Kelly has an
right to claim the title said Fit
81 would like to know where l eve
lost it, No middleweight in the worl
ever licked me yet, and. Furthermore
don't believe there is a middleweigf
in the world today who is willing
meet me. | am and have been fC
years the middleweight and ligf
heavyweight champion of the worl
and as all the world knows, I hay
had to go far out of my class as +;
as weight is concerned to get figl
in recent years. Who is this man Kt
ly, anyhow"
The next heavyweight mill on t
coast will be between George Gal
ner, who was beaten by Old Man Fl
simmons some time ago, and Al. Ka
mann, who was a mark for Philad
phia Jack O'Brien recently. They "
come together at Los Angeles witt
three weeks, but it is doubtful ii tn
will draw flies. The real interest
at present centered in a fight betwe
Jack O'Brien and either O'Brien
Tommy Burns. If Johnson should
able to beat both of these men
would probably put it right up
Jeffries to come out of retirement a
meet him for the title.
Battling Nelson may have the
tinction of becoming the richest p
Hist in this or any other country.
Reno, New, there is a company cal
the Battling Nelson Mining compa