Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-13
MEMSIC WINS
OVER CYCLONE
BATTLE A BUSY ONE FROM
FIRST TO LAST
Both Boys Take and Give Awful Pun
Ishment-Thompson Wife Is
Interested Spectator
of Affair

aJimmy Burns, was given the decision
over Cyclone Thompson after twenty
rounds Of the hardest fighting ever seer
at the Maud Junction pavilion last
night.
Thompson put up one Of the great
est fights in his career and for fifteen
rounds, with his right eye closed and
his left severely injured, he carried the
battle to his opponent, and despite the
amount OF blood which flowed from
his injuries, nearly binding him, he
succeeded in driving home lefts and
rights to the face and body which made
Burns writhe in pain.
Memsic was, however, there at all
times during the fight and kept his
promise to mix it with his husky op-
ponent. He proved himself to be a
shifty fighter and one well able to take
care of himself at any kind of fighting
Both boys entered the ring in first
class condition. Each showed that no
effort had been made to take off flesh
but We're at the weight which suited
them best when fighting. Thompson
was a trifle the heavier of the two,
weighing in at a few ounces more than
1876 pounds. Burns weighed about one
pound less, but throughout the battle
showed that he was at his natural
fighting weight.
Fl9nr Busy One
From the opening round the fans
who attended the fight were confident
the battlers would keep their word and
that the fight would end by the knock
out route long before the gong sounded
for the twentieth round. From the
moment the two men shook hands in
the center of the ring they went at
their work in manner which showed
that each intended to bring the af-
fair to a finish as soon as possible
Both men proved themselves to be slug
gers and hard swings were sent to the
jaw and heart with thuds which caused
the spectators to wonder how many
more the fighters could stand.
No time was lost by either man in
sizing UP his opponent. Instead it ap-
peared to be the purpose of both of
them to bring matters to a conclusion
at once. During the first two rounds
no damage was done either fighter,
but in the third round Burns succeeded
in landing hard swing on Thompson's
right eye, which caused that optic to
swell until in the fifth round it was so
tightly closed the fighter could not see
with it.
Despite this fact the game little
fighter went after Burns in this round
with such vim that it was an open
question in the minds of the spectators
another of the same kind. Memsic
came back strong in the sixth, how
ever, and stopped Thompsons opening
rush with a right drive to the jaw
which caused the Sycamore fighter to
jump back and then clinch. This round
was Burns from the start and he sent
left hooks to Thompson's jaw and body
blow after body blow, but was unable
to muster strength enough to drive
home a knockout blow or even send
his opponent to the mat.
Cyclone Strong in Seventh
By the seventh round Thompson had
regained his strength and from that
time until the end of the fight there
was not round in which he did not
hold his own 18th the Chicago fighter.
There were few clinches during the
fight, each man seeming to prefer TAX
ing a beating and covering up only
when absolutely necessary.
In the eighth round Burns swung a
hard right to Thompson's left eye,
which caused the optic to swell until
it was close second to his right one
Thompsons right hand. injured in a
previous fight, had suffered during the
fourth round, and ~ this time began
to give him trouble. The little fighter
suffered great agonies from the hurt
and he was still further handicapped
by twisting his right shoulder during
clinch in such a manner as to give
him great pain.
During the fight Mrs Thompson. wife
of the fighter, sat in company with two
other women a short distance from the
ringside. She was in company with
Thompson's S-year-od boy, and once
during the fight raised him up so he
could see his father battling in the ring.
The sight of the little fellow seemed TO
give ThOnneOD additional ,,or,ro
for time he fought in such manner
as TO cause the fans to rise up in their
seats, expecting the end was in sight
Joe Cans Next
According to Tommy Burns. man.
ager of the winner, an effort viii now
be made to match Jimmy with Joe
Cans. IT is said Cans has stated that
he would be willing to meet the winner
of the Thompson go, and he
viii be communicated with today in or
der to find out if he is still Of the same
mind.
Two good preliminaries were fought,
In both cases a decision being given.
Kid Berry won from Billy Locke af-
ter six rounds Of hard fighting, during
which Locke several times came near
going down for the count.
Kid Dalton and Joe Reilly fought a
nerce ten-round battle in which Reilly
was given the decision after knocking
Dalton through the ropes. Dalton was
not In the condition he usually is when
In the ring and did not carry the fight
with the eagerness he has in previous
ones.
Jimmy Walsh refereed the prelinoina-
ries and both decisions We're we'll re-
ceived, while the decision OF Charley
Eyton In the main event was also re-
celVed with favor by the crowd.