Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-28
FIGHT BY ROUNDS
Round One

Round One
They spar, Cans feinting and Burns
leads left; falls short and misses right
swing Cans feints and they clinch Cans
taps Burns nose twice with left and fol-
lows with hard right to jaw. Burns landed
low left to stomach, cinch. Burns led
with left, short, and got straight poke
on nose. Cans puts another one on nose.
Cans lands left on face repeatedly Burns
rushed in but was blocked. Burns can
not get inside Of Cans long left. Cans
put hard right to jaw and Burns rushed
to a clinch at the bell. Cans was mas
ter in this round. Burns showed anger
at the finish of the round.
Round TWO
They spar and Burns rushed furiously,
landing light overland left to Jaw, chnch.
Cans leases Burns with left pokes and
Burns swung short. Burns rushed but
was blocked Burns landed one on face
and got the same in return Cans smiled
as they clinched. Burns cause~ laughter
at his short swings. Cars blocks every
straight lead. Burns landed low left
to stomach. They clinch Burns urged
from his corner rushed repeatedly, but
was blocked. No damage.
Round Three
Cans blocks Burns rush. Burns
slapped Cans jaw as they broke. He
misses three time, Cans backing away.
They got to a clinch. Joe puts two
straight lefts to face and got left hard
in the stomach. Joe got in two more
lefts on face. Burns cannot keep away
from Cans lefts, but is doing all the
rushing Cans puts two hard ones on
law. Cans after fierce rally landed
two more to head and Burns fights wild.
Burns lands right on kidney. In fierce
rally in middle of ring Cans warmed up
and exchanged rights and left with
Burns Cans missed terrific right at
the gong. Burns rushes and almost
swung Cans off his feet.
Round Four
Burrs landed light left on stomach.
| Clinch, Burns rushes but is met with
right on kidneys Cans gets one on
stomach. Cans avoids hard right to jaw.
Burns landed on stomach. They spar.
Burns rushes with head down, but gets
| hard right on ear. They are In a
clnch at the end of the round. Burns
| is trying hard.
Round Five
| Cans feints and Burns rushes to a
clinch Burns tries another rush but
| cannot land. Burns tries overland for
head but goes over his shoulder Cans
| stayed on defensive so far this round.
He avoided all Burns rushes. Burns
hangs on. Cans misses one right but
lands one later on head. They go to
clinch Burns gets two on head and near
| ly goes down, and they exchange hard
blows In a rally. Burns landed left to
Jaw, but Cans went to his corner fresh.
Burns went to corner tired.
Round Six
Cans danced away from a rush and
went to clinch later. Burns clinches
and hangs on. Burns lands right and
left on neck. Burns swung hard right
to Cans face. Burns almost swung him
self off his feet and Cans laughed Cans
puts straight right to face and they go
TO a clinch. Burns puts hard left to neck
and gets hard left to kidneys. They
fought furiously, both landing on face
and body.
Round Seven
Cans danced away and they clinched.
Cans pokes left three or four times to
face Cans slipped down in Burns cor
ner and jumped up into a clinch. Cans
landed right on chin as they rushed to-
gether and uppercut him in the clfnch.
Burns puts two hard rights to face and
they clinch. Burns brought blood from
a clinch and Burns took advantage and
put IL three hard blows to body. Cans
looks worried and tired from the furious
rough wrestling The crowd began howl
ing for Burns and the round ended about
even up.
Round Eight
Burns rushed Cans to the ropes. When
thew came together in midring they
clinched. Cans landed right twice in the
clinch Burns left goes over the shoulder.
Burns landed hard left to neck and Cans
returned his hard right uppercut to head
Burns broke out of the clinches and Cans
began uppercutting, but Burns avoids
them. they fight furiously and wrestle
into a clinch. Burns lands hard left on
law Cans was covering his body from
Burns rushes as the bell rang
Round Nine
They clinched, talking in the clinches.