New-York tribune., 1907-12-03
HOW BURNS BEAT MOIR.
ngLishman OutgencraUed and Goes
Dozen an Tenth Round.
IBy The Associated Press.

London. Dec. Tommy Burns of America
knocked out Gunner Moir, of England. in the tenth
round Of their fight for the worlds HEAVYWEIGHT
title before the National Sporting Club here to-
night Engishmen never had great hopes of the
ability Of their representative regain the lost
honors in the boxing arena and a somewhat
uneXciting contest the American champion had a
tensions and securing for himself the title of
heavyweight champion of the world.
After the fifth round Burns's victory was certain.
and in the tenth. when Aioir failed TO rise TO the
call of time and literally cut to pieces. Burns
left the ring with scarcely mark.
Mo1r owes his right to participate in champion
snip matches more to influence than TO merit. and
his defeat, therefore, not a matter Of general
surprise. Burns proved himself superior in every
detail. He displayed greater science and infinitely
better generalship, and his blows were delivered
with much more power than those OF the English
The contest aroused greater amount Of ex-
element and enthusiasm than any decided the
National Sporting Club since Slavin's defeat at
the hands of Peter Jackson. Burns entered the
ring favorite at odds of TO 4. which would have
been still longer but for the fact that the two
titled hackers of AIoir covered the Burns for
a large amount the chance Of big winning IN
addition the stake money.
Except for the difference in weight and Moir's
advantage OF two inches IN height. the men were
evenly matched In the ring Burns's crouching
attitude appeared TO place him a still greater
disadvantage in height with Moir, who assumed
fairly erect pose, with his arms widely extended
The work in the first round mostly at long
range the fighters sparTing wary. Finally Burns
the second sending him staggering the ropes.
while the American himself escaped without pun
iShment, avoiding Moir's rusheS cleverly. The pace
increased in the second round. the getting into
close quarters. where Burns showed his superiority
and did Il lot of damage Moir's body. He
ceived a nasty Jolt under the chin however which
brought him up, but he soon resumed the might
ing. Moir clinched fercely and cautioned.
They fought at long range again in the third
round, Burns being too clever for his adversary,
who began to show signs of the punishment he had
received. In the fourth Burns took breatner.
which allowed Mor to have just shade the better
OF a light round.
Burns came back again hard In the fifth. forcing
the fight from the sound Of the bell. TIE sixth
round all in favor Of the American, whose
footwork completely baff1ed his opponent In the
seventh Burns sent home terrific swing, which
made ugly cash IN the gunner's cheek. In the
eighth Mor came back gamely and with the evident
he was fought all the ring and badly pun
ished. Burns set upon him numerically in the fol-
lowing round. administering terrific punishment
MOir in sorry plight and the bell just
saved him from being put out.
Burns quickly to the centre Of the ring in
the tenth round and forced matters from the start
He sent the gunner to the floor with short right
arm jolt. Moir rose. only to be foored again from
hard left the Jaw. lie struggled TO his feet
but easy victim for another cross on the
jaw, and going down. unable TO respond to
the call of time.
a tremendous crowd outside the National Sport
ing Club awaited the result, and the announcement
of BUrnss easy victory caused the greatest ex-
element
Burns weighed in at III pounds and Noir at 1872
pounds. SiX-Ounce gloves were used. The winner
received $4,000 out of the purse and the loser
In addition to this there side bet of S2.500
Eugene Corri HOlborn. member of the London
Stock Exchange, was the referee.