Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-28


landed a clean left to jaw but Cans more
than evened it up in long range body
punches. Clinch. Cans rushes In with
head down but cannot land. Burns lands
left on kidneys. Cans uppercut him twice
on face. The crowd hiss Burns for hit
ting in clinches. Burns is bleeding at
mouth. Burns shoves Joe around the
ring and swung wildly while the negro
coolly allowed him to set the pace. The
crowd hummed with excitement.
Round Ten
They exchange hard rights on jaw.
They rush to a clinch. Burns rushed
furiously and they slugged in midring.
Cans landed cleanly on body and head.
Cans peppered Burns with right and left
pokes on face. Cans landed a hard poke
to chin. Burns clinched twice to save
himself Cans waited and landed two
hard ones on head. In two short slug
ging rallies Cans punched Burns severely.
Round Eleven
Burns came up strong and rushed to a
clinch. Cans blocked everything and
held Jimmy at bay wi - fast jabs to nose
and jaw. Burns landed hard right swing
on cheek The crowd was hollering for
Burns Cans parried Burns wild swings,
but the white boy landed couple and
Cans was very busy backing away and
ducking. Cans put three hard blows to
jaw, but Burns kept boring away with
arms going like fails. Burns was stag
gered by left to the jaw as the round
closed Cans seemed master Of the sit
uation, but Burns aggressiveness was
not lessened.
Round Twelve
Cans shot lightning lefts to the nose
and lodged the returns. Cans toyed with
Burns by rocking his head with lefts as
Burns rushed and swung wildly. They
rush to clinch. Cans puts terrific
right on the body, but Burns kept COM
ing. Both men are soaked with perspira-
tion from the fast work Burns almost
swung himself off his feet. Cans missed
two leads. This was a comparatively
slow round The house is yelling for
Burns owing to his showing.
Round Thirteen
Burns was short twice and they went to
a clinch. The negro escapes the rushes
with slight exertion. Cans did no fight
] ing. Cans holds Burns out of reach with
| his long left. Cans asked Jeffries to end
Burns cinches quickly. Cans landed two
blows to one in repeated rallies. Burns
fought so frantically that he went on his
knees without being hit. Cans stood away
and punched Burns into a daze with left
and rights to jaw, but Jimmy swung
right and left and kept coming.
Round Fourteen
| Cans stood away and landed several
clean lefts and rights on Burns without
return Burns rushed in for protection.
Burns found himself unable to get beyond
Cans guard. Cans landed hard swings
to body, face and jaw. Burns is tired.
He refuses to break Cans shot punish
| ing cross cuts to ears and nose. Cans
backed away and punished Burns, and
| Burns rushed frantically in spite of n
perfect rain of hard blows to face and
| jaw. Cans scored three to one in the final
rally. Burns had to cover up. Burns
fought hard.
Round Fifteen
| They stood braced in midring. Cans
poked left to face twice. Cans sidestepped
and Burns nearly went out of the ring.
Burns was cheered when he landed left
| to Cans face. The negro was master in
the mixups. Both men tired from fast
| fighting. Burns seems weaker. Burns
took terrific series of hard rights to
body without clinching, and the crowd
gave him round of cheering for his
gameness, This was a wild round and
both men were well winded.
Round Sixteen
Both men cautious. Burns rushed in
with head down. They both missed right
swings. BiRns landed two on the neck
Joe poked him three to the face and
rushed to clinch. Burns is very tired
and wild. Cans tried three times for a
knockout but missed. They slugged
'hard, each using uppercuts. and Burns
was shakyi as the bell rang.
Round Seventeen
Burns rushed, but was blocked, and
they cinched. Cans jabbed right to nose
Cans held Burns at arms length and
shot his right to mouth. Burns was be-
widered but strong. He was unable to
land a telling punch. In his eagerness
Burns jumped into the air in his rush.
Cans dazed him with left to jaw and
Burns held on. Cans staggered Burns
with right to jaw. Cans is punching
Burns hard. Burns walked to a clinch
covered up, Cans extricated himself from
the clinches slowly timing his blows.
Burns was tired.
Round Eighteen
| Burns came UP fresher. He rushed to