Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-10
.O'BRIEN WAS
 WELL TRAPPED
Burns Lures Him Into the Ring on a False Promise and Then
 the Double Cross

| twenty round fight. Burns come: out with a statement that he had tt promise to lay down to O'Brien 1T order to get Jack to enter the ring and that he had no intention of car rying out the compact. He says ht told Matchmaker Tom McCarey ana that McCarey decided to have al bets called of before the gong sent the men to the center of the ring. "O'Brien was caught in one of his l own traps, as he figured I would live up to my agreement with him. pretended to do this because want ed to show the country that l was O'Brien's master" says Burns, "and he was wise to the fact that was going to double-cross him after the first round, when I almost carried him off his feet"
 As for the bets being called of, was instrumental in having that done for the, protection of the public. wanted to make this explanation af- | terward and I did not want to see the public tricked into losing any of its money. The calling off of the bets cost me $3,S00, for I stood to win that amount myself"
 Late yesterday afternoon Manager McCarey of the Pacific Athletic club made a full statement of the fake fight arrangement, which was in part as follows:
 70 'Brien approached Burns and after he had gotten me in deeply on the expense, suggested that Burns enter into fake fight with him and allow him to beat Burns in the ring.
 "O'Brien said that under no other circumstances would he enter the ring with Burns. Tommy consented to the fake O'Brien was to bet on himself and he and Burns were to divide the proceeds.
 Burns then came to me with the story, declaring that this was the only way by which O'Brien could be gotten into the ring, and suggested that he pretend to carry out the agreement. This looked to be the best thing to do and I agreed, taking | the I. O. U's of the two fighters for $1S,000 apiece in order to protect myself.
 Tt looked to me to be the only way to get O'Brien to fight, and not wishing to disappoint the public I went on with the arrangements.
 "O'Brien, all this time, according to his statements, was placing all the money at his command on himself to win. and the odds went down to 10 to 6. O'Brien had no intimation that Burns was going to double cross him until the referee entered the ring.
 After l found that O'Brien had made this agreement with Burns, the three of us met and agreed that Burns was to receive Lllf of the purse and that O'Brien was to get 30 per cent of the gross receipts. This was fortunate for me, for the re- ceipts fell down to $22,000, so am not very great loser on the event. |"
 0'Brien was located in room at the Angelus hotel. He was suffering from injuries to his face and hands received in the fight and declined to see anyone. A note was sent to him informing him that Burns had made public the pre-arranged result of the fight and that Manager McCarey had admitted that the statements were correct. He still declined to make any statement.
 It was clearly Burns's battle, the decision being received with ap- plause from the spectators who filled the club house without a dissenting voice. In the closing rounds Burns landed almost at will. He tried hard for knockout. but O'Brien was too shifty and thereby saved himself.
 The referee, soon after both men entered the ring, declared all bets off, but refused to give any reason for his action.
 Burns put up a fierce, aggressive fight. while o'Brien was always on the defensive. and retreated before his husky opponent. In the first round O'Brien carried his defensive tactics to such an extent that he ap- peared to be afraid of Burns's rush. es. In round two they mixed fierce ly. They clinched. and o'Brien fell with Burns on top of him. Burns pursued O'Brlen around the ring, landing a few light ones on head.
 From the fifteenth to the twenti- eth Burns sailed In viciously, follow ing up every advantage and slugging o'Brien at will. landing on the face and body. clearly outpointing oBrien.
 Gus Ruhlin, the Akron heavy weight. has come to life again and wants a fight with Bill Squires, the Australian heavyweight champion, for twenty rounds. RuhlIn had bet ter stick to the real estate business, as his proposition is not considered seriously.
 It is reported from San Francisco that Harry Corbett. who died some time ago, left an estate of nearly s1OO, ,000, and that 1t will go to his blind daughter. The bulk of 1t is in actual cash and will be turned over to her at the end of the present year.
 Bob Fitzsimmons. the former hea- vyweight champion. is living a quiet life at his country home at Dunellen. \. J., where he is putting in the best of his time getting himself into shape for a battle Fitzsimmons, when seen yesterday on Broadway. admitted that he vas not through with the ring and said that he would Ike to meet 0'Brien. Squires. Sailor Burke or any other big man who