The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-04
+ SPORTS OF ALL SORTS 7 ''%' * :$r.,, PUGILISM
BURNS WILLING TO FIGHT JOHNSON
COnquerOr Of MOir Says lie
Will Defend His Title,
Barring None.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-The Burns-Moir fight
continues to be the sole topic in sporting
circles, and the ease with which the
American boxer defeated the Gunner Is no
cause for surprise to those who witnessed
the bout. TIL fast and shifty work of
Burns made Moir's slow and heavy move
ments show all the worse by contrast, and
1t is the unanimous opinion that the
American outclasses the best England can
produce.
Burns came through the fight with
scarcely a scratch, and today announced
that, having got what he came over for,
he proposed to take a rest. 81 stand ready
to defend the heavyweight title. however,
but will not be In a rush to sign for my
next BATTLE
Asked il he would now take on Jack
Johnson, the negro fighter, Burns replied:
"Of course, | will. | now claim the
heavyweight Championship of the world.
and | viii certainly not refuse to fight
any man who challenges me If the public
thinks enough of his chances to come and
see the battle. More than that. 1 an
nounced publicly before I left New York
that if l defeated Gunner Moir I would
fight johnson as soon as l returned to
America. l also gave Johnson's manager
that promise, and I was not joking. If
Johnson still wants TO meet me he will
have first call as soon as I set my feet
on my native SOIL"
Burns was asked when he expected 70
return.
81 can't say definitely he answered.
"If there is enough money in it 1 will
stay in England long enough to fight
Roache, the Irish champion. Unless |
can pick up at least $1,000 in the fight
some way there is nothing in it for me.
am not fighting anybody because 1
like it.
"As to my condition. 1 feel immense. |
was just warming to my work when Moir
went down. I felt from the beginning that
I had him, and, although he punched me
hard and often, l was only playing to him.
1t may seem strange to make such a state
ment. but 1t Is, nevertheless. true. NOR
would naturally think he had me, but all
the while I was playing a game, which
told it's tale in the end. l reveled in Moir's
blows. and they only served to stimulate
me to greater effort. ! was too quick for
him, and my movements puzzled the Gum
her time and again. 1t was not a g%ruelinS
fight for me, and | have come through
worse
The Sportsman, a Londan sporting paper,
saws: sfBurns showed us little and NOR a
good deal less. 1t was a case of eclipse,
first in the person of Burns, ana the
Scotchman nowhere. Burns tried out his
man TOE n rev TOunuH. diIo AhNus soAic
fed he could end the business whenever
he felt so inclined, toyed with his oppo-
nent Until halfway through the tenth
round. Moir was absolutely painfully un-
certain and i'll at ease from the outset.
| Indeed. his nervousness was so apparent
that even Burns could not help smiling.
Though outelassed and outgeneraled, Nor
seemed incapable of altering his method.
He was thrown off his guard by the willy
man in front of him and so worried by his
seconds that at times he appeared alto
gether at a loss what to do. He seemed
afraid to let 1t go, and In such a hurry to
get back to his guard that his blows al
ways lacked steam. and was Withdrawn
before the little power 1t contained had
been spent. We have not seen anything
! like the best of the Canadian. for the sim
! nle reason that NOR could not extend him
an inch
The Sporting Life says: There is some-
thing in this American style Of fighting
which we have yet to learn. 1t is an en-
tirely new game, and when we were con-
frontcd with the two styles, the old and
the new. we readily realized which was
the more effective. Moir fought up to~Hil-
ton true English tradition lines. he
never showed Us anything we did not
know; nothing but the same old stree
typed style. On the other hand, Burns
was brimful of new NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
hastily devised and equally hastily brought
into play. He had a greater variety OF
blows, and when he did land it was done
in the most effective manner. The result
was inevitable. Burns seemed to consider
the ring a chess-board, for he was here,
there and everywhere always at the right
moment