Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-27

the money-winuing punch. Durihk
the jeering they spared fiercely. but
few lows being struck. Then John
son swung left TO the body and Burns
brought right to head. Johnson, clos
Ing in, threw q terrific right and left
to the bead Of the Canadian. The
bell found the men in a hard ciinch.
Apparently refreshed from his min
ute's rest Burns started the fifth
round briskly. landing his right ON
Johnson's head and punching the body
with both hands. Johnson managed
to slip over a few rights to the head
during the round.
Johnson rushed and Burns clinched
In the sixth round, breaking loose
however. with one hand, Johnson
swung his right a dozen times INTO
the whites mans ribs, Burns jolted
Johnson's body frequently and swung
his right hand over the ribs and put
st'ff left to the stomach several
times johnson. however. treated
these blows as a joke, laughing al
the crowd and making sarcastic re-
marks to his opponent as he BUSTED
Burns into a corner and scored
couple OF rights to the body.
johnson RusheS Burns.
In the seventh round johnson rush
ed Burns across the ring. dealing out
rights in which there was no mercy.
Burns got a left to JohnsOn's jaw. ana
johnson raised lump under Burns
right eye in return. Burns here SEEM
ed to be losing strength. johnson
was landing repeatedly on Burns
eye. meanwhile adore ss'ng the people
about the ringside, and though Tom
my was working dexteriously at In
fighting, he placed several terrific
drives on Burns ribs. dropping him to
the floor for q few seconds.
Burns eyes were pulled up in the
eighth round and he was Bleeding
from the mouth when he emerged
from his corner The white mans
blows apparently had little effect on
the Eexan. who went severely about
belaboring the head OF the champion.
Come on. Tommy. swing your
right" yelled johnson as the gong
rang for the ninth round. Burns re-
sponded by calling the negro a "yei-
low dog" There was not very much
fighting-probably more talking-dur-
ing this round.
In the tenth round both men SEEM
ed firing. Johnson still used his
fists effectively on Burns head and
stomach. and Burns was doing all
he could in reply His blows. how
ever. lacked steam.
Burns Begins to Weaken.
The pers piration pouding of the
body of johnson made it look not un-
like highly polished walnut. Burns
tried to cross his right over. but
Johnson cleverly avoided him. mean
time laughing at the champion.
parently was invulnerable. When the
bell rang Burns limped to his corner
at the end Of the eleventh round.
Johnson sailed In and Burns took a
tremendous lot Of punishment gamely
In the twelfth and thirteenth rounds.
His jaw was greatly swollen John
son continued to play for the injured
eye. and the bleeding mouth Of Burns
was swollen twice its normal size.
Blow after blow the colored man
rained upon him. and the gong alone
saved the white man from defeat. for
he was Keeling and groggy as 1t rang.
During the intermssion between
the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds
the police officials consulted together.
and 1t was probable that they would
stop the fight in the next round. Re-
fierce Mcintosh went to Burns corner
and had a talk with the champion.
who declared that he was strong.
Mcintosh then asked the police not
to interfere.
Then came the final round. Johnson
went right after Burns when time was
called. The white man warily back
ed away hut Johnson. following him
up. dropped Burns with a right to the
head. Zone. two. three" slowly
counted the refree. and Burns re-
manned down until the eighth seconds
had been reeled Of When he arose
johnson flew at him like . tiger. and.
using both hands numerically. soon
had the champion lettering The
stopped the fight.
The referee Immediately declared
Johnson the winner. He added that
he considered II the best fight he ever
had witnessed in Australia. and that
, both men had fought most fairly.
How Purses Went.
A purse Of $4,000 was hung up for
the Johnson-Burns battle. which was
scheduled to 60 20 rounds. or this
amount Burns demanded and received
$50, 900, this sum to be paid him de-
srite the outcome Of the fight John
son had 70 be satisfied with $4,000 and
return tickets to London for himself
and his manager. Sam F1tzpatrick.
According to reports. both johnson
and Burns bet heavily on themselves
In the prevailing odds. which slightly
favored Burns at the ringside. The
| fighters were trained to the hour and
fought before what was probably the
largest crowd that ever witnessed
pre:rstic contest. Burns did his