The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-26

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 Fifth round Apparently refreshed from his minutes rest, Burns started the round briskly, landing his right on Johnson's head and punching the body with both hands Johnson managed to slip over q few rights to the head dur ing the round
 Sixth round Johnson rushed and cver with one hand Johnson swung his right a dozen times into the white mans ribs Burns jolted Johnson's body frequently and swung his right i hard over the ribs and put a stiff left to the stomach several times, John son, however treated these blows as d joke laughing at the crowd and mak- Ing sarcastic remarks to his opponent as he hustled Burns into a corner and scored couple Of rights to the body l seventh round Johnson rushed across the ring dealing out rights in i which there was no mercy Burns got a left to Johnson's jaw and Johnson raised lump under Burns right eye 1 in return Burns here seemed to be ! i''Flllb NliNll> Nlls dOlilINNn Ndb ltilltlllb repeatedly on Burns eye. meanwhile addressing the people about the ring ! side, and though Tommy was working deXterously at in-nEhtlng he placed | several terrific blows on Burns ribs, I dropping him 10 the floor for few seconds.
 | Eighth round-Burns' eyes were puff ! cd up and he was bleeding from the mouth when he emerged from his cor i ncr The white mans blows apparent | ly had little effect on the Texan, who went severely about belaborlng the head of the champion
 i Ninth round Come on Tommy swing your right, yelled Johnson as 1 tho gong rang Burns responded by calling the negro yellow dog" There was not very much hgntlng probably moro talking during this round
 Tenth round Both men seemed tir- 1 ing Johnson still used his fists effoc- l lively on Burns head and stomach, and Burns was doing all he could in reply, His blows however lacked steam
 Eleventh-Thc precipitation pouring off the body of Johnson made lt look not unlike highly polished walnut Burns tried to cross his river over, hut Johnson cevcrly avoided him mean time laughing at the champion Burns is outclassed and Johnson apparently i4 invulnerable When the bell rang Burns lfnped to his corner
 Twclfth-Agan Johnson sailed ln and Burns took tremendous lot of 1 punishment gamcy, His jaw is great ly swollen
 Thirtcenth-Johnson continued to play for the injured eve and the bleed Ing mouth of Burns, which was swol- en twice It's normal si2c Blow after blow the colored man ralned upon him and the gong alone saved the white man from defeat, for he was rceling and grogRy as it rang
 lourtecnth--Jo went right after Burns when time was called The white man warily backed away but Johnson following him up i dropped Burns with a heavy right to the head "One, two, three, slowly counted the referee, and Burns re- maincd down until eight seconds had been tollcd off When he arose John son flew at him like a tiger and, using both hands unmcrcifully, soon had the i champion totterinE The police then jumped into the ring and stopped the fight
 The referee immediately declared l., nI IpI 1 he considered it the best fight he ever l had witnessed in Australia, and that both men had fought most fairly
 First Negro Ia Win Championship.
 Iack-Johnson Is the first negro who cver won the worlds heavyweight pu- ! gilistir championship fact, he Is the only negro who ever was permitted to 1 battle for tho honor, He was born ] In Galveston. Tex, in lS7S and began l his ring career in laOl. He Is feet la inches in height and wei ghed at | the rlngsido close to i90 pounds
 Burns was born In Hanover ontario in 1881, and started fighting when he was nineteen years old. He ls | feet | 7l4 inches in height and weighs when trained for battle about 175 pounds. i Burns always was A rough and ready l nghtcr, who delighted to sail In and mix things with hls adversary Favor ed with great length of arm,--hls reach measuring 7ila inches-Burns has | proved himself bad man al close range. Despite the fact that Johnson ovcrtopped him in height by 6is Inches Burns had the better of the argument in reach by l2. inches.
 A purse of S3b000 was hung up Tor the battle, which was scheduled to 20 twenty rounds, Of this amount Burns demanded and received S30,0O), this sum to be paid him despite the outcome oI l the fight Johnson had to be satisfied with $5O00, and return tickets to Lon don for himself and his manager, Sam | Fitzpatrick
 According to reports both Johnson and Burns bet heavily on themselves at the prevailing odds, which slightly fa- vOred Burns at the rngsdc. The light CTS were trained to tho hour and fought before what was probably the largest crowd that ever witnessed a pugillstic contest. Burns did his training at Darling Point, while Johnson got In condition st Manloy. a seaside suburb. Besides rctinue of sltillful trainers who gave inc men daily practice at | the game of hit. stop and get away. both Burns and Johnson followed American training methods by doing hard road work. Each man picked up a lot of loose change by giving train
 Ing exhibitions twice week at tho ! stadium,
 Since James ]. Jcffries retired and Tommy Burns claimed the champion ship, Johnson had been trying to get the Canadian boy to meet him. and he has trailed him throughout the United States anu even to England to get 2 . match Il was not until Mn. Mcintosh the promoter of this fight, and who acted as referee, offered purse of s35,- 0o0 for battle at Rushcutter's bay, a suburb of sydney that Burns con. scented to meet Johnson Then he stip- ulated how the money should be split up. the size of the ring and all the conditions surrounding the fight John. son immediately accepted and sailed training
 Johnson. during his ring career has fought sixty-four battles, and tweu- ! ty-two of his opponents have gone