Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-11
Burns Knocks Out Palmer in
The Fourth Round.
FLOORED TIME AFTER TIME
Tommy Has No Difficulty Landing
on His Opponent.
FAILED TO GET ONE PUNCH
Turner Local Wrestling Champion.
Races at New Orleans-Local,
Billiardists Win.

LONDON February 1l.-TOmny Burns
oe America. now generally recognized as
tho champion heavyweight fighter OF the
world last night knocked out Jack Pai-
mer of Newcastle in the fourth round
or what was scheduled to be a twenty
ro,:u6 fight for the heavyweight title al
Wonderland. a big music hall on the eas'
side. Thus Burns gathered in his second
easy purse since coming here.
From the beginning of the first rounu
il was evident that the Englishman
was hopelessly Outclassed and that lie
did not have. even an accidental chance
of winning 1t was a most one-sided
affair and Palmer was unable to land
A clean punch from the beginning OF the
fight until the middle of the fourth round.
when he rested or his knees until the
referee. Richard Watson. counted him out
Palmer spent most OF his time on the
floor. The bout had hardly begun When
Burns dropped his opponent with rlsnt
hook to the jaw. Palmer LOOK tne count,
and when he arose Burns put him down
again. Palmer managed to keep on MS
fa~t for about twenty seconds when he
got up the second time. but Burns ianueu
with his left and Palmer sprawieo on
the floor again. He was about que lor
another knOckdown when the Deii Tans.
III the first minute of the CONTEST, LOT
Palmer was a beaten man from the mo-
ment tina; he entered the ring;
Burns wore broad grin as he climbed
through the ropes and appeared conhdent
Of winning easily. but Palmer dlspiayed
great nervousness. Each OF the nghters
was given vigorous cheer. Burns re-
moved a somewhat gaudy bathrobe ana
stood respondent in new fighting LOGS
He wore an American flag as bel'
Palmer Not Confident.
For a man VINO was about to engage
in . contest for the heavyweight cham
pionship Of the world. Palmer did not
appear to have a great deal of confidence
in himself. Before the contest began the
E,nglishman offered to wager that he
would last six rounds with Burns The
grin on Burns countenance grew SO broad
that it threatened to separate the top OF
his head from the rest of his body. He
whispered to one of his seconds. and the
latter went tearing after Palmers pefting
agent as if he were afraid that some
body else might get the bet. But no one
seemed anxious to bet on the proposition
of Palmer being knocked out inside of
six rounds.
Burns looked to be in excellent condi-
ton, and announced that he weighed
about 175 pounds. Palmer appeared light
err and weighed about six or seven pounds
less than the American.
When the bell rang for the first round
Tommy walked sedately out of his corner
and Immediately began to smash Palmer
all over the ring. He did not wait to
take his opponents measure. but started
out as if he had determined to win as
quickly as possible. Maybe his seconds
had succeeded In getting down a bet with
Planners man on the proposition that the
EnGlishman, would stay six rounds At
any rate, Burns gave his opponent no
rest. and before Palmer was able to even
oft mint 70 q md he W
a right hook to the. jaw.
Jack stayed down for the count. and
then arose, looking as If he had deter
mined his plan of battle. 1t appeared
as il this plan consisted of covering up
and retreating. but Burns kept after his
man, and soon Palmer was trying to I'M
tangle himself from the floor again. After
being knocked down three times the bell
rang. and Palmer walked unsteadily to
his corner. where he was taken in hand
by some five or six seconds. who pro-
ceeded to try to rejuvenate him for the
second round
Burns Fights Bloomin' Fast
They succeeded fairly well. and Palmer
danced semi-cleverly out of his corner to
the center of the ring, where Burns
languidly awaited him. The American
assumed a peculiar crouch. and shot a
long left to Palmer's jaw. Then he tried
il on various parts of his opponents anat-
omy. firing OF this mild form of amuse-
ment. Burns for variety swung his right
and as il connected with Palmers jaw
the. Englishman's knees doubled under
him. and he sank to the floor. He took
the count while he collected his thoughts
and then came back for more which he
very promptly received. Burns seemed
TO have a punch on tap all the time and
he was not a bit stingy about letting ii
loose.
Palmer paid his respects to the floor I'm
the third round just as impartially as he
did in the two preceding rounds. and
after a minutes rest he came blithely to
the center of the ring. 1t was like lamb
going TO the slaughter. Burns opened