Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27

and by an excellent display Of boxing
warded off a return. Johnson, neverthe-
less. managed to put through a singing
Second Round-WhenA the gong changed,
Johnson yelled across to the approaching
Burns come right on" and he swung his
champions ankle gave way under him and
he went down. He was up Immediately.
however, and Johnson got to close quarters
witt hin and placed his right and left to
face and body. Burns left eye, here, COM
menced to swell. johnson thus far had
the better of the battle. The big black man
was coming all the time and he swung q
terrific left into Burns stomach. Burns
was doing but.little. He was bleeding from
the mouth and apparently was tired. The
men were clinched as the bell rang.
Third .Round-Burns swung his right. to
full insiding, chopping his right to the ribs
frequently. johnson landed some terrific
blows to the kidneys.
Both Talk ExcitedIy.
Fourth Round-when the men met In the
right into Burns ribs. The men talked
wildly to one another, each seemingly In.
tent upon getting the other excited and
landing the mo~ney-winning punch. During
the round they spared tiercly, but few
blows being struck. Johnson swung left to
the body and Burns brought right to head.
Johnson, closing, threw a terrific right and
left to the head Of the Canadian. The bell
sounded and found the men in a hard
clinch.
Fifth Round-Apparently refreshed from
his minutes rest Burns started the round
head and punching the body with both
hands. johnson managed to slip over a
few rights to the head during the round.
Sixth Round-Johnson rushed and Burns
clinched. Breaking loose, however, with
one hand Johnson swung his right a dozen
lines into the white mans ribs, Burns
his right hard over the ribs and put a stiff
left to the stomach several times. Johnson,
however, treated these blows as a joke,
Il Laughing at the crowd and making Sar-
castle remarks to his opponent as he
hustled Burns into a corner and scored a
couple of rights to the body.
Burns Losing Strength.
Seventh Round-Johnson pushed Burns
across the ring, dealing out rights in which
there was no mercy, Burns got a lett TO
~Johnson,s jaw and Johnson raised a lump
under Burns right eye in return. Burns
here seemed to be losing strength. john
son was landing repeatedly on Burns eye,
meanwhile addressing the people around
the ringside and though Tommy was work
ing deXteriously at mitigating, he placed
several terrific blows on Burns ribs,
dropping him to the floor for a few Sec
onds.
Eighth ~Round-Burns' eyes were puffed
up and he was bleeding from the mouth
when he emerged from his corner. The
white mans blows apparently had little
effect on tie Texan. who went severely
about belatsoring the head OF the champion.
Ninth R~aound-"Come on Tommy; swing
your right" yelled Johnson as the gong
rang. BUNS responded by calling the
negro a yellow dog. There was not
ing this rould.
Tenth Roundabout men seemed firing.
Johnson still used hts fists effectively on
Burns head and stomach, and Burns was
doing all he could In reply. His blows,
however lacked steam.
Eleventh Round-The perspiration pour
Ing off the body of Johnson made II look
not unlike highly polished walnut. Burns
tried to cross his right over, but johnson
oleverly avoided him., meantime laughing
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Johnson apparently is invulnerable. When
the bell rang Burns llmped to his corner.
Twelfth Round-Again, johnson sailed
His Jaw Is greatly swollen.
Gong saves burns.
Thirteenth Round-Johnson continued
TO play for the eye and bleeding mouth
OF Burns, which was swollen twice its
normal size. Blow after blow the col
Ored man rained upon him and the gong
alone saved the white man from defeat
Tor he was Keeling and roggy as II rang.
During the intermission between the
thirteenth and fourteenth rounds the po-
probability is that they will stop the fight
In the next round. Referee Mcintosh
went 10 Burns corner and had a taIk
was strong. Mcintosh then asked the
police not to interfere.
Fourteenth Round-Johnson went right
white man warily backed away, but John
son. following bim up dropped Burns with
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slowly counted the referee, and Burns re-
NAMED down until eight seconds had been
reeled off. When he arose Johnson flew
at him like a tiger and. using both hands
numerically, soon had the champion tot
tering. The police then jumped into the
ring and stopped the fight
The referee Immediately declared John
son the winner. He added that he con-
sidered II the best. fight he had ever wit,
messed in Australia and both men had
fought most fairly.
Jenries Not Surprised.
Los ANGELES. Dec. 25.-James ]. JEFF
fries. former heavyweight champion Of the
world. evidenced no surprise when the news
reached him that Johnson had won from
Burns. Thought he would win unless they
had his legs and hands both tied" was his
characteristic comment on the result
Burns had no right TO fight Johnson for
the heavyweight championship. l never
looked for any other result. but I did nOi
expect the fight TO go 80 far" he added
Then when he was asked about the prob