Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-04

.CanuCk. In inches, weight, ana Dou-
lily strength Burns was beaten, but
IN the minds of those who know HIN
best, his genius for fistic battle be-
ginning where mechanical rules end
equalized all this. Burns went into
the battle crouching his neck a lit
tie down on the left side! Burns, in
rcpose and in action, provides an In
teresting study in contrasts, and in
the practice of the conservation OF
energy. He slouches about, some
times even lazily, and looks all too
til ed for the serious job on hand,
but when the blast OF war blows In
his ears, the sinews are stiffened, fair
Nature is disguised with hard-favor-
ed rage; he becomes the perfection
OF alertness, and with the strength,
agility, and fierceness Of tiger. But
all these qualifications are only rela-
tive. What II his opponent Is stron-
ger, more agile, and more tigerish?
The black was more upright and
more conventional in his attitude.
They began to dance already, like
prancing steeds straining for the
charge. How nimble they were; the
big black astonishing the spectators
with his sprightliness. Their arms
were semaphores, windmills; they
were up, they were down, they whirl-
ed, they looked as II they were at
last to be sent upon a destructive
mission. Who would begin? Some
what airily johnson had pronounced
before the struggle that he would
lead at once, and drive the Canuck
from the scene. The pranclng, mag
nificently trained, alert Canadian In
front of him, waiting, like a panther,
claws and all, to spring upon him,
should he be of his guard for the
infinitesimal part OF second, may
have altered his views. Not so. For
once promise is equal to performance.
The negro bounded in, taking all his
strength, skill, and grins with him.
II was soon over The first shot had
decided the battle. There was
clinch, and n clicking sound, and
down went Burns, clipped in the
jaw with an uppercut.
Some Frenchman who tried recent
ly to illustrate his experience of u
knockout clout represented II as
sensation in which thousands OF
sweet bells were jangling, together
with the wild rush Of trains, and the
roars of the outbreak Of fierce yolca-
noes, and he also saw myriads OF
stars, comets, hogboglins, and other
I quaint things. Unimaginative Wool
loomooloo is not 10 fanciful. Its de-
scriptive faculty is satisfied with,
"'E got a clip on the Jaw that wood
ened i'm"
This blow, which shocked Burns
and stunned his party, was not vi
cious enough, although II was the
execution to blame and not the in
tent, to enable the little man to see
all the Frenchman's pictures; but,
like Mercutios wound. II served
Burns had got the losing end of the
| fight already. There was the insep-
arabic smirk of the negro, and he
went in for little airy persiiage.
With some grinding punches on
Burns jaw, the first round ended.
In the second round Johnson became
an orator, cornerman, as well as
pugilist. He grinned at all and sun
dry, talked necessarily to Burns.
haunting him, chatting him, patroniz-
ing him.
Burns said nothing, but fought on.
silently, determinedly, as bravely as
he could, but how hopelessly! John
sen laughed over his opponents shoul
der, passed the time Of day to some
one he Familiarity referred to as Pat
sy," commented about the salubrity
OF the weather, and suggested that
there were numerous presidents In
mundane history for the eyes OF the
world being perennially focused on
an estimable party by the name of
Johnson" or words to that effect.
And he grinned again.
Only once was there a CLEAN of
hope for Burnside winked at his
faithful attendants after striking the
negro somewhat hard, and the
crowd were not 10th to encourage
him to repeat 1t. But II was all In
vain-there was too much strength
and skill in front OF him-he was a
hopelessly beaten man. In the char.
acter of the fighting there was moth.
Ing sensational. They would shape
up, Johnson would make few
speeches. there would be smashing
rush by the negro, and they would
hold on to each other for minutes al
! a time. But in these clinches there
would be thud after thud. and tn,
i clicking sound OF mans teeth be
/ ing ratified. The victim was Burns
His face began to. look pulpy, hi
9 left eye had lost so per cent. of IL
j usefulness, while internally he mus
: have suffered from the terrific slog
OF the black man as he crashed
Q through his defence and smashed hi