The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
JACK BURNS IS
NOW IN ENGLAND
Young California Heavyweight
Has Aspirations for Worlds
Championship.
JEM MACE PASSES AWAY
AFTER CHECKERED CAREER
Won Great Fortune in the Prize
Ring, Yet Died a
Pauper.
BY RICHARD DAHLaRRN.


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LONDON, Dec IA new aspirant
for heavyweight honors in this coun-
try arrived on Monday last-Jack
Burns. strapping heavyweight from
San Francisco. The newcomer was
born at Salinas, Cal, twenty six years
ago. He stands six feet one and half
inches in height, and scales in condi-
tion close on IA stone. He has been
boxing two years and during that time
has beaten number of American
hcavyweights Burns said he was in
condition to enter the ring with any
one in ten days notice.
''Will you fight with Bill Langf" he
was asked
eyes, was the reply. "and the
sooner the better. y
Failing Lang, Burns stated be was
prepared to meet any English heavy
weight for a side stake and purse or
purse only.
Burns is accompanied by Gene JEFF
ferry, his manager, a very pleasant
Young fellow, who was educated at To
ropto university.
Career of Jem Mace.
Jem Mace, the English pugilist, the
most famous of his class since Tom
lifetime and died practically a pauper
waiting in vain for an old age pension.
There was time when he had close
upon 100000 in bank. What became
Of il? His money went Just as your
John l.. Sullivan s money was blown
to the winds. Mace had wonderful
ring career
He participated in 500 battles His
championship career began in 1862,
when he defeated Sam Hurst, and ex-
tended until 1872. Mace made q for
| tune but died in poverty. He only re-
Gently applied for q pension, but the
| application was pending when be died.
His rugged health remained until a
! few weeks ago. when general break.
down presaged the end He attributed
| his good health 10 his regularity and
temperance. He did not begin his ring
career until he was "a years old, when
| he met fighter named Slack, whom
be disposed Of in nineteen minutes.
His next match was with Bill Thorpe,
! who had never been defeated. He
won At first he was called George
Browns Novice.'' and the sporting
world laughed when il was proposed
that he fight Bob Brettle They fought
on the bank of the Medwsv. September
| 21. 1858. At the end of three minutes
| Brettle was declared the winner. La
| ter Mace whipped Brettle as if be had
been an amateur.
Then came Mace's fight with the
champion, Bob Travers. Travers ruled
9 TO ] favorite. because of his greater
bulk This fight lasted through two
days, the first session being interfered
with by the police at the conclusion
of the sixth round.
The fighters and spectators took re-
cesses for meals and rest, and at in
tervals the crowd went off to drink
and shoot game.
The next day the men continued the
fight. Mace began TO show his super.
ioritv after the fifteenth round. He
won the fight in the twenty-seyenth.
| Another fight with Brettle followed
and Mace won in the fifth ronnd.
Champion of the World.
In 1860 Mace was declared ths cham-
piou of the world. Tom King chal-
lenged his supremacy, and they fought a
forty threc-rouud fight in January,
1862. the verdict going 10 Mace. Then
for the next ten years he was unbeat-
able. He fought often and all couers,
representing his earnings in the prize
ring.
Mace was no manager. and his for
tune melted away A year ago last
April he applied for an old age pen
sion. In England there is pension
of sbillings a week for all persons
over 20 who are practically destitute
The old man said when be applied for
the pension.
"Since ] lost my wife nothing has
gone right. I always needed master.
'fOply two ever beat me- he said
'.Bob Brettc and Tom King. Those
beatipgs were accidents. for ] met
them again and polished them of prop
err ] suffered more from punching
them than from their punches. ] knew
more than they-had better head
piece.
have taken out Of the prize ring-and
All gone. Ten championship cups and
four championship belts | have won
all silver. with diamonds and precious
stones, and they are gone
Mace came TO America in 1870 and
al New Orleans beat Tom Allen for n
$4,000 prize. The following May, 1871,
he was matched 10 fight Joe Coburn in
Canada. but fearing 'framcup' and
desperate battle between their sup
>orters at the ripgside both men re
fused to come out Of their corners
New Orleans and the battle WAS called
draw
Mace paid his last visit to America
in 1896 when he donned the gloves
for the last time in an exhibition bout
with Professor Mike Donovan
American sportsmen interested in
pugiism. always made the pilgrims &c
/ to Mace's home when here and it was
due to their generosity that Mace was
able to enjoy many Of the little luxu
Ties OF life. He enjoyed meeting the
ring celebrities Of the United States.
Famous Stallion Dies.