The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-05-09
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FRANK BURNS IS ANXIOUS TO
WRtSTLE IN COPPER COUNTRY
champion Welterweight Of Mich
igan Would Meet Young
Miller or Beeman.
WINNER TO TAkE ALL PURSE

Frank Burns, champion welterweight
wrestler of Michigan, is anxious to ar
range a match with young Miller"
pearl Beeman. Louis Grueger, Wiir-
tanen. Gronlund or any other good
man in either the welterweight or
middle weight classes, for Burns wres-
tIos in the mddleweight class as well
nc in the weller. He has never been
defeated in the welterweight division,
and challenges any wrestler i'm that
class i'm the world. He has met and
defeated scores OF good men and has
never turned down a match. He seems
70 have an idea that young Miller"
particularly is not DESTROYS of meet
ing him because he has had standing
offer in the Police Gazette for some
time TO meet any man near his weight
for $500 a side and it has not been ac-
cepted.
Burns, who Is represented in
the copper country by Sam Hoiren7
berg of the Cubs Billiard Pa ors, Cal
umet. wants to meet young Miller"
Beeman. Kruger or any other good
man in that $500 preliminary match on
the occasion of the Gotch- Person con-
test at the Amphidrome at Houghton
next Friday evening. He is confident
he can defeat any of these men, and 1t
is said if the Amphidrome manage
ment does not consider him that he
will try and arrange an independent
match to be pulled off in one of the
copper country towns in the near flu
ture. Hearing that Kruger and young
Miller" have been matched, Burns says
he will challenge the winner provid-
ing he does not get chance with eth
or man at the Amphidrome next Fri
day.
Burns won the welterweight cham
pionship OF Michigan by defeating
william Bunkerman of Detroit at Ira
verse City. AVfraverse City paper
has the following account of the
match:
Frank Burns, the local welterweight
wrestler, clearly outclassed William
Bunkerman of Detroit claimant of the
welterweight title, in their match last
night i'm the Grand opera house and Is
now the holder of the title for that
weight in Michigan, and is willing to
meet all Corners in his class.
Burns secured the first fan on HIS
man in ten minutes and 33 seconds on
a crotch hold, and took the second,
winning the match, i'm six minutes and
As seconds, giving n total of Is min
utes and IS seconds of wrestling.
The opening of the bout started OIL
very fast, with Bunkerman the ag-
gressor and working very fast. Burns
soon had him on the defensive. ana
after four minutes of wrestling Bunk
erman worked out of very dangerous
scissors hold around the neck but ne
soon again had Burns on the defnsive
but did not stay there long.
After about eight minutes work
Burns had Burkeman in very bad
position, but the latter's wiryness Will
lingness to fight and his clever work
got him out of the hammerlock ana
scissors hold, but he went down Tor
the first fall few minutes after.
At the beginning of the second period
the work was very fast and neither
seemed anxious to take the mat, both
sparring for hold at least two MIN
utes. but when they did go down Burns
was on the offensive. After about
four minutes work Bunkerman sue
ceeded in breaking the scissors hold'
followed by Bunkerman being on the
offensive in about five and a half MN
utes and he began to try to get Gotchs
famous toe hold. but Burns was wise
and with a quick tumbling movement
broke it and got his opponent in IA
tai scissors around the body and had
his man down and almost out before
the referee tapped the winner.