Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-01
BY JAY DAVIDSON

Sandy Ferguson won his ten-round
scrap last night with Jack Burns, but
failed to put the Salinas boy out as
he had promised. It looked like he
might turn the trick in the eighth
round, but he could not finish q good
start and Burns gamely stuck on the
Job to the limit 1t was not as good
O. fight as had been expected, as Fer
guson showed up awkwardly and slow
and utterly failed to follow UP his ad-
vantage when he had Burns "oppI!
and worried.
Ferguson loomed up beside Burns
much like a giant with an ordinary IN
dividual and when he would open UP
and fight he would cuff Burns around
like he was a schoolboy. Al that'
Burns made a surprisingly good show
ing against his giant opponent ana
won many admirers by his game uphill
fight. While he did not damage Sandy
to any extent, he frequently reached
the big fellow with stinglng hooks 10
the Jaw and head and did some good
work in the clinches. ferguson %dIteu
on him, with few expections, and per
mitted him to set the pace and do most
of the leading, contenting himself with
warding off the dangerous blows and
countering as Burns came tearing IN,
The first three rounds did not amount
to much, Burns cleverly ducklng most
of Sandv's leads and being only sllght-
lv damaged by those he could not
avoid. In the fourth Sandy warmed
I'm a hit and went after Burns, rush-
ING with his overland right that gen
erally glanced off with only slight Ell
feet. His weight enabled him to rush
Rurns almost off his feet and force the
Colinae how to clinch to save himself,
hut SANDY did very little execution In
the c1incheS
Tn the fifth Ferguson continued on
The aggressive and began slammlng MS
left to the face with good erect. one
nf these pokes caught Burns under the
left eve and opened a cash that bleu
throughout the remaining rounds for
about the only mark either fighter bore
to tell of the scrap. Sandy staggered
Burns half way across the ring In TINS
round with a stiff left straight 10
the chin, but Burns smiled as ne recoV-
cred and rushed back into the fray
There was little doing in the sixth eN-
cent a hard right uppercut by Fer
cueon which he slung to the jaw when
Burns missed a hard swing ana over
balanced.
Both did some nice slugging In the
seventh, with honors about even, ~ a.
though Sandy did more damage WIN
his lunches than Burns because he
mt more steam behind them Fer
ruson opened up strongly in the eighth,
and it looked like he would knock out
the Salinas boy in that round, as he
landed several terrific right SWihSs,
oil of which landed high until late IN
fhe round, when Ferguson finally got
over one squarely enough to put Burns
down for nine. Burns arose weak ana
wobbly. but stalled out the round un-
der a heavy fire Of right and left
swings Ferguson could not get 10 MN
with the finishing punch
Burns came back fairly strong IN the
ninth, and Ferguson was not so
anxious. evidently, to finish him, as he
slowed down perceptibly and waited
for Burns to come to him, When ne
would swing his right to the head,
sometimes landing, and more generally
missing or wrapping his arms about
BURNS neck. In this round Ferguson
made his first attack to the wind, and
swung an occasional left to that por-
ton Of the anatomy. Burns fought
solely on the defensive in this round.
Burns went into the tenth deter
mined to make a winning or draw fin
ish. and really did better than in the
nreceding rounds because he was MAX
ing a desperate effort at evening up the
score He swung repeatedly for the
Jaw, but seldom landed, and was forced
to take as much punishment in return
as he gave.
DUNN DEFEATS HATTON
The curtain raiser was a siX-rOund
bout between Berry, HattOn and Harry
Dunn, n return match. and was won by
Dunn by a fair margin Of points after
six furious rounds Of game fighting by
both bows -Four rounds would have
suited them better. as they tired fast in
the last two rounds and let up percept-
ibly in their fighting, Dunn made the
stronger finish and had a good lead in
the sixth when the gong ended the
scrap.
REES WHIPS SIKORA
Kid Rees and Paul Sikora followed
with another siX-round bout, In which
Rees won all the way, administering
severe punishment in every round and
almost stopping his pompad0ulcd op-
ponent in the third and fourth rounds
Rees WAS too fast for Sikora and hit
with such a sting that Sikoras body
was glowing and covered with red spots
as silent testimonials 70 the steam Recs
put behind his punches.
WHITE WINS BY NOSE
Herby White and Hobo Doughterty
put UP a rather tame scrap in No on
the program, showing some new
wrinkles in clinching and infghting,
but otherwise doing little damage.
White was the aggressor all the way
and did the more effective work, but
had only a slight advantage at the
final gong, alInouBu SulllcltuI 10 give
him the decision.
MACK OUTFIGHTs KONKEL
The semi-windup was a ten-round
bout between Willie Mack and Jimmy
Konkel, and although starting out
tamely proved to be most entertaining
i'm the final stages. Mack was slow to
get going, but finally began to fight
and from the fifth round on had a good
margin i'm every round, winning the de
cision without any question. He seemed
to be poorly trained and went into the
ring overweight, but put up a strong
finish