El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-11
FRANKIE BURNS IS
A LAD Of PROMISE
Is Decidedly the Best OF
New Crop of Light.
weights.
(By w. w. Naughton.)

(By w. w. Naughton-J
San Francisco, cal, March 1.-THE
future looms as brightly for frankie
Burns, the young California fighter. as
it does for any of the new crop Of
lightweights. Burns's professional con-
tests number only three, but each OF
them was a creditable performances
Strange to say, his first was his most
important engagement. That was ms
second bout with Owen Moran.
It was one of those bouts in which
the referee simply acts as deaf mute;
but by striking an average OF the
popular decisions" rendered IL was
agreed that the affair deserved 10 be
known as a draw, and as such II mas
been referred to ever since.
Rurns's peculiar crouch-or rather,
his crouch and cover'-as it has come
to be called, no doubt helped MN 10
weather the storm in the Moran aHalr.
Moran, as all the sporting worIo
knows, is the personification OF cool
ness and confidence What he doesn
know about locating openings Is not
worth knowing.
Puzzle to Moran.
Moran was baffled by the way the
California cub barricaded himself.
owen soon decided that to lash out
Unfortunately would mean injury 10
his hands by contact with Burnss Ell
bows or forearms. Moran also discoV-
cred that Burns was liable to unwind
an arm from his head and let go
! whfzzirg punch when least expected
All things considered it was probably
a relief to Moran when the thing was
over, even though the novice was
he hold
In Burns's bout with "One Round
Hogan the latter went up in the air
before half a dozen rounds had oeeh
boxed. Burns covered up to some pur-
pose in this go. He and Hogan are
rivals of the deadliest kind and have
been such ever since the beginning OF
their amateur days. Each OF them just
hated the idea of losing TO the other'
Too Much for Hogan.
Burns by his crouching and covering
tactics. bafled Hogan completely. Ho-
gan pecked ard prodded and was puz-
| zled. Once, while he was craning MS
neck like a chicken sizing up a hall
stripped corn cob. Burns dashed from
| ambush. The left wallOp he planted
| on Hogan's Jaw made Hogan gasp ana
all but unbalanced him.
After that Hogan went to pieces, ana
Burns, who is a level headed 1eIIoW'
contrived to keep his arch enemy con-
| fused. Once he gained the upper hand
| Rurns varied his style and by free
| aghting and fighting from cover IN
/ turn he soon discouraged Hogan The
| latter resorted to butting, preferring
disqualification, 1t is thought, to being
beaten down by his detested rival Ana
disqual I'd he was.
Burns had a comparatively easy time
with Lew Powell. The latter seems 10
have withered up physically. Although
ne still retains his knowledge OF box
ing. if is likely that impaired stamina
will cut short his ring career. The al
/ fair with Powell afforded an opportun-
! ity of discerning certain improvements
! in Burns. He has lost many OF his
amateurish ways. He has gained
! deal of confidence, and he 1nJects more
| force into his blows. From this time
forward he will be a tough subject for
anyone he meets
Has Lots of Pluck.
Burns is well endowed with pluck
and is very tractable so far as corner
advice is concerned He is a rugged
fellow and a hard boy to hurt. In I'D
dition he can punch with force far
above the average
To attempt to describe Burnss style
of hphtinp would be difficult. He is
! one of the most original men that ever
/ entered a ring and he boxes DO Two
/ rounds alike Part of the time he
| stands straight and hits out with
| plenty of dash and fine discrimination.
He holds his own so well at this KIND
of work. in fact. that the wonder is
he does not go in for more OF 1t. AT
another time he is all bent down, COW
cred I'D and peeking between his
crossed forearms ct his opponent In
some rounds he goes in 1or mixed tao
J tics and he not only k sos his oppo-
nent guessing. but has the spectators
wondering what he is going to spring
| next.
Eager for Fame.
J Burns is more than anxious TO ger
! n the top of the ladder in the light
! weight division He says that fame
means more to him than money AND
that he will never enter into an en-
| eapement unless he feels that he is
fit TO do himself justice For the
! nresent he is quite content with what
J he has accomplished and intends to
J devote couple of months to resting
and building up He believes he VIII
! he ready for the ring again IN May
and is in hopes that his record so lar
| has advertised him sufficiently TO war
| rant the promoters in selecting an op-
! moment for him from among the men
in the front ranks
/ Above all, Burns will give the pref
| erence to owen Moran. He THINKS thal
| with his added knowledge and expert
ence he will be able to prove that ne
is the English pugilist's superior
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