The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
BURNS ANXIOUS
TO WIN lAURE.LS
California Lightweight Working
Hard to Reach Top OF Lad
der i'll His Division.
HAS WONDERFUL RECORD.
First Battle His Hardest, and lie
Won by Popular Acclaim, Z
Of Audience.
HAS WONDERFUL RECORD

san francisco, Cal, March 1.-The
future looms as brightly for frankie
Burns the young California fighter. as
1t does for any 0: the new crop Of
!lightweiGhts. Burnss professional con
tests number only three, hut each OF
them was crcditable performance.
Strange to say, his first was his most
important engagement That was his
second bout with owen Moran.
1t was one OF those bouts In which
the referee simply acts as a deaf mute:
but by striking an avera &c Of the pop
ular decisions" rendered 1t was agreed
that the affair deserved TO be known
as a draw, and as such it has been re-
fcrred to ever since
BurnS'S peculiar :crouch,--or rather.
his crouch and covcr."--as 1t has come
to be called. no doubt helped him to
weather tho storm III the Moran affair.
Moran. as all the sporting world knows.
Is the decentralization OF GOODNESS and
confidence. What he doesn't know
about locating openings is not worth
knowing. i 3
Afraid OF Hurting Hands.
Moran was bafifed by the way the
California Cub barricaded himself
Owen soon decided that to lash out
tndiscriminately would mean injury to
his hands by contact with Burns's ell
bows or forearms Moran also t,iscoy-
cred that Burns was liable to unwind
an arm from his head and let 20 a
whizzing punch when least expected.
All things considered. 1t was proba.
/ bly, a relief to Moran when the thing
was over, even though the novice was
thought to have held his own.
In Burns's bout with "One Round
Hogan the latter went up In the air
hn I'm mi ~sf u. =.
boxed. Burns covered IN to some pur-
pose In this go, lie and Hogan are
rivals Of the dcadliest kind and have
been such ever since the beginning ot
their amateur days Each of them
just hated the idea OF losing 70 the
other. tI
Burns, by his crouchng and cover
Ing tactics. bafled Hogan completely
Hogan peckcd and prodded and was
neck like chicken sizing up half
stripped corn cob. Burns dashed from
ambush. The left wallop he planted
on liogan's jaw made Hogan gasp and
all but unba lanccd him.
After that Hogan went TO pieces a nd
Burns. who Is cvelheaded fellow,
contrived to keep his archcnemy con
FUSED. once no gained the upper hand
iSurna varied his style. and by free
lighting and fighting from cover In
turn he soon discouraged Hogan.
|. me latter rcsortcd to putting pre-
fcrrinE disqualincation, 1t Is thought.
to being beaten down BY his dctcstcd
rival. And disqualified he was.
Trims POweIl Easily.
Burns had comparatively easy tino
with Lew Powell. The latter seems
TO have withered I'm physically! al.
though no still retains his knowled 90
OF boxing. II is likely that impaired
stamina will cut short his ring career.
the affair with Powell afford ed>an on
portunity OF discerning certain inn
provements in Burns. He has log
many or his amateurlsh ways. He has
gained deal OF confidence and he In Z
lects more force into his blows. From
this time4forward he will be a tough
subject for, any. onehe meets. I'M
Burns is.we1l endowed with nluc,e
and Is very tractablc 50 far as corne r
advice Is concerned He Is a +. r,Irred
fellow and 81 hard boy to hurt IN nd
diuon he can punch with force FAR
above the average. ss
To attcmpt TO describe Burns's styIc
Of fighting wouldNbe difficult. He is one
OF tho most original men that ever .en
tered Il ring, and he boxes no two
rounds alike, Part or tile time he
stands straight and hits out with plen-
~ or dash and fine discrimina lion. Ito
holds his own so we'll at this kind Of
work, In fact TINT tho wonder IS he
does not go in for more or. It, At an
other time he is all bent down, cover
ed up and peeleing between his cross
ed forearms at his opponent IN some
rounds he goes in for mixed tactics and
he not only keeps his opponent guess
ing. but has the specta tors wonder.
ing what he IS going to spring next.
Anxious to Get to Ton.
Burns Is more than anxious 10 got
To the top OF the ladder in the lI,-ht !
weight division.yE lie says that fame
means more to him than money ana
that he will never enter into an On
easement unless he feels that he is IL
TO do himself Justice. For tito present
he is quite content With what hc Ia 8
accomplished and Intends to devote n
couple Of months to resting and buiId-
ing up. Flo believes he will be ready
Tor tho ring again in May and is in
hopes that his record SO FAR has adj
vertised him sufficiently to warrant the
promoters In selecting an opponent for
him from among the men In the front
ranks. lf--s
Above all Burns viii give the nre-
ference to Owen Moran IIe8tthinks
that with his added Knowledge ana OK !
perienee he Will be able TO provo that
he is the English pugilists si,nerior