Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-29
BURNS BEATEN
BY CHAMPION
Wolgast Forces Oakland Lad to
Toss Up Sponge After the
10th Round.
WAS POUNDED HELPLESS
Joe Coster Has All the Better of
frankie ConIey aud Will Get
Match With AtteIl.

San Francisco, May 29.-Out-
fought, out-paced, out-generaled, but
not outgamed, frankie Burns of Oak
land was forced TO hoist the white
towel of surrender as the gong for
the beginning of the 18th round of
his scheduled 20-round fight with
AID Wolgast, lightweight champion,
Saturday afternoon.
Never at any stage of the battle
did Burns have a chance to win, but
round after round, with his face cut
to ribbons and blood streaming over
his chest, his opponent and the floor.
he faced the terrific volley of blows
from the champion and never back
ed up.
His peculiar crouching defense saw
ed him from the knockout punch UNI
til in the last minute of the 14th
round Wolgast caught him off balance
and landed a right swing to Burns
sore nose that staggered the Oakland
boy. He clinched desperately until the
gong and managed to last out the
round. although Wolgast's vicious
right and left hooks rocked his head
again and again.
The champion gave him no chance
to recuperate. In the opening of
the 18th round Wolgast whipped a
short, hard left to the jaw. AS
Burns covered he hooked his left to
the body and followed with right and
left swings to the face. Burns stall
ed desperately. but his knees had
begun to wobble and it was plain
that the end was in sight.
Burns staggered into a clinch as
the 18th round opened and hung on
desperately. but the champion fought
himself free with snappy right and
left jabs that had all his weight
behind them.
With blood streaming from his
nose, his lips split. both eyes nearly
closed and his ear rippdd Burns
covered his battered face with his
forearms and Keeling blindly about
the ring, tried vainly to clinch. VOL
CAST landed almost at will, but
Burns crouch, assumed more from
habit than intention, protected the
vital spots.
The gong rang for the end OF the
round before the champion could
Ine UeClSlNe DlOW. AS DuAho
staggered to his corner the arena
rang with shouts to Referee WEIGH to
stop the bout. Burns seconds work
ed desperately over him in the min
ute rest, but their task was hope
less. At the call OF time one OF his
seconds tossed a towel into the ring
and frankie Burns championship
aspirations were dead.
COsTER OUTPOINTs CoNLEY.
New Orleans, La, May 29.-Joe
Coster of Brooklyn administered a
severe beating to frankie Conley OF
Kenosha, Wis, in a 20-round bout
at the West Side Athletic club yes
terday afternoon. Three judges were
unanimous in awarding the Brooklyn
boy the honors and he is now slated
to meet Abe Attell for the feather
weight championship.
Conley was a to favorite with
the crowd, which fairly well filled
the big arena and sweltered in the
excessive heat. Both boys appeared
to be in excellent condition. They
weighed 122 pounds.
Coster led off with a left to the
chin, a short. vicious jab which he
used almost at will after the eighth
round, cutting the Kenosha boys
lips until they were raw. The con-
tinued hammering developed
swelling on Conley's right cheek al
most as large as a baseball and huge
welts over both eyes by the time
the bout had ended.
Only in the seventh round did
Conley make much OF a showing.
He forced the fighting and in the
clinches landed on Coster's mouth