The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
WINNER SHOWS GREAT SPEED
Has Better of the Champion in -Four Of
the Ten Rounds While But One SEES
sion Went to Preliminaries
are Ellison Goes Out in Third.

| bantamWeights, felt his honors slip
ping away from him Monday night
when he met frankie Burns in a ten
round bout at the Coliseum and the
| battering which Burns gave Coulon left
/ the champion facing the inevitable
fact in the history of all pugilisTlc
stars and that is that there is always
man just as good if not little bet
ter. Burns did not knock the cham
lpionship crown from the head of Cou-
Ion, but he jostled it and Coulon IS
friends after the fight was over were
asking whether or not Johnny had saw
ed his money and was fixed for the rest
| of his life Burns and the men about
his camp were elated over the showing
made by the eastern lad as he had
been the first man to stop Coulon in
years. CouIon was there with his old
time speed but Burns matched clever
ness for speed and gave punch for
punch in the slashing ten round mill
and when the gong sounded for the end
Of the bout if decision had been
rendered it could have gone to no one
but Burns. The glamour of the cham
pionship however, was too much for
the fight critics about the ring side
and most of them gave Coulon draw
with possibility of shade to Burns.
Coulon found Burns : tartar all the
time. The fastener put up an awful
scrap all during the ten rounds. He
did nearly all the leading and he land
ed nearly two blows to one for the
speedy Coulon. The men in the Cou-
| Ion camp made the excuse that Cou-
Ion weighed but log pounds, but the
champion had the appearance of being
in great shape when he entered the
ring. Burns kept boring in all the
time and while the first four rounds
were pretty even the gimp was all out
of Coulon at the end of the fourth SEES
sion. He was game to the finish, but
after the fourth round his old time
speed was not so much in evidence and
the picture of the bantam champion
hanging on to an opponent was new
picture for the fight fans in this dis
trict. Burns had the fifth round by
wide margin and in the sixth Cou-
Ion showed a flash which had tend
ency to leave the round even. The
seventh Coulon's aggressiveness earn
ed him the better of the round, but he
was unable to injure Burns or stop his
Singing tactics. Coulon hung on
through the eighth and ninth round
and all the time Burns kept boring in,
the blows coming like blows from a
steam hammer and beating perpetual
tattoo on Coulon S stomach and ribs.
In the tenth Coulon leaped for Burns
in one of his old time finishes but
Burns fought him back and forced him
to the ropes and kept the punching go
ing until the gong sounded.
The preliminaries to the main bout
were tame Billy Ellison met Roy
Parker in the semi windup and the
Kenosha man lasted for the better part
Of three rounds. He was unable to go
on at the end of the third and the
referee put an end to the battle.
In the first preliminary "Kid"
Clipper of Chicago won four round
decision over Willie Wilmer, also Of
Chicago. They fought at 126 pounds.
Mike Schneider of Chicago stopped
Joe O'Keefe of Philadelphia in the
fourth round of the scheduled six
round second preliminary. The referee
stopped the contest when the Quaker
boxer was in a helpless condition on
the ropes. They fought at 1873 pounds
The Coulon-B Burns fight by rounds
follows:
First Round-They shook hands and
both missed straight leads for the
face. Coulon missad with vicious
right swing to the body and then duck
ed one of Burns left hooks. They ex-
changed light lefts, and breaking from
the elinch Johnny sent two straight
lefts to Burns head Burns landed a
light left to the head and followed
with light left to the body. They
exchanged light lefts to the head at
the bell 1t was an even round.
Second Round-Jumping into close
quarters Coulon landed lefts and
rights to Burns kidneys. On the
breakaway frankie put a light left TO
Johnny's jaw. The champion knock
ed Burns head back with straight
left and followed it with right to
the head frankie put two light lefts
to the face and they went to close
quarters, each dealing out body
punches. Coulon sent two straight
lefts to the jaw without a return.