The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-17
BURNS STOPPED BY
KILBANE IN FIFTH
Jersey Boxer Is Floored by
Featherweight Champion
With Right to Heart.
nONN FOR COUNT OF NINE
Referee Refuses to Permit Vet
eran to Continue
$4,000 See Bout.
DOWN FOR COUNT OF NINE
~ srARnEs F. MATHIsoN.

nat night in the Jersey City ball grounds
chen. in the presence Of 46,s00 persons,
NJ was knocked out by Johnny Kilbane,
the champion. at the beginning of the
aim round. Assavage right hand blow
aver the heart turned the trick. II was
the only blow struck in the round. and
the only punch Of force that the feather
weight champion delivered in the entire
bout.
As the men came out of their corners
for the fifth round Kilbane took the ag-
rressive for the first time in the bout,
and he backed Burns toward the Jersey
mans own corner.
With a lightning feint with the left
for the jaw Kilbano induced Burns to
raise his guard. Then the champion
drove his right straight over the heart
and Burns fell as IL dead.
After taking the count of nine Burns
staggered to his feet and Kilbane started
after him, but the Jerseyfnan reeled
about the ring till Referee Ertle put
his arm about the beaten man and as
sisted him to his corner
Kilbane had been playing with Burns
in the first four rounds, tapping and
sidestepping without apparent effort to
land a damaging blow. At the close of
the fourth round Referee Ertle warned
the champion to do better work. II don't
want TO hurt this boy" said Kilbane,
But you have got to fight" said Ertle
"All right" snapped Kilbane, I'm get
him." and he did.
Record Crowd Present.
The Government count of the attend
snce was 1880, the largest crowd that
ever attended boxing bout in this coun-
try. The largest previous attendance
was $1,000, that gathered at the Nc
Farland-Gibbons contest at Brighton
Beach three years ago.
The defeat OF Burns was a severe
shock to the great crowd, nearly all of
whom were personally interested in the
Jerseyman and did not anticipate so
summary beating for their favorite.
Burns had done so well against nu-
merous opponents of all weights that he
was expected to at least make a good
showing against the champion and pos
sibly defeat him.
1t was quite evident that Kilbane had
no intention of stopping Burns when the
bout began and but for the warning from
the referee and the jeers of the crowd
the bout would have gone along to an
unsatisfactory ending in the eighth
round
Those who saw the spectacular fire.
works were reminded of the three round
Knockout administered to Kilbane by
Benny Leonard. 1t was noted also that
the physical disparity between Leonard
and Kilbane was the same as that. be-
tween Kilbane and Burns. In each case
the man who went out of his class had
bitter experience.
While the bouts were given to draw a
crowd to political demonstration, yet
there was not a speech made
There were spectacular fireworks and
music by half n dozen bands.
The announcer said that Kilbane con-
fessed TO 1876 pounds and Burns 124. al
though the featherweight champion
looked considerably heavier than 125.
Joe Lynch. the West Side bantam, who
had the honor of losing a decision to
Jimmy Wilde, gave an instructive box
Ing lesson to Patsy Johnson, an Italian
bantam of Trenton, in one of the pre-
llminary bouts Johnson was an ex-
tremely rugged young person, who took
severe beating. but lasted the limit of
eight rounds
Inc Trentonian was saved by the bell
IN the sixth, but was on his feet, though
tribe shaky, at the close.
After the Lynch Johnson contest,
Senator Edward I. Edwards, demo-
cratic nominee for Governor, was intre-
duced, but made no speech owing to
weakened voice. Then came the semi
hnal In which All Robert, the promis-
ing heavyweight of Staten Island scored
MS seventeenth knockout, Ed Kinley of
HarFiCnr hi ,l.. II Ill
a terrific beating. He was saved by
the bell in the sixth.
Roberts was pounding his man all
over the ring in the seventh; when
referee Harry Ertle properly stopped
the one-sided contest
Roberts has a great deal to learn.
ne Is strong and has a good punch,
especially a right upper cut, but he is
SOW and will never be a Dempsey.
hoperts had the advantage in weight.
he scaled l76 TO 1862 by Kinley.
AFTER Roberts scored his knockout,
there were several introductions of box
ers and aspirants for political honors,
AFTER which the decks were cleared for
the big bout
Burns Is First TO Lead.
Round One-Burns was first tn lead
with left to the body. The Jersey
man made three more leads, but Kill
oane blocked Burns directed his at
eacA 70 the stomach. In a rush both
alpped and went to the canvas. There
was not a clean blow landed in the
even. -'N'
round Two-Burns started rushing
ana tried for the body, Kilbane keeping
ue Jerseyman off with a long straight
Vt There was much clinching and
se spectators growled. Burns did the
vrchs and landed the only blows that
were struck. Kilbane devoted himself
skipping away from his man and
sAept lhe Jerseyman on the jump. Kill
pane nd not landed a solid blow. and
a .I,e Ertle warned him to get busy
~ get busy" said Kilbane. 1t was
, burns's round
nouhu Three-Kilbane got in a light
sht upper cut to the chin and Burns
hhooked solid right to the Jaw. That
s,o" was the best yet struck Burns
put couple of lefts TO Kilbane's chin
10 danced away. II was Kilbane's
Round Four-Kilbane hustled up and
,ss loose a right that landed lightly on
race. Burns bored IN and reached
nc Douy with his left. Kilbane sent a
right to the jaw and a left to the
pTD %y but did not seem to be trying.
ren bored in just before tire bell
ns ana landed a few good blows.
was Kilbane's round.
~. nouha Five - Kilbane io0red Burns
I'm a heavy right hand punch over the
"sart Burns fell GA his back but got
~ ms knees at the count OF Ave and
sached his feet. but the Jefseyite was
nssering all over the ring, Refcren
10y Erue led the beaten man 10 his
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