The evening world. Newspaper, December 26, 1908, Page 4

a nee THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1908, eal a SPORTS | UP TO DATE, NEWSY| [rot eee S| BEST SPORTING PAGE IN NEW YORK [SerSPATe Newey] od JOHNSON LIKELY | “TWAS A DARK DAY IN AUSTRALIA i H a : | LANGForD + = GANS j | © No One in Sight at Present Time Who| { Has Chance to Pull Coke jueror of | Burns From His Pedesta—Jei- | “4 fries Von't Re-Enter Game. oe | | F t Gor INA RNOCRBOWN. IN GLOSE QUARTERS i BURNS HELD Hs OWN: ennatlas At i ‘ : a JOHNSON JABBED OFTEN |Here’s the 1908 Fight Dope | Prepared by John Pollock | Te 14TH. ‘ Burns WEeaK No No. Battles, Won, Lost. Draw. Dec, Rds. AND JOHNgon “Young Loughre: 2 0 1 24 154 TEARING IN, Mickey Gannon x Ay 0) ea) Jack Blackburn 2 8 0 J 16 iit Leach Cross Bg OY O UM | € Y Ketel: Willie Le 0 0 C 86 the second figh t hh + 0 0 8 hip for a mo ». In th E 2 0 #7 Johnson with a < His Y 2 8 7 | { used ? ng Nelson against) 4 2 0 . 5 Gans. TAN 0 2 ' He intended to force and ¢ int oo Qo j force, come what might t - 0 uh fe o '\ pefore the e oa } died away. J 0 0 ps SS ea eo es f ing, struck one 1 t Ives} 1 5 | uprer-cut. a sq : \ | | 1 0 end count nson | 1 2 Then Burns jumped up and tore in y 13] a 9 Ch hi B ttl ' ence nn ON an tat: meme | 2 3 m TENDED Ip alle. - (Will Not Fight ichoson ys wheibe é g . 0 | A O 0 « The FIRST i) ne a «,, Round ron \ i (a [hI B5) [2 y mean BLACK CHAMPION OF 1 1 : i i | or Any One Eis: jetiries) 0 ea rn a ey So ee mS i ehenre § seconde Robert Edzren, Evening World, New ¥ | oe ha BHU Ascthe thee B peveRS y 7 WIL not fight Jobusen or anybody cise. JUPPRIBS, i CK” JOHNSON BE A TS TOMMY BURNS i Lt 1 . 1 B exactly whe le Ge CNTR A AD) | vay pani r a Rolin. Nine. ring again to wre nship from a a. The tele i nt i y Swing you Q Jeffries came a HI \\" ss elena on as th Ha Se? ise ee aee 4 ound Two the ne = , u y thee eine at r hung but “Why, I'd be a fool to do it. | could c t appro. 1 * ff puptic eit J have been out of training for four yen 1 ae a eee Y wane ‘ Round Ten i) ! 1 could ever get in condition again to Hsien « fi 1 He W. 7 Pankie fi tral. Johnson used his acain, But that first s1 a ita iia ' Nesee Heavyweight Knocks Cham- e as 100 ig’ : } and took aw c ithe | TH ee ooose~es pion Down in First Round and te Was Lasy -- recovered from the € ¢ f g nd : : : : | ” Burns, in an interview after he had gone to his 4 cf Bel nea harentieierl Knockdown. But that was all in t Toys With Him Until Police snid: “I did the best I could and fought hard. J °° 69 Kidn able When the bell reig. Burne game. t Johnson too big and his reach wan too great, The first Rounuirwelae: Johnson deserves cr Sto Bo it |} punch defeated me,” 4 nll Bilevis took wits end sclenti : p Ut. | Johnson, after the contest, said: “I won easily, The first round | fis : pan Dee ent gamely. His jaw e st frat ; ! | a's finish, I will fight any one, and that includes Jef- | | | the. 5 ‘ he first. dan | i W., Dec. 26.—Jack Johnson, the colored heay Y a ‘ It was the test fight in the hi: ‘ard thi rc pion to jf s iz world. He won that title |.iy ve Parcording t0 te ex /cugratulate /am-on ist Bes oes Ay a | when, after fourteen rounds of the fiercest fighting e - [perts at j side, Burns, aa the| into the m to,sée the battle f “Round Five. an Ponth | } 6 hainjvon, went into the ring a favorite, | the cl nip. Thi rset f allt yewaR toes, ; ring, the police stepped in and stopped the bout between |iut th- ccicred man had heavy backing Hee contest so. begin Wag 11 A. 3, + d Tommy Burns, whom he had chased all over the world to in sd cea ae nner thelr w aite the ness \@uring ene oe - Path DB BAe, ‘i 5 7 police not to in een i Ize ring, while levery. seat in the Johnson w pt after Burr t t It was a case of superior weight and height tellin Burns was | 1 in the first round, stuck | Hut stil pie cing” the hte than wa tacking ne | 1 had all the na’ ] advantages « fb and made a h Vponent for thirteen | panked y i by rlicht to | E i s 2 U Js until the police stopped | settled and | j ns remained down’ anus Tanitted nth rk ol h-Canadian fighter, who held the vyweight cham: at Patient wait for the time ta arrive for |} toiled off. When he. ¢ j nee ) ttle f the one great event of the day | \ ! gp IMAGINE. that ' F p tit o the end of to-day’s great bat | Given Fight on Points, Heavy Wagers Made. pe te aaa te I ive 38 \ -ully 20,000 people saw the bout, the receipts being estimated at} 7 referee immediately declared! ‘The weather waa ideal for the con lately dectared Jon ne ales jy Johnson the winner on points. He added | test, which § practically an outd: ee sclared J ait) patie i hout $160,000, Of this Burns, the loser, got $30,000 and Johnson} inat he considered it the beet tena ne one, “The anh sion he haa ever hin enced Ter eule wera something of 9 sai r ‘ a © | $5,000. ever had witnessed in Australia and SS Ely a Aint bruised fe elie both men had fought most fairly, | 42% Hon perfect for th — i eae O Dy ij seated on @ chair in his cor-| pictures which were taken during the AMUSEMENTS. _AMUSEMENTS S L Ve | ner, bitter tears when the fight enenenonenrpeee rn | RED WO! 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