Show t f AIM A 01 OLD M TIMERS U'S S f. f i j U B Book 00 k 1 45 T I M C RTh Johnson Punished Burns for 14 Rounds to Get Even With Him Hint for Long Wait Vait Waitt t Before Battle TOMMY GIBBONS and the late Eddie his manager arc are credited IY JL I with mal making in a n full-distance full flight with Jack Dempsey at Shelby Mont nine years ago ngo by forcing the thc champion to wait t ten n minutes In Inthe Inthe inthe the sun-baked sun ring surrounded by a hostile crowd before Gibbons ap ap- ap Dempsey was too maddened to put up his usual fight Sometimes Sometime theres there's an upset of such sueh psychology as in the Jack John John- Tommy son Burns fight in Australia in 1008 1908 which police pollee stopped in th the s- s l fourteenth round Johnson getting the decision and world title Tomm Tommy made Johnson wait walt in the ring to make the big negro nervous and angry Jack saw through this and r resolved ol ed not to get nervous He even cven sent for a musician to play for the crowd and md made a speech promIsing promising promising prom prom- ising a good show As Burns entered the ring the crowd cheered and Johnson held up his hand for silence Thanks lor br your hearty reception for Mr Burns Burn he said lies Hes entitled entitled entitled en en- titled to a n little pleasure before his real troubles begin Burns roared across the rin ring ring- in anger the anger the tables were turned At that time lime Jack told me years later I 1 was ha haing having ing an awful time holding my temper too I 1 think I 1 could have stopped Burns In Ina a round But after all that had gone b before I just beat him until the police pollee saved him |