Show LAVIGRE WON > r WITHOUT EFFORT JFFORT Dick Burge Was No Hatch for the Kid ENGLISHMEN ARE FLOORED EVE HIS SECOXDS RE THOROUGHLY THOR-OUGHLY DEMORALIZED For Twelve Rounds the American Beat 1 Terrible Tattoo on the Body of Burge Whom He Rushes Around the Ring With the Fury of 1 Cyclone rge Badly Punished Pun-ished About the Stomach Chest and Ribs LONDON June 1Kid Lavigne fought Dick Burge this afternoon before the National Sporting club for the international lightweight championship cham-pionship of the world a purse of 700 3500 and a side purse of 500 2000 Lavigne wqn in eighteen rounds The fight was to b limited to twenty rounds Every seat for the event was sold several weeks ago and the National Sporting club was very much crowded tonight with I A FASHIONABLE AUDIENCE to witness the fight Burge wa a strong favorite and his friends were willing to lay odds of 2 to 1 on him to any amount As a matter of fact fancy bets were laid in many instances at much greater odds When the pair entered the arena and shook hands Surges superiority in stature and reach were especially noticeable no-ticeable Both men were well inside the stipulated weight which was 138 pounds Lavigne looked well and confident ident of victoryt while it was generally general-ly conceded that Burge must win quickly or he would be worn down Strange t say though there was no wearing down in the case a the Yan keeled from start to finish and won in a romp There were loud shouts to back Burge a they faced each other but these were suddenly hushed up when i was seen that the Kid meant to take the battle right into the enemys camp He rushed and drove Burge before him planting his left in the stomach and swung his right on the ribs Burge countered with his left but there was NO FORCE IN HIS BLOWS and Lavigne did not seem to mind them and when the first round ended the betting ceased and everyone seemed to realize that Burge had run foul of a cyclone Burges admirers were simply paralyzed and even his seconds were at a loss how to advise him The features of the two following follow-ing rounds werei similar to the first Lavigne took them with a rush and never gave Burge time to consider what wa best to do At the end of this round there were many offers to back the American at odds of 3 to 1 but i was a vain attempt to hedge lost money For twelve rounds La vigneBEAT BEAT A TERRIBLE TATTOO on Burges Tjqdy and ribs He then altered his tactics and tried for the face of his opponent This gave Burge a chance and he did better than at any other period of the fight One of his lefthand leads landed straight on the Kids nose spurting the blood The Englishmen then began to hope that Burge might pull through but Lavigne quickly dispelled the allusion I allu-sion He RUSHED BURGE AROUND THE RING with redoubled fury His blows seemed to double up and almost kill Burge And now Lavigne was able easily to reach his opponents head and face Every ij1 i left its mark and I made Burge weaker on his feet He struggled along however to the sixteenth six-teenth round when Lavigne landed two stinging knockdown blows on the side of Surges head He was only just able to get on his feet for the next round Lavignegave him a fer rifle lefthand punch in the stomach and as his head came forward he swung his right on the side of the head Burge fell flat upon his face It was not a knockout blow but Burge was practically beaten and in order to prevent any serious accident the referee ref-eree stopped the fight Burge was awfully punished about the stomach chest and ribs while La vigne was carcely marked |