Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-28 | Page 7 | Even Money on Baldwin and Burns

LlLlUiUitLl c;i cm;;;;! IT T. f MAOttLiaAJT. ' RAN nUNCISCO. B'pt. C'. T"Th the eelsettoe of Toby Irwin ts referee the twenty-round boxing contest between be-tween Many Baldwin of Boston and. rrankle Bums of Oakland, all arrant manta have been completed for the Mat-: ropolitan club's show, which will be held at Dreamland rink Friday nlgbt. Trwin was selected at a conference Saturday night and his selection solved a knotty problem, ttr lite fans and promoter thought that the lie'lgcr-ent lie'lgcr-ent manager! of the lijrht weights could not come to an underMnnrlinit. The fact that the t" have opened -St even money is a splendid inriicstinn. of the iaterest in the boiit, and the further fur-ther fact that Corhctt cives it h's opinion that neither will bo n strong favorite abowa that sentiment as to U prcbsble winner is pretty evenly divided. di-vided. Oakland fans, including Cock-roll, Cock-roll, will bet on Hums, while it n certain that fian Frnneinco followers of the game wil string pretty strongly with Baldwin. The bout itaelf should he one of tho prettiest ttared here in many montn.. rack lad realises that hie ring future depends Isrgely on what ho docs Krni:n-night. Krni:n-night. Should Baldwin beat Burns, it will mean that he will go eit with a vastly superior record, end this will en-abe en-abe kirn to get bouts with the very top-Botehers top-Botehers in the game. Victory for Burnt would put him hack into the running with the topnotcher., and if he wins. Jack 1'erkma rr'ime t. take him ct and pit hnn a nut tv very best Jada of bis eiti,t in I world. Bboold Baldwin beat TUirn w: 1 get detea with Knockout I n S"l Matt Welle at the Armory An. . ic c in Boston, and tbwe aro ori'ort uni ' . . Halrtwia hat been aeeking ir tne lt twelve months. Matty will have the.e bnuta in niii't when he facet Burnt, r nrt.iv n , Mt. ani he ean be enpeeted to do h. t.M',i,nt best againat the "pride of ohIm"!.'' On patt performancea there a litt'e to ehooao between therc.cn. f.nrna m tha younger and more inexpert". , d cf tka pair but he it a very p ne U,i wit.i a rare punch, and hit ibmiv to i-i up under a drubbing was cW-hHv a n in the way Burna took the h-t "i-gaat "i-gaat had for siztcea rounds bclore tuc-eumbing. tuc-eumbing. Baldwin has made the best In tie . world huttle when be hat met then. He'a a fair hitter and r-rookh'v t"a atrongeet light weiplt in the wor 1. Vn paper, Burnt and Baldwin promine to give the boxing fana soma of the be.t entertainmeat tbey have ever wimehed ia a local ring for a long time.