| Show 1 BURNS TELLS RING LIFE STORY STOW Claims Thoro Thero Was in Box When tho the Police Pollee Stopped Fight BOUT WITH FITZSIMMONS Hut I etl mill a nit Tom Tommy my Ill III Not Permitted to Ex 0 With Bob liob BobIn In III the coin COul no InO ot or O n a Interesting n I Il u of the Life with T mimy Hums Burns the tho worlds the other day cay ny th tl discussion dl quite c re Ie related to boxing and many malt other Items of if Information which Bums disclosed was ni a detailed account of nit the tho II championship contexts l In which he h mud hud 10 so 0 PUTt part plU In Itt giving them th l facts fittS tho thi we only refer iett 10 fe I in tu his record since he ho champion tar for before it S an nn on ny thing til lug ff fill him I it to ll box two or 01 t three men n a 1 week Who Virn ho attained tho championship low eel rI he lie h itt at 11 nee ntH d the o connected with It and U tt H I a 1 fat fart fa t that he ho has hm fought moio tiOlO batties s ne neho ho he than tim OilY other It her tho the world evor eor koo kno nt 11 ho Ito lu done do no so se with tutira mure dJ In to 10 taking tung plenty of r tm In lit training so us to be us lit fit or the when entering the tho ling lug for fot a contest on tN BURNS H FIRST BIG 1111 I I How Burns became my not hot bo be generally known to our s This Ir it how It l Marvin Marvip was to t fight Jack Root In Rono Hono Nov o loss less than two years aso 10 James J r 1 Jeffries being 1 to referee tho und mild as lN Jeffries had expressed ell his desire to retire from the ring he hc took tool this opportunity of doIng so fco making the statement before the tho contest lund had taken place that he ho woul 1 I hand the championship down to the tha winner of ot this contest After a fierce battle of 12 rounds Hart won by a Knockout and was vann declared champion Burns Immediately challenged hEart Hal The light fight took place paco In Los Ios Ange Anges is Cal al Hart weighing 14 stone 0 9 I pounds Hums Burns only weighing 12 stone alon Hirt was a favorite at nt 5 S to 1 No one on Burns hall hail a chance In fact fal many spectators spectator left lect the house When they hey saw what they called a II boy matched against a giant The outcome wils a great surprise Burns Burnson won on all nil the th way giving Hart such a n beating that Hart was In bed for tor th J days unable to move moo and Burns came caine out without a n scratch Then Tien Burn Burns ought fought Jim OBrien In San Diego Cal Ca Caland al aland and won by the knockout route rout In ono one round Jim lim Walker Valker met tho the same fate fa Ie it nt his hands In the samo same length of ot time The Tho public then demanded a match matoh between Bob Dob I weight champion and Burns Durnil at Phila Philadelphia dolphin delphia for 20 rounds round The men inca clime came cameo to o terms the match was made but on tho ho day of the tho fight after bavin advance sale hale ot of seats seath the mUlti was called out antI and the tho contest was WIlS stopped Burns Durns greatly disappointed ted traveled back mck to California over miles and ought fought Jim Flynn the thu Pueblo fir man knocking him out In 15 rounds After defeating Marvin Hart to whom Jeffries had handed betided the cham chain championship laurels Burns rightful v claim claimed ed oil tho the championship but Philadel Philadelphia phia Jack OBrien who had hall defeated the he champion Bob Boh In thu tho meantime said that hat ho he was vas just as 0 much entitled to It as liS Burns Bump Burns Burna agreed to settle the difference In the tho roped arena alona and anti they veru ver subsequently matched to light tight fit ut fits Los s Angeles with the retired champion Jim Jeffries as referee The Tho contest went vent the tho full tull limit of or 20 rounds round and the he official decision was wall a n draw but bUI tho ho referee admitted several days later that hat Burns had tho the better of or the con contest test est In this tight light OBrien vas a Il 2 to 1 favorite over Burns Durns HOW BURNS HEAT BEAT OBRIEN The Tho contest between OBrien and Burn Durn holing being so 10 very unsatisfactory to toBurtis Durns Burtis and lIntl the tho public the tho men mon wore were matched again Much has been h cn said amid about this second contest between Junu Duma unit and 1 OBrien Tho The latter has hns since confessed that ho hu has hall rarely en entered ored a aC contest unless his opponents handS wore were tied In III other words was WIS to win auth lIlI his opponent nt vas WIS to lay down don to him Burns BurnH hind had been icon after OBrien for tor mouths months to set sel settie tie le tho the question oC ot superiority lu nu DB he lie was wali its ho he could prove to the public that ho lie was tho the butter better tuna man a n lot let of ot discussion nail and meats ments on Ol both sides OBrien made a 11 proposition to Burnt that he ho would light him provided hum agreed to lose OHO Burns Durns demurred for tor or a IL a long time tillie but bul finally agreed to 10 do tin so 80 Immediately before be foro the tho contest be ho began Will gan Burns Durna had tho the that ho Burns hunts had maid II rood to tolay toIny tolay lay Iny down to OBrien In order to Lu got him ilm In tho the ring but bul that ho he never hid any Imy Intention of o doing this thi and anil Unit ho tho light tiGht would bo be on 1111 the this OBrien to t I l make tho the doubly sure HUrO trained very erY hard barn for tor con contest contest test tot to prove as a ho Ito said Bald that Burns Duma nan 1111 not In tho the samo class Burns olleo III n ho tho ling with lila his nina man saId Bald to 10 OBrien Horo IH is ono one battle of lit your Ifo you have havo to light nn on tho the you on have faked long enough ellough and robbed lio tho public You have luwe a heIr chanse to do It your host best I um nut cur III II going In to do nil ie They Jho the tho whole 20 away from toni Burns Bums all tho the time limo Hums succeeded In III beating him Iii III III In n a leu terrible manner titan ncr In III over oval anti and 11 till It IL wax vas thought wol woI never nover I from front the thu ten tin III Thun rattle Bill H tho the Austral AustralIan Ian in ii chit at ill 1 to tho iii Amerl A uteri call an us thu the greatest t trout from Australia tho lie days of Boh liob K Fl z And ho lie looked the tho Pirt I rt 5 S fuel foot Wj O incites uichi H weighing weigh hilt 13 S II i with I a t Mini III n it 1 l 1 b y ylie Ho lie ruled a 10 to 7 Ir r Tommy Burns nt itt the ringside Tills This battle hat till wai wn fought last Independence day Iny July 4 tho the gong to end tho the thomen men mell to tn their th h tasks task Squires rushed nt lit II ii runs like Ilko u Il wild vil ii hull bull a ui thu tho chum chain champion pion luau hud tI hIs hi s ha full Thu Tue light t IlLs lutU I od ld only 2 n S of ut tho tue rotund Burns winning whining with his hla Ce moo t il punch on 1111 Ito tho t jaw Thun untied u it hut hilt 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