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Show Jersey City Bantam Meets Champ in 20-round Fight and Is Beaten. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5. Frankie Burns, the Jersey City bantam, 29 years old. tried to overcome youth and win tho bantam championship tonight, to-night, but failed. Ho met Pete Herman Her-man In a 20-round fight and took an unmerciful beating. At times tho Jersey lad showed some of the spoed of youth, but It was only a flash in the pan. His younger adversary kept up a tattoo on "the body and face, chased his older opponent around the ring and had him going several times during the melee. But Burns was game. He came , back for more all the time. When the dangor- soemed great he went Into a clinch. Time and again Burns was on tho verge of a knockout, but the champion, while pummellng his opponent op-ponent at will, did not have the steam behind his blows to put over the "havmaker." Herman won a majority of the rounds. Burns showed to advantage in only a few. Burns has beon fighting for ten years. Four times ho tried to win the cpamp,tonshlp from Johnny Coulon when tho latter was the king of the little follows and four times he failed. Only the fact that Burns Is a clean living" fellow kept him In the condition that was needed tonight to ward off the sterling attack of his opponent oo |