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Show howovcr, but admiro the manner In which Burns sticks plucklly to hla task of attempting to gain the upper hand of his taller and heavier opponent. oppon-ent. We can alio understand how he cam to cable to tho effect that he was strong, and that tho pictures show cvorythlng. He Is teen to be able to rise to his feet In the fourteenth four-teenth round, after being sent to the boards, anxious to continue. The police po-lice Inspector, however, Is seen making mak-ing his way to tho ring before any further progress can bo made, and Johnson Is declared champion. From a spectator's point of view, the contest appears to have been marked by too much clinching, and the referee has a very busy experience. exper-ience. Johnson who, by the way, always al-ways started sparring from his own corner, and not as Is tho custom here, when the men Invariably change over after leading their corners generally allowed Burns to do the leading. When ho forced matters, however, he caused his man considerable trouble, and in the breaks he scored repeatedly. Bums brought Into U3C all his agility, but weight was all against him. Once ho clipped, and his fall with his foot twisted under him In the firth round is shown distinctly. Johnson favored the kidney punch, at times bringing both hands into use. He administered considerable punishment about the head at their tenth meeting, but Burns retaliates capitally when they come together again. lie appears to bo going go-ing Btrongly, and although Johnson is scoring fast to the finleh, Burns leaves his corner each tlmo In a sprightly manner. At the paying over of the stakes we are introduced to two old friends in Mr. W. C. J. Kelly and Mr. Sam Fltz-patrlck, Fltz-patrlck, who each received the amount due to his principal. One point Mr. Mcintosh, who ref-ereed ref-ereed the bout, wished to emphasize was that no bad language was used by the men in the ring. He had seen It stated in some of the papers that certain abusive remarks had passed. Such, however, was not the case, and the men indulged in nothing but good-humored good-humored cnaff. PICTURE3 OF FIGHT SHOW HOW JOHNSON BEAT BURNS Big Black Completely Outclasses Tommy, Tom-my, But Llttlo Fellow Shows Qreat Display of Nerve. Denver, March 12. Today's mall brought a delayed letter from Arthur Eggleston, the special representative of The Denver Post In London, England. Eng-land. He gives a good account or the first private view of tho pictures of the Johnson-Burns fight. London, Eng., Feb. 13, 1909. Thanks to modern invention, it is possible now for us at homo to satisfy satis-fy ourselves concerning the main Incidents In-cidents in a championship boxing contest, con-test, even though it be decided at the Antipodes. By the courtesy of the National Na-tional Sporting club, a private view was given there yesterday by Hugh D. Mcintosh of the "pictures" of the recent contest between Jack Johnson nnd Tommy Burns, at Rushcuttor's Bay, Sydney, N. S. W Excellent they proved to be, and the promoter of the famous event is to be congratulated congrat-ulated on securing them. Now we have witnessed the reproduction repro-duction of the whole fourteen rounds the contest lasted, it is possible to gain an idea of how Johnson gained his championship title. From the first to last he shows himself undoubtedly the better man. Round after round wo notice the introduction of his splen did uppercut, which proved the un-j un-j doing of his famous rival. Wc can, |