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Show 'Burke. and Cleary. Among the passengers on yesterday'B overland train was Jack Burke, "the Irish lad," who. comes to -meet Mike Cleary in as hard a match as the authorities authori-ties will permit. He is consigned to Jack Ilallinan's management, and was so surrounded sur-rounded with, admiring pugilists last evening that it was with difficulty an A Ua -reporter managed to gain a brief chat and inspection. Burke was born in London twenty-three years ago, and has been in America only seventeen months. He is fond of the country, and says it will be his future home if it continues to be as agreeable and remunerative as in the past. Jack is a smooth, pleasant talker, dresses well, and his boyish face does much to remove the idea that fighting fight-ing is his profession, and that he is a hard man in the ring. His proportions are not particularly commanding, and on a casual inspection he would appear to be about 160 pounds in weight. Notwith-. standing his youth he has had thirty-six fights, and has never been vanquished, although several of his battles have been drawn. He met Cleary in an undecided encounter a year ago, and will meet him to-day to draw up articles for a renewal of hostilities. Alta-California, 29th inst. |