BOXING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 795, 19 April 1910, Page 7

BOXING.

. THE . CONTEST. . _ "Burns defeated Lang, and-won the ohanjpionship,. of Australia," says.- the Sydney Herald dealing; with the big ?\r i U ' L^ 6 decision of. the referee i-° ,L was Qulj ' & ivc o on points nt.the cud fli 20 rounds;'and there were «muy odmirprs of I-Mg who, elated it the displays of fast boxing , which he occasionally gave, thought -ha was' entitled 1? n,,n *L dec . lsiou - At a rough estimate is,CUO people - wens present,' .and l ' it wifs- ■ apparent from'-tha outset that : tlie I-'atJiy of a : majority of- the crowd wits with.the Australian. Both men finished 1 treshj and,practically.Hii}scathe'd, ' Jt was not surprising therefore that a storm' of dissension'. greeted Mr. M'lntosh's " deci-' SIQU that Bums.had won;' But there.should have been 110 question as. to the absolute correctness of the decision, Burns established big leads on points in four-fifths' of 'the rounds. His wonderful combination of head and foot work repeatedly nonplussed the Australian, whose.attempts to get'in an effective hit often- ludicrously missod. It seemed iii the first stages of the contest that. Burns would manoeuvre himself into, an opening that would prove disastrous to his opponent. Although, 'that critical position never arrived,"' Bvirii's gave an'exhibition of clever boxing, that makes his sucoe'ss against'more formidable men than Lang comprehensible. In the first round Burns did not attempt a serions punch.' He worked hard to.idol bis opponent.. His weight was given as I2st. 131b.—over a stone heavier than when he met Johnson at the Stadium; but tliis extra avoirdupois did not militate against his speed. The perspiration, however, from : the early stages of the contest to the epd streamed over his body, .which was bronzed the rpsult of surfing. Still he had expressed himself satisfied with, his condition before the contest began, and the end jnstified his own opinion of himself. After boxing Hi) fast rounds, scoring to the body aud head with momentous regularity, and giving generally a fine exhibition of ring work, he finished apparently fit for another 20 rounds, practically as fresh as at the beginning. Lang boxed better than in'some of his previous contests in recent years, but he was perceptibly,nervous at.tho beginning. His Weight, given as 13st. 6'lb., was half a stone.more-than that,:of Hums, and lie was much finer trained.' Ho towered over th<j little American* and had the advantago of'reach and strength, Notwithstanding this the first few rounds saw, Laug scarcely warmed" up to hi? work. He boxed.with excessive caution until thecontest was through. Then, apparently gaining greater confidence, ho imparted considerable vigour into his work, and managed to get the better of several rpunds.

In tie second round Burns repeatedly scored on Lang, and in tho third round did a lot of-in-fighting. The fourth" and fifth rounds were uneventful, the impression given being that Burns's object was to.tire Lang out before resorting to serious .aggression. In the sixth round, howevejy tho two men ; closed, when ISurns did some body /punching, and SivUng hjsf right hand overhead—jn loop-the-lqop style—and knocked Lang backwards. Following this advantage up quickly ho delivered several. well-timed Clows that sent Lang through tho ropes. tip to this stage it seemed improbable that the content would extend to'the end of the term, but still' Lang; bpxing coolly and determinedly, measuring his opponent sometimes with , accuracy, not only returned to the later: rounds fresh and active, but actually gut some of them to his credit. Studying Burns's methods closely, he raised the hopes of pathisers and won" storms of applause. Ho boxed creditably and.. cleanly, although he was excelled in speed; in headwork, 'footwork, and ring craft, Still his performance, when he stood up to Burns for 20 rounds, and unmistakably secured soma of thoje rounds in his favour, was perhaps a more meritorious one than his defeat of Fitzsimmons last Bpxing!Day. NEW BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPION. Conley, of Konosha, Wis., knocked out Atteil,of San Franoisco, recently in the forty-second round of a 45-round contest.' Conley emerged from the encounter without a scratch, whilo Atteil was. severely punished. Cqnloy danced to his corner. Atteil never seemed to be able to break through ConleyV defence'. Ho perceptibly weakened in. tho thirty-second round, when Conley landed a hoart blow, and he was going down hill froni that point until the finish. Conley wins the M'Carthy diamond belt for the bantam-weight championship of the world. I