Boxing Match Between Burke and Foley.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 240, 4 February 1888, Page 4

Boxing Match Between Burke and Foley.

Sydney, January 26. Since Lawrence Foley and Miller fought their great j»love contest some' five years ago, no meeting of athletes has caused such a stir in the sporting circles of the colonies as that which took place at the Carrington Ground on Monday afternoon between Foley and J. Burke, of America. There are few men better, known iv Sydney than Foley, whose reputation, dating from his victory over Ross in • 1871, was firmly established by the decisive manner in which he beat the Victorian champion, Abe Hicken, in 1879. Since then Foley has contented himself teaching boxing, for which he is eminently fitted, having learnt his lesson from Jem Mace, one of the cleverest boxers that ever donned gloves. Foley was born on the Turon River Diggings in 1851, and is in his 37th year. John Burke, his opponent, arrived here from America in November. He is a native of Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, vras born in 1862, and is therefore in his 26th year. The men hgving'fitted the gloves on, faced one an other and shook hands, Major McDonald acting as referee. Although their weights were as nearly as possible the same — list 101b— Burke's seemed better distributed, and his chest and arm muscles stood out clearer. There was nothing in Foleys face to enable anyone to judge of his feelings ; but Burke looked confident and smiling. The positions of both were easy, and Burke showed by the way in which he kept his right drawn back that he intended to make good use of it, if possible As the men sparred for an opening, it was noticed with somo astonishment that they were taunting each other, and during the mimic battle such remarks as "I don't think you can fight !" " Now, then, let us have a round !" " Can't you fight better than that?" were exchanged. There was little or no display of scientific boxing. The men would spar out of distance fora time ; Burke would make a rush at Foley, accompanying it with a terrific blow, and then would follow a clinch and the usual order for the men to separate. At the end of the first round Burke had a slight flush showing under the eye, and that was really the only hard blow lie received. For the remainder of the match Foley contented himself almost entirely with acting on the defensive, occasionally hitting: a half-hearted blow, of which Burke took no notice. Burke showed from his style of hitting that he possesses great strength and quickness of limb ; but hishitting, especially with the left, was a wide departure from the old theory of straight from the shoulder, while with his right he showed a tendency to hit down. At the opening of the con test the spectators were in breathless expectation. In the middle they exhibited impatience, and the sixth round closed amid a chorus of hoots and groans from all parts of the ground. Foley fought from the first round on the defensive, evidently with the intention of making a draw of it, while Burke, with all his strength, did not display anything like the science required to win a battle against a man well versed in boxing, In fact,the exhibition created a deep and widespread feeling of disgust, and it was generally canvassed in a manner hostile to the standing of both men. As they were able to box to the end of the sixth round, the match was of courso a draw ; and, as a matter of fact, neither man was marked, although Foley had to bear somo heavy but not continuous punishment received in his opponent's impetuous rushes. Burke seemed dissatisfied with the gloves, and at the conclusion tossed one contemptuously to the crowd, apparently considering that it was too large. Jackson then mounted the stage and offered to box Burke to a finish, but the latter, entertaining the State's prejudice to colour, declined to answer him, and left the ring. The spectatoi'S left the ground slowly, talking over the event, and in the city during the , evening the contest was generally discussed and alluded to in terms that were the reverse of complimentary.

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