THE BURNS=LANG BATTLE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 302, 15 September 1908, Page 9

THE BURNS=LANG BATTLE

BURNS INTERVIEWED. ' CHAMPION'S FIRST KNOCK-DOWN. "I'm feeling all right; th'allk rybir," ."said : Burns, as ho stood in the ring after, putting on his clothes at the finish-.of ; tbe ; fight. - He. walked to his dressing-room, and sat there nursing his right' wrist. ' "Hel-e, 'Pat,"'4io' : said to O'Keefe, his sparring' paftri'(sr;""give mo a bit of that ice; I've hiirfc'nVy wrist'." 1 While he pressed n lump of ice to'liis wrist Burns chatted"'over the events of 'the match' to an "Argus" rcprcsentatiW. ■'"He' was : Hushed with success, and'thiS'itf was 1 ju'st ;, 'a touch of excitement in his nianiier,' , usually''io '' impassive. •■"' "I don't know when I hurt'my wrist," 'ho said. "I think I hit it against Irang'3 head.' Oh! yes, I won easily enough; l say . for me that' Lang : is a-goodj- game' fighter, and lie can punch; • , A - man- that wasn't game would have gone-out earlier.' Lang took a lot of punishment. 1 : YesJ'Kogot' mo fair on the chili in the sdb'ofid ftSuM'When I went down. I half slippe'd ; 'ilt'tlitf'moment, • and that helped him. Lrnouldr.havo been up quicker than I was—)«it,- not - mo, sir. Some guys like to jump seconds to show how good and game, ttycy .' are, but I take the count. I'm not;too 'pr6ud to fall down. That was the first"'time' ! 'iYo 'been knocked down since I hav&"bcfen" cliaihpioii' of the world. Y.our Lang has'got that.to hisj credit. I had to go out after hinif-thoughf.-Ho wouldn't como at mo when.l .backed. awav,,. and tried to make him come_on' J'hero'iyas only one way to fight him. " BuFf.'tMnlri deluded him later oil. Do you I "remember whenho was knocking mo out sixth round? You saw me laughing? Well, I had liini thero. You've got to use your head as well as your hands in this>.ganio.'& "More fighting? No more work: for..me, for two months, anyhow. jsrlc£ ing now for nine months giving theatrical and' 'to'' finish'up with I have fought twQ,,,'wpV}d!s'i!cha'm7' pionship battles in ton earned a spell, and I will' leayO, on Monday to take a rest in the moiintains. .. I waift to say this—l've heard.about'Laiig'Xeiiig a quitter, .but'.don't you listpn .Jo" i,tT,, ; . all right. A match between' would be great—yes, a groatsir, rand■l would go a long way 6VsSj,4£ there's my car. Como roun'4-,,",nd 'ssry rl £(iQijl. : ,', bye to Mrs. Burns before Jlonday." Inquiry at Lang's house-'.'after.' the' -iglit brought a reply, that Langi'was,,"jesting,.in" bed. Ho had suffered, cqTigidprablp kiioßk-, ing about, and was very sor.q j; and. sjtjff, -Jjjjt thero was nothing serious r the;'Ynattor- wffij him. After a brief rest hetexpected. to about again as well as evejv,.. "Lang never had a chance:from, the jump," was tlio opinion offered immediately _after, the fight by Bill Squires, who had sat at tlio. ringside. Lang had had an,.excellent opp'oW tunity, said Squires, when )j,e .do.tfpeji Burns;, with.what the Newcastle man described .-_a.s : a "chaiice blow," but he had-not: been .swift enough to take advantage.,of.^the.,occasion,, "If I could have got a chaiice.,.like ..that,", said Squires, "I think I coiild:Jiq,vOi.punigJistJ; him. I'm itching to get another-go at him.-; From what I've learned in myi three ..fights; with him, and from whatol. sa\vto-day,i,l--think I've a real good chance of. beatiiig him. I hope a match will'be arianged-for US." „