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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 2

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BURNS AND. LANG MATCHED.',. ; According tq ,- the :]atest';'''Sydney; :'Ee-, v lias m3uced ; .T(immy, , Burlte'to;6ign .iiticles l .'for;'a meeting with; '• Bill Langvon' the'evening"of March ( 28— '■: ,VBaster Honda};.. •I;'-,"?'" 1 '! ; : .;Burns':.'despaired:' 'Of [match Svith.f Jack- least!', just. 1 yet ■■ 'listening" 'to; the i iileadings of friends aiid >gged - on: by' published': insinuations I ,that ha did not'tare: for/tha, jobj 'the'.'greatest" white'fighter, liyitfg:Vaf-'[ fixed liis autograph'to la .oompact,,^which. Lang! hail 'atteadysigned. '"/; . : It.'.is-'qver : early,'yet'-. to -dismiss," probar.. v. biUtitevofthe. match,'"but. tKereV' is ' : no; . 'g«tting ; r'a)ro;. ! 4^^.tae / Biiriis;' has . been: , living.oontentedly.fipii ■' Easy, St'reet4rsittmg;liack.'ih a'very, luiu- 1 •. Lang,; has', kept'; delvinjj. away. at i the: 'game -'whenever; opportunity, -i' offered,-; an'd ; . developing. and-; ;addingi; ;i to whatyJack>. Johnsontaughttihim' .durihj - their several weeks', close - , .Certainly Burns lias-nearly,seven weeki. during which 'to 'attune.himself- for .what.;/. , maiiy.'.people. 'believe ; iwiU' prove:, as: hard.a task: as;.ever,lio.iwas set.siuce.tliG'b&-:.. ginning -of his; career...:'-. Seven.,' weeks' . . ;should rbe - enough; for., most. people,, but f is: the .time' sufficient .' : for;. one^who. ! hasvled.w:r ! l . la lifel-bf iabMlute,; leisurej-for:vso:'-i many;l;^:' months?: Burns himself f> thinks: it .'is; -:j -, ■ and anticipates-no' trouble . tiiii-v,';j ;ilil 'Vs'-..-:;.;... i' - 'He.started . work early: V: ' will'.continue, indulging in fairly- ' 1 :* long' ■walks and some ; ball-punching: beforo':'en-.-' .' , tering-,t Upon -, real hard graft about.-" two ■;, ,' weeks from ,now.. : . : ' v.- .< ■'