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Cap · 05-10-2023, 03:45 PM

From The Toronto Telegram May 13, 1905...James Ian Burke of Halifax, ring moniker "Sailor Burke", defeated Charlie Robinson of Winnipeg by decision for the latter's claim on the heavyweight championship of Canada last night...Robinson (189 1-2 lbs) had a record of 28-7-3 with 16 knockouts going into the fight and had not lost since December 20, 1902 when he was stopped in ten by Burke at Coaltown, Nova Scotia...Burke (190 3-4 lbs) was considered the number one challenger for the title having compiled a respectable 25-10-3 record over six years...The gate receipts at the Winnipeg City Rink amounted to $7,145; fourty percent of which was divided between the combatants, while a purse of $450 was paid to Robinson...After expenses, promoter Lou Silverman saw a profit of roughly $3,500...Referee Ed Palmer scored the bout 6 rounds for Burke 4 for Robinson and 2 even, agreeing with The Winnipeg Tribune, while the Daily Herald called it a draw...The standing room only crowd will probably guarantee a repeat performance...Here at home young Frank O'Malley, one time Canadian amateur champ, trounced a poorly conditioned Frank Osborne, stopping him on a technical knockout in the waning moments of the eighth round...Osborne tried but he clearly ran out of petrol by the fifth canto...Maple Leaf Stadium will finally open for business this month providing a home for the Toronto Clippers baseball club of the International League...Boxing promoter Tom Flanagan hopes to bring off a fistic extravaganza there this summer when the Clippers are playing out of town...The IBU looks like they will turn a blind eye to the establishment of Western and Eastern Canadian boxing championships, only recognizing the national title promoted by the CPBF...Arthur Pelkey wires this office to inform us he was not stopped by Jess Willard at Philadelphia the other day...His story is that after the Kansas giant put him down twice in the last round, Willard stepped on his foot and shoved him to the canvas when the referee was looking elsewhere and stopped the fight based on the three knockdown rule...Fighting across town at Philadelphia's Turner Hall, Canada's Bill Mackinnon narrowly outpointed slugger Frank Moran over ten rounds...Former provincial amateur boxing star Charlie Gage looked in great form in taking the decision from Montreal import Jean Lapointe on the undercard of the O'Malley-Osborne scrap...He was a bit wild but landed the harder punches and nearly had Lapointe down in the third but for the ropes holding him up...

05-10-2023, 03:45 PM	#521
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,984	From The Toronto Telegram May 13, 1905...James Ian Burke of Halifax, ring moniker "Sailor Burke", defeated Charlie Robinson of Winnipeg by decision for the latter's claim on the heavyweight championship of Canada last night...Robinson (189 1-2 lbs) had a record of 28-7-3 with 16 knockouts going into the fight and had not lost since December 20, 1902 when he was stopped in ten by Burke at Coaltown, Nova Scotia...Burke (190 3-4 lbs) was considered the number one challenger for the title having compiled a respectable 25-10-3 record over six years...The gate receipts at the Winnipeg City Rink amounted to $7,145; fourty percent of which was divided between the combatants, while a purse of $450 was paid to Robinson...After expenses, promoter Lou Silverman saw a profit of roughly $3,500...Referee Ed Palmer scored the bout 6 rounds for Burke 4 for Robinson and 2 even, agreeing with The Winnipeg Tribune, while the Daily Herald called it a draw...The standing room only crowd will probably guarantee a repeat performance...Here at home young Frank O'Malley, one time Canadian amateur champ, trounced a poorly conditioned Frank Osborne, stopping him on a technical knockout in the waning moments of the eighth round...Osborne tried but he clearly ran out of petrol by the fifth canto...Maple Leaf Stadium will finally open for business this month providing a home for the Toronto Clippers baseball club of the International League...Boxing promoter Tom Flanagan hopes to bring off a fistic extravaganza there this summer when the Clippers are playing out of town...The IBU looks like they will turn a blind eye to the establishment of Western and Eastern Canadian boxing championships, only recognizing the national title promoted by the CPBF...Arthur Pelkey wires this office to inform us he was not stopped by Jess Willard at Philadelphia the other day...His story is that after the Kansas giant put him down twice in the last round, Willard stepped on his foot and shoved him to the canvas when the referee was looking elsewhere and stopped the fight based on the three knockdown rule...Fighting across town at Philadelphia's Turner Hall, Canada's Bill Mackinnon narrowly outpointed slugger Frank Moran over ten rounds...Former provincial amateur boxing star Charlie Gage looked in great form in taking the decision from Montreal import Jean Lapointe on the undercard of the O'Malley-Osborne scrap...He was a bit wild but landed the harder punches and nearly had Lapointe down in the third but for the ropes holding him up... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."