Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1908 — Burns Whips Irish Champion. [ARTICLE]

Burns Whips Irish Champion.

Dublin, Mar. 18. —Tommy Bums, ths American pugilist, knocked out Jem Roche, the Irish champion, Tuesday night in the first round in the Theatei Royal, for the heavyweight champion ship of the world.