The New York herald., 1871-03-14


fought for two hours ana tnirty-one
minutes, having sixty rounds, ending in
. draw, Carr proving to be guilty Of the
ciped subterfuge to beat his opponent. Carr may
have fought well sometime or otner, but to-day at
times ne was as useless as an innocent child, and
ROUND las they came 10 the scratch after snak-
ing hands, Carr appeared the largest. Both seemed
confident. There was vast deal OF sparring with
many feints and lodges, when OConnor took the
initiative with the LETT and got on tho head and
right shoulder OF his opponent, who returned the
pleasant compliment, giving O'Connor q hot one
on the breast They cIinched, and Carr slipped
down.
ROUND 2. Both men eager and quick to the call OF
time. They spared long while and were seemingly
AFRAID OF each other Az last WConnor got his left
one OF the same kind OF cracking strokes In the
stomach ol 0'Conner when Carr went down TO avoid
ROUND 3. Nobody hurt much yet there was con-
siderable sparring ana both IN good huinor. OCoi-
nor sent out his left vigorously but was snort, when
Carr got In on his head, and the latter, before,
ROUND l. Connor now began to chan Carr, say
the way from Chicago to lick mes Ye can't lick q
louise; you are sweet sucker" Never mnd,n
returned Danny "pil kssck the stung out Of youm ~,
he sss' sos in no; good good ONE" one WIN Ris slt
Saa So aIs oos e Fra Ma owaa s
In the mouth, and Larry again struck Mother Earth
round. Blood was seen sricxling from Carr's lip.
and frst blood being CLAIMED for O'Conn0r 1t was
allowed by the referee and the event duly chroniced
and the yells OF half a thousand brazen thr0ats
made more demoniacal by the crazying whiskey
which Is drunk on every side.
ROUND 8. OConn0r was getting impatient. He
nad displayed more science than Danny, and now
rushed In ds If to demosh the latter but that indi
ana O'Connor was not quite so anxious Alter more
sparrtng O'COnnor delivered an effective right
on when % each
ROUND 0. Carrs lip was now bleeding somewhat
and the bodies OF the fighters looked red from the
humping they had given and taken. O'COnn0r leo
or and got In left -hander in the stomach OF Carr,
which made that poor BOY from Waterloo vince.
Carr missed a vigorous right-hander at Mikes face,
when the latter again visited Carrs body VINO sent
hot one from his right duke to Mixes head, and as
usual and very suspiciously went down.
wore q queer and certainly not fighting EXPRESSION
which made Mike laugh at him little; so that
down.
had not been enough blood. enough broken bones
and the same wild voices that had q few minutes
before yelled for the fighters to punch the CUTS Of
are tnas won't dgnt;n Carr sent q
It was now evident that Carr had more than ne bar
gained for and 1t was also evident by the actions OF
whether honorable or not, and desired him to make
OCOnnor strike him foul blow. The latter had
been repeatedly claimed but on grounds SO frivolous
The ninth. tenth. eleventh and twelfth rounds
were fought poorly. Carr would not fight, and Mike
seemed AFRAID to push the music.
ROUND Is. OC0nnor was very angry. After deal
OF sparrtng Nike put down his hands and said, 'If
you mean fight, why don't you fight, yer cur" This
hadn't the desired effect but Carr sent IN right
handler on Mikes LETT which made it tingle
O'COnnOr paid that back with interest, giving left
handler on Carrs sore stomach and another on the
side OF his head, when they cinched and Carr
slipped down.
ROUND IA. OConnor was savage He seemed to
think Carr the rankest coward he ever met and told
HIM 80, but of no avail. The latter wouldn't stand
up to the rack for his fodder. Down he would go
whenever he delivered blow, aud Mike couldn't
see the point In rushing the mil. After sparrlng
Carr got IN another right-hander and dropped, and
thus to sixty rounds the same old dodge played
with but little variation. Neither were punished
much, and Mike, finding that Carr would not night.
seconds Appealed to the referee to make the fight
The outrage was glaring, but Carr's friends out.
number 0'Conn0r's, and the simple-minded elbow,
glad to get out Of tight place. so pronounced 1t.
Carr's hands were all gone. O'Conn0r was harder
nut to crack than he anticipated.
THE BATTLE OVER,
o rush was made for the boat and all being safely
reembarked the splash, splash Of the dirty Charley
Rogers again under the bright starlight re-echOed
from river and bluff. At eight O'Clock the Ievee
reached ana hundreds In the darkness were aw ait
ing the news.
There is much disappointment expressed at Carr's
fghLing and Will not be strangefr the bad whis-
key OF Dubuque ana the rage OF the few HOosierS
may be productive OF murder.