Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-16
THE BURKE-CARR FIGHT.
stopped by the Police in the
Third Round.

the scene of pugilistic encounter between
the noted Jack Burke and James Carr, the
nervy champion of many hard fought bat
| tie.
Much has been said and written OF the
men during their training and other prepar
ations for this fight, and space need not be
taken up for that purpose here.
Both men expressed themselves to a
HERALD man as being in excellent condi-
tion Immediately before the fight. Burke,
who was seen in his dressing room, while
dressing for the fray. seemed to entertain
some doubt as to his ability to do the job he
had contracted for i. e. knock Carr out in
five rounds. Carr, on the other hand was
thoroughly confident of his ability to stay
for the specified time.
A good crowd had assembled to see the
fun, and while waiting for the principles to
appear they were kept In good humor by
two or three preliminary set-tos between
local celebrities. AS the time drew near
for the calling OF time for the first round,
fully examined the gloves to be used
After close scrutiny of the 'mits," he ex-
pressed himself satisfied, and said Gen
tlemen. if those gloves are used I have
Shortly alter this the Irish Lad" made
his appearance, and q moment later Carr
stepped into the ring.
HBurke, stripped. is magnificent specimen
of physical manhood, and 1t Is a surprise to
many. that he isn't harder hitter than he
is. There is no question about the clever
ness of Burke as a boxer, but as q punisher
he falls far short of what is naturally ex-
build.
Carr. in his fighting costume, presents
wiry. sinewy frame, and is the picture of
strength and prowess.
II; G: Wilcox was chosen referee after a
deal of trouble, Burke at first objecting to
him on account OF not knowing him Carr
was perfectly satisfied, he said, with any
referee who understood the rules and would
give both men fair play.
This point being settled the men were Or
dered to shake hands, and they faced each
other for
TIE FIRST ROUND.
little preliminary spaYring was INDUCED
in as the men "generaled' for an opening
1t had been the general belief that Carr
would act solely on the defensive. He sur
prised the spectators, however, by forcing
the fight as hard as his antagonist. The
first blow of any account was struck by
Carr; 1t caught the big man on the right
cheek and was stinger. Burke got ba ck
on the side Of Jim's neck, but with little ef
feet: moment afterwards, however, he
landed one square on Carr's forehead
which, had it been planted on any other
part of the body might have resulted more
seriously; As Il was Carr orly smiled and
shot another ofhis left handlers into Burke's
chest, The latter countered this blow with
hard one ON Jim's neck. Two blows each
had been given and received and while the
men were sparring for an opening, time
was called.
SECOND ROUND.
Both men came up to the scratch smiling
and after few initiatory feints, Carr regis
tered the best point and most effective blow
Of the fight. 1t was terrific leit-handed
drive and caught Burke square ON the
bread basket an inch above the belt.
Jack gave vent to his pent up feelings by a
vigorous grunt, which highly amused the
spectators. From this to the end of the
round both men seemed anxious to force
the fighting. This resulted in four lccks
and as many break Always before time was
called. In the second lock Burke Rugged
Carr close to him and seemed to be endeav-
oring to get in some effective close quarters
Work AS they broke % away Carr s.I said You i,
the referee has ordered us to break away"
Burke only smiled. aud the two went at it
again. The Irish Lad" got to Carr's neck
once mere, and in the latter's effort to get
back at him they again locked. Carr had a
shade the worst of this round; but, as an old
sport aptly remarked at its close, five times
FIVE rounds OF that kind osawork could not
stop jim Carr"
THIRD ROUND.
Burke opened the third and last round
Win Singing left~nanded blow, which
caught Carr on the right side of the neck.
Blows and counter blows followed, it
being regular give and take round
There was squirt of hard fighting
in the corner of the square, during
which Burke got in hard one on Carr's
breast. At this juncture Captain Ketlar
rushed in and ordered the fight to stop.
Whereupon Burke rushed upon Carr with
seeming deadly intent, driving him into
his corner and there endeavoring to down
him. Carr was "up to snuff" however, and
defended himself against the assault in the
most approved style.
At the moment of the entrance OF the of.
Acers into the ring "time" was
called. Captain Ketlar and his men
then pulled the gloves off the men
and ordered them to dcsist under penalty of
prosecution.
Burke declared the interference OF the Of
fcers was put up job" on the part OF
Carr to get 35 per cent of the receipts.
Carr's friends scoff at this idea, and declare
that their man had received none the worst
OF the mill, and was anxious to go on with
it.
If Burke's performance of last night is
specimen OF what he can do when forced to
hard work. he will have a very small chance
in his coming match with Dempsey.