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

Motifs nall, on Main street. was last nigh
the scene of a 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, 1. 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,
Captain Keller entered the ring and care
After close scrutiny Of the '.mits," he ex.
pressed himself satisfied, and said: Gen
tlemen, If those gloves are used | have
nothing to say"
onOEtly AlLer t0lS tHc lf1Sn LaQ' made
his appearance, and q moment later Carr
stepped into the ring.
YBurke, Stripe is a magnificent specimen
of physical manhood, and 1t Is 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 punisher
he falls far short of what is naturally ex-
pected of man of his size and excellent
build.
Carr. in his fighting costume, presents
tvirv ie OF
strength and prowess.
Fl. 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, aEd they faced each
other for
TIE FIRST ROUND.
A little preliminary spafring was INDUCED
in as the men generated" 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 back
on the'side Of Jim's neck but with little ef
feet. A moment afterwards, however he
landed one square on Carr's forehead
which: had 1t been planted on any other
part OF the body might have resulted more
seriously: As It was Carr orly smiled and
shot another of'his 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 len came up to the scra ch smiling
and after a few initiatory feints, Carr regis
tered the best point and most effective blow
OF the fight 1t was a terrific leithanded
drive and caught Burke square on the
dread basket" an inch above the belt.
Jack gave vent to his pent up feelings by
vigorous grunt, which highly amused the
spectators: From this to the end of the
the fighting This resulted in four lccks
and as many break-a-ways before time was
called. In the second lock Burke hugged
Carr close to him and seemed to be eudeav-
oring to get in some effective close quarters
work. AS they broke away Carr said: "You
big = of a - why do you strike me after
the referee has ordered us to break away?"
Burke only smiled. aud the two went at it
again. The Irish Lad" got to Cars neck
once mere, and in the latter's effort to get
shade the worst of this round; but, as an old
sport aptly remarked at its close. live times
FIVE rounds of that kind ofswork could not
stop jim Carr
THIRD ROUND.
Burke opened the third and last round
with singing left-handed 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 a squirt of hard fighting
in the corner OF the square, during
which Burke got in a 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
f1cers into the ring "time' was
called. Captain Ketlar and bis men
then pulled the gloves off the men
and ordered them to desist under penalty of
prosecution.
Burke declared the interference of the Of
ficers was put up job" on the part of
Carr to get 35 per cent of the receipts.
Carr's friends scoif 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 "a
specimen of what he can do when forced to
hard work he will have a very small chance
in his coming match with Dempsey.