St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
SIXTEEN SIMOLEONS.
Bowen and Johnson Fight for
That Amount Of Gate
Receipts.
The Two Pugilists Face Each
Other for Forty-Three
Rounds,
When a Leaving Train Calls
- the Men Away From the
Ring.
Johnson Said to Be a Well
Known Minnesota Light
weight.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb.9.-Andy Bowen
the local lightweight, who has chal.
lenged Billy Meyer, had a fight with
skin gloves at Abila Springs to-day with
Charley johnson, who claims to be from
Minneapolis. There has been bad blood
between the men. johnson was one Of
the fighters imported by Prof Dennis
Butler, and was charged by the Bowen
party with participation in the loading
of McHale's gloves. Bowen told his
managers that the fight must be made
If not cent was in sight, so it was fixed
for 500 a side, all the money Johnson
could raise. and all the gate re.
celpts. Bowen was taken sick
last Wednesday with la grippe
and got married the same day, so
his hackers decided to forfeit the stake.
Bowen would not hear to it and came
over Saturday afternoon. fought high
fever all night, remained in bed until
time to fight and appeared weighing 1874
pounds. johnson is head taller,
longer in reach, and was in the pink
of condition. He owned up to 1877
pounds, but he appeared much heavier.
After considerable wrangling, George
Queen, leader Of the Newsboys' band.
and brother of Queen, of Hayerly'5
ministries, was chosen referee, and
made the best man seen here in that
position, although
ONLY A STRIPPING.
The fight proved to he for almost
nothing, as only about two hundred peo.
pie were in the bull ring, where the
mill woo uiua,1 an1 worry fa,x, of
paid. 1t turned out great fight, last
ing three hours and twelve minutes,
and would have been going on yet but
for the arrival of the train. In the first
round Bowen rushed his man and
knocked him down three times, punish.
ing him severely around the body, bu6
not sufficiently to knock him out.
Bowen was not hurt, but he exhausted
his VIgOr in the one round and was nos
strong enough at any future time to de.
liver the finishing tonch. After the
first round Bowen continued to force
the fighting, but his plucky leads met
with ciincheS and Johnson's clever uD.
per-cuts in the face. This continued till
the sixth round, when Bowen cut his
eye against the rough stake in clineh
and had his lip cut in the two following
rounds. After that he waitedfor john
son TO lead, and as the latter could not
be cOaXed or abused into doing it. the
fight lasted for forty-three rounds
without being finished. Bowen dis
obeyed his seconds and rushed his man
at intervals, getting in some fine body
and jaw blows and receiving upper
cuts IN the mouth and eye in return.
Bowen's face was terribly swelled and
he bled freely, and Johnson's chest,
sides and back were cut and bruised. In
the last few rounds johnson did lead
several times and landed, but Bowen
ruSned HIM in return and did terrible
Furnishing, considering his condition.
JoHNsoN'S UPPER-cUTTING
at close quarters served him in good
stead in these rushes, although the re-
turns did not phase Bowen one bit. Bus
when train time came the end of the
fight was as far OFF as ever, and the men
were told to come forward and shake
hands. Bowen objected, but yielded
finally, and that ended his first drawn
fight. johnson is said to be an alias,
that party being declared here to be a
well-known Northwestern lightweight,
while others say he is Jimmy Collins, of
st. Louis, who is wanted in connection
with the barge fight there in which the
death of one of the fighters resulted.
The net gate receipts were divided be.
tween the men, each getting So.
Schoenhausen, the concert saloon man,
who is managing Bowen. gave him
the 500 stake. Besides his other
disadvantages Bowen, in one OF
of his right hand swings on Johnson's
head, smashed his knuckles and his
hand swelled up. Nevertheless he used
it freely during the fight. The small but
select party of roughs gave consider
able trouble. They were Bowen men.
Bowen repudiated them and gave john
son fair fight. But once the roughs
broke into the ring, and were promptly
elected by the sheriff, who witnessed
the affray as a spectator and peace
officer. Bowen offered johnson money
to lead all through the fight, but john
son refused, and left all the rushing to
Bowen, who grew weary himself, so
that sometimes five rounds in succession
passed without blow. The excursion
lists, after being out from early morn
ing, only returned tonight. minus DIM
ner, and thoroughly exhausted. Bowen
is still willing to fight any 133-pound
man in the country, and can obtain all
the backing necessary.