Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-23
Great Glove Contest at the
Olympic Club in New
Orleans.
Andy Bowen and Billy Meyer,
Two Renowned Light Weights
the Principals.
After Twenty Three Rounds the
Fight is Won by Bowen on a
Foul.

New ORLEANS, May 19.-The great
light weight glove fight between Andy
Bowen. the Louisiana tornado and
Billy Myer, the Streator cyclone, oc.
Cured tonight i'm the famous Olympic
club. Nearly s, 1000 people witnessed the
encounter. The betting today was 800 on
Myers to $50 ON Bowen These men it
viii lie remembered met last May and
fought twenty rounds, at the end OF
which Myer $ manager Cheney gave up the
fight. Myer was not knocked out but
bruised and bloody and presented the ap-
pearance OF man very
nearly completely beaten. Bowen
was S econded tonight by Bob Farrell and
Tom Kelly while Myer was seconded by
Link Pope. Andy MyeI and Aft Kennedy
Alexander Brewster was appointed
referee Bowen won the fight in the 2}rd
round on foul.
In the drst rodud Bowen was wary and
Nyer aggressive Bowen hit Nyer d
smasher ON the head, knocking him down,
and repeated the knock down again In q
short time In the second Myer continued
to crowd Bowen and received bard swing
ON his eye. Bowen got heavy
left-handpr on the ear. Bowen
landed his right ON Myers ribs, the blow
sounding al. over the house. In the third
round Nyer nose was bleeding freely and
he received q smash ON the ribs that
nearly knocked him down. Bowen stag
gered Myer with q right hand
swing and landed q right hand body
punch, he force of which was broken
by Myer retreatiIg In the fourth Ayer
kept pressing on IN spite OF nard blows
from Bowen, and succeeded in landing a
right handler ON Bowen nose. In the
fifth, sixth and seventh sharp blows We're
exchanged but nothing decisive was done.
In the eighth Nyer seemed tired of being
the aggressor and tried to pull Bowen on,
but the latter was too cautious. Finally
when Bowen did lead, Myer knocked him
down, In the ninth Myer was stag
gered by q right handler but kent
pushing ana received a light blow on the
stomach q moment later.
In the tenth. eleventh and twelfth there
were some more sharp exchanges aud
Bowen was evidently getting angry. He
began to fight viciously, but with judg-
ment. He smashed Myers eve with a
highlander and it b.ed profusaly. In
the thirteenth and fourteenth Myer beg
&c. Bowen 10 lead, Bowen responded
with q smash in Myers stomach Myer
landed his right solid on Bowen head.
In the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth there was some sharp fight
ing, both landing some heavy blows,
Bowen finishing the round with
a heavy right ON Myers Jaw,
following one delivered on the stomach.
Myers face was looking very bad lat this
time He had q terrible black eve which
was bleeding at one corner, and swollen
and bloody nose, Myer still continued
his aggressive tactics and in
the next few rounds landed some
hard blows, seeming To get ground. In
the nineteenth, after sharp clinch, Myer,
in breaking away, fell In the twentieth
Bowen landed, knocking Myer TO the ropes.
The referee cautioned Myer TO ighC fairly,
The Streator boy was evidently eager to
finish the fight but could not land IN
twenty seconds Bowen landed a heavy
right ON Myer' sore eye and left ON his
,tomach Myer landed vici5s right
and committed several fouls In
tine twenty-fourth round Myer fouIed
Bowen several times and the crowd became
boisterous The referee awarded the fight
to Bowen on the foul President Novel;
said the final decision would be rendered
tomorrow Several Of Myers men think
he lost the battle Justly.