The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-20
WON ON A FOUL.
A Lively Light Weight Glove
Contest in New Orleans.
TW8nty-SiX Hard-FOu6ht Rounds Between
Andy Bowen and Billy Myers.
The Inhabitants Of Wisconsin Village Driven
From Their Homes by Forest Fires.
Another Town Threatened.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

NEW ORLEANS, May 19.-The great light
weight glove-fght between Andy Bowen, the
Louisiana tornado" and Billy Myers, the
'Sreator cyclone" occurred tonight i'll the
famous Olympic Club. Nearly 5000 people
witnessed the encounter. The betting to-
day was 500 on Myers to $50 on Bowen.
These men, it will be remembered, met last
May and fought twenty-six rounds, at the
end of which Myers manager, Checny, gave
UP the fight. Myers was not knocked out,
but was bruised and bloody and presented
the appearance of man very nearly beaten.
Bowen was seconded tonight by Bob
Farrell and Tom Kelly, while Myers was
seconded by Link Pope. Andy Myers and
ALT Kennedy. Alexander Brewster was
appointed referee.
In the first round Bowen was wary and
Myers aggressive. Bowen hit Myers on the
head, knocking him down and repeated the
knOck-dOwn again in short time.
In the second round Myers continued to
crowd Bowen and received hard swing on
his eye. Bowen got a heavy left-hander on
the ear. Bowen landed his right on Myers
ribs, the blow sounding all over the house.
In the third round Myers nose was bleed
ing freely and he received a smash on the
ribs that nearly knocked him down. Bowen
staggered Myers with a right-hand swing
and landed a right-hand body punch. the
force of which was broken by Myers re-
treat.
In the fourth round Myers kept pressing
on in spite Of hard blows from Bowen, and
succeeded in landing a right handler on
Bowen'S nose.
In the fifth, sixth and seventh sharp
blows were exchanged, but nothing decisive.
In the eighth Myers seemed tired of being
the aggress0r, and tried to coax Bowen on,
but the latter was too cautious. Finally,
when Bowen did lead Myers knocked him
down.
In the ninth Myers was staggered by a
right-hander, but kept pushing, and re-
ceiyed blow in tie stomach moment
later.
In the tenth, eleventh and twelfth there
were some sharp exchanges, and Bowen
was evidently getting angry. He began to
fight viciously, but with bad judgment. He
smashed Myers eye with a right-hander
and it bled profusely.
In the thirteenth and fourteenth Myers
begged Bowen to led. Bowen responded
with a smash in Myers stomach. Myers
landed his right solid on Bowen's head.
In the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth
there was sharp fighting, both landing
heavy blows, Bowen finishing the round
with a heavy highlander OH Myers jaw,
following one delivered on the stomach.
Myers face was looking very bad at this
time. He had a terrible black eve, which
was bleeding at one corner. and a swollen
| and bloody nose. Myers still continued his
aggressive tactics and in the next few rounds
landed some hard blows. seeming to gain
ground.
In the nineteenth. after a sharp clinch,
Myers, in breaking away, fell.
In the twentieth Bowen landed, knocking
Myers to The ropes. The referee cautioned
Myers to fight fair. The Streator boy was
evidently eager to finish the fight, but could
| not land.
In the twenty-second Bowen landed a
heavy highlander on Myers sore eye and
his left on the stomach Myers landed a
vicious right-hander and committed several
fouls.
In the twenty-fOurth round Myers fouled
Bowen several times and the crowd became
bolsterOus. The referee awarded the fight
to Bowen on foul. President NOVEL; said
a final decision would be rendered tO-mur-
row. Several of the Myers men think he
lost the battle Justly.