The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-30
LIGHT WEIGHTS In THE RING.
AUSTIN GIBBONS AND ANDY BOWEN
BATTING ron GLORY IND GOLD.


Forty-two Rounds Fought md the Men SIN
In the Ring-Honors About Even-Both
Men Are Severely Punished While In
Search o. tse Eseak-c,,t BLOW.
New ORLEANS. Dec. 2a.-Andy Bowen and
Austin Gibbons fought tonight In tho new
arena Of the Metropolitan Club for purse Of
$4,000, the winner to receive $4,000 Both
men weighed In at the ring under 1879 pounds
Gibbons trained for the fight at Bay St Louis
Miss. where Carroll. Griffin. i'itzsimmons.
and other noted boxers have trained before.
Bowen. strange to say. trained himselfnt West
End. suburban resort Of New Orleans.
Both men looked we'll on entering the ring.
Gibbons is the taller BY several inches.
while Bowen looked the typical gladiator.
with shoulders and chest measurement
OF wonderful dimensions for such a
short man. Jimmy Carroll. John Griffin.
Jim Gibbons. and John Kerwin were
seconds and advisors for the Patersonian.
while Jim sweeny. All Grntis. and Tommy
Warren looked after Bowen. Prof. John
Duffy was chosen referee. and the timers wore
Walter Owen and II. Libe The official timer
for the club was Theo Patterson.
Bowen entered the ring ut 0:07. and Gibbons
followed few minutes later amid tremendous
cheers. Charles Drollo acted as master OF
ceremonies, and filled the bill in n mastery
way. Police Captains Barrett and Journee
were In command Of tho police detail.
The gloves were weighed by Capt Barrett
and found to be OF legal weight. Ave ounces.
The referee and Capt Barrett warned the men
as to their conduct In the ring. and particu-
larly cautioned them against fouling.
In the first round tho men spared for an
opening. but neither got it Only one blow
was struck and that by Bowen.
Tho oaconi round worry li1ht Bowen
landed once or twice on Gibbons's mock. but
did little damage.
No blows were struck in the third round.
Bowen rushed In the fourth and got the best Of
some awkward lighting.
Bowen led in the fifth and landed heavily on
Gibbons's neck. Gibbons was more agrees
sive in the sixth. Bowen also did some exc
cution. Gibbons rctaliated by smashing
Bowen In the face.
In tho seventh round Gibbons sent homo one
blow on Bowen's face. In tho eighth Gibbons
hiY,owen twice heavily on tho face with his
Bowen had the host Of the fighting in the
ninth round: smashing Gibbons In the ribs
nos senth
punished each other about the body. .,, o,,v
placing wlckedly on dibbons's neck with his
IN the IOuTCe0utn rOuuu CuSE0 WHo uALu
fighting. both mon jabbing catch other In the
body and neck. Bowen played for Gibbons'e
face. In the fifteenth round Bowen did most
OF the rushing and punched Gibbons severely.
peatedly on his face.
Bowen won first blood in the fifteenth round:
Things were very tame In the sixteenth and
seventeenth, and there was little fighting Of
consequences q. the eighteenth. Bowen did
most Of the hitting in the, nineteenth. and
some blows on tho nose and neck were very
hard. Bowen did leading In the twentieth.
and his blows were very hard. He landed
It was eyener lighting IN the ,twenty-frst
round. both mon doing well: Both were sttll
ssssld sHs aR REG Ss aRs Raasa
The twsnty.third round was very Hight. the
said, Of the twenty.fourth and twenty-nfth.
Neither man seemed tired.
Bowen had for and away the best OF the
twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh rounds
playing all the time for his favorite neck blow.
Bowen did some pretty lodging in the TWEEN:
ty-eighth round. but neither man had much Of
An advantage. The round consisted largely
Of sparring; No blows were struck in the
At the end Of the forty. second round both
men were still In search of tho Knockout
blow. The odds were about even.