The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-20
WON BY ANDY BOWEN.
Knocks Wind Out of Streator
Cyclone, Billy Myer.
. soul IN THE TwENTY-FoURTH.
Perfect Arrangements for the Jackson
corbett Fight tomorrow Night
Electric Clock Marks Time.

f<t4fc T1r0H1ts
$3.50. rvclo,,ev took place tonight In the
49,. l,,r,nnic club. Nearly 5000 people Wit
,,e.sad the eight. The betting was loo on Mse"
e. sa on Roxeu. These men, IL VIII be remem-
hsyed last Nay fought twenty six ROUNDS, at .ne
.,d ~ which Myers manager, Cheeny gave up
.ha seht Myer was not knocked OUT out
bruised and bloody, and presented the appear
snre n ! man very nearly beaten
Bowsa was seconded by Bob Farreii ana ION
Kelly. while Myer was seconded py hnN 1877
ANDY Nyer and ALI Kennedy. AieAanuei Dis"
ster was appointed referee.
In the first round Bowen was wary ana Myer
.ogrcsssye. Bowen hit Myer a smasher on the
head knocking him down. ana repea'eo 'ne
knock-do again in short time
N tho second Myer continued TO crowd
Maven and received hard swing on MS eye.
Bowen got heavy. lefthander on the ear.
Rover landed his right on Myers ribs, the dow
souudfug nil over the house
IN the third round Myers nose was bleeding
freely. and he received a smash on the ribs that
nearly knocked him down. Bowen staggered
uvsy with a rfght-hand swing, and landed
yicht-hand body punch, the force OF which was
broken by Myers retreat.
n the fourth Myer kept pressing on in spite OF
hard blows fr1r1Bowen, and succeeded In land
ing right-lhnder on Bowen's nose
In the fifth, sixth and seventh number OF
were
In the eighth Myer, tired OF being the ag-
srcssor. tried to pull Bowen on, but the
istter was too cautious. Finally, when Bowen
aid lead Mycr knocked him down.
Ia the ninth Myer was staggered by right
! hsuder. but kept pushing and received blow In
fksstomach moment later
Il the tenth, eleventh and twelfth there were
s51De sharp exchanges, and Bowen was evidently
= slting angry. He began to fight victousiy, but
IA bad Judgment. He slashed Myers eye
.1xyffh highlander and It bled profusely.
81 the thirteenth and fourteenth Myer begged
N6ken 10 lead Bowen responded with smash
Mayors stomach. Myer landed his right solid
on Bowen's head.
Ia the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth
thse was sharp fighting, both landing heavy
blows Bowen finished the round with right
on Myers jaw, following ose delivered on the
stomach Myers face was looking very bad at
this time. He had a terrible black eye, which
ws bleeding ct one corner. and swollen and
bloody nose. Mycr still continued aggressive
tactics, and In the next few rounds landed some
hard blows seeming to gain ground.
In the nineteenth, after a sharp clinch, Myer
IN breaking away fell.
In the twentieth Bowen landed, knocking
Myer TO the ropes. The referee cautioned Myer
70 sght fair. The streator boy was evidently
eager 10 finish the fight, but could not land.
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right on Myers sore eye and a left on the
( stomsch Myer landed a vicious right and COM
mitted several fouls.
In the twenty-fourth Myer fouied Bowen sew
srai times and the crowd became boisterous.
4 ~ u{sree awarded the fyh; to Bowen on
fo@x Flcsidesst Newell said the final decision
I W ondtfed tassaKrow. Several Myer men
Lost - sle Justly.
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= Hul.f fxrou daa Aa1& a..
3 decision as to the dis
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spm Betting.
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81 i2kNeI& Land Corbett Thursday
X||E Ju1& IN ~ last contest President
la 4ieec <red at an attempt had been
- W{enpkr with the gas pipes and electric
wires used In lighting The main hall Since this
discovery the entire gas and electrical systems
OF the gymnasium have been overhauled, SO
that II the gas should be cut of the electric
lights would still burn, and the wires OF the lat
Ter have been so laid that It would be a difficult
undertaking for any one to NEEDLE with them.
Twenty special officers have been engaged by
the club. Four viii be stationed on the roof.
and others in the street and interior of the gym.
nasium to preserve order All disreputabe
sports and a number who have frequently at
tended by Joining the cInb inst hosora ,.,,,os.
VIII be barred out this time, Professional
boxers, except those under contract To the club.
Will be excluded. The free list will be extended
TO legitimate representatives of local papers only
the contestants, their two seconds and bottle
holders, several of the city officials, and three
prominent visiting sporting men,
The ten-second clock was put In practice this
morning on the gallery railing, little TO the
left OF the big cock which times the rounda
This new electrical arrangement is as large as
the time clock. 1t was proved infallible thI.
morning after q test by President Fulda and
Others, who timed II by their watches. man
will be in the gallery over the clock, and as
either of the contestants drops the clock will be
started with a small lever. A second hand con-
meets the ten seconds, aud then a long roll on a
tenor drum attached to the clock is sounded.
Should the fallen man arise before the ten
seconds expires the man in charge of the clock
reverses the electrical current and the big hand
returns at once to the ring point and is
ready to count again. The machine will pre-
vent any dispute between the three time
keepers. The official timekeeper and the con
teStdf.iS timekegpprg will have a hoy i,,t he
iery just opposite the two clocks. so that thew
can watch their movements. These impor-