Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-20
LOST THE FIGHT ON A FOUL.
Outcome of the Battle Between Billy Myer
and Andy Bowen.
NEW oRlEANSLAD DECLARED THE VICTOR,
Lots Of Hard Fighting in which the
Streator Cycloae Was Roughly
Handled-About Jac kson
and COrbett.

ngntwelgnt glove ngnl DctWcen AMY BOWEN
and Billy Myer, the "Streator cyclone" oc-
Cured tonight in the handsome arena of the
famous Olympic club. Nearly three thousand
people with cssed the encounter. The betting
today was SlOO on Myer to $50 on Bowen.
Last May at West End these same men
fought twenty.three rounds, at the end of
which Myers mans ager gave up the contest.
Myer was not knocked out, but he presented
the appearance of man very nearly COM
pletely beaten.
The agreement under which tonight's fight
was had, called for the men to weigh at the ring
side not over 1874 pounds. The Olympic club
hung up purse of 50. 0OO $500 Of which
went to the winner and 500 was Civ en- the
loser.
Bowen was seconded by Bob Farrell and,
the famous Tom Kelly while Myer was sec
onded by Link Pope Eddie Myor and ALI
Kennedy.
Hon. Alexander Brewster was appointed
by the man ayers of the club referee and
everyone was delighted when he accepted,
for the name Of Alex Brewster is synonymous
with all that is fair and square.
Referee Brewster warned the seconds
against indulging in questionable tactics. Ex-
Mayor Gulllotte acted as master of Cermon-
les and introduced Hon. Alex Brewster as the
Official of tho evening,
The Bowen party entered the ring at ex-
actly S:j5 and received hearty welcome.
Prof. John Duffy was announc ed as the Off
cial timokeeper.
The Myer party entered the ring at s: 81
and received quiet welcome Immediately
after Mycr took his seat b owen walked across
the ring and shook hands with him. Bowen
weighed in at l3t pounds at OPP. IN. and Myer
weighed under the limit. A moment later
Captain William Barrett weigh ed the gloves
and pronounced them tve-ou according to
law.
Time was called at 9:l5 and the men began
their fight for 50, ,00O purse.
When the men advanced to the center of
the ring Bowen was looking confident and
Myer was smiling Myer was aggressive
and Bowen was wary
In the first round Bowen knocked
Myer down twice, while he himself received
but slight punishment. Bowen used his left
to fool Myer and was successful, landin
heavily on Myers head and body, one blow
on the ribs in the second round sounding all
over the hail. Myer received tn O most pun
ishment in the first round, but was the ag
gressor all the time and seemed confident.
Myer received a third knockdown in tn
third and his nose was bleeding profusely.
In the fifth. sixth and seventh rounds Myer
most of the punishment, Bowen escaping
with heavy blow on the forehead and one
on the arm.
In the eighth round Myer was still the ag-
gressor but not as eager as formerly, He
tried to make Bowen lead, but the latter was
eau tious and declined until near the end of
the round when Myer knocked him down
clean.
The next two rounds were about even,
Bowen possibly having little the best Of it.
IN iha plpynnth round ROLVen smashed
Myer IN the eye, causing 1t to bleed pro-
fusely. Still Myer continued on the agrees
sive.
The New Orleans man was thoroughly
arou sed In the twelfth round and fought VIC
ously, but with bad Judgment. Toward the
end Of the round both landed heavy rights !;
Myer seemed groggy.
Rounds 13 and 14-Myer seemed dis gusted
with Bowen's tactics and begged Andy to
lead. Myer straddled In too far and received
aleft in the stomach. Bow en- landed left In the
stomach. Myer landed one or two good ones
| aud Bowen turned to run, but Myer clinched
him. Myer land his right solid on Bowen's S
| head. Myer dropped his arms to urge Bowen
| on. Desperate elm ch occurred in the middle
| of the ring with honors easy.
Rounds 15. l6, l7-Myers facial express
| sion was laughable. Myer led for face and
| Bowen gave him his head, Bowen landed
| right and lett on the body. Myer was stlll
| the aggressor. He had terrible black and
| blue eye Bowen landed right hand swim e
| on the body and Myer looked savage. The
| round was tiresome. Myer hit and ran away,
came back and landed right; Bowen landed
I right and left on Nlyer. Bowen landed a
| heavy right on Myers stomach and the large
| audience cheered clinch occurred in
| Myers corner with Myer on the ropes.
| Bowen hit Myer heavy right on the jaw
and nearly upset himself from the force of
| the blow.
| Rounds 1S, 10. 20-Myer made very rash
| attempt to land his right but Bowen ducked
| the blow but caught it a moment later.
| Myer was still the aggressor, and Bowen
| played for his adversary's wind Sharp
clinch occurred, and Myer landed terrible
right another clinch occurred, aud Mycr in
| breaking away fell to the ground. Mycr was
| dong good deal of the ii gh,ing, and seemed
| in these rounds to gam ground. Bowen hit
| Myer drive and drove him out OF the ropes.
| Bowen led and landed, knocking Myer to the
| ropes Referee Brewster cautioned Myer to
| fight fair,
Rounds 81, 81, 23-Myer was eager TO fin
sh the fight, but could not land Bowen
| landed heavy right on Myers sore eye.
| Bowen landed left on the stomach without a
return Myer landed a VICIOUS right and
| committed several fouls
| Round 24-The round opened and Myer
| fouled Bowen several times, and the crowd
became boisterous and cried, Foul, foul"
In the midst of wrangle by Myers and
Bowens seconds Referee Brews ter awarded
the battle to Bowen on a foul.
| In conversation with several Myer men
they stated that he justly lost the battle On
the whole, however, 1t must be said that the
mill was an unsatisfa factory one.
| Note-At midnight President NJ well sent
a telephone message to the new spapers say,
ing that the final decision in the fight woulG
be rendered at noon tomorrow, Wednesday,.
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