The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-06
A Good Mill Before the New Cres-
cent City Club, Of New
Orleans.
Tieldep, Whose Gamenese Had
Been Questioned, Stands
Heavy Punishment
A FIstio Carnival Arranged for the Cres-
cent City Early in tho Month
OF Maroh

NEW ORLEASB, Jan. DANDY Bowen An d
Joe Fieldsn fought before the new Crescent
City Athletic club tonight for purse of
$1,000, $500 Of which to the loser. Bowen
knocked Fielden down in the hrst. Clever
sparring followed, Fielding landing we'll at
times. In the second Fielden landed q
right on Bowen's nose and the latter retail
lated. In the third Bowen landed
two good blows. one knocking
Fielden down. He arose immedi-
ately and punched Bowen ON the nose.
Round four. Bowen was badly distressed
and Fielden smashed him In the face three
times and missed two vicious swings. The
fifth, SIXTH seventh. eighth, were hard
rounds. both men punching hard. Bowen
received the largest number OF blows. Tho
latter fought desperately but with poor
Judgment. In the ninth. tenth, eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth, the men fought fairly
hard, Fielden doing most Of the fighting,
Bowen breaking in style. proving very un-
satisfactory to his friends and hackers.
The fourteenth. fifteenth and sixteenth
commenced with plenty Of hitting. Bowen
landed some hard punches. In tho seven
teenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twen-
tieth rounds there was fairly good fighting,
but Fielden complained to his seconds that
his thumb WAS broken. Bowen went at his
opponent in round twenty. knocked him
down three times. and nearly put him out,
but the gong saved him.
Twenty-frst. Bowen punched his man
into the ropes several times. Fielden was
dead game fell and rose only to be knocked
down as fast as he could get up. The gong
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was knocked out with punch ON the neck.
He tried to rise and his eameness, once
questioned, was now applauded to the echo
and the fight awarded to Bowen.
The Crescent City club has its events for
fighting festival tho second week in
March. probably Z. and 8. as the Hail.
Fitzsimmons event has been definitely
moved ahead to Wednesday. March 8, and
it will be tho carnivaPs csnterpiece. The
other events are likely to be between Nc
Auliffe and Burge. to cost about $50. 600.
and either featherweight battle between
All Griffith. "Griffo." the Australian feath.
erweiRht champion. and George Dixon.
or another lightweight affair between
Billy Myer and Andy Bowen or Fieldsn.
or course thu Dixon Griffith would be- bet
ter. Mitchell and Corbett will get together
| this fall after miles of talk, during which
the clubs will bid until their purse will be
from $4,000 to 100000. This is the natu-
raj point for them to fight. Perhaps before
fail the Coney island outfit will have talked
itself into suppression, despite the political
barriers around il.
The truth about the McAuliffe- Burge
fiasco in New York is plainly this: Match
maker Newton jollied by McAuliffe against
an imaginary rival. made bad bargain In
his $40. 900 purse. Noel and Williams de
clare that $4,000 was the Crescent City
clubs best bid. Finding out his mistake
Newton took the earliest opportunity to
duck" OF course Burge gave him a
chance. Matchmaking fighters always
will.
The bad talk about suspecting lay down
on Burgess part was pure invention aud
unnecessary. Whatever pugilism IL, crook.
Newton and his outfit should be in better
business. The match outside it's interna-
jug handled affair. MoAulife could
win. Buree's championship wreath
is a technical one. He got
the decision from elderly Jim Carney on .
foul after Carney had bitten and black
hesied him. There is no need for any good
American lightweight to fix with Burge.
Billy Myer would be more in his line than
the champion, but as Burge seeks Mo-
Aulitfe or no one Myer will have to be salts
fed with another man. Tom Ryan is at Bay
st. Louis He has not yet begun his own
l54 pounds and thinks his match with Aus
tralian Dawson good thing for Ryan.
Jim Robertson and Billy Laviene will At
tho Chicago man for his match. Ryan con-
siders that Myer has gone back OF late and
needs a long let-up before fighting again.
Ryan is likely to be one of Jim Halls ad-
visers. Dawson, Fitzsimmons and Choyn-
ski will pull together. Charley Mitchell,
too. may turn up in Rynn's corner whom he
fights the Astralian welserweight cham p,op.