Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-07
LOOKED LIKE A FAKE.
Bowen aud Burke Fight Battle OF In
definite Length at New Orleans Without
Hurting Each Other.

hurting EhCu JULIET.
OLYMPIC CLUB, NEW ORLEANS, April
Candy Bowen, of this city, and Jack
Burke, OF Texas, fought for the light
weight championship of the South and
purse Of 81, 500, OF which $500 went tC
the loser, before the largest audience
ever assembled in the arena OF the IA
nous Olympic Club.
The men were to weigh 153 pounds at
the ring side. Prof. John Duffy was
chosen referee, while Captain Billy
Barrett was in charge Of the police de-
tails.
The fight commenced at $50, when
the men shook hands and retired to
their corners to commence the first
round. The men advanced to the CEN
ire of the ring and Burke in getting
away slipped aud fell. Bowen landed
good right on Burke's cheek and the
latter cinched. Bowen landed his
right on the ribs and the lat.
ter was thrown over Bowen's
head in a clinch. Burke was
fought into his corner and when the
round ended Bowen was in the lead.
In the second, third and fourth
rounds Bowen did all the fighting and
had much the best of it. He landed
several hard right handlers.
Round 5-Bowen hit frequently and
had the best of the round. In the sixth
round Burke landed a heavy left on the
ear, but missed heavy swing with his
right. Round seven was anyone's
fight. Nothing much was done in the
eighth round, but in the ninth,
Bowen forced matters and
scored left on the head. In the tenth
round Burke landed heavily with his
right, bat he got hot shot from his op-
ponent in return.
From the tenth to the thirteenth
round nothing was done but striking
the air and falling over each other.
Rounds fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and
seventeen the men fought hard,
but the home man fought foul several
times.
Burke caught Bowen a right in the
nose in the eighteenth, which was the
hardest blow Of the fight up TO that
time. In the nineteenth honors were
easy, but in the twentieth Bowen re-
ceived some hard raps in the face which
staggered him.
In the twenty-frst Burke landed sew.
eral facers and the round closed in his
favor. In the twenty-second Burke
half fell and was half punched down,
but Bowen was not strong.
In the twenty-third Bowen was
knocked down in an off corner and was
loored again later in the round. Burke
had much the best of the fighting now.
In the twenty-fith little was done.
I'D to the twenty-eighth round honors
| were easy, though Burke was knocked
down in the twenty-eighth. From the
twenty-ninth to the thirty-sixth round
nothing but misses characterized the
fight. The men were clumsy beyond
mparison.
During rounds thirty-seven to forty
four inclusive, there was nothing done
and the audience was growing weary
whistling "Home, Sweet Home"
From the forty-fifth 10 the forty
eighth round the fighting grew hot
Bowen knocked Burke down in the for
| ty-eighth, but the gong saved the fallen
man who rose in time TO fight.
In the ffty-fourth to tifty-seventh In
elusive, the audience were terribly tired
and called for draw. The referee
would hardly order the men to fight but
Police Captain Barrett said there should
be no draw when the fight was not bru
tai.
In the rounds from So to 62 the fight
looked queer" to the old ring habitue:
and many thought the fight lake