The morning call., 1893-04-07
TWO LITTLE PUGS.
Here Is a Fight Long
Drawn Out.
LOOKED VERY LIKE A FAKE.
There Was a Call for a Draw From
the Crowd, but 1t Was Not
Allowed.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

OLYMPIC CLUB. New Orleans. April g.
Andy Rawen of this city and Jack Burke Of
Texas fought tonight for the lightweight
championship of the South and a purse of
$500. of which $500 wentto the loser, be-
fore the largest audience ever assembled in
the arena of the Olympic Club. Both men
were in perfect condition. and the betting
was slightly in favor of Bowen.
The fight commenced at $50 sharp.
Bowen landed good right and Burke
eiinched. Burke was fought into a corner
and when the round ended Bowen was IN
the lead.
In the second round Burke was allowed
first blood, but was fought to the ropes.
At the beginning Of round Burke
scored good left on his opponents neck.
but was again fought to the ropes.
Burke landed on the head in the fourth
round, and Bowen landed two face blows.
In round 8 Bowen landed several rights
and Burke clinched.
Burke landed a heavy left in the sixth.
and Referee Duffy cautioned Bowen for
foul fighting in clinching in the seventh
round.
Nothing much was done in the eighth
round, but in the ninth Bowen scored left
on the head.
In the tenth Burke landed heavily, but he
got hot shot in return.
Nothing was done in the eleventh, but in
the twelfth Bowen landed a good heart
punch.
In the thirteenth also nothing was done.
Burke landed two good punches on Bowen's
head in the fourtee
In the fifteenth nothing was done.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth the men
fought hard, but the home man fought foul
several times.
Burke caught Bowen with his right In the
nose in the eighteenth, which was the
hardest blow Of the fight.
In the nineteenth honors were easy, but
in the twentieth Bowen received some hard
raps in the face.
In the twenty-first Burke landed several
facers and the round closed in his favor.
In the twenty-second Burke half fell and
was half punched down. and in the twenty
third Bowen was knocked down and was
fioored again later in the round. In the
tW enIy-fourlh little was done.
In the twenty-ffth Bowen was nearly
knocked down, but his opponent failed to
follow up the advantage.
From The twenty-siXth to the twenty
eighth round honors were easy, and from
the twenty-hinth to the thirty-slxth round
nothing but misses characterized the fight.
The men were clumsy beyond comparison.
There was nothing done from the thirty
seventh to the forty-fourtb. and the audi
ence, growing weary. began whistling
Home, Sweet Home"
From the forty. fifth to the fOrty-eighth
the fighting grew hot. Bowen knocked
Burke down in the forty-sixth, but the gong
saved the fallen man.
10 the forty-ninth and succeeding rounds
Bowen went at Burke fast and furiously,
but while Burke was very weak the home
mans judgment was poor.
During the ffty-seventh the audience
called for draw, but Captain Barrett said
there should be nc draw when the fight was
not brutal.
From the fifty-eighth to the sixty-secoud
round the fight looked queer and many
thought it fake.
NEW ORLEANS. April AT 2:4O A. n.
the men are still fighting, with no prospect
Of an immediate termination of the combat.
Both are very weak and 1t is anybody's
fight.
G. In rounds ~ to So inclusive, nothing but
poor judgment was displayed by either of
the pugiiists. and the audience was growing
very weary.
Rounds eighty-three to ninety-three in
elusive uneventful.
There seems TO be no immediate prospect
of the referee rendering decision at this
hour, $40 A NJ.