The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-16
|SlID HE'D WIN OR DIE.
v,r7 Regrets Expressed Here at Andy
BOEen'S Fatal Encounter.

:. Made Many Friends While in
1 s.vanuah. and There Were Some
uons That He Would Come on Vic
.or-The Opinion is That He Was Lit
.rslIy Punished to Death by His Ad-
-.-sarv- Dempsey was Banking on
. carving 81, 900 Home, but His Fight
was Stopped
. The news of Andy Bowers death was
wed by the sporting fraternity here
- much regret yesterday. for Bowen's
s.ir to Savannah had been a pleasant one
.,3 during the few days he spent here he
-s5e friends wherever he went.
The news Of Bowen's death was the
-,-st Of all, but bad enough was the re-
ar, that the Dempsey-Ryan encounter
.,uld not take place on account of the
,svocation of the permit by the mayor of
View orleans. Bowen left Savannah with
light heart just a week ago yesterday,
ID he remarked to one of his friends be-
are going that he would win this fight
A. die. Little was it thought at the time
sov significant was that speech. 1t was
Aslieved that he would go in with the de-
elimination to win. if that were in his
,over and while the odds seemed against
hin. on account of his opponents phys
,sl advantages. it did not seem that such
fate as death awaited Bowen.
Bowen's training on Tybee under Demp-
sew taught him a great deal, but not
enough to overcome the superior skill and
Science Of his adversary. He left Savan-
|pah the picture of health, and in as good
ambition as he had ever been. John Carr
who is well known as a friend of both
. these pugilists, said he had never seen a
man in better condition than Bowen was
when he went away, and he said he was
never more surprised than when he re-
ceiyed a telegram from Dempsey announc-
/ ng Bowen's death. The trouble was, how
ever. with Bowen's adversary. Lavigne
IS taller man, and the general opinion
was before the fight that he was the
i better fighter. His hight enabled him to
get in the upper cut to advantage, and
4 that was what worsted Bowen. Mr.. Carr
SAYS it is a surprise to him, after what
he has heard about the contest, that
+. Bowen remained in the ring after the
4 sixteenth round. Bowen was fearfully
pnished and was welted on almost every
part Of his body above the belt. Mr.. Carr
thought however, that his excellent
PHYSICAL condition would carry him
4 through all right. He said that Bowen had
F.. 10 organic trouble, and was a perfectly
sound specimen of physical manhood when
4 be left Savannah.
i Bowen seemed to be a hale fellow we'll
met Whoever he met became his friend,
and all who knew him while he was here
speak well of him. A queer thing about
Bowen was that he was religiously in
Clned, so his friends say, and that his
thoughts were always with his family and
bis ambition. He was banking a great
deal on winning his fight with Lavigne,
and he was looking ahead to a pleasant
Christmas with his wife and mother, who
live in New Orleans.
The result of this fight was a hard blow
10 Dempsey as well as to the other
friends of Bowen. OF course, with a IA
tai termination to the Bowen-Lavigne
fight, the contest between Dempsey and
Ryan could not be expected to come off,
and this has worried Dempsey's friends
% no small extent. Dempsey was bank
ing on winning the $500 and going out
% Portland ore, to spend Christmas with
bis wife and children. 1t has been about
two years since he has seen them, and
he wanted to go this time we'll laden with
The spois of victory. The fight, however.
could not come off under the circum-
stances, and it remains to be seen what
will be done with regard to it, The two
Deaths that have occurred in the prize
ring this year and almost within a month
Of each other will, no doubt give it a
rather black eye for some time to come.