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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 16.-Thc Anthony
Cooney- Carkeek fight. In which Anthony,
the clever Australian bantam weight,
agreed to engage the latter two men in
six rounds each for the decision. did not
come OF according TO program. Cooncy
weighed in twelve pounds overweight, and
Anthony declined to meet him at that
weight. Anthony then agreed TO box Car
kcck of San Francisco ten rounds. Car
keek, while displaying considerable clever
ness, was completely outclasscd. Anthony
had him groggy in the second round, aud
put him completely out In the third.
Anthony is a clever tighter with both
hands "A hard hitter and his tactics en-
tirey fair. He fulfilled the expectations
of his admirers, who louN upon him as
champion ut his weight.
The contest which attracted the most at
tention was tcn-round Ouut between Gus
Herget of San Francisco and Lon .Agncw OF
pounds. Both are very clever men, Agrow
went after his man Il the bcsinninE and
Very Saa OF ne e ef%
| fooored his man with straight left, but
the bell saved him; Herget was on ;he
| floor at the end of the NTH rOd'id, ana his
seconds threw up the sponge. Aenrw Is a
| fast fighter. never allowing mis- antagonist
| a moments rest. He Is vo,cd by experts
to be one of the best lightwrishts Dat las
| ever come to the coast
Tom Sharkey acted as referee Of all the
| fights.
| The Shannon-Lewis fight OF eight rounds
| at l45 pounds was an exhibition with plenty
| of blood and clevcrness. Shannon displayed
| all the clevcrncss and Lewis lost The blood.
| The referee called the contest draw. as
| Lewis was the aggressor al! the way
NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE Broadway
| Athletic club held its second series OF
| The program consisted of three bouts. the
les, between Spike sullivan Of Boston
| and Danny Mcbride of this city.
lack MpI<pr and AL Ailpu hpth pf tliS
| city, tried conclusions In an eight-round 70
at 1l5 pounds. Sam Austin refereed Allen
used to be II sparring partner of George
Dixon, but from his poor work in the
ring tonight II was very evident that he
has lot to learn in the art of boxing
McKeck outpointed him in every way and
1t was only Aliens gameness which car
ried him through the seventh round. Dur
ing this round he went to the floor from
the ropes several times. He lasted through
the eighth and last round, but McKeck
was declared the winner
Casper Leon and Jimmy Rose of New
York were the next pair of boxers. They
came on for q bout of ten rounds at I12
pounds. The fighting was very fast, and
they banged each other with rights and
lefts on body, head and face. and for a
time barred science. Rose worked hard and
nc referee Ie s decision was draw, which
Spike Sullivan and Dan Mcbride, of Bos-
the ring for fifteen rounds at i2S pounds
Mcbride looked to be overweight, while
spike seemed 10 be overturned. The fight
ing was hard and fast. and up TO the tenth
hcnor9 were even. Each had been rushed
70 the ropes repeatedly and both were
bleeding, Mcbride from the mouth and Sui
Ivan from the nose and eye From then
on Sullivan did the most OF the fighting,
chasing Mcbride all over the ring The
referee decided that the men were even de-
spite the cries of the spectators for Sulli-
van, and he announced the bout a draw
"Fnrmer" Burns Throws u Ginnt.
JEFFERSON. Ia, oct. 1G.-Farmer Burns,
champion wrestler OF the world. threw Cas-
per Gunkle of this city four times tonight
in thirty minutes Graeco-Roma style.
Falls were in eight, nine, eight and six
minutes. Burns handled him easily throw
Ing him over his head several times. An
immense crowd witnessed the match
Gunkle Is German, and tailor by
trade In his native country he took high
rank as "A wrestler, Gracco- Roman style
and was expected to give Burns as hard
"A bout as he has had for many a day. In
condition Gunk!e weighs 225 pounds and
Is as powerful as an OK, having repeatedly
put up with one hand man weighing
lao pounds, sitting upon a chair. Burns un-
dertook to throw him four times inside of
an hour or forfeit $50. Burns was at a
disadvantage, Graeco- Roman not being his
forte. Gunkle's strength i:es chiefly in his
arms and shoulders and upper part cf the
body, and being n heavier and stronger
man than Burns. and the use of the legs
prohibited Gunkle had the advantage An
extensive program of sports was arranged,
including wrestling matches between Frof
Ruby of Chicago, n semi-professlondl: Dave
Neel of Chicago and some local wrestlers.