The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-14

York and Tom Carter OF Newark. Garter proved
to be at least a class heavier than his opponent
round. After one minute and forty:iv We seconds
the referee interfcred and awarded the bout TO
tried the. patience of the sports severely, but
they frightened up as the principals in the chief
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Eddie Curry being looked after by Eddie Pierce,
Johnny Reagan, George Gonzales, and d. Martin
Murphy, Tom Tracy, and Harry Pigeon. While
the men were being got ready Kid Mccoy
stepped into the ring and was introduced as be-
ing there to state his desire to fight Dan Cree
don. The latter responded in person and the
pair a shook IN, hands IDS cordially iIS Z Tom ok Ia ar6 an;
let them take SO per cent. of the receipts.
\ matchmaker in the crowd offered $4,000
accepted O'Itourke's offer, but Mccoy said his
choice would be where the most money could be
mentary comments on ,McCoy's policy. Ifhe
little war of words ended at that. and tho fight
of the evening was allowed to proceed.
After some fiddling Curry tried with his right
but was short. Both boys were extremely
cautious; and the first round ended without a
second ece an and White II t" did some .S e'S Very H neat osea Gu ion
bother Curry much, but the New Yorker found
some difficulty in getting back at his shifty
the third round. and reached Whites jaw with
his, left. White rctaliatcd soon after with
a TiSat c in saG n RIB R. I faYd left W S9 the ,o faef ,b and ndn the
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looking for an opening: White rushed him to a
Curry opened the fifth with a left tap on Whites
face, and then got in IA rib rooster with his right.
The Chicago boy then sailed in. and was very
busy. with his left on face and body. Curry
countering occasionally, but more frequently
clinching 10 avoid the jabs.
Curry went for his man in the sixth round
and ran into Whites straight left time and
again. This stcadicd him "A bit, and he did some
clever work at short range. They stood right
up to each other in the seventh round and
punched away, but good defence prevented
any damage. II was scientific boxing. but
decidedly tame lighting, and the rootcrs
found their occupation gone for the time
being. Whites left was again in evidence dur.
ing the eighth round, and it proved an annoying
obstacle 10 Curry's wcil-meant PUSHES. The New
Yorker was slightly more effective in the ninth
ana tenth rounds, and got in a few good ones.
his heavy countcriug being especially noticeable.
Having passed the halfway mark, Curry grew
fought at close range. White was doing the
cleaner, work, but the Curry, men seemed salts
business in the twelfth round and reached his
man with left and right, besides doing some
heavy, countering. He, was boxing, much frccr,
and the bOttlcd-up enthusiasm Of the onlookcrs
began 10 eftcrvesCe.
There was not much to choose between them
in the thirteenth round. Curry's counters on the
ribs easily olfsetting Whites snappy lett leads.
The Chicago lad seemed 10 be firing and he had
all he could do to stall off Curry's rushcs in the
fourteenth and fifteenth rounds. White braccd
up IN the sixteenth and resumed aggressive OPP
%erations with his left. He jnbbed and worried
the New Yorker without IA let-up and Curry
Clinchcd and Rugged, his man TO avoid the tattoo.
White continued TO do the leading in the seven
tccnth round, but Curry stood right up TO it and
mixed matters up in lively fashion.
The eighteenth round was siGnalizcd by a
rousing rally. in which Curry landed left and
right on his opponents neck. II looked for Il mo.
mCnt as ii the New Yorker expected to finish his
man right there, but Just us the onlookcrs burst
into wild cheering White emerged from the
melee wearing II broad grin. The nineteenth
round was give and take all the way through.
White landed the oftcncr, hut his blows were
light as II rule, while Curry's were fun OF steam.
both fought fast and we'll in the tinal round. and
the local man had "A large following when the
gong sounded. The referee decided in favor o!
White.