The sun., 1897-04-25
roUr AND BERNsrxu DlAW.
Thes Put Up . HARD Rattle at the National
aportfnn Club.

They Put Up Hard Battle at the Nafienni
sporitna Club.
An advance in admission prices was account
able for good many empty seats at the National
Sporting Clubs boxing show last night, but the
popular price side OF the house was well filled.
The principal bout was the twcnty.round
affair between Marty McCuc Of Harlem and Joe
Bernstein OF the Bowery. The lads weighed in
at l24 pounds. Neither man displayed any
great amount OF science, but they put up
good, hard, and clean battle. and the referee
called the contest a draw.
The opening bout was tcn-round go" at
11s pounds, between Charley McSally of Provi-
denco and Charley Burns OF this city. 1t was
tame contest, and the referee, Brooklyn"
Jimmy Carroll, awarded the decision to Burns.
Tho second preliminary brought out Tom Butler
Of Brooklyn and Mike Martin OF New York. who
were scheduled to so ten rounds at 100 pounds.
The lads started slugging at the bell and
were tired out at the end of the fourth round.
From that to the finish it was a case Of "tho
survival of the flttest." and Butler. who was
triic The stronger, won.
1t was 1925 o,cloek when the stars OF the
evening, McCue and Bernstein got into the ring.
The latter, was the eggrcssor in the opening
round and sent several hard punches on the
erly ducked and then Bernsi Elm came back with
hard right nd left on the Jaw before the bell
ond round but left on tho wind stcadied
him. Marty was wild on swings and
Joe easily avoided his attack. The east slider
forced his man on the ropes and pasted him
hard on the body and face Both boys threw
science to the wind, in the third round and in
dulgcd in some will siueging. Bernstein shot a
couple of good let's to the face in the fourth
round and then rushed in with right and left.
forcing Marty all over the ring The latter
Joe countered sharply and then took hand in
cutting out the pace himself. Marty used his
long left to good advantage In the sixth round.
He started In TO follow up his success in the
next round, but stifr left on the jaw brought
him to his knees; He got up quickly, but Bern.
bell rang.
Joe was wild in the eighth round, and took
several hard punches on the jaw before he
steadied and came back with a hard right on
OF the leading in the ninth round. but took
a couple OF stif rights over the heart that
evened things up. They went at II hammer and
tongs in the tenth round, honors being easy.
which Joe landed hard left on the wind and
swung his right on the jaw.
Bernstein played for the jaw and stomach
in the twelfth round, and Marty was relieved
when the gong changed. Bernstein swung his
left twice TO The wind In the thirteenth round
made chopping block Of his man in the next
round.
The Harlem hoy made a better showing in the
fifteenth round, but Bernstein still kept up the
thusiasm when their man forced the battle in
the sixteenth round and hustled Joe around
the ring. They mixed things up in great
style in the seventeenth round. but the next
round was slightly IN MCCue'e favor. He had
the east slider guessing in the nineteenth round.
Bernstein rushed M his man like d tiger in the
last round. and II was give-and-take slugging
match. The decision was draw.