The sun., 1900-05-30
FREE FIGHT IN THE RING.
A DIsGRACEFUL AFFAIR DURING THb
CARTER.GARDAER BOUT.
Referee Madden Hit In the Eye BY kidS
brother and Former Punches Back-Then
Principals and seconds Have Tussls
-Csrter Loses the Battle on . Foul.

PriuCtDaIl ana SeSOnus Aess'S
Carter Loses the Battle on Foul.
The Twenty-Five bout between Kid
Carter of Brooklyn and George Gardner OF LOVE-
ell. at i54 pounds. at the Seaside sporting Cluo
last night was punctuated with many hair-rais-
ing incidents. At one stage II looked as
# the combat would end In a brawl.
1t terminated. however, in the nineteenth round.
Carter losing the struggle on foul. I'd To that
time he was doing well and looked like win
ner The fight was wickedy contested through
out.
While the men we're resting IN their corners
after the fifteenth round Billy Madden. the
referee. went over 20 Carter S chair and told the
Kids brother. who was one of his seconds. that
il he did not stop his incessant coaching no
would have him put out OF the building.
Carter answered with surly epthet and be-
gan to chide Billy in the vilest kind OF language.
Just az Madden was about to step away young
Carter swung the right and nailed Madden
on the eve The referee retaliated In kind
and before the spectators were aware
the pair were graphing each other nll over
the ring Carter had Madden almost down
and was about to strike him again when the
Kid jumped from his chair and swung the left
on his brothers ear. or course this was
/
jify the police, the fighters and the seconds
Of the two scrappers were engaged in a regular
rough and tumble melee. or course the police
soon suppressed the disorder and young Carter
was soon taken in tow and hustled out Of the
building When the ring was cleared the fight
was resumed.
Tommy Moran Of Brooklyn and Joe Hedmsrk
Of Chicago, who was substituted for Eugene
Rowan of Philadelphia, furnished the prelimi-
ninary bout The limit was twelve rounds 1t
1928 pounds Hedmark had wonderful speed
and stamina and to cut ont the pace from start
TO finish he swung both hands without aim and
invariably landed on the neck. Moran got
many chances to score. hut he failed. The
referee called II draw.
There We're about eight hundred sports pres-
ent when the stars of the night entered the
ring Before the men shook hands. Terry Nc
Govern and Tommy White of Chicago were in
troduced. Gardner and Carter clashed un-
The puGilists went AT u as If they intended to
make short work OF ench other, Garter
rushed matter, and played for Gardner,ss
aud caught the Kid on the nose. bring
ing blood The rest Of the round was
devoted to wrestling They fought at long
the leading, but his blows iell short Carter
swung the left twice on Gardner ear
in the third, which Jared the Lowell
and in cnShs! foasR cSrsF eGss off % WITH bod %
/ blows. Gardner In the fourth round quickly
| jabhed Carter on the face The latter returned
/ with "A hard drive under the heart, which made
| Gardner vince -
| Gardner did all the fighting in the ffth lIs
! led with the left and Carter nailed him in the
! wind Gardner touched up the Kids
/ nose with the left, but was almost sent
sIrawlng with right swing. Gardner
was the aggr"ssor in the sixth and
| ('urt tar ha /.
tired and bleeding when he went TO hS
| corner Carter toed the scratch for the
! seventh surprisingly strong. They were to-
! gether most Of the time and the referee had all
! he could do to part them Carter received a
! left lab and right swing in the eighth. which
| made the Kids legs wabble He was himself
! again quickly and hammered Gardner on tho
face and body The lighting was fast in the
! ninth and they punched each other hard,
| Gardner while locked tried to bring un the
right for an uppercut in the tenth and eleventh
rounds, but failed. Carter, on the other
! hand. got to Gardner'I wind and wore
| his rival down Gardner used both ha Ids
! nearly iloored the hid with a right swing as
! the thirteenth. with honors easy. The pair did
| They wrestled considerably but when they
| did land each knock told Carter was
! bleeding profusely at the end Carter had
| Gardner in a had way in the fifteenth. lie could
not finish him as George embraced
100 often From this until the nineteeenth,
awarded 10 Gardner on n foul, the battle waved
pretty warm Carter, the referee said, IN
| dulgpd in unfair tactics by using hs hend in
| clnChcs and for this reason disqualified HIM