Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-05
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS.
Andy Walsh and Jimmy Hand
 Ter Fight a Draw.

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 Hartford. Oct 5.-Jimmy Handler of Newark and Andy Walsh of BrooK- lyn fought a fast twenty-round pa.lle at the Empire A. c. last night Whlch was declared a draw by the referee. Handler was on the floor for nine sec onds in the sixth round. but With tnaC exception neither was able to score decisively.
 Walsh did all the fighting in the first round, landing a hard left on the Jaw and another on the neck near the close. In the second round Walsh cIeverly avoided several left swings and then sent right to the neck. There was a fierce mix-up during the last few seconds of the round in which both men landed hard on the head.
 Walsh had the best of the third round, Handler being dazed when he reached his corner. Walsh started after the Newark man in the next round. The latter made a bold stand, but his blows made little impression upon his opponent.
 In the fifth. after Walsh had landed right and left on the head, Handler reached the neck with a hard right, and then in rapid succession he landed right and left on the head. Walsh fought Handler round the ring in the sixth, landing with both hands almost at will. and Handler seemed in dis tress when he reached his corner.
 Both men fought hard in the seventh. Walsh started out to win, but Hand Ter was still full of fight and sent a right and left to the jaw when the Gowanus fighter rushed at him. Walsh, however, landed some hard blows be fore the round ended. and Handler walked to his chair with badly cut lip.
 Walsh maintained his advantage in the eighth. twice uppercutting Hand Ter with his left. Handler began the ninth round in a way that fiattered his adherents, sending hard left to the chin and. the right to the stomach. This punishment aroused Walsh, and he rushed Handler to the ropes, and landed hard left over the heart and Handler struck the floor. He was up at the count of nine, but could not land the final blow before the round ended.
 Handler was in good condition when he came to the center for the tenth round. Walsh continued to rain blows on the Newark mans face and neck. In a fierce mix-up Handler held his own. Handler had the best of the eleventh round. beginning with hard right under the chin and near the close he reached Walsh's jaw with his right.
 Handler did most of the fighting. in the twelfth and Walsh was forced to clinch several times. He sent Walsh reeiing to the ropes from the effects or an uppercut, but Walsh came back with hard left on the stomach and Handler looked worried when the gong sounded. -7s
 Little damage was done in the thir- teenth round. Neither man had an ad- vantage in the fourteenth, both land ing heavy blows on the body, but were fresh when they reached their respec- tive corners.
 The men did some slugging in the eighteenth, in which Walsh had a slight advantage. After Handler had sent hard right to the stomach Walsh sent straight left to the chin and Handler staggered to the ropes but recovered quickly. Handler forced the fighting in the next round. The final round was marked by fast fight ing. Walsh tried hard to land a de cisive blow. but the Newark fighter was strong and was not averse to mix ing 1t up with his opponent. The de cision was a draw