Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03


Kept his opponent guessing. Logan
exhibited some pretty ducking, but
Bowiln had the advantage in punches.
Round three opened with Bowlin
again the aggressor. Logan fought a
la Oscar Mealy during this round.
boWlln,s cleverness in evading Logan
won him applause. Both men mixed
before the rounds end.
Round four was farce pure and
simple and the audience greeted 1t
with Kisses. Both men loafed and
hardly blow was struck during the
entire round. Round five opened the
same as the preceding round. both
nghters loaf1ng. Upon instruction to
mix IL, they waded in and sent blows
right and left. The final round was
an awful mixing during the first half,
IN which both men were punished Sc
Verely. The last portion, however.
/ was disgustingly slow. The bout was
declared draw
The Main Event.
Hurley won the toss and selected
the east corner. He appeared In the
ring soon after, being followed by his
COACH Lou HaerlinS, Of LIE Mars and
his seconds. Chauncey Graves and
Raphael Wright. Carey soon hurdled
the ropes. George Odem, of Chicago.
manager Of Frank (Kid) zimmerman,
OF Davenport, was his coach. Frank
zimmerman and Monk Jones assisted
Carey. Cheers greeted both men
upon their appearance in the ring,
Carey wore bandages around his hands
while Hurley wore nothing but the
plain gloves. After receiving their In
structions from Referee Houghton
both men shook hanGs and went to
their corners. The bout is given by
rounds as follows:
Round one-Light sparring opened
the round, with Carey as the aggres-
sor. But little mixing was done. Ca
rey evaded Hurley's rushes by clever
ducking and perfect clinching. Carey's
fast foot work annoyed the big fellow,
who wasted many terrific blow by
his opponents cleverness. Hurley sent
hard right to Carey's mouth, but the
lighter man returned with a yolley of
lerts to the face.
Round two-Hurley opened the Sec
ond round with right to Carey's
wind. Carey retaliated with numer-
GUS face punches. Hurley rushed the
bout, but was evaded at every turn by
the clever Carey. Hurley forced Ca
rey to the ropes. but the latter
clinched ind saved himself. In this
round, Carey started a circuit of the
ring. evadlng Hurley's every punch.
Round three-Carey still persisted In
his fast foot work and evaded every
thing that Hurley sent out, The
round was full of clinches. Carey
slipped and went to the floor, where
he remained for the count Of nine.
Hurley landed a fierce left to the
head. Carey cleyerly ducked right
uppercut after Referee Houghton sep
arated him from clinch.
Round four-Carey sent a stiff left
to Hurley's jaw which sent the big
fellow to the floor. He returned I'm
mediately and both men mixed, ex-
changing blows. Carey continued his
evasive tactics, which Hurley failed to
fathom or break up. Face punches
We're received by Hurley. and the men
received the sgong while in clinch.
In this round, 1T looked as though Hur-
ley had fouled Carey in hitting him in
the clinch, but Hurley worked with his
free arm, as the instructions provided
for.
Round five-The men mixed at the
beginning. but Carey's cleverness
proved the better and he extricated
himself from the wicked onslaughts of
Hurley. Carey landed pretty left
to Hurley's face, but this was fol-
lowed soon after with n sumner to the
jaw from Hurley. Carey punished
Hurlay's face severely, but the big
fellow stood the stiff punches without
showing much uneasiness. Carey
evaded stunning uppercut before the
rounds end.
Round siX-Carey opened the round
by ducking fierce right uppercut,
which If landed, would doubtless have
sent him down for the count. Hurley
came back strong after a clinch, but
slipped and lost his opportunity. The
remarkable thing about this round
was that there were no blows struck
until just before the bell, when the
men clinched and Carey in going into
1t, sent three easy lefts to Hurley's
jaw.
Round seven-Hurley landed three
successive lefts to Carey's head at the
beginning. Carey came back with
more lefts to Hurley's face. Carey
avoided Hurley's fierce swings Carey's
right found home in Hurley's face,
and provoked vince from the big
fellow. Both men exchanged blows
near a clinch.
Round eight-Carey sent left to
Hurley's face. Hurley came back with
a right uppercut to Carey's wind but
received another stiff left in the face
Again Carey sent a left to Hurley's
face. The last portion of the round
was occupied with Carey encircling
the ring, evading Hurley at every
turn.
Round nine-Carey landed left to
Hurley's face. Hurley returned with
long range punches directly following
a clinch. Another left from Carey
landed in Hurley's face. Hurley was
the aggressor. hit failed miserably in
sending blows home.
Round ten-At the beginning OF
the tenth and last round, at the gong,
both men Shook hands in the center of
the ring. Carey landed short left to
jaw while going in to clinch. Hurley