Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-03
MEN BOX A DRAW
HURLEY AND CAREY in TEN
ROUND BOUT LAST NIGHT
FAIL TO GET DECISION.

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ROUND BOUT LAST NIGHT
FAIL TO GET DECISION.
Pennsylvania Had Much Weight,
While IIinoisan Had Science Ex-
hibltion was Entertaining - Two
Good PreIiminares Seen.
From Thursdays Daily.
The Tim Hurley-Jack Carey bout
last night at the Grand drew crowd
of 1900 people and the crowd drew
I two hours of varied program, which
concluded in Referee R. A. Houghton
declaring after ten rounds of assorted
i boxing the match draw. Tim Hur-
| ley, the giant-like Pennsylvania, with
muscles galore on form weighing
163 pounds. stood up before Jack
! Carey, the clever 148 pound Chicago
boxer for ten long rounds and they
both quilted the squared ring at 10
, o'clock in almost the same condition
in which they entered forty minutes
before.
The program of the evening con-
tanned attractions of varied sort.
The curtain raiser was between Chas.
Tarwater and Jake Van Kirk, two To-
cal aspirants to fistic honors, and 1t
was scheduled for six rounds. Tarwa-
ter's aggressiveness. however, could
not be withheld this long aad he fin
ished his opponent in the fourth
round. The semi-windup was six
round go between Clifton Logan ITO
pound colored giant and George Bow
lin, more Familiarity known as Texas"
the dark complexioned unknown. The
latter manipulated $50 pounds, and
with two rounds of fighting and four
rounds of farcing. he remained on his
feet to the limit. The bout was declared
a draw by Referee Houghton. The last
event on the program was scheduled
for ten rounds and it's participants
were Tim Hurley and Jack Carey This
go delighted and disguised the audi
ence periodically. Hurley had the best
of the match as to weight and upon
his shoulders fell the duty of the ag-
gressor. He did his duty, but the
cleverness of Carey. his unusually fast
foot work and his adeptness in avoid
ing Hurley's fierce rushes and lunges
clearly justified Referee Houghton in
the decision given.
The two preliminaries were excel
lent exhibitions and pleased the audi
ence and the main event was equally
as entertaining The program, by it's
varied character. was one of the most
enjoyable ever given under the effici-
ent management Of Promoter James
ID. Gray.
tIurIeys Great Weight.
When Tim Hurley appeared in the
ring last evening the great crowd
speculated AS, to just how long Jack
Carey would remain with the big fell
low Hurley is a massive fellow, pos
sessing all the earmarks of first
class close range boxer His chest was
solid, his limbs were symmetrically
shaped and his reach was good. He
had swings, hooks. jabs galore, but in
executing them, he was too slow for
the evasive Carey Hurley's ability to
take punishment too, was unusual. He
received a great majority of the blows
but in only one instance did he show
that punishment was felt. 1t was a
surprise to the crowd that the big
fellow didn't fathom Carey's set mode
of boxing. His lighter opponent
showed no more cleverness in the
tenth round than he did in the first,
having commenced and continued a
90 OH 90
Carey's Cleverness.
That the bout last night ended in g.
draw was due mostly to the cleverness
OF Jack Carey Had he not possessed
the science of evading Hurley, the big
fellow would have laid him low while
the go was still young. Carey, how
ever. possessed wonderful quantity
of head and his clinches and success
full ducking saved him more than once
from the terrific arm movement of his
opponent. And that's what made the
match so interesting. Carey's work
stood out more prominently than did
Hurley's. yet had not the former used
all his cleverness and tricked his
heavier opponent repeatedly, the de-
cision of Referee Houghton would
doubtless have been different. Carey's
work last night stamped him as the
cleverest man ever seen here and it
was effective in adding long string
of new admirers to his already large
contingent of friends.
Tarwater VS.. Van Kirk.
In the initial round of the six round
bout between Charles Tarwater and
Jake Van Kirk, the spectators were
assured of a fast and furious 60 as
long as it lasted. Both men mixed at
the start Van ark ducked come
pretty blows, but unfortunately re-
ceived more than he ducked. Tar
waters body was fought hard, while
Van Kinks face was the mecca of
some long arm jabs by Tarwater. In
the second round, Van Kirk planted
several good blows to the face, all of
which tended to make the blood of
II. Tarwater boil. In this semi
heated condition, the latter ducked his
head and fought wild, which proved eff
fective. Both men were f.tigued at
the rounds end Tarwater went in
to finish Van Kirk :, the third round