The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-06
Bowen Burke Bout Recalls Other Famous
 Long Battles

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 This is the twenty second zannf- versary of that battle between Jack Burke, the Irish lightweight, and An dy Bowen, the nnulatto, famed as the longest in pugilistic history. The fight was pulled off in New Orleans and lasted seven hours and nineteen minutes, going no rounds to a draw.
 While the Bowen-Burke battle set up a record which will probably stand for all time, the old-tine fans can re- call many other fstIc contests which were remarkable for their length and the iron durability displayed by the combatants-
 heavyweight, and 'tBufaIo' Costello, who died last year. figured in two re- markab1e contests in 1892, The first staged in San Francisco, went fifty rounds to a draw, and the second meeting, pulled off at Coneyl Island. lasted eighty rounds, the men fight ing from 10 o'clock in the evening to 4 a. m.. when both fighters and spec tators were glad to quit
 Danny Needham. the Minneapolis welterweight. teol part in two famous long contests. In 1890. he fought Patsy Kerrigan an even hundred rounds in San Francisco, ending in a. draw, and the following year he stood up against Tommy Ryan TOT seventy -six rounds. in Minneapolis be- fore Tommy knocked him out. Ryan figured in several other long bouts one with Jimmy Murphy going hfty- seven rounds to a draw.
 Prof. Mike Donovan, the former middIeweight champion. was the hero of many a long and griIling bat tie. In his first appearance in tue ring, at St Louis nearly half a cen tury ago, he scrapped ninety-si1 rounds with Bill Crowley and lost on a foul, and in 1879 Mike fought nine ty-three rounds with Bill McCfeHzu in San Francisco.
 | 'sPrussian, Sheriff and J. Welsh fought seventy rounds near Phil- adeIphia in 1884 Nameski. Ill. was the scene of a seventy-seven round mill between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby in 1892.
 Ike Weir, s"stIe Belfast Spider foE several years the featherWetgl7t champion, figured in two eightz- round battles In 1887 he met JacE Havlin in. the famous ''au night bat tIe," in the woods of Rhode Island which ended with a draw when both men were utterly exhausted In 1889 Ike met Frank Murphy in a little town in Indiana and they scrapped eighty rounds to draw.
 Another memorable. battle in 1878 was that between Arthur Chamber and Johnny Clark. which was pulled off in Canada in 1879. Chambers successfully defended his lightweight title after 1S6 rounds with the raw 'uns.''
 Jack McAhliffe, the undefsatsd lightweight champion, had closs call at Revere. Mass, in 1887, when Jem Carney, the Englishman. fought him seventy-four rounds to 8 draw Jack also went sixty-four rounds tO draw with Billy NIyer, ethe StreatOr ft-w I'll n-- 1889.
 George Lavigne. ex-champion of the lfghtweights. began his ring ea- reer with a seventy-seven round dra-H with George Siddons at Saginaw in 1889, and later fought Siddons fifty five rounds in Grand Rapids. Siu- dons was known as. the Iron Man's and took part in many long contests He was much the, same sort Of a fighter as Joe Grim, who later won fame by his durability.
 In the early days of the Americau ring, when men fought with bare knuckles, there were many long con to whip Country McCloskey. Jos Goss and Paddy Ryan fought eighty seven rounds in West Virginia. i'm 1880. Tn 1891 Peter Jackson held Jim Corbett to 8 draw in siXty-one rounds in San Francisco.
 And rheSe are only lew aFao4& scores of long bouts fought in the good old times"
 There were no fashion parades in Paris on Easter Sunday, the only eol- ors besides black being uniform of soldiers.
 with Capt. Edward T. Dfll1s and seven of the crew of thes choonar Rob Roy, wrecked during Sundays storm, the steamer Westwego arrived at New York from New Orleans.
 Two German officers escaped from the concentration camp for prisoners at Denbfgh. Wales.
 Hundreds Of children took part iE the Easter Monday esg-rollinE on tiaF lR;wna af ma vvh4ta ReRms,