The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-09-13
REPORTOF THE.bURkE
MANIER| FIGHT, BY
TIL: TINES-P| P|CAY(jhE

The following report of the Burke
Manieri fight, IN New Orleans Mon
day night, IS used by The Echo fol
the reason that while not eatirei.
correct la It's version of the AFFAIR, the
over thc other daily papers; seeming
ly not SO prejudiced to an outsider
and willing to give credit where ere
dit is due. The account follows:
Defeat staring him in the face, anc
with a worried look on his Hiberniar
countenance, Martin Burke of New
Orleans threw his knowledge TO the
winds, waded in like a real fighter II
the eighth round, and in the nlntf
gained technical knockout over Rus
sell Manieci, Bay S.. Louis young
ster ard pride Of the Gulf Coast, a
the Tulane Athletic Club last night
Referee Al Wambsgans stopped tbs
ninth, when Manieri, hclplessly lolI
ny on the ropes, with his glass;
eyes blankly staring into space as Il
he was wondering what 1T was al
about, presented such an unprotected
target for the wicket left hooks ano
! IISHG CtOSS Will WHICH DUN Tes
about to assail him, that it would have
been unnecessary and brutal to al
low the fight 10 continue.
Nearly q thousand fans from points
along the Gulf Coast-Bay ST. Louis
Gulfport, Biloxi and all other point.
packed with thousands of Others
into the Howard street arena to see
.HDad" Manieri's idely-advertised
hight heavy weight in his first big
bout, and then thronged out again
disappointed, but satisfied their cham
pion had met defeat in the right way
1t easily was the biggest crowd that
ever jammed itself-or rather, tried
to Jam itself-in the Tulane A. c.
Hundreds were turned away when
even the standing room only" sign
was taken down and it was found I'M
possible to squeeze another soul into
the arena to a place of vantage.
And while it lasted the fight was well
worth seing. Manieri exceeded
even the fondest expectations of his
own fellow townsmen, who for weeks
have watched dad" Manieri condi-
ton his son at the Bay camp.
Yes, when the fight turned into the
sixth round, Martin Burke looked ike
a we'll beaten fighter, and the sharp
shooters who had laid 2 to 1 on him
began to fratically try to hedge off
some of their money.
For five rounds Martin had fought
as he always fought-had depended
on his skill; his left jab and hook, foot
work and vise-like grip in the clinches
and had himself going by the
boards.
IN the sturdy youth from the Bay,
Burke found a rival who could duck
his leads at long range, block his leads
ct short range, Outright him in the
clinches, outhit him in boxing and
generally land cleaner blows and beat
Burke to the majority Of the leads.
Verify, Manieri seemed tougher than
his advances notices said.
After warming up in the first two
rounds and feeling Burke out, Manieri
had settled to his work like a veteran
gladiator, instead of the inexperienc-
ed 20-year old youngster he is. And
in the third, fourth and fifth, he chas-
ed Burke about the ring and battered
him so roundlly that many of Burke's
supporters began to grow lukewarm
in their shouts of encouragement, and
not few of them derisively shouted :
Flight, Burke; don't run"
The end of the fifth round found
Martins long legs carried him IN
steadily back to his corner. His
right eye was cut, his nose bruisee
ana his whole appearance seemed tha
Of a man who was in trouble and
didn't know exactly how to go about
getting out of it.
Manieri had socked in many hea-
Wy eft hook to the body; had rocked
Burke with many another left and
right to the head, and was eVc
plodding after the tall young Irish
man as confidently as ii victory fol
himself was foregone conclusion.
Then came the sixth round, which
1danieri also won by a shade. But It
marked the beginning of the end, for
in that round Burke, tor the first time
in his young life, found out he could
/ fight.
4 singing right cross to the jaw
and vicious left hook to the body
found their marks accurately check
ed Manieri's attacks and sent Burke
back to his corner feeling much bet
! ter.
GETS HIS IRISH UP.
So when they came out for the
seventh, instead of lolling, milk-sop
by, jab-and-hold modified Marathon
runner-fighter he had been chasing
Manieri ran smack into as fighting
sack of humanity as he ever had ex
/ pected to meet. Out of his corner
| tore the squirrel-top New Orleans
Mick, and as they crashed together ii
the center of the ring Burke drove
home a powerful left to the ribs and
short right hook to the head-lt land
ed too far back to do much oamage.
They went at it hammer and tongs
but Burke was fighting like wlldca
now, and he so entirely surprised Ma
| nieri the latter was beaten to puncl
I after punch. The battle was fast an,
\ furious, and low blows were sruck o.
both sides. Manieri hit Burke beloE
the belt several times in previou
rounds, and he repeated this unln
territorial offense in the sixth roun
wi1irIwInd Burke kept on complain