Show IT WAS VERY CLUMSY Abbott nnd Boweii Amuse Four Thousand People New Orleans May 7 Stanton Abbott Ab-bott of England and Andy Bowens of New Orleans fought for a purse of 2500 at the auditorium tonight in the presence of 4000 people The fight was for ten rounds only at the request of AttorneyGeneral Cunningham The exhibition was clumsy and unscientific un-scientific throughout Abbott disappointed the spectators the poor form he displayed throughout although the fight was fast and furious at times From the first to the fifth rounds Abbott had the best of the fighting landing some left hand jabs with tell ing effect In rounds five to nine Bowen evened up matters and in the eighth the home man landed a heavy right hander on the forehead and fairly knocked the Englishman Eng-lishman down The latter recovered quickly and delivered some lefthand punches which did not do much harm The tenth round was an exhibition of fast fighting Both men landed many blows without a single scientific one At the end of the tenth round the contest was declared a draw and the purse divided between the two fighters |