Show I II11 IS A A FAK The B enBurke Fight Was aLong i t a-Long One IA JIt A BlGfAUDIBNCE PRESET I t I The Contest Was the LightWeight i Championship of the South Both Men Were in Perfect Condition with Oclilv a Little in Favor of IJorren > jneljThree Rounds Fought and No Decision NEW ORLEANS La April 6Andy Bowen of this city and Jack Burke ofT of-T xas fought tonight for the lightweight light-weight championship of the south and a purse of 52500 of which f 500 went to the loser before the largest audience ever assembled in the arena of the Olympic club Both men were in perfect condition con-dition and betting was slightly in favor Bowen The fight commenced at 930 pm Bowen landed a good right and Burke clinched Burke was fought into a corner where the round ended Bowen in the lead In the second round Burke was allowed first blood but was fought to the ropes In round three Burke scored a good left on his opponents neck but was again fought to the ropes Burke I landed on the head in the fourth round and Bowen landed two face blows I Hound Five BONN on landed several i rights and Burke clinched In round six Burke lauded a heay left Referee I Duffy cautioned Bowed for foul fighting in clinching in the seventh round Nothing much was done in the eighth I round but in the ninth Bowen scored a left on the head In the tenth Burke landed heavily but he got hot shot in return I re-turn Nothing was done in the eleventh I In the twelfth Bowen landed a good I heart punch In the thirteenth nothing I was done Burke landed two hot punches on Bowens head in the fourteenth In the fifteenth nothing was doue In the sixteenth and seventeenth the men fought hard but the home man fought foul several times In the nineteenth honors were easy but in the twentieth Bowen received some hard raps in the face lacIn In the twentyfirst Burke landed several facers and the round closed in his favor In the twentysecond Burke half fell and was punched down In the twentythird Bowen was knocked down and floored again in later in the round In tho tweutyfourth little was done In the fortyninth and succeeding rounds Bowen went at Burke fast and furiously but while Burke was very weak the home mans judgment was poor During the nltyseenth round the audience I audi-ence called for a draw but Captain Bar rett said there should be no draw when j the fight was not brutal From the fifty t eighth to the sixtysecond round the fight II looked queer and many thought it a fake AtU40 this Friday morning the men I are still fighting with no prospects of an i eI fa lfl immediate termination I of the combat Both are very weak and it is anybodys fight In rounds seventytwo to eightytwo inclusive nothing but poor judgment was displayed by either oi the pugilists and the audience is growing very weary Rounds eightythree to ninetythree inclusive in-clusive were also uneventful At 345 oclock the tight was still in progress |