Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-01
DIXON THE CHAMPION.
The CessrsA BOY Kaocks Out Oil Mccarthy
In the Fight at Troy.


In the Fight at Troy.
The great glove contest between Cal McCar.
thy Of Jersey City and Geo Dixon Of Boston for
was fought at Troy, n. Y. last night and was
won by Dixon. The streets were crowded in
the vicinity Of the rink in which the fight took
place. Special trains came whirling In from
every direction and the house was comfortably
filed fully an hour before the time appointed
for starting the contestants.
Originally it was designed to have the encouu-
ter started at sp. m, but it was held back an
hour for . party Of one hundred who we're
coming mp from the state assembly at Albany.
Familiar faces Of prominent sporting men from
all parts of the country were to be seen all over
the house. The betting was free, but the odds
all ON Dixon. Bets OF 800 to go were very
plentiful. II is thought that fully S25, 600 must
have changed hands on the result
1t was l0:15 clock when Dixon entered the
ORorke and II. Hodgskins. Cal Mccarthy
entered the ring four minutes later with his
seconds Jack McAuiiffe and Billy Madden.
Jere Dunn was referee. Charley Johnston held
time for Mccarthy and Mr.. Bradley for Dixon.
Both fghters weighed under l25 pounds, Dixon
being tho lighter one.
M'cARrHY KNOCKED DOWN TWICE
Time was called at 1927. and during the first
round both spared cautiously and exchanged
blows about evenly. In the second round Nc
earthly was knocked down twice. During this
round there was considerable infghting, with
favors on Dixon's side. In the third round
both mon spared cautiously. Dixon leading
landed on McCarthy's face. Then the men
clinched and Dixon knocked Mccarthy in the
corner, when time was called.
both men came up smiling in the fourth
round. Dixon led. but fell short Mccarthy
led and caught Dixon countered Nc Carthy on
the neck and staggered him. The round closed
IN favor Of Dixon. Dixon caught Mccarthy in
the face in the fifth round and Mccarthy hit
DIXON, then both men fell against the ropes.
considerable infghting took place and Nc
Carthy was knocked down. Tho round closed
in favor of Dixon.
MCCARTHY FORCES TIE FIGMTTNo.
Both men came up promptly in the sixth
round. This was the most exciting round and
considerable infighting was done. Dixon
knocked Mccarthy down when time was called.
McCartAy showed up very strong i'm the seventh
round and seemed to have decidedly the best
OF the eighth Mccarthy forced the fighting
In the ninth and punched very severely at long
range. Dixon landed heavily on Mccarthy =
nose and made it bleed freely
IN the tenth round Dixon changed his tactics
ana played at long range on McCarthy's stom-
ach. Mccarthy mtde some good rushes and
had rather the best of the round.
The men fought hard in the eleventh round,
and before the call of time Mccarthy cut a
deep cash under Dixon's right eye with left
handed swinging upper cut.
Mccarthy PLAYING FOR WIND.
Dixon forced the fighting in the twelfth, thir-
teenth and fourteenth rounds, Mccarthy play
ing for wind in the latter ard only countered
when Dixon rushed him.
In the fifteenth round Mccarthy let Dixon
come to him and landed three lcft-hand upper
cuts which split Dixon's lip and loosened his
teeth The next round was a spirited one.
Both fought carefully in the seventeenth and
eighteenth rounds and in the nineteenth Dixon
made matters pretty livel, for Mccarthy by
knocking him against the ropes several times.
The next two rounds were hotiy contested, both
men being badly punished. Mccarthy was
finally knocked out in the twenty-second round