The evening world., 1891-04-01
Dixon The CHAMPION,
'Cal MCCarthy's Downfall Attributed
10 0Yer-COnfdenCa
|Pitifui Scenes of the Last Two
Rounds at Troy.
An Immense Sum Turned OIL the
Featherweight Contest.

The great battle for the feather-w ght cham
pionshp Of the world between Cal McCir ny,
of jersey City. and George DIXON. Of Boston.
IL over, md the colored lad from Boston is now
the feather weight champion. lie knocked
Mccarthy out In the twenty second round at
Troy last night.
Mccarthy rad the appearance Of being In
prime condition, but he lacked his old-tlue
vim. and there seemed TO be no force to his
blows. In these facts, many who saw the
Fight found reason to believe that there was
some foundation for the rumor which had been
so freely circu,ated In regard to the unsstistac-
tory manner IN which Mccarthy had trained
for this greut battle.
Another feature Of the preliminary work
which was greatly against Mccarthy was the
fact OF his manager, Joe Early, and Pat Cahill,
the midde-wtight amateur champion, desert
ing him last week and notifying their friends
in this city to Withdraw their money, as Nc.
Carthy was in no condition to enter the ring
for q severe battle.
This caused Phil Dwyer, Dick Roche and
many other prominent sporting men to remain
away from the fight John Kelly, the umpire,
took advantage Of the tip and plunged heavily
OIL Dixon, giving odds Of . to in order to gel
alone, aud telegraphed to Boston and other
ciiies, to different sporting men. TO place al
least q, coo for him on Dixon. He was ut the
ring side and gave odds of 500 10 $40 on Dixor
rs fast as he could get takers.
There was an immense amount Of money bel
on this fight, and 1t Is estimated that over
$500, 900 changed hands on the result of III
battle in various parts OF the country. as every.
hn1 vvh hal Ia, bta nod
had more or less money bet On his favorite,
even though he could not 60 TO see the 1gh
himself
The long oght Mccarthy made against DixoI
little over year ago. when the men fought a
70-round draw, Mccarthy doing the greater
portion of his fighting with q broken han d.
coupled with the many postponements of tn,
second mill, had muon TO do with creating III.
general interest and making every man bet
tor.
1t was The chance Of NcCarihy's life, ant
why he threw It away as he did, II reports ar,
true, is more than The American public cal
understand. Mccarthy, however, mad Away
claimed that he could whip the colored lad II
sgslIop, and scarcely felt It necessary to d.
any very severe training. He is hesd,tronI
and hard man for a trainer 10 handle, bu
uOW uC tuc 10 EtdlLt Hlb vita
error.
1t was no trouble for those who saw the mrs
eight between these two great feather-weight,
to see the contrast between McCArthy's grea
work ut the frst ba tile and his efforts of las
night. He was virtually whipped In the thirt
round and had the round lasted nalf minute
longer the nght would have ended right tneI
andthere.
Mccarthy made a good, gsme fight, and de
eerye4 credit th,s Dlurk and III
4 displayed, hut It must he admitted thai he Wa
far IRON being . match for Dixon. II VS.
surprise wnen the tenth and eleventh rounds
turned in his favor.
In the last Two rounds, Cal made a pitiabl,
chow and received his most severe punish
meut. Re would have been nnshed In tE
twenty first rouni had 1t not been for th,
strale. OF Billy Maiden aud Jack McAuline,
by which means they gained sufficient time to
bldgr m over another round.
McCartTy was. virtually dead to the world
as Dixon had foncht lin all over the rim. an,
pounded INN most unmercifuliy; but his sec
Onts sprtnR through the roses. claiming
foul. and before the referee could give a de
cisi1n they Ratprec up Mccarthy and rushe,
him back 10 MS corner and commenced the re
This IN ,do Referee Jere Dunn furi ous and h
rushed over 10 McCarthy's corn"r. hustled Ca
upon his feet AMI ordered the seconls ou, o
the ling. So much time W s gained ~ thi
cIev,'r dodge that hefore DE on could ioun
MCCARTHY back into the rame helpless stupo
Ine gong raog and the men were taken lack I
1t was an easy matter 10 see that the end wa
near ut nand, as Dixon seemed to he as fires
/ ss when he nrst commenced the light, whit
Mccarthy was as limp as an old dishrag. Iii
seconds worked lik. beavers with MIN, but n
was too far gone to rally.
n At the call OF time for the twenty -secon
round, Cal faced the music He was game I
& the backbone. but 20 weak that he coul
scarcely stand upon his feet and utterly hell
loss when 1t came to defending himself wit
his hands.
1t was really pitiable to see the manner 1
which Dixon smashed and banged the youn
Jerseyman. He knocked him down In IN
contre OF the ring. again foot or two neare
his corner, then near the side post and twic
night In Cars own corner.
The 3, 900 spectators ooked for Mccarthy I
70 out each time he was knocked down. bu
he would struggle TO his ieet again. only to OF
Vome punchng-bsg for the coloret hoy.
The most severe punishment Mccarthy re
ooived in this round was wneu he was hel
against the stake In his own corner wh,l
Dixon fairly showered the blows upon his hea
ana face al short range. Cal stayed W tn h,I
until the end of the round, Dut ne was 30 bs I'll
used up that McAulife threw up the sponR
and would not permit him to 20 up for IN,
i twenty-third round
Mccarthy was pitable al ght when he wa
taken nom the ring, as his head, face an,
BODY were one solid mass of brulBea
Dixon broke the little finger OF his left han
In the fourth round.