The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-15
In THE SPORTING WORLD.
THE LATE @cARTHY-DXoN FIGHT.
Some Inside Faots-MoCarthy's Pretended
Confidence a Bluff All the Way Through
-Dixon's Left Hand swing-Fairness
In FIghting-General Sport.


world belongs, says the sporting editor of
the New York World. George Dixon
whipped Cal Mccarthy fairly and without
turning a hair, and when he fights again
he will be a much greater favorite than he
was at Troy, although there were plenty
of men anxious to bet 100 to 60 at the
ring-side. 1t did not prove as interesting
an exhibition as / expected. Mccarthy
| did not seem to fight with that vim and
precision which have characterized many
of his other contests. The whole truth of
the matter is that Calls pretended conf
! dence was bluff all the way through. As
predicted a week ago. Dixon was as con-
fident as he possibly could have been, and
the stories about McCarthy's carousing
while he was training only further i'm
pressed the darby with the idea that he
had lead pipe cinch Mccarthy was in
much better condition. to all appearances,
than when he weighed in on the dav
named for his meeting with Dixon at the
Puritan club. His flesh was hard and had
that faint pinkish tint which experts on
condition like TO see in pugilists. But
there was something wrong with him.
There were big bundles OF Dixon money
on every hand, and. even after the enthu-
siastic reception accorded the Jerseyman
when he entered the ring. many bets at
100 to 20, with Dixon the choice, were
made. Cal knew this, and he was also
aware that George was confidence itself.
! noticed, as he sat in the corner waiting
| for the bell to ring for the opening round,
| that he was nervous. He didn't appear to
be able to control himself and he tapped
his toes on the floor and moved about on
| mis- chair. When they faced each other
Cal looked angry, while smile ilIumin-
ated the face of the colored lad. McCar-
| thy has always enjoyed the reputation of
being careful fighter, but he lost it in
Troy, for he displayed poor judgment from
| the very first and acted good many times
| like a novice. Dixon is a level-h headed fell
| low and he knew that Mac was bit afraid
of him. In the second round, when he
| landed that tremendous punch in the pit
| of the stomach, it looked like dollars to
cancelled postage-stamps that the Jersey
man would be finished in the next round,
and if he hadn't had experienced men be-
| hind him | verify believe this would have
| been the result. Cal fought on after this,
at times desperately and nearly always
carelessly. He found it impossible to get
| in that much-talked-of two-handed blow
of his, but he kept trying it, showing
more perseverance than good sense. Every
| once in awhile he would drop his hands
| and make fancy side step. and, although
he received many hard blows when Dixon
got on" to this movement, he kept on do
| ing it until the twentieth round, despite
the cautions of his esquires.
Thr0uuhnnt the 6Uht DIXON rIaad tnet
left-hand swing of his almost exclusively,
but occasionally he brought his right into
| contact with Macs face and neck and es-
saved straight leads. Cal must have been
| in fairly good condition or he would never
have STAYED there as long as he did. AS
matter of fact he was dead to the world"
as the sports say, at least six times during
the fight, and on these occasions his thor
ough knowledge of the tricks of the ring
proved of great value to him in his dazed
state. In the eleventh, when he made
grand rally, his friends believed that he
had a slim chance for first money, but the
pace was too hot and he was forced to let
up. In the fifteenth Cal took another
squirt, but after that he was not Gin 1t"
Dixon had one great advantage over him.
He obeyed implicitly the instructions of
his seconds, while Cal seemed to forget
what Madden and McAuliffe told him the
moment he left his chair. They had to
cal to him to keep his hands up and stay
away when he was feeling a bit groggy.
He would make wild swings without at
tempting to calculate the distance, and il
was the easiest thing in the world foy
Dixon to step aside and evade them.
Since | saw the BOstonian fight Eugene
Hornbacker have always claimed that he
was fairness itself in the ring. At the Cris
club he proved it, Mccarthy tried all sorts
of unfair tricks on him, and in breaking
away, nearly every time he used tho
elbow on Dixon. In one round, after get
ting a hard punching. he Rugged George
for nearly minute with a grip of iron,
and would not let 90 until the bell rang.
Many of the spectators wondered why
Referee Dunn permitted this sort of thing.
Toward the end the New Highlander capt
ured even Macs admirers by his fairness.
He gave the Jerseyman every chance In
the world TO pull himself together, but nat
ure gave way and Calls seconds brought
the uneven contest to q close by sending
aloft the towel.
A round or two before the end. when q
claim was made that Dixon had committed
a foul, a widely-known sporting man, who
knows a thing or two about sporting az
fairs. sufgested TO Madden and McAuliffe
| that they claim the fight and take their
man out. "Dunn will give Dixon the de-
cision," he said, "but three-qusrters OF the
men here are for Mccarthy, and, no mat
ter what the newspapers say, there will al
WAYS exist a doubt" 1t was a capital
scheme to save the white lads reputation
among his friends, but neither of his sec
| onds would listen to it. for there was
really no foul. If there had been, Jere
Dunn would have seen it and given his
decision.
General Sporting Notes.
Charles Z. Randall of Chicago has so-
cepted the office of chairman of the
League of American wheelmen racing
board.
Capt. ]. B. Rich of the Tioga pa cycling
club has ridden 1000 miles so far this sea-
son, and IL he continues should hold the
long-distance championship of the coun-
| try.
Clifton Bell, the well-known sporting
man. and owner of the runner, Harry Gil
more, who won the Omnibus stakes at
Long Branch in 1882, died at Denver, COL,
on Friday night.
The Quaker City wheelmen are organic
ing touring party to ride from Philadel-
phia to Saratoga, n. Y, in July. They
will 60 by way of Delaware Water Gap
and DinOman's Ferry.