Evening journal., 1891-04-01

had been paid for tickets A good man!
well known New York and Boston sport
were present A good many small bet
had been made during the day, with Dixo'
the favorite, at 5 to 4 In few cases 1OC
to IS was given.
Cheers for Both Men.
Dixon entered the ring at 1910 and re.
ceived a hearty applause. Tom OiRourke
NJ. J. Slattery and Howie Hodgkins were
with him. Mccarthy entered the ring five
minutes later, and by the way the crowd
yelled Mccarthy Mccarthy" for half
minute it was easy TO see that the white
boy was the favorite over the colored in
the hearts Of the spectators. With the
Jerseyman were Jack McAuliife Billy
Madden and Tom Collins When he got
his outer clothes of Mccarthy appeared in
a pair OF short blue drawers and black
shoes. There was nothing about his ap
pearanee 70 indicate that he had not done
his training work faithfully, except a trif
ling sallowness about the skin on his
face, and that was only detected by men
who had seen him in perfect form when he
fought seventy rounds to draw with
Dixon. The colored boy wore dark brown
shoes and pair OF brief, white trunks
He had plenty Of flesh on his legs, breast
and back, but IL was Of the iron kind.
jerry Dunn was the referee and tossed
the gloves, which did not weigh over three
ounces, into the ring for selection Tom
O'Rourke won the toss, but gained no ad
vantage thereby, and almost directly was
begun the battle for a $1,000 purse. OF
which the loser was to get only 500. The
men shook hands, went back to theiI
and fhnrt 80. f..I.4
The D1in Opened.
Round mccarthy was the first to lead
His left smacked the black boys face, but he
got hard smash on the stomach in return
Then Dixon hit him on the right eye hard and
again with his left on the cheek Dixon got in
two more left handlers on the face and received
McCarthys right on his own face before time
was called
Round 2-Dixon landed his left on McCarthy's
ribs. Mccarthy made a rush, but Dixon ducked
and escaped There was a sharp Interchange
at close quarters and then Dixon sent Mccarthy
to grass with rattling left handler on the Jaw
Mccarthy got up dazed, but only TO be rushed
again
Round 3-Dixon did some more effective work
with straight left handed leads and right hand
upper cuts. Mccarthy began to look rather
sleepy. He clinched Dixon, but Dixon's shorter
punches always told and Mccarthy was actual
ly staggering before the end OF the round.
Round 4-Dixon kept away with a confident
smile on his face. II looked as though he did
not want to end the fight so quickly and that he
wanted to give the spectators a little longer en-.
tertainment for their $40
IL Was All Dixon's Way.
Round 5-McCarthy came up under clever
handling quite bright but was rushed prompt
ly and again made TO look half silly All the
Jersey boys friends saw that he was "done,
and they felt sorry for him when he turned tc
the referee and piteOusly claimed a foul that
had never occurred, From this time up TO the
eleventh round Dixon landed many hard blows
Mccarthy did some leading, but il was only
when Dixon brought him 10 him, and the col.
Ored boy always countered with serious effect
McCarthys right eye had been getting very
bad. Il was swollen and fast closing He was
also bleeding from the nose and mouth and
dreamy expression took possession Of his feat
ures, but he remained game as a pebble and the
crowd whooped for him. Dixon had done very
little fast lighting except at close range, and
everybody said that if he had not received that
knocA down blow in the second round he would
have eegun y show good work, because he led