Evening journal., 1892-06-28
DIXON WHIPS JOHNSON.
The Boston Colored Boy Still
Featherweight Champion.
HE WINS IN FOURTEEN ROUNDS.


Both Attend the Contest and the Cali
fornian Gets More Applause Than .he
Big Fellow from the Bay State.
CoNEY ISLAND, L. l., June 2s.-Five thou
sand people saw George Dixon, feather
weight champion pugilist of the world, best
Fred johnson, Of Birmingham, Eng, at the
Coney Island Athletic club All the well
known sporting men OF New York, Brook
lyn and their vicinity were present, az were
delegations from Boston, Philadelphia and
other cities. John L. Sullivan arrived
about $3.50 o'clock, and was loudly cheered
as soon as he was recognized. James j.
Corbett, accompanied by Professor Mike
Donavan, entered the hall shortly after 9
o'clock and got a rousing reception-in fact
the crowd made more noise for him than
they had for Sullivan Corbett took q seat
at the east side Of the stage, not dozen
seats away from Sullivan, who was sitting
alongside of Charley Johnson. Sullivan
twirled his mustache while the applause
for Corbett lasted There We're calls for
speeches from Corbett and Sullivan, but
neither responded. johnson weighed in at
l16 pounds, and Dixon at 1i5 The fight
was for a 5000 purse, Of which 500 went
70 the loser. Dixon won in the fourteenth
round
The big fight was begun at 9;45. Dixon
was the first to show, but IL was fifteen
minutes afterward before johnson appeared
johnson appeared to be tho heavier about
the body, though not so broad shouldered
His thighs were heavier and his arms big
ger, but with all his apparent strength no
looked slow in comparison to the 1.-THE and
clean cut colored boy.
The Fight by Rounds.
Dixon opened proceedings in a character
istic manner, and rushed johnson against
the ropes, playing at the same time with his
left on the Englshman's stomach aud his
right on the jaw. johnson was surprised
at the sudden attack and did not rally be-
fore Dixon was on top Of him again in the
same way. The spectators nearly raised
the roof with their yells at this, but John
son now somewhat recovered his senses, and
in the infghting that followed planted his
right couple Of times on Dixon's ribs.
The second round was almost a repetition
Of the first, except that johnson began TO
duck IN front of Dixon's rushes, and Dixon
twice caught him in the face with left hand
upper cuts. Clinch followed clinch, Dixon
doing all the rushing, and the infghting
was fast and furious It was the same in
the third round, and the excitement In the
hall was terrific. johnson stood the gaff
and came up for every round like a thor
oughly game man. Round after round OF
the same kind followed, but in the seventh
it was seen that johnson could take ter
rible lot OF punishment and Tim O'Rourke
l4I D.
No less than four times before the seventh
round johnson became groggy under the
double handed blows he received on stomach
and jaw, but no held his feet and never
failed TO come out looking fresh at the next
call of time.
johnson Jabs the Air.
The Englishman had a poor left hand
He frequently, in leading for Dixon's face,
iabhed the air two feet away from the
champion. His right was good at might
ing, but Dixon's face was never in the way
Of it. The colored boy was nimbler than
ever, and when the battle was over had
hardly a mark on his cinnamon skin.
From the eighth TO the twelfth round
johnson seemed to be getting little
stronger, although Dixon did some rushing
during the period. johnson proved to be
fighter afte the Austin Gibbons order
slow in movement but capable Of taking
beating enough to tire most men out In
the thirteenth round Dixon began to grow
lively again for q moment and made another
of his effective rushes; then he dropped of
again. In the fourteenth and last round
Dixon again few at his man. He thrust a
wicked left into Johnson's stomach, and as
the Englishman bent forward under the
blow Dixon's right met him squarely on the
jaw II was a knock down blow, and as
he fell Johnson's left hand csught Dixon's
right and the Englishman pulled the colored
boy over with him. They fell with Dixon's
head on top Of Johnson's, and as the latter's
struck the stage il was with great force.
Dead to The World.
The report made on the platform was so
loud that some people thought that the un-
der mans skull had been fractured. Dixon
was up in a jiffy. Poor johnson did his best
to get up. He was on his feet once, but he
reeled and fell. He tried again and got to
his knees, but he was completely dazed and
fell over on his side. This time he was un-
conscious. His seconds claimed that Dixon
had backheeled him, but the referee would
not allow it. Johnson was dead to the
world for nearly a minute, and Dixon won
the decision. IL viii always be a question
whether the blow or the fall defeated John.
son. His friends assert that he had received
many of the same kind OF lows during the
/ fight and always recovered, but there can
/ be no doubt that the Englishman was NO
match for Dixon in science.