Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-07

ing TO sgpesmenA sk 0sso p. m. Dixon
tipped the scales a r.e posnds. He was
juss a. weight 6Aelly weighed but 1i6 la
The two men entered ne ring soon after Q
0oiocA. Shelly tooA 10 oosnsr which In
designated - the '1osFS oosnss," and In
which Peter MAhes Jack Dempsey aad
Billy Myer were debated. Tom 0'RouYke
ysmes Dougherv, J. ). Kelly md Jac&
Havfan Of Bosom wsre DdxooS ss@pndS
A. J. Bradley ~ hcseie hoideA Shelly
was Roonded b Hwmy rlomins oas,oll
Joe Choynski and tohn Rohknsea, wish
Johuny Griffin. - BrdntysA nass.,
1sVhesweaght - time -keap7-
The gloves hsving bssP ad5osssd Ne
men shook hands md she hattie besaA-
The Fishs hy RoandA
First round-The men bad no soooer
been called 10 the ssater than Sicily set
60 his lcft on DlzouS head. Diron
dodged cieveftv and smashed Sicily %
the lace With she left Tho boys his each
osher lightly on ths faoe with lefts. and
each man made pretty play ~ stopping
she nghts. Dixon kept sway afSes shS
sad then made . rush and csinohsd-
Shelly looked conAdeaA. and the crowd
yelled.
Second round-6keiiy, who s>ood Two
inches oves Dixon. agaip took Che init1s
i've, but missed With tho lefS, end then
Dixon got IN two left-hsnders on ths body.
Another left Of Dixon's caught Shelly
hard in the stomach Dixon made two
rushes and landed his left In each on the
stomach. Skelly missed q hght-hand
swing for the jaw In the second.
Third round-Skelly came up more wary
A.. 4. hsxA - - "A
down by . left-hander On che ear. Dixon
missed two swings fx the head Kelly
was slow and could not land three cracks
he made.
Fourth rounh-Sksl1y was ssaxy, and
lss Dixon siinoh him uh III the eolored boy
caught his left on Skelly's RIBS Bkelly
now made rush md Dixon slipped, but
on recovering, before Skelly had time 70
recover Dixon turned around and slapped
Skelly hard ON the face with the left.
Dixon went In with the old left hand and
landed three lefts on the stomach. Skelly
seemed dead and went TO his corner I'm a
groggy manner.
Fifth round-Skelly came ont looking
strong enough and made a weak attempt
With his left 70 eatch Dtxon's jaw. In a
slinch Dixon landed his left under the
right arm and then smashed him In the
AHcs WITH the rishA DIXON now hit left
snd right on ne 80 md poss, and
6keliy's faes ~ bloody fron Shs syss
aSw1- S.C~1 ,,s s..ly :y ".' quite tired su' he
Sixth round-Skeiiv forced Dixon over
10 his corner. but could NOT land blow.
Dixon hit him wtAh his lefs twice snder
tho right arm. onoe On the none, making
more blood Cow snd again WITH the lea
under the right sgm- Dapon pashsd WITH
the evident inteution of fiukshina hSs nan.
and landed len and r0fn On the fsoa He
rspsaAed xhis twise I'D shelly could net
mako Q scturn of the weaksf Kind.
Seventh pound-nron Led his lefS mr.
the hoe and Skeliy ssuppsd h nicely.
Dixon goa IN q stf6 hGht-hAodes On ne
Stomach and again IN TIE faee, one more
sn ths neck, and for She fouveh tirns a ne
body upd~ the right arm. All blows hard.
Then Dixon went st hirn wtsh both hsads
and HE all over the ring. One left-hander
on the Jew aoored Shelly. who was bleeding
freely.
Eighth round-Stelly came MP sroggy
again. Dixon vas - fresh a. q daisy.
Dixon rushed and smashed Sicily all over
the ring. At close quarters Dixon hit him
with the right on tie jsv and the crowd
yelled foul" But th1ss was no tcul as
sssb hsd 40 srmful skelly weut down
undsr ths fosoe u the crack. bat got mp
bloody, hut piusky. pron ran AZ him
again and thumpee With tight and left on
the ropes Sadly wss % svfslly played
that he went down Again on bic hness
he fell over on his Ass and male an sfors
10 gee up. bat n was TO nee and he was
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