Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-07
DIXON Is THE HERO
He Defeats the Carney Little
Man Skelly
IN A EIGHT ONE-SIDED BOUTS
The Colored Folks Wild With Exults-
ton Over Dixon's Easily Won
Tonight's Card.

that have come 10 New Orleans 10 at
tend the hght were no, augmented
much today. The people who came
for the first fight, came also for the
| second and arrived before the call Of
time. The arrivals who may have been
expected for any part of the show after
the first bout will come IN tomorrow,
and II Is said that fully thousand
strangers will reach here tomorrow for
the sole purpose of witnessing the 10
for the championship OF the world be-
tween Sullivan and Corhett. Today the
talk was about the big fight almost alto
| gether. The streets around the cen
tral part of the city were lined the same
as yesterday and the chatter was as
yoluble as at any time. But all are
concerned in the great scrap.
How the Betting Ran.
The go of tonight between Dixon and
Skelly received little attention from
the betters, except those who had put
up few dollars on combinations. By
night fall the odds on the Sullivan
Dixon couple had fallen to to !; Cor
bett and Dixon sold at to l; Corbett
and Skelly's price was TO /. lndi-
vidually Sullivan sold at 100 to 35 and
Corbett at IL TO 5; Dixon at 10 10 3 and
Skelly at TO /. There was not much
money put up on the contest of this
evening because the southern people
dare not back the white man. They
had never seen Dixon, but had heard
much about him. They wanted TO see
the colored boy lose, but felt that he
was too clever; therefore, they held off.
All those people who had seen the
Halifax Bostonian believed he had a
walk-over. Those who had seen Skelly
alone thought that the Brooklyn lad
had a chance 10 down the champion
and the few who had witnessed the
glove proceedings of both men felt
that Dixon would be q sure winner
The men that composed the latter
party admitted Skelly's cleverness as
au amateur and said be would give
Dixon fast bout for a few rounds, say
SIX or so, but thought Skelly's want OF
experience in long contest was sure
10 be against him in long fight with
an old-tmer like Dixon, who has fought
as many as seventy-two rounds to q
draw. In the amateur ranks Skelly
was not allowed TO spar over ten
rounds. lie had go of that duration
with Johnny Mckiernan IN Brooklyn
two years ago and that Is the longest
fight he ever had. McKiernan is a
hard hitter anu Skelly won on points,
but that record did not satisfy the New
York and Brooklyn sports who knew 1t
and Dixon's money went begging.
Interest On the Closing Fight.
Corbett's ARRIVAL in town today gave
a boom to tomorrow's fight. The
Californian was looking very well,
the only criticism that could be passed
OH hlm being that he was without quite
enough flesh. His manager, w. A.
Brady, Denny Dillon and Jim DAILY
went to the boxing show tonight, but
Corbett kept away. When q United
Press reporter asked Brady what he
expected Corbett to do tomorrow night,
Brady said: 81 think there will be an
utter revelation, that is al" !"
Some 4,500 persons occupied
scats at $40 for boxes, $3.50 for
parquet and S5 for gallery chairs.
There was section boarded oft IN the
gallery for colored men as a comph-
ment to Dixon, the first time in the
history of the club. The space allotted
to the "coons" was capable of accom-
modatlng about $50 at S. head, and
il was half full. The receipts at last
nights show amounted to pretty nearly
SO, ,0o0, slthough the club officials will
give no formal figures and deny that
so much money was taken In. To
| oh q
not far from $4,000 taken in. Pretty
good business for the club.
1t was SOS when Dixon came into
the arena. There wss scarcely mp
pie Of applause on the appearance of
the coon. Skelly came IN q couple OF
minutes afterward anc received a
rousing reception. 1t may be that
much of the applause for the Brook.
lynite was due to the fact that he was
accompanied by Jack McAuliffe and
his successful handler of last
night, Joe ChUynski, az well
as Jimmy Carroll, who was al
Bay st. Louis with the Brooklyn man
The BOYS had weighed six hours before
and Dixon Just touched the ll7l pound
limit. Skeliy was fully a pound lower
In tossing for corners Dixon won and
: chose McAuliffe's corner. Prof. Duffy
was the referee as usual. Dixon
handlers were Tom o Rourke, jack
J Hsvlin of Boston and Jimmy Dough
erty also of Boston.
The Fight by Rounds.
First Round-Tne men had no soonei
been called TO the center than skelly
let go MS left for Dixon's head. Tb'
coon lodged cleveTlv and smashed
Skelly on the face with the left. The
boys then hit each other lightly on To.
face with lefts and each man made 8
pretty play at stopping the rights
! / D|xOn kept away after this and theT
| made a rush and clinched. Skeily
looked confident and the crowc
, yelled.
Second Round -Skelly who stood two
: inches over the igger. again took ths
i, initiative. but closed with the eft, and
then Dixon get n tEo iefthanders or
; the uresst Another left of Dixon
caught skelly hard in the stomach
Dixon made two rusbes. sudlng bu
left in esch on the stomach. skelly
m seed a right hand SWING for the a =
in tne second
Third Round -skeilv csme I'D more
~srv in tbIs round, bat Tas pr0mptT
knocxes down ~ ieft-handsr ou tn'
ear snt Ire colcred porulel on nov 20
Dixon get ID three iefts on ths stom
sch snd missed two swings for Ga,
bead Ske wss sov as vo1 pleas'
sd could n0t snl tnree cracks h'
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