Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-19
LET HER GO GALLAGHER
George Dawson Jabs the Oak
land Man Out.
Lucky Baldwin's GalindO Reported to
Have Gone Amiss.
Tho American Derby Candidate From
Santa Anita May Not Start-Wet
Weather on Eastern Ball
Gr0unds-NOtes.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.-Fully 1000
people gathered at the California Ath-
letic club tonight to witness finish
fight between Billy Gallagher and
George Dawson, which had been looked
forward to as one of the greatest light
weight battles OF the year-and such it
proved to be.
Gallagher is the Oakland, CAL, ex-
amateur who signalled bis entrance
into the professional ranks by defeating
Billy Mahan in February last. Vic
tories over such men as Jim Burge
and Billy Maber are part of Dawson g
record, and despite the latter's defeat by
Tom Williams, he still holds the light
weight championship of the world.
Ton ight's fight was originally set for
March goth, but was postponed, as
Dawson previously injured his leg and
also contracted an attack of grip. That
his admirers believed him in condition
for hard battle for the $l250 purse to-
night was shown by the betting shortly
before the contest opened, when odds Of
10 to were freely offered on him.
The men weighed in little under 140
pounds each at pm, Gallagher being
somewhat the heavier. Ed Alexander
and EdGreavy were in Daw sons corner.
Martin Murphy and Alex. Greggains
seconded Gallagher. Hiram Cook was
referee.
THE BALL OPENED.
The ball opened at 9:l2, with Dawson
trying for an opening. The men ex.
changed lefts on the cheeks and got
away. Gallagher swung his left cou-
pie OF times, falling short. Dawson got
in on the wind, and caught left on the
cheek.
Second round-Gallagher came up de-
terminedly, while Dawson kept up feint-
ing with his lett and breaking ground
He slipped to one knee to avoid swing,
and the spectators hissed. Gallagher
led his left once or twice, but the dis
tance was not good. Dawson ran away
from couple of right-banders, but the
Oakland boy caught him with his elbow
as the round closed.
SOME RIB RoAsTERs.
Third-Dawson landed right rib
roaster and evaded fierce left swing.
Billy tapped him lightly on the head
with his right, but the Australian was
very nimble, and lodged the corn ers
He got in his left under Gallagher's law
and again reached his chin with short
left. Gallagher missed couple of open
ings, and the spectators hissed. The
excitement was so intense that the be-
holders were not prone to excuse any
shortcomings In their favorites.
Fourth-Dawson scored a right dig in
the ribs, and Gallagher, who refrained
from rushing in, got several lightlefts
On the nose. He reached Daweon's
neck with right swing as the Austral-
ian ran away twice, but when he made
swing at close quarters, it went around
Dawson, doing no damage.
Fifth-Dawson several times reached
\ Gallagher's face with his left, but did
little damage to the hard-headed Oak
lander. Dawson got in his right and
left on Gallagher's jaw as the round
closed.
GALLAGHER GETS MAD.
Sixth-Gallagher came up mad and
tapped Dawson on the chin with his
left, giving him his right on the head.
The Australian was the more confident,
and only laughed when Gallagher tapped
him two more hard lefts on the chin and
D6s
Gallagher drew blood from Dawson's
nose as they came together in q clinch.
and rushed in with hard right hander
on the shoulder just before the gong
sounded.
Seventh-Dawson sent in good right
handler on the ear and got away. He
was constantly looking for an opening,
while the Oaklander, finding his swings
of little avail, waited for a chance to use
his right at close quarters. Dawson got
in hard twice on Gallagher's face.
Eighth-Honors were even in this
round, both men getting in on the face
in good shape.
Ninth-Gallagher got in a good left
jolt on the jaw and scored several lefts
in the wind.
DAWSON TERRIBLE JABBER.
Tenth-Gallagher's lip and nose were
swelling and he guarded himself care
fully. Dawson appeared as fresh as
ever, and kept up his shifty jabbing
good ones in the wind, but Dawson more
than evened things by tapping him in
the face.
Eleventh-Dawson punched Gallagher
to the ropes, the latter waiting for a
good chance for right-hander.
Twelfth-A hard left counter on the
ear by Dawson and backhand right on
the ear from Gallagher were the features
of this round.
Observation-Disclosures sent Dawson
spinning with a couple of lefthandere,
and then rushed in desperately. He
landed his right twice, and Dawson
avoided him by slipping almost to the
hoor. The men exchanged swings at
close range, and blow in the right place
from either at this stage would have
proved knockout. This was the hard.
est round fought.
Fourteenth-Even money had been
bet prior to the fight that the contest
>H!0uld not last fourteen rounds. Gala
cher, despite the odds on Dawson, had
#been selected by local opinion as the one
to end the contest, but he had found
Dawson no easy mark, and though he
got in twice on Dawson's wind. the end
of the round found the Australian still
jabbing away at him.
DAWSON STAGGERED.
But little more was done until the
eighteenth round, when Gallagher sud
denly caught Dawson on cheek with his
right, staggering him and cent him to
his knees with his right on the neck "a
the round closed.
In the nineteenth Gallagher dropped
him with his left on the jaw, and after q