Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-09-07
DIXON HAD A WALKOVER
Sicily No Match for the Col
ored Champion.
EIGHT ROUNDS ENOUGH FOR HIM.

While the Brooklyn Boy Was Badly
acknowledgement Championship
Next-Both Men Confident.
New ORLEANS, Sep. TT poor Jack
Sicily is wise he will, upon his return to
Brooklyn, hunt up the man who told him
he was fighter and sue him for libel. If
he is photographed to-day, and offers the
picture in evidence heIwill get verdi ct
from any court in Christendom. He met
the featherweight champion, George Dix
on, before the Olympic Club last night,
and after he had been in front of him for
a half hour, he was as limp as rag, as
senseless as clod, and his face looked as
though it had been run through the bust
ness end of a sausage machine. His con.
queror did not have a scratch to indicate
that he had been in fistic fray. He had
two black eyes-but those he had before
he began hostilities.
Sicily simply wasn't Gin it," and at
the end of eight rounds was pounded into
insensibility.
The Brooklyn boy was not a half sized
competitor for the colored champion. The
Brooklynite meant well enough and
showed good heart, but unfortunately he
does not know how to fight good man.
Dixon was loudly applauded when the
decision was given.
The occupants of the colored gallery
made a great noise and kept it up until
r. N. Frank, the official timekeeper of
the club, called for order, and announced
that Charlie Mitchell had sent challenge
to the winner of the fight tonight for
$4,000 side within ten weeks if he were
allowed 81, 900 for expenses.
EIher0 was not much Dut I'M on
the contest of last evening, because the
Southern people who wanted to back the
white man did not dare. They had never
seen Dixon, but had heard a lot about
him. They wanted to see the colored
boy lose, but felt that he was too clever,
therefore, they held Off All those peo-
pie who had seen the Halifax Bostonian
only believed he had a walkover. The
few who witnessed the glove proceedings
of both men felt that Dixon would be
sure winner.
Skelly's want of experience in long
contest was sure to be against him in a
long contest with an old timer like Dixon,
who has fought as many as 70 rounds to
draw. In the amateur ranks Sicily
was not allowed to spar over 10 rounds.
He had go of that duration with Jack
McKiernan in Brooklyn two years ago,
and that is the longest fight he ever had.
McKiernan is hard hitter and Sicily
won on points, but that record did not
satisfy the New York and Brooklyn
sports, who knew it, and Dixon money
went a-begging.
Sullivan and Corbett are putting on fin
ishing touches for the great fight to-
night and from all reports it would ap-
pear that the men are in the pink of
condition.
Every hotel and lodging house in the
city is filled to overflow with sports and
| would be sports from all parts of the
country and nothing else is heard in
| public resorts but prize fight talk.
Corbett declares that he is in the best
of health. He looks brown and hearty
and his eyes shine brightly, but he has no
flesh to spare He is making his head
quarters at the Southern Athletic Club,
taking light exercise every few hours.
Sullivan was followed by an enormous
crowd when he drove from the St. Charles
Hotel to the Young's Mems Gymnasium
| Club this morning. The block on North
| Rampant street where this club house is
situated was packed with people all the
| time that John L. was inside.
The big fellow skipped the rope 656
| times and worked with light dumb-bellS
| for a while. He said he only took this
| exercise to keep from getting stiff.
Sullivan remains the favorite over Cor
bett at about 2 to l. The Corbett parti-
sans want to do better if they can, but it
is likely that the money will go at the
| last moment at these odds.
There is plenty of money in sight this
morning and bets are being made reckless
and rapid.
The New Orleans residents were rather
on the side of Myer. They had seen him
| fight once before, and liked him. They
had never seen McAuliffe. They now
| wish they had.
| McAuliffe says he will fight no more
but he always says that after battle.
| No man is better pleased over Jack 8
| success than John L. Sullivan. Sullivan
| is essentially 'home rule " man, and he
always likes to see success perch upon
| the banner of the man who halls from
the place nearest to his home.
| Myers right eye is closed, his right ear
split open, and there are number Of
ugly red marks on his cheek and throat
where McAuliffe's gloves had torn the
tough skin. McAuliffe does not show 9
| scratch.