The sun., 1892-05-10
THEHARLEMSPiDER DoWNED
BILL PLIMMER OF BIR RNINGHLM DOES
THE TRICK NEA7LE

The Coney Island A. ca Inaugural was
Full OF Interer:, Except TO Those who
Lo.t-The New Yorker w'asn,t In tt
Plinmer IL . Great rIghter-seorge
Dison Say. ne will Meet Him.
The Coney Island Athletic Club opened It's
doors last evening and gave the 1000 persons
who attended the inaugural show q flrst-rate
exhibition. They presented Bill Plimmcr. the
11O-pound champion OF England. and Tommy
Kelly. the Harlem Spider In boxing con-
test. with gloves that were not too large nor
yet too small.
The show had been we'll advertised. but the
season was not advanced enough to attract the
patrons OF Coney Island or Of the raco tracks
near by. Next Monday night. after the Brook
lyn Handicapehas been run and tho sports
from everywhere will have como on from any
where to see that big race. and when George
Godfrey and Joe Lannon OF Boston will try to
punch each other out there will doubtless be
a lnrge crowd to look on.
Last night tho arena was lighted up splen-
ddly. There was no seat in the great. big
arena from which man with average eyesght
could not have obtained fair view OF the pro-
ceedines. and It might be said that there were
many who had too much vision, for they say
the Harlcm boy was beaten. thoroughly and
efYectually.
Tho match was between boys who were un-
doubtedly representative champions In their
respective countries. Plimmer has won prize
after prize in London. having come
down from Birmingham to do It. and
Kelly h4s beaten man after man, for five years. :.
New sie Sss IN his eass THs
Fellows I ' who scaled ten. ilfteen. and sometimes
case showed mettle Of the best quality
Last night the Harlem lad. however met his
Sss A ws sf spGa s"Sss
the face and RIBS. but Ee did a l9t Of work that
helped Kelly a great deal more than he could
help himself. for he was weak. His blows were
admirable as any two men ever had In this
& SSnn had fkG2yyn ks and Hmy GSnyyey gaES @
work OF these secopds was enough to demand
the respect without trumpet CALL OF every
Kelly was bleeding fast from the nose and
mouth Iy plimmers rTht hand meets" after e,
SO carefully that every time he came out he
looked like new mnl.
betting at 100 to So. some, bots OF 100 to Is
were made. After the. third round things;
fms that the srdsr as Su
ness. made a tour OF the house Offering to l
on It sITi was pain. at that stage. that Kelly was
done" Tommy had led majority Of times.
he walked Ground the With t
min Wdy ssnr ne a'o not ike
Plimmer remained the same cool head as
when he appeared against Kid Hogan in
lead. lie would duck!his, head, get n passing
blow. and counter with his right on the spid-
This iac Went on until the ninth round. when
Plimmer shot out his right. caught Kelly on
ffss dis TsHf Sssa taMeed ast hs Saa saFs asn
The Spider lay for few %vn. seconds Si r%nd md
he ' got up and went to work with a right
handler on Plmmer's cara glance blow..but
Pimmer put hin down araIn IT,n with right, right
eaatieasy 1snde "a and the cSeva said; Hes oals !.
With Straight right Handlers to. permit him to
stand the gar end allow him nnnd K pny foxy at
Plfmmsr always keen eyed and leval-headed.
banged him to the floor twice more.
hut f1 he s eoadnt In one effort he teli twice
pen ane shs ss stasns S1S 0 second and then c
over. head down. He had been well whipped
by q hoy who knew how to meet rushes with
Lats lsst night Fred Burns ,s.S told ST. SyS IRE re,
Dixon against Plimmer for 5000 n side. at
ITO pounds. on the same conditions that
served last night
When the announcement was reported to
Rod Mcmahon. Billy Tracey. Liney Tracey.
Gus Tuthill. and others. each expressed aston
ishment. None Of them knew that it was a pos
sble thing for Dixon to get to ] 10 pounds.
The remembrance Of Dixon;,a as he stepped
on tho scales in the Brewer House on the af;
Mccarthy in Long Island City. as described in
THE Sun. came to their minds. Dixon looked
md han md In ,,.Itr
be hid de- bound. He was less that 20 years DID,
and he must have filled out since.