Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-06

Billy Mysr Knscksd Out In the Rifteenth
Round.

MeAULIFTE THE CHAMPION.
Billy Mysr Knecksd Out In ths Rifseentl
| Round.
A heavy right hand swing knocked out Bflly
Myer, the ''Srestor cyclone, " last night In New
Orleans, and Jack McAuliHs retained the titl,
Of champion lightweight prize fighter. n,
! fight ended in the fifteenth round MeAulta.
got the best Of it for fourteen rounds. though
Myer occasionally landed . hard blow. But Il.
Illinois man was frequently Knocked down and
il was plain that he was no match for the ma,
whom he had fought to draw at North Judson
Ind, February Is, 1889, after sixty -four rounds
Either he had gone back or McAuliffe ha<
much improved.
Ex-Mayor Guillot entered the ring of tn.
Olympic Club last night at tan minutes to 9
and, as master Of ceremonies, made . speech
admonishing the sssemblage to remain per
fectly quiet, and declaring that the first mar
who interfered with the arrangements Of the
club or the comfort Of his neighbor would b.
unceremoniously put out. He was chesred Il
the echo Immediately after this speech Prof
lowed closely by Capt VIM. Barrett, who was
a. usual. in charge Of the contest. Mysr and
/ McAuliffc we're weighed in, Myer ct 1879
pounds and McAulihe At 1874.
Capt. Barrett arranged the scales upon which
the gloves we're weighed, and finding them
according to law. ful five ounces, nodded his
consent that the glove, would do. The gloves
| were Of a pea-green color, Laced with red
WOODEN tape. They were thrown into the CEN
ter Of the ring by the captain.
Sixty-fve hundred persons we're said TO be
! present, and even that number failed TO fill the
mammoth arena, whose empty seats the rainy
| weather was held accountable for. Professor
Duffy announced that James Colville Of Boston
would act az time keeper for McAuliffs. and
! George r. Clark Of Chicago did like ser ice
for Myer. Reuben u. Frank acted as official
time keeper. McAulife was the first to enter
the ring, which he did at 9:15 Myer came a
moment later. Both men received ovations.
The mon were called to the center Of the ring
by Referee Duffy, who, together with Capt..
Barrett, instructed them as to how they should
abide by the Queensbury rules and the Olympic
rules az to breaking away. Joseph Choysinki
and Prof. Robertson we're McAuliffes seconds
and James Nelson held the bottle. Edward
Myer. Alfred Kennedy and John Eckert sec
, onded Myer and Kennedy held the bottle. Al
$40 everything was in readiness for the battle
ing each other closely. The men were ordered
to shake hands ut 925 and the gong for the Arst
round was sounded
RECORD OF THE FIGHTERS.
Jack McAuliffe, the lightweight champion,
has the following fine record:
Won amateur tournament at Madison Square
Garden 1854.
Won 124-pound amateur championship Feb
ruary 10. 1885, New York city.
Won light weight tournament, New York
Athletic Clab, March 20, 1885.
Won his first professional fight February n,
1885, defeating Jack Hopper; 70 rounds.
Defeated Billy Frazier October 20. 1885, for
the lightweight championship; 81 rounds
Dofanfed m
rounds.
Drew with Jem Carney of England at>Revere
Beach, Mass, March, 1887; "a rounds -four
hours, fifty-eight minutes).
Drew with Pa: Kerrigan Of Boston septem-
Der %. 1888; ten rounds.
Defeated Billy Dacey at Dover October 10,
1888: eleven rounds
Defeated Jake Hyams December 10, 1888;
nine rounds.
Drew with Billy Myer at North Judson, Ind,
February 10, 1889; sixty-four rounds.
Drew with Mike DAILY Of Bangor at Boston
April. 1889.
Defeated Jimmy Carroll at San Francisco
Mnrch 81, 1880; forty-seven rounds.
Defeated Austin Gibbons at Hoboken; six
rounds.
Billy Myer. the ''Streator Cyclone" has been
n prominent lightweight boxer for almost ten
years. His record:
Defeated Manning at Streator, 1888; four
rounds.
Defeated George Murphy, 1888; six rounds.
Defeated Charles Lounasney, 1884; three
rounds.
Defeated Paddy WEIGH Of Chicago. 1885; one
round.
Defeated Paddy WEIGH, 1885; three rounds.
Defeated Charles DAILY OF st. Louis at Wood
ford, ILL.,, 1886; thirty-one rounds
Defeated Jack Gallagher Of Buffalo at Pana,
ILL.,, 1887; three rounds.
Defeated Harry Gilmore, champion Of Cam
M at I've
Defeated Harry Gilmore at North Judson,
Ind. 1887; one round (28 seconds).
Defeated Danny Needham of Minneapolis at
Minneapolis, 1888; twenty rounds.
Drew with Jack McAulife at North Judson
February IS, 1889; sixty-four rounds.
Fight with Harry Gilmore at Chicago January
10. 1890, stopped by police in the fifth round.
Gilmore was about gone.
Defeated Jack Hopper at Alexandria, Va,
April 80, 1880; six rounds.
Whipped by Andy Bowen at New Orleans MAY
%, 1890; twenty rounds.
Draw with Andy Bowen at New Orleans May
19. 1891; drawn on account Of fouls
Defeated Jimmy Carroll at New Orleans: for
ty-four rounds.
ToNI6HT's FIGHT.
George Dixon aud Jack Sicily fight tonight
for the featherweight championship.
George Dixon, who claims Boston as his
home was born in Halifax, N. s., July 20, 1861
He is Ave feet three inches high and weighs
about 116 pounds when he Is in training On
September q, 1887, Dixon fought his first
battle as a professional with young Johnson
and defeated him in three rounds. In December
of 1889 Dixon defeated Eugene Hornbacker in
a fight which did not last two hours Then Cal
Mccarthy and Dixon fought a seventy-four-
round battle which resulted in o draw. The
fight took place at Boston on February I, 1890.
Dixon's next battle was with "Nunc" Wallace,
the bantam lightweight of England. Tho men
met under the auspices of the Pelican Club of
London, England. The battle was decided on
June q Of that year, and, contrary to general
expectations Dixon Won DiXon's last battle
was with Cal Mccarthy Of Troy, N. Y, March
81, 1891 He won in twenty-three rounds. The
prize for which the men battled was q purse Of
Sc. 900.
The full list OF the men Dixon has whipped
is as follows: Young johnson, three rounds;
Sam Cohen, nine rounds; Jimmy Mack, four
rounds; Barney Fnnegan, seven rounds; Fred
Morris, four rounds; Patsy Kelly, fifteen
rounds; Jim Bracket, five rounds; Billy
James. three rounds; Eugene Hornbacker, two
rounds; Johnny Murphy. forty rounds; Cal
Mccarthy, twenty-seven rounds; Abe Willis,
champion Of Australia, five rounds Jack Ham,
ilton, eight rounds; Charley Parton, SIX
rounds; Nunc Wallace, champion Of England,
ten rounds; Fred johnson, champion Of Eng
land, seven rounds.