Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-08-26
DIXON AND PLIM MER.
Eddie Pierce Says the Englishman Is a
Winner.

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New YORK, Aug, 20.-Billy Plimmer,
who is training at Coney Island for his
go with George Dixon, which takes
place at Madison Square garden next
Tuesday night, is the bright, particu-
lar star of all the pugilists thai assem-
bic at Mckanesville these days. Boxers
from champions to third raters can be
found there.
Eddie Pierce was the star attraction
until his fight with Dixon, but Plim-
mel is the man that many of the thous-
ands of people who pay the island a
visit want to see. The English cham
pion works all day. lie is doing his
best to be in the pink of condition
when he stacks up against the colored
champion.
One of Billy's most interested visitors
is Eddie Pierce. The Fourth warder,
who unsuccessfully attempted to lower
Dixon's colors, was given many point
ers by Plimmer before entering the
ring last Monday night and, conse-
quently, he is quite friendly to the
Briton. Eddie and Billy boxed awhile
together just for exercise.
Pierce thinks that Plimmer will have
no difficulty whatever in outpointing
the Boston lad. lie says hat Billy is
a harder hitter than Dixon and much
cleverer. Plimmer goes on as usual.
however. He will train steadily until
the date of the contest, for he knows
that in meeting Dixon he is going
a~9siess.3hs sastsgaa 9..ua t.As. aa~QptrE.s..
in knocking out Alex Greggains before
the Columbian Athletic club has given
the Australian confidence and he wants
TO take a rack at Bob FitZsimmons.
After the fight was over Creedon issued
a challenge to Bob Fitzsimmons to
fight for the m~iddleweight champion
ship of the world. Both men are Aus
tralians and it is said that they want
100000 for the bout. The Coney Island
Athletic club men say hat they will
stake their western rival to it at these
figures, or if the middleweights do not
wish to go there they can take it home
to Australia.
Creedon is one of the men who came
to this country with Joe Harris, the
bookmaker. Harris brought several
other pugilists along with him. Al
most TIE same time he appeared, Bar
ney Alien, another Australian BOOKING
ker, appeared. Harris and Alien talked
thousands of dollars as ifthey were SO
many pennies. And they flashed yell
low diamonds in a way that empha-
sized a belief that you could pick them
up in the streets of Sydney. For a
time time they were thought TO be fairly
clever men.
Allen finally made a bad break TO the
effect hat he had bet ESQ, o on a
fight in Australia, and Mike Haley told
him:
"Oh, | say, make it $40, 600, won't
you? You know If you had $50, 600
that you would hire n carriage to drive
by a boxer without speaking to him"
Harris and Allen made few matches,
and finally thet' men, growing impa-
tient, left them. 1t then transpired
that Harris was making his money out
OF several trained Australian MONKEYS
which were exhibiting in dime museums
for $50 a week under the personal direc-
ton OF Dago Pete, a friend of Harris.
The chief act the monkeys appear in is
diving in the water for coins thrown in
by spectators who wish to see a monkey
swim.
Barney Allen came east with three
performing ~kangaroos, who boxed ex-
hibitions with Martin Denny. Denny
punched two of them to death, and the
other committed suicide on the way
across the Atlantic. All of Aliens
boxers left him before he got out Of
this country. lie is now In London.
kingston's recent running in the east
seems to indicate that this mighty per-
formers best days are at last over. At
the close of the season last year Gen
eral w. III. Jackson, Of Belle Mead
stud, who had the great performer
bought conditionally. went to Mr..
Dwyer and told him he was ready to
take the horse. The turfman
said to the noted breeder: "Why, he
is too good a b~readwinner, / can't give
him up yot." "Then," said jackson,
will you release me from my contract,
as consider n horses racing days ara
over when he reaches the close of hin
eighth year." THE contract is off,
said MIR. Dwyer, and SO the conversa
ton closed.
General Jackson had an understand
ing that he was to take Kingston when
his racing days were ove ut a purchase
price of $25, 600. No horse on the turf
has made anything like the record of
he son of Spendthrift. He has won
more money than any performer in the
history of the American turf and only
twice during his entire career has he
failed to obtain a place. Still. his life
IN the turf has been a hard one and it
may be such will work against his stud
career and prevent him from becoming
tho success rs n stallion that he has
been as a racing performer. Boston,
however, raced on until 10 years old
and then became the monarch stallion
Of his day, earning imperishabie fame
~ the sire of Lecompt and the immor-