The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
REFEREE CALLED IT A DRAW
THE DIxoy- BARNETT 90 so DE
CLzRED BIZ HONEST JOHN KELLY,
But the Fenther.wetRht Champion Ont-
Pointed Jerry In Every Hound. nna Wss
Astontshed when He Heard the hui'sF.

| Pointed Jerry In Every Round. and Wa
| Astonished wnen re Heard the Rui'sa
Laying aside the financial question, 1t was
bad night for Puglistlo Manager Ton
O'Rourke at his boxing show In tho Acauom
| OF Music. While he raked in sevorn
thousands OF dollars. his two star hght
crs. George Dixon and Joe Walcott go
the worst OF the referees rulings In tnei
respective bnttles. Walcott was fairi'
bcsted by Mike Harris. but DIXON
four-round go with Jerry Barncttwas most un
Justly declared q draw by Honest John
Kelly. While Barnett stayed tho four rounds
and exhibited considerable cleverness In avoid
| ing Georges PUSHES. still he was oatponted b,
the champion In every round. Dixon landed
| ten blows to Barnett's one, and in tho last
| round no nearly knocked Jerry out with two
terrific right handlers In the jaw.
The old Academy was crowded to the roof
Tho entire orchestra was fllOd. while the bal
cony and gallery were simply packed to sur
location Seats sold readily at So, So, and 81
each. The show. like oil big boxing shows.
was Just an flour late. Tom ORourke an
nounced at o'clock that the FIRST bout would
be between Fred 1soman and Tony Moran OF
New York. Honest John" Kelly was the
referee.
Just before tho boys came into tho ring. In
to ORourko and then the fun began. Billy
Madden held the watch.
Moran was tall and wiry. Iseman short and
stocky. In the first round honors were about
even. both mon giving several hard right
handlers. But they were too peaceful for tho
crowd who whistled to them to get move
on" They warmed w bit In the second.
Moran reached tho wind with his right
and followed 1t up with a hard left on
the law. They clinched repeatedly. Issman
finally split tho skin over Moran's LETT eye
with still Highlander. and ut the Sign OF
blood the crowd yelled with delight. More
clinching In the first half Of the third. and
then followed a case OF give and take. OF which
Iseman had slightly the advantage. Moran
was careful though. and landed two hot up
per-euts.
They went at II In earnest In the fourth. 1se-
man landed straight left on the jaw. and re-
ceived heavy left on the ear that sent him
reeling. Iseman then split Moran's nose with
q singing cross counter. and they mixed 1t in
great STYLE Just before time was called both
men were SO Croggy they nearly fell to tho
floor. Tho referee decided this battle draw.
amid general satisfaction.
Then came Jack Curley and Gus Wolf Of New
York. In an instant the great house was In
r3oars Of laughter. Neither man knew anything
Wolf usei his right as. II it were n maIlct while
two rounds, With llttle damage to the box
he sd teeth n the
nantly in tho ali Carlsy placed hls hands hands
and Curley duckcd. with the result that both
men turned O. somersault and lay prone Or
s1sbsS sen rh 81 bellows ue 70 I'M minute but
There were positively no scientific blows
struck in the last round; the men zen. merely
tried to knock eaeh other out. Curley' was
pronounced the victor amid mingled Kisses
- Jack King OF New York and Jack Kemp Of
cd close to 125 pounds. King landed his left
the liz sn oa so an hSs sh' on
chin that made him stop to think. Kemp was
a suS "nS dh ss
round. Both sent lefts upon the neck success;
a m ns eon ks say ssisn IN
landing both hands on Kemp's wind, and FOL
ks it T III s fsh sf on taS srG
right into the short ribs, and got away cleverly.
Tho round ended in cnch.
He smashed King on the neck and received
hot upperSut on the chin Tor Ms Pains They
tho jaw. He tried to land a knock. out blow:
whit nit s sTn Was w eae Td King was bit tired
The fourth round was a succession Of
kns Ts On
Kemp shouldered King and threw him. King
was the winner. There were moro Misses
, JSe Hopkins. eolored. and Harry Weldon Of
Ths2 mas md hss ss s sns
vas contented with merely punching
an man Hopkins the SarreS things Least th e
second; and landed his left repeatedly on the !
his mis- In
called. HOPKINS hammsred the QSsker In tie
ribs In The third; and got away each time With
the Jaw Just as the round closed. They had |
Sssn s before dH%Pkds
gSmoiy fought on. The Police Captain Stopped ped
the bout 4 moment later and Hopkins Justly
=" Muldoons Pickanniny"' and Lou Ashe of
Boston were next brought on. The crowd
S cans oaR eH
Turing the first round. But the boys got down
o real business IN the second round and did
,rowd craved for and Home Sweet Home /" in
, whistling chorus drowned out the sound Of
Ss ss%aRs a1@ TN tRrd
oRourke then came. to the front and intro
,ott of Boston. at 135 pounds. After the men
rad entered the ring. O'Rourks told tho crowd |
hat John Dunn, who was back Of Harris, re-
used to let his man fight us he had already
agreed with ORourke that no decision should |
,e given. He stated that Dunn refused 70 al
ow Kelly to referee under these conditions
Dunn was obdurate. and after q consultation
With Inspector Williams the fight was declared
III and the men left the ring, while the big
Ifter Hunn had been amoothed down md
we're brought on. Walcott rushed and landed
on the wind. Hs got two straight
laict for him: Then Joe hit Mike "a
lard one on the jaw but got similar crack on
he chin in return. The round ended in a
Inch. Walcott smashed Mike in the nose as
starter in the second round and the claret
veil. however. and gave the black several stiff
lunches in the Wind. They exchanged o
cries Of hard swings that nearly all landed.
Harris landed a terrific right on Joe's jaw in
yind Then he tried to hlt Joe's Jaw again. but
he Bostonian ducked and cllnched. Harris's
took was up when the round closed
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