The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-07
BIG BATTLE TONIGHT.
George Dixoa and Eddie Pierce
Fight q Coney Island.
TWO clEvER FEATHERysE,o,sTs.



Aseokiyn KagiA
There y . dfepcatsion to regard - fore
goae concausion the result of the nxhs Be.
tusen Eddie Pierce ana 0eorr, Dixon a
(.on.v I.,.rA A Monde Ar.r.a Tai.
sasy snossh to understand s6y the eolI.s-
cosoreo noesonssn saooid navs the call.
nis Pueinstae aag nas nsvsr bssn lowered
In defeat, thOugA consinenss have
been secured for 6ehtess Ia the
hon a. seeine II trniied mir.
80 49, ..ro,a = -~~h - $500.
os peolso". - 'ns.ua nuncseos %
Ioof-ro0nd eontssss snd more nnish nights
than can readily b ceuntsl. On ONE Of
two occasions he has boen pefflously close
TO . waterloo, bat senaeity and wit saved
him ana nrasorved hia e.eu4rteo. frnm
~ sfi.ma az defeat q !. ir.rc..ihle =
res.rd IN 4. oshsr then : ,srr ,,hs.o,r.
enon- PEhaps no pugtiiss IN this
or any other country % COM
pletely illustrates the difference between
3 boxer and fighter. The Dixon Who
fsuree In : friendly hout and the nj ron
mo nm. -, ch.muso,,.h,, Ao.c.. .rd .
- -. -. - ,:.-a,s-~ i. =. -
than willing that honors shall b nearly
even. He 10 perfectly contsnt 70 mix e
nm" With his antaSouisk 70 take e least q
,rneA - h receavee ana - rr.k. . eo,4
- .~-...hI. "a a. rh.. - .c,.Ti
.4S~: 49, s~1 -.
'.ons - ra az. auo m0ss ssl.'
Gus sne Nxon u tne Ioosu9nU -
alsogethsr invisible. A panther circliug
about formidable foe, with . wholesome
renpece for the horua ON which he NAV
uoasabiv s. minated and With a intuitfve
psrtiaI}tv for : vulnerable erot Isn't anv.
thine ike g vary. His nv = - much
Of : study q his moysmsnts. Il isn't :
Il tells absolutely nothing OF : plan
Of campaign. but is. couveyp q
manv vsrnines q can IS crowded into :
sinrfe visace For An imam the evea Are
veiied sufReientlv "a conceai TIA imnlaca-
BILE and ueIy glitter DARING In and out Of
them. Tscv wander ffom the feet 10 the
face or the man whose conscjousYess he
pany. Il isnt . dalibefaie survey.
it sweeps upward. st,ps tor On
infant n the othsr rair az
eves and searches lhem only long
enough 10 count les than tvo. fhis is
inyarishiv 4 crucial intervai. An a..
change Of blows i mot always moro sig-
nificsnt than An exchanee AZ elances Il
& The first msanine not az physicsl
etranath. but Of viii. reeoiution. defar.
minAfion. Not often have honor hem
even vhen that measure M heen
taken. invariably the darkevss lips
index the result Thev tske "a
= smils of easv and undi.tnrhed
assurance. With nor than : aureeation 81
superciliousneas 81 NOT contamrI but not
the least Approach 70 bravado. For weeks
ana veeks hfa ar0nist haa heard az NO.
bodv. thoueht of nobody. dreamed OF mo-
BODY but Dixon. For weeks and weeks he
has been looking forward 70 the time when
they will face esch other in the rtnr. He
10 dauntisssness personiiied. Il 10 isn't 8
Is close ct hand. He has listened 70
. hundrsd lectufes. aall poared into
h1s eara Nth the viA3 az kAenine nm hia
courage. He has been told thas Dixon's
heart In spita az nuu,beriess victories r. 4
somewhat uncertain and unreliable
visited him has helped 20 hammer out the
ALREADY completeiv 1attened theorv:
Dlxon h in vincihIe onlv a. lons :. ia n In
the lead. He WON'T be IN II m : hruisinR
fnish. Keen at his throat iafch al
the vav around the traok ana Won VIII
10 \ dead certainty Neat him IN the
stretch. To this kind Of talk Pierce has
match va made. He vill have somo-
thine else 10 think abbut whom fhe seoonds
Are ordered fror, the rins ma ~ Isaves
his chair vith sloved hands. Ne viii not
be- at an donbtfui Of his own heart. lint hs
viii ia inst ~ litsle doubtfnl al Diron's.
Whatever else Pierce at the Outset mani-
fest. = disnosition Ia 40 IL wtii -
some time before he finds the chsmpion
vithin atrikinr dietance When ~ sise.
un the Roetonian Il viii not occur 10 rim
10 Attach much importance to the claim
that the darkev has been retrorradine. thaf