The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-26

Attorney Ridgeway. of Kings county; Joe
Ullmann, of Chicago, and many well
known Boston and Philadelphia people.
At OLE o'clock the men shook hands.
Dixon was seconded by Tom O'Rourke,
George Godfrey and Jack Havelin, while
Smith was assisted by Billy Delaney,
Seward Smith and Jack Oliver. John
Eckhardt was referee.
First Round-The men clinched imme-
diately, and hammered away at each
others ribs. After the break Dixon lead
md reached Smiths chest. They clinched
again, and Smith got in two right hand
swings on DiNon's neck. lie jumped un-
der Dixon, swung and clinohed him
Dixon landed "A lett swing. and Smith
clinchcd again. Dixon caught Smith with
Il left hand swing and floored him neatly
They were sparring when the bell rang
Second Round--Dixon missed left hand
swing and Smith was on him like a flash,
rushing him TO the ropes and landing both
right and left. Dixon landed n right swing
on Smiths neck, when Smith slipped TO
his knees and took full time to rise. Just
as the bell rang Smith reached Dixon's
stomach with the right.
Third Round-Dixon followed up the
advantage of the previous round and went
right in and forced the fighting. He
knocked Smith down three times in rapid
succession, and had him almost out The
fighting was Of the most rapid character.
Dixon kept swinging his left in the
stomach until he had Smith very much
exhausted.
Fourth Round = Good condition and
handling sent Smith to the center looking
fresher. Dixon led on the chest and
clinched. Then there was sharp rally
and hard inhghting, OF which Dixon had
all the best. Smith appeared worried,
while Dixon was smiling. Dixon lands
his left twice in succession.
Fifth Round-Smith came up strong in
this round. Dixon forced the fighting and
Smith met him with good straight left
hands blows, and succeeded in making
the blood flow very freely from Dixons
| face. smith grew stronger and landed
some good stiff punches. Dixon was still
doing the majority OF the landing, but not
| fighting quite so rapidly
Sixth ltound-l}oth responded quickly.
! Dixon tries and fails, bat repeats with
letter success. Smith puts his left hard
OH DiNon's nose aud draws blood, which
| runs freely. Dixon tries his left and is
counterei hard by SOlly Dixon tries with
| right and left, but was met gamely by
Smith. Tho bell rings on what appeared
to be the most evenly contested round of
| the battle,
seventh Round-Smith plants right and
left on DiNons body, and gets away with
out reply, Smith keeps away and clinches
when he is cornered Dixon misses his
left, but plants his right on Smiths face.
| Smith lands right handler and slips when
he is getting away. Dixon floors Smith
with a straight right. Smith staggers to
his feet and is hoorGd again Again he
rises, just as the gong sounded, but lie is
too weak TO keep his feet and falls again
near his corner. lie risrs once more and
essays to continue, but the referee waves
| him back to his corner, and Dixon is de-
| sclared the winner in the seventh round.
The time of the last round was . min,
AZ secs and the time of the fight 20 Minis.
AZ secs. Although Smith had the sympathy
of the crowd, Dixon was heartily cheered
when the battle ended
Jim Burge, The Iron Man." and Fred
Morris, "Muldoons Cyclone" furnished
the preliminary bout, which was for n
purse Of S6O0-Sj0O to The winner. Morris
was declared the winner at the end Of the
tenth round.
just rs the participants of the contest
were donning their citizens clothes after
the fight Smith was put under arrest by n
deputy sheriff of Roby, Ind, for being a
principal in n prize fight recently with
Johnny Griffin, which took place before
the defunct Columbia club. The official
who made the arrest is not known. The
officer, no is an elderly gent emau, re-
fused to give his name when asked The
sheriff also had papers for Griffin, who was
| present at the fight, but the latter got the
tip and evaded arrest.