The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-08

!. ~ Murphy Immediately returned the
Il enollmsat It Was give and taks until
- tnsh round. When the rstssse gave
4 - ut 70 Mcbride, - hs was frsshsf
Hwee and Dixon were given On ovation
- they Appeared on the stays, u $50
1Goek, the form q rsceiving the most ap-
onsA The pusss Vas $500, Of which
Djeoes rsceivsd e60n The seconds Of
b - we're Tom O'Rourke, Jack HaviIn
- Morris Kelly, while Piercs was looked
IzGEw ~ Charley Norton. Con Riosdan,
~ Dunn. John White and Sammy
Rdly. The tims-keepere were Nike
ln1Ay. for Dixon. and Jim Lsvelis. for
1kNoA
IN round-Dixou led With his len alssr
bt1le Seinting and caught Pisrcs In the
VD0, visiting the same spot tWico. A
o(ecA followed on the ropes, but they
1eehe away and Dixon smashed Pierce
- his lsft and again with his right
Another elinch and Dixon showed be VS.
EAeood hand st inAghtins. making Pierce
6lok his hold.
oeooud round-Aftss . short fsint By
onen Pierce landed heavily on Dixou's
- and ducked . rixht-hander clsvssly. A
8 1nFp rally followed. Of which Pierce ap-
Dnssd 20 have the advantage. Dixon
hid TO land . right but was met aud
ikird round-Dixoa started in for bus,.
: -, and sent In left and drove Pierce
y ths ropes. Then followed such vollsy
= rights and isfts that Pisrcs must have
0oaght there was shower Of hands and
Gma He became daSed, but tried TO
md vas counted out
IL 1917 ~>.-f- A. ~.s~nt>~ a.. No.. A.
gegain consciousnsss.
II any pugilistic champion Of the world
has earned his title. that man II George
Dixon, vho has not only put down Ill
rivals Who have risen In America, but has
kuocked out two English champions.
Guac Wallace and Fred johnson. and one
Australian champion. Abel Willis. He
vent 20 San Francisco 60 meet Willis, and
mulatto. He vas born Ut Halifax. ". 8. !,
July -, 1871. He 10 feet 3 inchss in
hight. Until about seven PEARS ago
plxon VAS photographers srrand boy at
2svere Beach, near Boston. He WAS .
! tood-natured youngster, and nobody who
bnsw him then ever dreamed that he
would become successful pugilist, for No
sid no attention to athletics, and APP
pared 10 care little about ring affairs. One
nd he volunteered to show George trick
= two with them. They SPARED frequent
y, and the colored lad s'csught on" 80
quickly that he Was soon able TO stop"
ony of his companions in short order.
Upon going To Boston he took great in
1fsst In boxing entertainments, aud on
several occasions exhibited such clever
nsn With local sparrerB that sporting men
logan 20 talk about him. lie fought his
elsl battle on September q. 1887, and
since that time has been continually In
Tie ring He has met aud defeated more
nsa than even John l.. Sullivan. and on
- sparrtng touD dstiss any Aather-
wight 10 stay four rounds with him. The
Natsls that give him national promise Was
sAas in 1870 with Eugene Hornhacher.
Who vent out in tWO rounds. On Feb
suasy ]. 1870, Dixon fought . seventy
rsond battle with Cal Mccarthy as Bos-
soa. II resulted In draw. In London,
June -. is9l. DIXON met and defeated
Nanc Wallace as the Pelican Club tor the
bantam championships Of the world and .
pure OF f50 Abe Wiilis and Fred John
ga were easy marks, and everybody re-
oeme<rs hos poor Jack Skeliy. amateur
enampion OF America. went out on the
Scond night OF the great tournament ~
Nes Orleans on September last. The
eniy msn In the world &c to match
against Dixon now IL Scily Smith, OF Los
anssies. who recently defeated Johnny
6rsthn ut Chicago.
Following is list Of Dixon's chief vic