St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-08
DIXON DOES THE WORK.
PIERCE EASILY KNOCKED OUT IN
THREE ROUNDS.
UNCONSCIOUS FOR FEN MINUTES
Ten Thousand Spectators Pres
ent-New York BIoofs Go to
Coney Island on Tally-HO
Coaches - The Bout Between
Murphy and Mcbride Awarded
to the Latter.

CoNEY ISLAND, n. Y, Aug. r.
Never since the Coney Island Athletic
club commenced its pugiliStic exhibit
tlons has such tremendous throng
gathered at its commodious arena as
the Pierce-DIxOn bout attracted here
this evening. Every seat in the house
was occupied by the time the opening
bout was put or. Everybody seemed to
be fairly wild with excitement, and Tin
horns were being footed in every part
OF the building
Pierce is great favorite in New York
city and vicinity, and his admirers
came down i'll full force. There were
many tallY-ho coach loads of members
from the various athletic clubs of New
York and Brooklyn. 1t is estimated
that there were between 5000 and 10000
spectators in the building.
Jim COrbett was given great ovation
when he walked into the building, ac-
eompanied by Manager Brady and sew.
eral other friends. They were shown
to one of the private booths.
The majority of the big betting men
fancied Dixon, and they were rather
liberal in the odds they offered.
The first bout was between Murphy
and Mcbride, and was for a purse of
$1,000, of which 300 went to the loser.
1t opened in tumultuous uproar, the
large audience were
Yelling Like Mad
men 30 those i'll front to sit down.
Finally the crowd vas organized. and
at o'clock the men put up their hands
for the first round. Both men showed
great cleverneSs, especially at in-tight-
ing. Mcbride appeared to have tritie
| the best of the hard hitting up to the
fourth round, when he drew first blood.
Murphy returned the compliment al
! most Immediately by smashing Mac on
the nose and spreading it almost over
his face. 1t was give and take until the
| tenth round, with Mcbride in the better
| condition. The referee awarded the
! fight to Mcbride.
Promptly at $50 Tom O'ROurke en-
| tered the ring, followed by George
Dixon. He was given an ovation, but it
was mere nothing in comparison with
The storm OF applause which greeted
| Eddie Pierce when he marched down
| through the hall from his dressing room
! and climbed upon the stage. 1t was a
| fully twenty Pierce men present to one
to admire Dixon.
1t was ten minutes to 10 when the men
! began their battle. The purse was
| S6,5G0, OF which the loser received $500.
| Dixon wore nothing but white
| Jockey strap and brown shoes, while
| Pierce wore blue trunks, a white belt
and dark canvas shoes. The seconds of
/ Dixon were Tom O'Rourke, of New
| York, and Jack Havelin and Morris
| Kelly, of Boston. The men who looked
| after Pierce were Charley Norton, Con
RiOrdan. Nick Dunn. John White and
! Sammy Kelly. Mike Brashy held the
Time for Dixon,
| and jim Lavelle for Pierce.
i Round ODe-DiXOn led with his left
after little feinting and caught Pierce
! in the WIND. He visited the same spot
! again. After some cautious Sparring.
! in which Dixon showed up to The best
! advantage, the men cIinehed on the
! ropes, but broke away of their own
| accord. Dixon then smashed Pierce
with his left, and again with his right.
| A clinch followed, and Dixon showed
! he was good naud at the game of in
| fighting and made Pierce break his
! hold. Dixon caught Pierce again, and
the round ended.
Round TWO-After a short feint bv
Dixon, Pierce led heavily on Dixon's
face ami then ducked a right handler
cleyerlY. a sharp rally followed, of
which Pierce appeared 10 have the ad-
vantage. Dixon endeavored to land his
right, but was met and stopped very
cleverly. Pierce appeared to have
/ gained confidence III himself as the
round ended.
Round Three-Dixon started in for
| business. He sent his left aud drove
Pierce to the ropes. Then followed
such vOlley of rights and lefts that
Pierce must have thought there was a
shower of hands and arms. First he
became dazed, tried to recover, and then
went down in heap. Struggling up
before the time limit, he was met with
lightning-like jabs in the face and jaw
that would have settled bigger and
| stronger man than Pierce. He sank to
! the floor and was counted out. 1t took
! nearly ten minutes for him to regain
consciousness. Pierce was clearly out.
| classed.