The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-21

COMFY ISLAND ATHLETIC CIuD, N, Y,
March 20.--A crowd Of sporting mon
tonight came down to the Coney Ia-
land Athletic club in anticipation Of
seeing two spirited contests, In the
fight between Jack McGee and Billy
Mccarthy, the boys looked for good
stiff bout, Dixon, according to agree
ment, had to knock slddons out in
twelve rounds or best him.
Ats;3O o'clock, Fred Burns climbed
through the ropes and announced the
first bout Of the evening, between Jack
MCGEE, OF Boston, and Billy Mccarthy,
OF Australia. Both men weighed under
the limit Of 100 pounds earlier in the
day. MCGEE had the assistance OF Nc
Glnniss, of Brooklynr.Alike Danibey,
and George Rooster, oil Boston, in his
while Mccarthy had we'll known trio
in Steve Brodie, Pat Cahill and Bennie
Murphy behind him.
Tho usual preliminaries and formal
tiles were gone through, alter which
Referee Donohue ordered tho men to
shake hands at S;40
In the first round McGeo led several
times, reaching McCarthy's body each
time. He followed with q smart lett on
the ear. Lively work by McGee kept
Mccarthy busy till the end Of Two min
utes, when Mccarthy landed his right
on McGee's chin, scoring a clean knock.
out. MCGEE took nine seconds and
came up still rushing. The round was
q lively one, showing Mccarthy to be
very slow and awkward.
From this until the ninth round no
ono had the advantage. In this round,
McGee landed stiff left on Macs eye,
which split it and delighted the crowd
with little stream Of blood. This Nc
Geo followed up with q good right
hand blow on the stomach. which per-
ceptibly weakened. Mccarthy. The
round was all McGeo's.
In the tenth round they were full OF
fight and went at it like wild cats, try
ing for the decision and knowing that
it was his last chance. II was desper-
ate fighting on both sides, with honors
pretty evenly divided. Both men got
badly punished and the decision Of ref
cree Donohue in declaring the contest n
draw met with general satisfaction.
~ Yhecontestants in the first bout were
not out of the ring a minute before
George Dixon appeared with Tom
0'Rourke, and took seat in the corner
occupied by MCGEE. Cheer after cheer
greeted the little colored boy as he
bowed and acknowledged the greetings
from all over the house. While wait
ing for Siddons to appear, Fred Burns
announced the seconds Of the men as
follows: Tom ,0'Rourke, Eddie DAILY
and Sim Ashe for Dixon, and Billy
Lacy, Danny Mcbride and Jack Siddons
for Siddons. Two physicians certif.
Gates were also read showing Skelly to
be in no condition to eight, Continu-
ing, the referee announced that II Dixon
aud Siddons were able to continue at
the end Of twelve rounds the decision
should be o draw. This was the only
condition on which the bout could be
arranged, as far as the decision went,
but the man who had the advantage up
to the end OF the fight should receive
81 500 OF the $4,000 purse offered.
Johnnie Eckhardt was the referee,
Round /. Dixon walked around
his man feinting several times but
making no attempt to lead. He sud.
denly landed his left on Siddon's ribs.
He jabbed his loft again in the same
place and received in return Siddons'
loft in the face rather lightly. Slddons
kept away as much as possible, and
Dixon did,not force matters much.
Round 9. They spared fow min
utes for an opening, when Dixon rushed
in, swung his left on Siddous and got
away. Dixon rushed him again and
landed left aud right, The crowd hisscd
Siddons for remaining away. Dixon
made three more rushea before the close
Of the round aud landed with his left
each time. siddons played waiting
game.
Round g. Without blcmish they
faced each other aud for minute did
nothing except walk about when Dixon
landed another lett safely on Siddons'
ribs. Dixon landed the left again in
tho same place.
Round 4. Dixon went right at his
man tho moment they met and landed
his left on his stomach. They clinchod
and after tho break Dixon ran in again
and landed both left and right. During
the clinch which followed Home one in
tho crowd called out, "Glvc IL up and
apologize" 1t was worry tame.
Round 8. Dixon evidently did not
feel like rushing much and Slddons had
his eye on the decision for n draw with
half the purse. Half the round had
passed whom siddons led and missed.
Dixon tried but could not land and tho
round ended without damage,
Round O. The spectators werO good
naturod and guyed tho fighters. Dixon
had to do all tho leading, but was 80
cautious that tho crowd yelled "iakc" at
tho end OF tho round.
Round Z. Tho cries Of "faks" brnced
tho boys up, and Dixon showed more
energy He got on Slddona stomach
and neck. "Home, sweet homo" was
whistled by at least 1000 people, dur.
ing which time Siddons avoided wild
rush by Dixon.
Round 8. Tho crowd kept up whist
ling "llome. sweet homo" all through
tho minutes rest and II had tho desired
effect, as tho boys did more genuine
fighting in this round than In any pro.
Ceding, siddons did some leading aud
the crowd yelled Ike fonds
Round 9. Dixon landed two lofts OH
the stomach In quick succession.
Dixon landed another left In tho same
place, which amused tho audience, A
light tap on slddonH's neck closed tho
ronnd.
Round 10. Tho crowd began to leave
their sUats and move toward tho door
as the boys got up for this round.
Dixon forced the lighting and landed u