St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-20
DRAW IN rs ROUNDS.
Dixon-Griffo Fight Was a
Hummer From Start to
Finish.
DIXON ON THE AGGRESSIVE,
But CRITICS Clever Dodging
and Punching Evened
Matters Up.
THE TEXAN KNOCKED OUT.
Creedon Puts Bepnau to
Sleep in the Second
Round.

was the big event OIL tonights pro-
| gramme.
There were rumors of trouble as to
the selection OF a referee. as the Au-
stralian and his hackers objected to
into the ring when Fred Burns an
nounced the first bout between Mick
Dunn, of Australia, and Fred Woods.
| of Philadelphia. The men met at
catchweights in siX-round go, Dunn
weighing $50 pounds and Woods five
| pounds more.
The referee awarded the fight to the
Australian.
Jack" Madden, of Brooklyn, met
Edo Vaughn. of Trenton, N. j., the
boys weighing in at los pounds each,
for slx-round 60.
In the fifth round Capt. Clayton
stopped the fight. The decision was
given in Madden's favor.
George Dixon entered the ring at $50,
accompanied by his manager. Tom
O'Rourke, Jack Haviland. Norris Kelly.
O'Rourke announced that Critic re-
fused to go on until it was arranged
| that 70 per cent should go to the viii
her and 80 per cent to the loser. The
| men were at catch-Weights. Dixon
weighed 1875 pounds. Critic jumped
through the ropes ten minutes later,
and his weight was announced to be 1919
pounds. Critics seconds were Mick
Dunn and Paddy German, of Australia.
and Denny Murphy, of New York.
DixonsGrtRo.
Round One-Both men looked to be
trained right up to the hour. but Critics
advantage over Dixon in size was very
apparent. AT 10 o'clock the men shook
hands. Dixon led off and fell short.
| He then led for the stomach and landed.
| Dixon repeated the dose and then hit
his man in the neck, Critic countering.
| Critic got in two lone on the face-and
Dixon reached the body and the neck
again. This was Dixon's round.
Round Two-Dixon led and Critic
countered. Dixon made a swing for
GriffJ's head, but the latter lodged.
Critic smashed Dixon straight on the
nose. A sharp exchange followed, and
the referee broke them away. Dixon
landed on the body and neck. Critic
lodged hot one for the face. A sharp
exchange followed in DiXon's corner.
Dixon rushed Critic to the ropes. Critic
landed on DiXon's face. Honors even.
| Round Three-They spared for an
opening and Dixon couutered. Dixon
T! led for the face, but fell short. Both
| men slugged viciously. Dixon landed
very heavily over CRITICS heart and re-.
peated it. Critic hit Dixon on the back
of the neck. Dixon slipped but, Critic
stepped back and was cheered.
Round Four-Griffo got to the face.
Dixon cOuntering on body. Dixon
led on the ear. Dixon stopped hot one
for the body. He led for the head but
fell short. Critic slapped DiXon's jaw
with both hands and smashed him on
the ear a moment later. Dixon could
not reach Critic easily. the latter
being very clever, at lodging. Dixon
went to his corner smiling.
Griffo Smashed Dixon
in the mouth in round five; Dixon
again fell short. Critic led for the body
but was countered. Dixon led for
Critics head. Rapid exchanges fol-
lowed and Dixon got in on CRITICS face.
Critic smashed him in the mouth. Dixon
tried twice for the jaw but Critic
lodged.
Round Six-Griffo led and landed on
the face. Dixon rushed him to the
ropes and smashed him on the body and
jaw. Critic got back On the jaw. Both
couDtered on body and neck. Dixon
led and got to the stomach. Critic re-
turned the compliment. AS the gong
sounded Dixon got again to Griffo's
stomach.
Round Seven-Griffo led and touched
lightly on Dixon's throat. Dixon led
and landed on the stomach. Critic
lodged and led for the face. Dixon hit
hard Oh ribs and followed up with a
stiff punch on the stomach. Seversl
people shouted put O'Rourke out"
Round Elght-Both men spared for
a few seconds, and Critic said: Its
not what it is cracked up to be.'' Dixon
hit on the body and neck lightly, and
then landed on the ear. Critic coun~
tered, and there was sharp exchange
on the ribs. Dixon smashed his man on
the jaw, Critic countering on the body.
CRITICS left got in twice on the face.
At the end of the round Dixon, as he
went to his corner, said: TON, It's a
cinch."
Round Nine-Both led and countered.
Critic got i'll hot one on Georges stom-
ach.
Sharp Exchange and SIugging
followed; Griffo lodged another lead
| for the head. Dixon landed on the jaw
with his left. Critic landed on the face
| and he was then rushed to the ropes,
and then the colOred man got in twice
on the body and jaw. ~
Round Ten-Grltfo landed on the face.
Dixon countered on the body. Dixon
got to Critics stomach. Dixon slipped
away from two furious leads and then
landed on the ribs. CRITICS left reached
Dixon's face. and the latter hit him on
the back of the head
Round Eleven--The men spared very
warily. Dixon led and fell short. Grit
TO smashed him in the face. Dixon got
to CRITICS neck. Dixon hit Critic heav-
lily over the heart and planted hot
| left-hander in the ribs. Sharp exchange
followed. Dixon got in a heavy one on
CRITICS jaw. He tried again with a
left-hand swing, but fell short.
Round Twelve = Critic landed on
body. Dixon countered on jaw. Dixon
led on body and Critic countered on the
face. Dixon smashed heavily on Grif-
fo's jaw and landed again on the body
and face. Dixon attempted left-hand
swing, but only touched CRITICS shoul-
ders. AS the gong sounded, Dixon
smashed Critic OH the jaw.
Round Thirteen Critic landed on the
body. Dixon led frequently and hit
Critics face twice. Critic landed on
the body fiercely. Dixon again did the
landing; Critic skipped away and
laughed. Dixon smiled as he went to
his corner.
Round Fourteen-Dixon led for the
body. but fell short. Critic tried to
back-heel Dixon and was cautioned by
Referee Hurst. Dixon landed on body
and then rushed, but Critic stepped
quickly out of the way. DiXon's left
again fell short.
Round Fifteen-Griffo led for the
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