The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-06
GEORGE DIXON FAILS.
He Couldn't Put Frank Erne
Out i'm Ten Rounds.
HONORS ENEN, DECislONA DRAW
The Champion Did the Leading The
Match Between Fitzsimmons aud
Maher Nearly Arranged.

New York. Dec. 5.-There vas large at
tendance OF club members and guests at
the New Manhattan Club tonight to sea
the ten-round bout for decision between
George Dixon. OF Boston. the feather
weight champion of the world. and Frank
Erne. Of Buffalo. who aspires to the cham
pionship. Jim Franey. % Portland. or.
and Harry Fisher, Of Brooklyn, appeared
IN bout OF eight rounds. Fisher was de-
clared the winner. The match vas al catch
weights. Erne then entered the ring. Dix
on came in two minutes later. The boys
weighed i2s pounds each.
Round l-They SPARED for an opening
Dixon led and landed on the shoulder.
Both led lefts and fen short and clinehed.
Dixon again fell short, and Erne clinehed.
Dixon landed on the face with the left.
Erne sent his right 10 the body. Erne was
very clever. ans got into a clinch when
ever Dixon would lead.
Round 2-Dixon sent his left on Erne's
face. and Erne put his on Dixon's face
twice. Then ne put his right over Dixon's
heart twice, and two lefts on Dixons face
a. close quarters Both countered with
their let's on the face. Erne swung his
left and tapped Dixon lightly on the jaw
as the colored boy was getting out OF the
way.
Round 3-Erne followed Dixon up and
got his left 70 the face in Dixons corner.
Dixon rushed. but Frank stopped him with
a left hand jab in the face. George put
his right In hard on Erne's body. Erne
evaded Dixon's rushes, and got his left
flush on Dixons face. The Buffalo man
was greeted With cheers as he went to mis-
corner
Round 4-Dixon rushed twice but Erne
stopped him. Frank landed on the colored
boys face with his left. Erne stopped two
left hand jahs for the ribs, and landed
once more on the face. Dixon swung left
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dozen times. but was cleverly stopped each
time. Finally Dixon crossed over his right
on the side OF the head
Round 5-Erne put his left on the face,
and Dixon countered with his right on the
head Dixon landed right and left hand
swings on the head. and again his right
on the face. Erne conntered with the right
on the body. After break Dixon got his
right on Erne's left ear. Erne's clever
ness I'm stopping the rushes of the cham
pion was loudly applauded.
Round s-Dixon rushed, but Erne got
ont of the way Erne sent a clean left TO
Dixon's face. and George responded with
his left on the neck. Both countered hot
~ with lefts on the face. Dixon landed
right and left on the neck. During the re-
mainder of the round Erne broke ground
nicely and Dixon failed to find him.
Round Dixon rushed twice and was
stopped. Erne landed a left on Dixons
face three times in rapid succession with
out a return. Dixon put in mis- left On
the face, and Erne repeated the blow, fol-
lowing II up with a straight left on the
nose. Dixon landed a right hand swing
on the neck, and jabbed his man right and
left on the same place. There were fire.
quent cries of foul from Erne's partisans.
on account OF DiXon's swinging his right
while Ernes hands Were engaged in a
clinch. Charley White and Tom O'Rourke
indulged in a wordy war over the tactics
of the colored lad. and White called the
attention of the referee to DiXons meth
DDS frequently.
Round S-DiXon rushed again and again,
but Erne met him cleverly. Dixon landed
his left on the face heavily. bur Frank
went hack with n similar how. During
the latter part Of this round there was
some fierce fighting. both men breaking
about even in punching and clinchins.
and Dixon's ear vas bleeding.
Round 9-Dixou landed a hard left swing
on the jaw. and iabbcd his left on the face.
Erne hit him on The back of the head
with his right Dixon rushed matters
but Erne was equal % MIN every time.
Dixon landed one rig1- on the head. which
dazed the Buffalo lad not a little.
Round lo-Both countercd on the face
with the left Dixon landed heaviIy WIKI
the lefs on the face AMI body ana right
hand swing on the hack Of the neck Erue
got in a straight left on the face. again
on the jaw Erne broke Erounc frequent
Is. AMI finally sent his left twice to the
face. Nothing further was done until the
round ended
The referee declared the bout n draw
and the spectators wera satisfied with the
decision. Erne was warmly cor Erat ulated
as he was leaving the ring.