The herald., 1895-12-06
For the Worlds Featherweight
Championship
FITZ AND MAHER WILL MEET
Unless Corbett Agrees TO Fight in
Mexico
Stuart Is Given Full Authority to Arrange
Matters, and the Prospects Favor
heavyweight Decision
Associated Press Special Wire.


NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-There was
large attendance OF club members and
guests at the new Manhatta club to-
night to see the ten-round bout for de
cision between George Dixon OF Boston,
the featherweight champion OF the world,
and Frank Erne OF Buffalo, who aspires
for the championship.
The boys weie nted l26 pounds each.
They spared for an opening. Dixon
led and landed on the shoulder. Both
led left and fell short and clinched.
Dixon again fell short and Erne clinch.
ed. Dixon landed on the face with his
left. Erne sent his right to the body.
Emo was very clover and got into a
clinch whenever Dixon led.
Round two Dixon sent his left on
Erne's face and Erne put his On pixon's
face twice. Then he put his right over
Dixon's hoart twice and two lefts on
Dixon's face OF close quarters. Both
countered with their let's on the face.
Erne swung his left and tapped Dixon
lightly on tina jaw as the colored boy was
getting out OF the way.
Third round-Erne followed Dixon up
and got his left to the face in Dixons'
corner; Dixon rushed but Frank stopped
HIM with left-hand jab in the face.
George put his right in hard on Erne's
BODY. Erne evaded Dixon's rushes and
cot his left fist on Dixon's face. The
Buffalo man was greeted with cheers as
he went to his corner.
Fourth round-Dixnn rushed twice, but
Erne stopped him. Frank landed on III o
c)llred puy's face with his left. Erne
4 I-r. txr f~. eIAr he
and landed once more on the face. Dion
swung his left for the body. but fell shorts;
then he rushed dozen times, but was
leverly stopped each time. Finally Dixon
crossed over his right on the side OF the
head.
Fifth round-Erne put his left on the
face and Dixon countered with his right
IN the hea and again with his right on
the face. Erne countered with his right
ON the body. After break Dixon got in
his right on Ernes left ear. Erne's cl "
erness in stopping the rusnes OF the
cha pion was loudly applauded.
Sixth round-Dixon rushed. but Erne
left to Dixnn's face and George respon led
with his left on the neck. Both coun-
tered hotly with lefts on face. Dixon
landed right and left on the neck. Dur.
ing the remainder OF the round Erne
broke ground nicely and Dixon failed TO
find him.
Seventh round-DIxon rushed twice but
was stopped. Erne landed left on l'ix-
on face three times in rspi succession
without return. Dixon put in his left
on the face and Erne repeated the blow,
following it up with straight left on
the nose. Dixon landed a tight hand
swing on the neck and iabbed his man
right and left on the same place. There
were irequen. cries OF foul from Ern2's
paItisans on account of pixon's swing
ing his right while Erne's hands were
engaged in clinch. Charlie White and
Tom O'Rourke INDUCED in wordy war
over the tactics If the colored lad and
White called the attention of the referee
to Dixons methods frequently.
Eighth round-Dixon rushed again and
again but Erne met him Cieveriy. Dixon
landed his left on tire face heavily but
Frank went back with similar biuw.
During the latter part Of this round there
was some iiero fight ng both men break
ing about even in punchin. and Cllnch
ing. DiXon's ear was bleeding.
Ninth round-Dixon landed hard LETT
swing en- jaw and jabbed his left on the
face Erne hit him on the back OF the
head W tn his right. Dixon rus ed mat
tiers but Erne was equal to him every
time. u xon landed one right on tho
head which dazed the Buffalo lad not
little.
Tenth and last round-Dixon counterad
on face with left. Dixon larded heavily
with left IN the face and 'dy and
ri,ht-hand swing IN the back OF the
meek. Erne got in a straight left on the
face; again Oh the jaw. Erne broke
ground frequently and finally sen, his
left twice 10 the face. Nothing further
was done until the round ended.
The referee declared the bout a draw
and the slectat rs we're we'll satisfied
with the decision.
Erne was warmly congratulated as he
was leaving the ring.