The herald., 1896-12-12
Wallops Mr.. O'Brien in Nine
Hot Rounds
HE MADE HIM VERY TIRED
But Everybody Admits He's the Better
Pug
A Boxing Instructor at the State Capital
Discovers Some Things He Did
Not Know Before.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-At the Broad
! way Athletic club tonight Dan Creedon
of Australia out-fought and out-pointed
Dick O'Brien of Boston in nine rounds.
! From the beginning of the bout until
the referee interfered and stopped the
mill when the ninth round had nearly
expired, the work of both men was very
rapid, and they worked so hard that dur
! ing the last three rounds one good blow
would have settled the contest. Creedon
| was undoubtedly the better man and
| there was not word of protest uttered
when the referee gave him the fight.
There were about $500 persons present
to see the fight.
Preliminary to the big fight, Eddie
Curry of New York and Billy Whistler
of Philadelphia, 120 Founders, spared
ten hot rounds. Curry got the decision
and large majority of the spectators
hissed the referee vehemently.
O'Brien was the first to make his ap
pearance for the star bout of the evxen-
ing. He was accompanied by his sec
onds, Danny Mcbride, "Scotty" Faulk
rer, Tim McGrath and Jack Burns.
Creedon followed him a minute later,
esquired by Jem Mace, Solly Smith and
Denny Murphy. The men were an
nounced to go twenty rounds at catch
weights. Both men showed the results
of faithful training.
When they shook hands at $40 o'clock
Creedon easily had the advantage in
height and reach.
First roundtBoth opened with light
lefts on the face. Then they mixed it
up with left jabs on the face and rights
on the body. Creedon sent the left to the
head and body. O'Brien landed left
on the body and Creedon replied with
left ON the face. O'Brien slammed his
right and left op the head and forced
Creedon, back After this he plantedtwo
good lefts on the face without any re-
turn.
Second round-They blocked cleverly
until O'Brien landed right swing on
the back Of the head. They then swung
rights and lefts on the face and neck
without let up for half a minute.
Neither man showe0 any effects from
this rapid work at the call of time.
Third round-O'Brien opened with
left on the face and right on the neck.
Creedon jabbed a left on the face then
sending in his left hard on the face,
O'Brien doing the same. O'Brien swung
for the jaw, but fell short and Creedon
placed his right glove on the cheek. Both
jabbed lefts on the face.
Fourth round-Creedon opened with
a left jab on the face. O'Brien swung
his right on the head and jabbed on the
neck, but the blow did not stagger
O'Brien. Creedon uppercut with his
left on the neck. but O'Brien was still
ready for him. Creedon sent his right
on the neck and left on the wind.
O'Brien landed a left on the face and
swung ! ight on the neck.
In the fifth. sixth, seventh and eighth
rounds the fighting was fast. Both
men landed on the face and body, but
the blows were ineffective. At the end
of the eighth both were seemingly very
tired. and a good blow would have fin
ished either man.
Ninth round-They ran into clinch al
the start. O'Brien landed left on the
face and Creedon backed away. He came
bace with left on the face. Dan put
three lefts on the face and O'Brien
landed a left on the face. Creedon kept
up constantly slugging with both hands
on O'Briens head, and O'Brien leaned
over the Australian to avoid punishment
Dan still kept smashing O'Brien with
both hands on the head and face re-
lentlessly. O'Brien was unable to defend
himself, and the referee stopped the bout
and awarded the fight to Creedon after
two minutes and fifty-eight seconds of
fighting in this round
A CLEAN KNOCK OUT
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 11.-Fully 5000
people assembled in the old pavilion to-
night to witness ten-round boxing con-
test between William johnson, boxing
instructor of the Sacramento Athletic
club, and Theodore Van Buskirk of the
Olympic club of San Francisco There
were three preliminary events, in which
| local amateuhs participated. Thomas
Dwyer, formerly boxing instructor of
| the Sacramento club, acted as referee
Large sums of money were wagered on
| the result, but the bets were even. The
| athletic club members bet heavily on
Johnson. He received a most enthu-
sastic welcome as he entered the ring.
| Van Buskirk practically had the fight
| from the beginning. Johnson did some
very pretty sparring. but he was sig
nal failure in dealing blows. Van Bus
| kirk hammered him around the ring and
knocked him out in the beginning Of the
| fourth round. Johnson was knocked
| down again and again, and finally failed
| to respond, whereupon the match was
| awardede to Buskirk.
| Peppers, a San Francisco pugilist,
| challenged the winner.
| ON THE TURF.