Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-26

CluO ana flgnC IWenty NOUluuS.
The Fighting Was Fast and Furi-
Gus, But Not Sensational - The
Twentieth Round Was a Hurri-
cane Of Blows, and Was One o.
the Best Rounds Ever Seen-White
Had a Shade the Better Of It.
New York, September 25.-George
Dixon, of Boston, and Tommy White, of
Chicago, fought twenty rounds to draw
tonight in the Broadway Athletic Club,
which is under the management Of Tom
O'Rourke. Probably. 5000 people wit
messed the fight, which was unusually
fast.
Danny Mcbride, of this city, and John
ny German, of Long Island City, fought
ten rounds as a preliminary, and Referee
Austin gave Mcbride the decision.
Then Dixon and White appeared. Each
was said to weigh 125 pounds. They
were warmly greeted by their partlsans,
threee being considerable money be,,
however, at odds Of to 1 on Dixon.
The first seven rounds were not event
fuI. and honors were about even. In the
eighth, both jabbed let's on face, and
Dixon's mouth began to bleed. First
blood for White. Dixon rushed wildly
and GOT right on Whites head.
In the ninth round, Dixon tried left for
face. but White stopped him. Dixon
swung right on head, White left on face.
Dixons mouth bled again. Dixon drove
a hard left on face, which staggered
White. He rushed and sent heavy lett
on body. which almost stopped White.
Dixon swung left on body. White put
two lef,s on DiXon's mouth without re-
turn.
In the eleventh White rushed Dixon
10 the ropes, and Dixon went back at
him with a left on the ribs. Dixon
smashed a terrific left on nose, which
sent Whites head back. Dixon swung
left twice on body. Whites nose be-
gan to bleed, but he got in straight
left on DiXon's nose when the gong rang.
In the next three rounds. both landed
often. and each brought blood. The fight
ing was fast and furious but not sensa-
tional.
In the fifteenth. White Jabhed left four
times on Dxon's face, and Dixon swung
right on face and body. White jabbed left
on face again and he had Dixons right
eye in trouble These last three rounds
.-ere Whites and he looked good enough
90 stay out the twenty rounds.
In the sixteenth. the men battered each
other furiously and DiXon's eye suffered
again In the next round Whites ribs
showed red and raw. Dixon rushed and
put in three lefts on body quickly In the
eighteenth and nineteenth rounds the
hard smashing on head. nose and body
continued and both men showed its ef-
focts.
In the twentieth they iabbed on face and
clinched. Dixon smashed his left very
hard on face. Both smashed rights and
lefts on face and body to n clinch. Rapid
fighting with rights and lefts in hurricane
style followed. 1t was one of the best
rounds seen in this vicinity. Dixon grew
very tired. He clinched repeatedly, but
his efforts early in the fight had weakened
him. while the Chicago boy seemed to
gain in strength. The crowd rose to their
feet and yelled words Of encoura cement
TO both pugilists. When the bell ended the
contest the partsans Of both yelled for n
decision in favor of their particular choice
but the referee declared the bout a draw.
This decision was received with cheers.
but many of those who watched all the
points made were of the opinion that
/ White had a shade the better Of the bout.