The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-26
GIVEN THE JlEGfsION AT
NEW YORK.
FIGHT UNUSUALLY FINE
FIVE THOUSAND u REOPLE WE'RE
OUT TO SEE THE
MATCH ss
ODDS OF TWO TO ONE ON DIXON,
On Points White Said to, Have Had
shade the Best of the Spirited
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-George Dixon
and Tommy White, of Chicago, fought
twenty rounds to a draw tonight in the
Broadway Athletic club, which is I'M
der the management of Tom O'Rourke
Probably 5000 people witnessed the
fight which was unusually fine. Pre-
ceding this fight Danny Mcbride, of
this city, and Johnny German, of Long
Island City, fought ten rounds, and
Referee Austin gave Mcbride the de-
cision. Then Dixon and White APP
peared. Each was said to weigh 125
pounds. They were warmly greeted by
their partisans, there being consider
able money up, however at odds of 2
to l on Dixon.
The first seven rounds were not
eventful, and honors were about even.
Both had fought hard. In the eighth
both jabbed lefts on the face, and
Dixon's mouth began to bleed. This
was first blood for White Dixon rushed
wildly and got his right on Whites
head. In the ninth round Dixon tried
with his left for face, but White
stopped him. Dixon swung his right
on the head, and White his left on the
face Dixon's mouth began to bleed
again, but he drove hard left on the
face which staggered White. He rushed
and sent heavy left on the body
which almost stopped White Dixon
| swung his left on the body. White
then put two lefts on. Dixon's mouth
without return.
In the eleventh round White rushed
Dixon to the ropes. and Dixon went
back at him with left on the ribs.
oCh LOFT he
| nose which sent Whites head back
Then he swung his left twice on the
body. Whites nose began to bleed, but
| he got in a straight left on Dixon's
nose when the gong rang. In the next
| three rounds both landed often, and
| each brought blood. The fighting was
| fast and furious but, not sensational.
| In the fifteenth White jabbed his
! left four times on Dixon's face, and
| Dixon swung rights on the face and
| body. White jabbedg his left on the
! face again, and he had Dixon's right
eye in trouble. These last three rounds
were Whites and he looked good
enough to stay out the twenty rounds.
In the sixteenth the men battered each
other furiously and Dixons eye suf-
| fered again. In the next round Whites
| TlUS SIOW0u T0U anu raw. DlXOD TuSnSu
and put in three lefts on the body
quickly. In the eighteenth and nine
teenth rounds hard smashing on the
head, nose and body was continued by
both men and showed itself felt.
| In the twentieth round they jabbed
on the face and clinched Dixon
| smashed his left very. hard on the face.
| Both smashed rights and defts on the
| face and body to clinch. Rapid fight
| ing and lefts in hurricane style fol-
| lowed. 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 encour-
agement to both pugilists. When the
bell ended the contest, the partisans of
both yelled for decision in favor of
their particular choice, but the referee
declared the bout a draw This de-
cision was received with cheers, but
many Of those who watched all the
points made were Of the opinion that
| White had shade the better of the
| fight.