The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-12
EASY FOR CREEDoN.
O'Brien Out-Pointed In Nine Rounds
of Hot Fighting

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-At the Broadway
Athletic club tonight Dan Creedon, of Austria
la, fought and out-pointed Dick o Brien
of Boston. in nine rounds. From the begin
ming 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
during 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
refere gave his fiat. There were about $500
persons present in the club house to see the
fight.
OF New York. and Billy Whistler, Of PhiIadel-
pnla, 10 FOUNDERS, spared ten hot rounds
Curry got the decision, and large majority
OF the audience Kissed the referee.
O'Brien was the first to make his appear
anee for the star bout of the night. He was
accompanied by his seconds. Danny Mcbride
Scotty Faulkner, Tom McGrath and Jack
Burns Creedon followed him minute later
esquired by Jem Mace. Solly Smith and Benny
murphy The men were announced 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 of height and reach.
Both opened with light lefts on the face.
Then they mixed 1t up with left iabs on the
face and rights on the body. Creedon sent
his left to the head and body. O'Brien landed
left on the body. Creedon replied with a
left on the face O'Brien slammed right and
left on the head and forced Creedon back.
After this he planted two good lefts on the
face without q return.
They blocked cleverly in the second, until
OBr1en landed a right swing on the back
OF the head. They then swung rights and
lefts on the face and neck without q let uD
for half a minute. Neither man showed any
erect from this rapid work at the call Of
time
O'Brien opened round three with a left on
the face and a right on the neck. Creedon
Jabbed left on the face. Creedon sent
his left hard on the face and O,Brien did
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
Round Four-Creedon opened with a left
Jab on the face. O'Br;en swung his right
on the head and jabbed a left on the ear
Creedon landed heavy right on the neck
but the blow did not stagger O'Brien. Cree
don uppercut with his left on the neck but
z O'Brfen was sill ready for him. Creedon sent
his right to the neck and his left on the
wind. 0'Brien landed left on face and
swung right on the neck.
In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
rounds the fighting was fast Both men land
were ineffective. At the end of the eighth
both were see mingly very tired and good
blow would have finished either one.
They ran into clinch at the start of the
ninth. OBrien landed a left on the face
and Creedon backed away He came back
three let's on the face and O'Brien landed
left on the face Creedon kept up con-
slant smuggling with both hands on O'Brien's
head, and O'Brfen led over the Australian
to avoid punishment Dan still kept smash
ing O'Brien with both hands on the head
ana race reieatlessiy- OBrien was unable
to defend himself and the referee stopped the
bout and awarded the fight to Creedon after
MINUTES and So seconds of fighting in this
round.