The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-12
CREEDoN IN THE PRIZE RING.
DICK O'BRIEN BADLY woRsTED IN
NINE ROUNDS.

The Mill Fought Before the Broad
way Athletic Club at New York.
o'BricR Staggering All over the
Ring in the Last Round hut Cree
don Lacked the Strength to Knock
Him out-The Referee Stops the
Bout to Dodge "a Knockout.
New York, Dec. 11.-Dan Creedon Of
Australia defeated Dick O'Brien of Boston
in the ninth round of their battle at the
Broadway Athletic Club tonight OBrlen
showed himself a wonderfully game man,
and terror to take punishment. Though
Creedon was tired at the finish he showed
himself the better man in every way. He
was much cleverer than the Bostonlan,
but was badly out of condition, and in
the ninth round Creedon inflicted terri
BILE punishment, but lacked strength to
knock 0'Brien out. The latter was stag
gering all over the ring. and the referee,
seeing that a knockout was imminent,
hfty-eight seconds of lighting. About
1000 people were present.
Creedon was seconded by Sol Smith, Jem
Mace, the ex-heavy weight champion and
Benny Murphy. o'Brien's aides were
Danny Mcbride, Tim McGrath, Scotty
Faulkner and Jack Burns.
Dick Roche was referee and Fred Fleck
kept the clock. The betting was about 8
to in favor of Creedon. Both got into
the ring at 9:35 o'clock. They fought at
catch weights, Creedon scaling 161 pounds.
o'Brien at first refused to give his weight,
but later confessed to ISL pounds, though
he looked at least nine pounds heavier,
The story by rounds follows:
Round latter a moments sparring
Creedon showed straight left into Dicks s
face. He repeated moment later, O'Brlen
dountering on the body. O'Brien led
twice. but was blocked. Then he tapped
Dan lightly on the face. They exchanged
lefts and Creedon pushed his glove into
OBrien's face and the latter slipped
down. He got up and sent the right
to the jaw, Creedon countering on the
body.
Round 2-O'Brien led, but was stopped.
Dan sent left to the wind and another
to the face. O'Brien sent a hard right
on the wind and a left TO the Jaw later.
but was well countered each time Cree
don put a left on the nose and then sent
a right to the jaw, staggering Dick. Cree.
don forced the fighting. Just as the bell
rang, Dick put a hot swing on the wind.
but Dan only smiled
Round S-OBrien rushed In with a hard
left on the neck. Some fierce in-fghting
followed. Creedon again made Dicl,
break ground and followed up with a stiff
left on the face, and put a right on the
ribs. O'Brien sent hard right on the
neck, but Creedon evened up with a left
hook on the jaw. Creedon had the best
of the mix that followed
Round 4-Creedon sent the left TO the
face and landed another on the mouth.
oBrien sent a straight left to the Jaw.
but took hard right in the wind. Cree
don jabbed his man hard on the face and
brought the blood afresh. O'Brien forced
the work and landed couple of times on
the neck and body.
Round 5.-Creedon opened with a left on
the face. OBrien came into a right and
returned a left and right hard on the
body. Creedon drove his left to the body
and his right to the jaw, OBrien counter
ing with his left on the jaw. Just as the
bell rang, Creedon put a left on the Jaw
that came near doing the trick.
Round 6-Creedon showed his long left
on the face and jaw half dozen times.
l ~ loAlcA TO nix IL up ana DJIn
| landed hard on the jaw and wind. OBrien
sent a right to the jaw that nearly knock
ed Creedon down and both were bleeding
| and almost groggy when the bell rang
Round 7-O'Brien's left found the nose
and Dan sent hard one on the wind.
Creedon started in again with left jabs on
the face. The Australian followed up and
put a hard left three times on the Jaw.
O'Brien sent a warm left on Dams jaw.
Both landed on the body and head. Dick
swung his left on the jaw and Dan clinch-
ed Both were very tired.
Round S.-O'Brien rushed and they OK.
changed lefts. Creedon got in a hot left
on the wind, but O'Brien returned II with
a stiff left and repeated later. They gave
back blow for blow in great style. O'Brier
put in a left on the jaw that sent Dar
back, but the Australian came near set.
Ting his man with right on the Jaw
when the bell rang.
Round 9.--Creedon sent his left to the
jaw. O'Brien mixed It up but Creedor
quickly rained shower of rights and lefts
that made the Boston boy groggy. But he
was game to the core and Creedon lacked
sufficient strength to put him out. He kept
plugging Dick all over the ring and O'Bnen
was all but out when the referee stopped
the bout on two minutes and hfty-eighi
seconds Of the round, and declared Creedon
fhp winner