Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-05

San Francisco, October 4.-George
Dixon stepped into the ring at $40.
His seconds are Tom O'Rourke and
Young Mitchell Joe Wolcott is bot
tie holder Solly Smith enters the
ring at 9:13, accompanied by Tim Nc
Grath, Tom Lansing and Spider Kelly.
George Green is expected to act as
referee.
Time was called at 9:21. The men
are allowed to hit in the clinches with
one arm free.
Round Both men are sparring
for an opening. Smith lands a left
swing on Dixons face. Again Solly
sends in left swing on Dixon's head
without a return. Smith tries again
with his left and is countered with
left hook on the face. Solly sends in
a left swing good and hard on the
neck as the gong sounds.
Round 2-Smith opened the second
round with a rush and landed left
lightly on the face. George put a
hard left hook on Soily's neck. The
men mixed it and both tried with
right clinch, but were too close to-
gether to do much damage.
Round 3-The third was not so fast
the previous round. George did most
of the leading, but Solly stalled off the
brown lad and countered twice with
his right at Georges head. George
landed left lightly on the head
Round 4-Dixon opened the battle
with a rush, but Solly blacAed it and
came back a moment later with left
swing on Georges neck. Smith tried
hard with his right for the jaw, but
George came in behind it. So1y put
terrific left swing on Dixon's
stomach. Solly rushed and George met
him with a left swing on the neck.
Smiths cleverness in ducking Dix
pms leads and his GOODNESS were the
features OF this round.
Round Sin the fifth round Solly
licked into a left uppercut and clinch-
I'd. Solly put his left hard on the
wind. Solly forced George back and
iabbed his left on the face. Soily
tried for the jaw, but George ducked
and laughed. Solly uppercut with
right on Georges ribs and got light
left on the face in return.
Round George rushed sald put in
left on head. Solly landed all uppercut
on Dixon's chin. George swung his
left on the jaw. A moment later the
men mixed matters and Smith got in
a good left on the neck. This was
Smiths round. He cid most Of the
fighting and seemed to be more accu-
rate III his blows.
Round George rushed Solly at the
start of the, seventh and landed d LETT
on face. Solly put in two terrific rights
over Georges kidneys, which clearly
affected the latter's rushes. Solly made
some terrific lunges, but George block
ed his leads.
Rounds8-Dixon was careful and kept
Smith at arms length. Solly put in
another right over the kidneys and
Georges ribs looked raw. In a clinch
George put a good right on Solly's ear.
Round 9-DiXon forced matters in
the ninth and Solly met him with a
left and right on the face. Solly put
right overland swing on Georges
neck and followed it a moment later
with left swing on the neck. George
rushed and Solly ducked. George went
clear over Soliys head.
Round 10-In the tenth Solly rush
ed, but Dixon stopped him with hard
lefts on the neck. Solly put a clean
straight left over Georges heart.
George led with his left and Smith
drew just enough to avoid and came
back with a hard right on Dixon's
head.
Round-The eleventh was corker
Both men were willing, and it was a.
magnificent start. First Dixon landed
left swing on the head and Solly came
back with his right on head and left
straight in George face, and the latter's
head went back. George rushed and
punched his left on wind and face Up
to this point the advantage was slight
" in favor of Smith.
Round 12-Both eased up a bit in the
twelfth, and George put a left hook on
Sollys face. Smith swung his left hard
on DiXon's face and moment later
punched George squarely in the face
Round 13-Solly tried repeatedly with
his right for the Jaw, but Dixon blocked
them all. Nothing was done in this
round
Round 1.-THE fourteenth round
opened like hurricane, ylt after two
or three Intellectual misses. they eased
up. Solly got in a staggering right
handler on DiXon's jaw.
The fifteenth and sixteenth were
Smiths rounds. The seventeenth was
rather slow. The eighteenth was abotlt
even. Solly got right on the head
and two on the body and got two or
three lefts on the face in return.
Round 1s-Smith swung viciouslv
with his right for the jaw, throwing
his whole weight with the blow
George avoided it, however. and gave
Solly good hard left on the jaw.
Round 20-In the twentieth and last
round Smith forced the fighting and
punched George on the body and head
with his right In the mixes. Smith
had all the best of the infghting.
George Green, the referee, had no hest
fancy in awarding the decision TO
Smith. The decision was received
with no signs Of dissatisfaction, still
Green agreed to have a decision by
the audience still had the men NOT
agreed to have decision whether
both men were on their feet at the
finish or not, draw would not have
been bad decision.
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