The herald., 1897-07-24

| even.
Seventh round-George rushed and
Dial swung his left onSthe body. George
jabbed Dial on the face. Dial swung hard
left on body, lifting George off the floor
Dixon jabbed left on face and got two
lefts in the same place. Dial rushed but
missed left for jaw. George rushed
a nd Swung left on body. Dial rushed
and swung left on the mouth. Dixon IS
nose bled. Dixon rushed but Dial ia bbed
him In the face and swung his left on
the little colored fellows body. George
swung left on head lightly and clinched.
Hawkins round.
| Eighth round-Dal swung left for the
body but missed. George missed left for
| jaw. Dial rushed and missed left for
jaw. Hawkins now aggressive. George
swung left on neck Dial jabbed left on
Georges face. George rushed but Dial
got out of the way. George jabbed left
on face and clinched. Dixon's right eye
swollen. Hawkins stopped to scratch
his nose and George jumped In and land
ed left on the head Hawkins swung left
for wind. Hawkins jabbed left in face
as gong sounded. Dixon's blows do not
seem to have any effect on Hawkins
The fight up to this stage is remarkably
fair and fast.
Ninth round-Dal swung left for head
but missed. Dial swung left for body but
missed. George blocked two left
swings. Dial swung left hard on jaw and
George clinehed. Hawkins landed left
on body. Hawkins forced Dixon and
swung left on head and got right ove-
heart. Dal tried right for body and
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and waited for George to lead, but the
little fellow walked around and grinned.
Hawkins has fought very carefully,
taking no chances and simply stood the
champion off.
Tenth round-George missed left for
the jaw. Dial swung left on ribs and
George countered with left on head.
George missed straight left for the chin.
Dial jabbedl left on chest and George
clinched Dial jabbed left on head light
ly. Dal swurg left hard on stomach.
Hawkins did very little moving about,
allowing Dixon to circle about him and
stopping the colored fellows rushes.
Eleventh round-Dal jabbed left light
ly on Georges face. Dial swung left on
wind and George countered with left
on head. Dixon rushed and Hawkins
slipped down. Dial swung left on body
Dial missed a hard left swing for the
body and fell from the force of the blow.
George swung left on neck, and Dial
countered with left on wind. Dial missed
a left swing and got right and left light
ly on the head.
Twelfth round-George swung left for
head Hawkins was aggressive and
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swung left on head and right on ribs
George missed left swing for chin. Dal
swung left hard on body and forced
George about the ring. Dial swung left
on the body. Dixon swung left on neck
and got left swing on the body in re-
turn. The fight so far is even.
Thirteenth round-Dal jabbed left on
face. Dal jabbed left on head. and put
in a punch over the heart with his right
Dixon staying away from Hawkins. Dial
swung left on body and George clinched.
Both swung left on head and both slip
ped down. Hawkins jabbed left hard
on chin and punched Dixon over the
heart lightly with right.
Fourteenth round-Dal swung left hard
on stomach. Dixon. jabbed left on neck
and blocked a hard left for the jaw.
George jabbed Dial on the face and tried
with Left for the wind but missed. Dial
jabbed George on the neck. George put
his right on the ribs lightly and a mo.
ment later got a hard left on the body
George put right on ribs lightly and n
moment later got a hard left on the
body Dial swung left on body. Hawkins
is much the stronger in the clinches and
forces Dixon back in the breaks.
Fifteenth round-Dal jabbed left hard
on Georges face. George rushed, but
was stopped with. left on. the body
George jabbed Dial in the face hard and
got left on the wind. Dial jabbed his left
hard on the chest. Hawkins landed his
right hard over the. heart and got, a light
left on the head. Dali jabbed George hard
on the face, but missed same blow a
moment later. George rushed and land
ed left lightly on the face. Dixon's
round.
Sixteenth round-Dal swung left on
head and got same in return. George
swung left on head. Dial swung left
hard on body. Dial jabbed his left hard
on Dixon's eye. Dial rushed and landed
left on face and right on body. Haw-
kins jabbed left on face and put right
over heart twice. Hawkins rushed
Dixon and landed right and left hard on
the head. Dial landed left on Dixon's
damaged eye. George swung hard on
neck Hawkins jabbed George ON the
nose, which brought the blood again
George missed left for head and Dial put
right hard over the heart. This round
was the most decisive of the fight so
far, Hawkins having all the better of It,
Seventeenth round-George rushed
and swung left on neck. Dial missed
hard left straight for the face but put
hard left on Geore's nose moment later.
George rushed and Dial stopped him with
a straight left. Dixon ducked vicious
left for the chin. Dixon rushed but was
stopped with straight left on the neck.
Dixon swung left on the neck lightly.
Dixon ducked two left leads for the
face and landed left hard on wind. Just
as the bell rang Hawkins landed left
hard on face. Round even.
Eighteenth round-George swung left
on the neck lightly and ducked a hard
left for the chin. Dixon rushed and ran
up against hard left. Hawkins swung
left hard on the jaw twice and George
clinched. Dial put left on neck again
and got left on body in return. Hawkins
jabbed George hard on neck and forced
him into corner, landing right on body.
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