The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-05
GEORGE DIXON WHIPPED.
The Featherw eight %Chnmplou Downed by Soil!
Smith la Twenty Rounds.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. AFTER waiting for six
years to get another chance at George Dixon.
Solly Smith got his revenge tonight. Referee
George Green awarded the decision to Smith at
the end Of the twentieth round amid great
cheers. Both men were in good condition., al
though Dixon looked a trife drawn around tho
waist.
Dixon made the mistake of playing for Smiths
wind, which was his ~tronaest point. as at all
times he was the fresher of the pair.
1t was in the sixteenth round that Smiths
work began to tell. 1t was confined mainly to
the colored lads face and neck. In this round a
hard punch put a lump on his eye. and there.
after 1t bothered him.
In the seventeenth Smith followed his advan.
tage with several terrific punches on the jaw
and neck, and in concluding rounds he landed
twice to Diyon's once.
Dixon WAS n badly punched man at the end.
but WIS smiling. and at no time lost his head.
Smith was cool. CO utious. and scientific, and Is
q much superior slugger to what he was on the
occasion Of his previous encounter with the
colored champion. Betting was 10 to $ on
Dixon.
In the first round Smith landed with the left
on DiXon's chest. Smith used his left and right
to good advantage in the second round, plant.
ing a resoundcr on DiXon's face. Dixon played
continually for Solly's wind. making no attempt
to land above Smiths chest.
The champion changed his tactics somewhat
in the next three rounds and planted his left on
Smiths neck and shoulders. but without much
effect. Ho6tilit:esw ero mild in the eighth round,
both apparently sPS,rring for wind. In the
matters, but found solly ready for him. just
before the round endci Dixon attempted to
hook Smith, but 1t resulted In a sort OF wrestle
and Dixon turned a somcrsault over his oppo.
nents head.
Dixon began to get in his telling work In the
tenth round. catching Smith with a left swing
on the jaw and following 1t up by a couple Of rib
ronsters.
Dixon opened the eleventh round with a stiff
left on Sol!y's neck. Then Smith got home a
rap In the ribs In return. In the twelfth round
smith uppcr-cut Dixon,s ribs, and this was re.
intorCed by n blow on the chest. " hen the gong
sounded Smith was lodging Dixon's rotating
eft.
There Was more, feinting than fighting in The
lad became actively aggressive and landed twice
in rapid succession on Smiths ribs. For his
pains he received a light blow on the neck.
introduction to the next round. and Smith
again landed on the neck. Dixon saw an open.
ing u second later and rhot his right so hard OH
Solly's ribs that the latter WINGED perceptibly.
Smith was the asgrcssor in tho sixteenth
round and stirred The crowd to cnthuslnsm with
his determined rushcs. Three times he caught
culorcd lad recovered himself he sailed in
for smiths jaw. Both men were hard Mt it
when tho boil rang.
for the seventeenth round. They spared for
wind, but as the round closed Smith gave tho
champion n terrible jolt on the jaw.
In the eighteenth round thcre was vicious
fighting toward tho close, in which Solly had
considerably the better of It.
In the last round smith was, the aggrcssor.
and punched Di%on severely. The luttGr landed
twice on SoNy's ribs NJ the close, but II had no
efiect. smith was declared the winner.