The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-05
THE FIGHT BEGINS.


THE FIGHT BEGINS.
Round Both men are sparring for
an opening Smith lands a, left swing
on DiXon's face. Again Solly sends in
the left swing on Dixon's head without
| a return. Smith tries again with his
| left and is countered With left nook
on the face. Dixon is forcing now, but
his leads are blocked. Solly sends in
| the 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
| mixed it and both tried with right in
the clinch, but were too close together
! to do much damage.
Round 3.-The third was not so fast
as the previous round. George odd
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 just at
the close of the round.
DIXON RUsEIEs MATTERS.
Round 4.-Dixon opened the fourth
with rush, but Solly got under 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. Solly put
| terrific left swing on DiXon's stomach.
| Solly rushed and George met him with
! a left on the neck. Smiths clevernesS
| in ducking DiXon's leads and mis- cool
ness were the features of this round.
Round 5.-In the fifth round Solly
| dUcked into a left uppercut and
! clinched. Solly out his left hard on
the wind. Solly forced George back
| and labbed his left on the face. Solly
| tried for the jaw, but George laughed
ana ducked inside. Solly uppercut with
right on Georges ribs and got q light
left on the face in return.
Round 6.-In the sixth George rushed
! and putin left on head. Soliy landed q
beautiful uppercut on Dixons 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
did most Of the fighting and seemed
| to be mere accurate in his blows.
SMITH FIGHTS HARD.
Round 7.-George rushed SolIy at the
| opening Of the seventh and landed a
left on the face. Solly put in two ter
rife rights over Georges kidneys,
which clearly affected the latter's
rushes Solly made some terrific Iunges,
but George blocked his leads
Round S.--Dixcn was careful in the
eight anI5 le9t Sgnrieh at arms Gength
Solly put in another risIht over tl'a kid
! neys and Georges ribs looked raw. In
a cll'lcfl George left a good right ON
Solly's ear.
Round 9.-DlSon forced the pace in
l2'a ninth acd So.iy met him With left
and right ON tf2e face. Si1lly put a rigl1.
! over na&-1 swing on Georges neck and
followed il moment later with g LETT
swing en- the neck. George rushed and
St4y ducAsd. George went clear over
Solly's t1aGtl
Round 10.-In the tenth Soly rushed
but DiXon stopped him with nag'd lefSs
ca the neck. Solly pun a clean straight
T.2Llt over Georges heart. George la
with his left aud Smith drew back Just
enough to avoid it ard came back wllh
a ahrd ristae en- DiSon's lalsad.
| BOTH FIGHT HARD.
Round 1.-THE eleventh was a corker
Bct2l Tnsn were willing and it was a mix
from the start. First Dixon ls,-2sd a
left swing ca the head and Sc1ly came
| lack w1aa his right on head ard left
| t'-TaIgiat in GEORGES face. and TIE tat
ters hecla went back. George rlu=ta-'1
and punched his lef5 en- wind and fac.
Up to flis pcdnt the advantage was
slightly In favor of Smith.
Round 12.-B0th eased up a b'i.. in the
twelfth and George put left l19ck en-
Scllys face. Smith swung his left nard
en- DEXon's face and q IIlio1IEssi. later
punchea George. sQuar'aly in the face.
Round 1S.-SoNiy tris1 repeatedly with
his right for the jaw, but Dixon blocked
thHm all. NcttlinG was dome IN U,ts
round.
Rounl1 1.-THE fourteenth cpeasd like
a hurricane, but after two or ;t7r'ae In
effeetual mikes, tYag ea.ssid up. S,5ly
got IN a staggering righ.t,ar,der en-
Dixons jaw.
Round 15-r(le fifteenth was Smiths
round He lsnijed rt-lee let's and a III t-,.
on the bcEy wauhout q return.
DIXoN's EYE CLOSED.
Round 16-Tree sixteenth was all
STn-ghs s. He MI in three hard r..1hts
over the heart and a left cn Hla faca
DiX0r's right eye was closed a. t.e end
OF &Laig round.
Round 1.-THE seventeenth was
rather stow. Dixon LANDED a right cccgs
counter on SeLfy's jaw, but Il Eaa re-
damaging effects. Snlill appeared much
the stronger at the finish of the r0l.,7fi
Round 1S.-T.ne eighteenth w3s Ie,-cut
even. Solly get a right Oil the heed a.il
two on the body and s0t two or three
lefs5 on the face in return.
Round 19.-Sllit,n swung v.cielely
with right for the jaw, throwing ns
vtacle weight with the Blow. George
ayoIdsd 1t, however and gave SolIy a
good hard LETT ON the jaw.
SMITH WINS.
Round 20--In the 2otn and last round
Smith forced the fighting ard punched
George ON the body and CT head with
his rigllt. In the mixes Smith lad adj
the better of the in-fighting
GeoTge Green, tlle referee, mad TO
hss'.sc~ce IN awarding the decision -
Smith. The decision was received WIFI
no signs of dis5atlefdctton by lie au-
dtaGlce, stih, had tine men not agreed
10 nave decision whether bci.iA were
on f'seir feet at the finish, a draw would
not have been a bad decision
I Police Stopped the Mil.