The Portland daily press., 1897-10-05
DECISION AGAINST DIXON.
Defeated by Solly Smith in Twenty
Rounds.

Defeated by SOIly Smith in Twenty
Rounds.
Fight Occurred at San Francisco Last
Evening-Referes's Decision Received
| With Considerable Dissatisfaction.
San Francisco, October 4.-Solly Smith
was given decision over George Dixon
In twenty round contest here tonight
George Green acted as referee. Dixon
stepped into the ring at 9.10. His seconds
were Tom O 'Rourke and Young Mitchell.
Joe Wolcott was bottle holder. Smith en-
Tered the ring at 9.13 accompanied by
| Tim McGrath, Tom Lansing and Spider
Kelly.
| Round both men are sparring for
an opening. Smith lands left swing on
.Dixon's face. Again Solly sends in left
swing on Dixon's head without a return.
Smith tries again with his left and is
countered with a left hook on the face.
Dixon is forcing now but his leads are
| blocked. Solly sends in left swing good
and hard on the neck as the gong sounds.
Round 2.-Smith opened the second
round with rush and land his left light
" on the face. George put a hard left
| hook on Solly's neck. The men mixed and
both tried with right cIinohed but were
too close together to do much damage.
Round. .3.-The third was not so fast as
the previous round George did most of
the leading but Solly stalled off the brown
lad and countered twice with his right at
George's head. George landed left light
ly on the head. George landed lightly on
the head just at the close of the round.
Round 4.-Dixon opened the ball with
rush but Solly blocked it and came back
moment later with a left swing on
Georges neck. Smith tried hard with his
right for the jaw but George came in be-
hind it. Solly put terrific left swing on
Dixon' g stomach. Solly rushed and George
met him with left on the neck. Smiths
cleverness in ducking Dixon's leads and
his GOODNESS were the features of this
round
Round 5.-In the fifth round Solly
ducked into a left upper cut and clinohed
Solly put his left hard on the wind. Solly
forced George back and jabbed his left on
the face. Solly tried for the jaw but
George laughed and ducked inside. Solly
uppercut with right on Georges ribs and
got light left on, the face in reurn.
Round 6.-George rushed and put q left
on head. Solly landed beautiful upper
cut on Dixon's chin. George swung left
on the jaw. A moment later they mixed
matters and Smith got in good left on
the neck. This was Smiths round. He
more accurate in his blows.
Round 7.-George rushed Solly at the
start of the seventh and landed q left on
| the face. Solly put In two terrific rights
over Georges kidneys which clearly
affected the latter's rushes. Solly made
some terrible lunges, but George blocked
his leads.
Round 8.-Dixon was careful and kept
Smith at arms length. Solly put in an
other right over the kidneys and Georges
ribs looked raw. In a clinch George put
good right on Solly's ear
Round S.-Dixon forced matters in the
ninth and Solly met him with a left and
hand swing on Georges neck and fol-
lowed it moment later with left swing
| on the neck. George rushed and Solly
ducked. George went clear over Solly's
head.
Round 1O.--In the tenth Solly rushed.
but Dixon stopped him with hard lefts on
the neck. Solly put clean straight left
over Georges heart. George led with his
left and Smith drew back just enough to
avoid it and came. back with hard right
on Dixon 8 head.
. Round 1.-THE eleventh was a corksr
Both men were willing and 1t was a mix
from the start. First Dixon landed a left
swing on the head and Solly came back
with his right on head and left strai hit
in Georges 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 slightly in favor
of Smith.
Round 1s.-Both men eased up bit in
the twelfth and George put a left hook on
Solly s face Smith swung his left hard on
Dixen's face and a 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 14.-This opened like hurri.
cane, but after two or three Intellectual
mixes they eased up. SolIy got in stag
gering right handler on Dixon's jaw.
Round 15.-This round was Smiths,
He landed three lefts and right on the
body without return.
Round 16.-This round was all Smiths.
He put in three hard rights over the heart
and left on the face. Dixon's right eye
was closed at the end of this round
Round 1.-THE seventeenth was rather
slow. Dixon landed right cross-counter
on Solly' jaw, but it had no damaging
effect. Smith appeared much the strong
er at the finish Of the round.
Round lS.-The eighteenth was about
even. Solly got right on the head and
two on the body and got two or three lefts
on the face in return.
Round 19.-Smith swung viciously with
his right for the jaw throwing his whole
weight with the blow. .as 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 in-fghting.
George Green, the referee had no hesi-
fancy in awarding the decision to Smith.
The decision was.received with no signs
Of dissatisfaction by the audience, still
had the men not agreed to have a decision
whether both men were on their feet at
the finish or not, draw would not have
been d bad decision.
A Big Fare of Fish.