The record-union., 1897-10-05
Fifth round-solly ducked into a left

rOunQ-SO1ly duChCu INTO d I6lI
uppedcut, and clinched. 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 up
percut with his right on Georges ribs,
and got a light left on the face in re-
turn.
In the sixth George rushed and put
in a left on the head. Solly landed
beautiful uppercut on DixonS chin.
George swung his left hard 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
more accurate in his blows.
George rushed Solly at the opening of
the seventh, and landed a left on the
face. Solly put in two terrible rights
over Georges kidneys, which clearly
effected the latter's rushes. Solly made
some terrific lunges, but George
blocked his leads.
Dixon was careful in the eighth, and
kept Smith at arms length Solly put
in another right over the kidneys, and
Georges ribs looked raw In a clinch
1EOISt IGIl a SOOQ Oh SOllN ear.
Dixon forced the pace in the ninth,
and Solly met him with his left and
right on the face. Solly put a right
overland swing on Georges neck, and
followed a moment later with a left
swing on the neck. George rushed and
Solly ducked. George went clear over
Solly's head.
In the tenth Solly rushed, but Dixon
stopped him with hard left on the
neck. Solly put a clean straight right
over Georges heart George led with
his left and Smith drew back just
enough to avoid it, and came back with
a hard right ON Dixon's head.
The eleventh was a corker. Both
men were willing, and it was a mix
from the start. First Dixon landed a
left swing on the head, and Solly came
back with his right on the head and
left straight 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 ad-
vantage was slightly in favor Of Smith.
Both eased up a bit in the twelfth,
and George put left hook on Solly's
face. Smith swung his left hard on
Dixon's face, and a moment later
punched George squarely in the face.
Thirteenth round-Solly tried repeat
edly with his right for the jaw, but
Dixon blocked them all. Nothing was
done in this round.
The fourteenth opened lie hurricane,
but after two or thre Intellectual mixes
they eased up. Solly got in stag
gering right hand on Dixon's jaw
The fifteenth was Smiths round He
landed three Iefts and a right on the
body, without a return.
The sixteenth was all Smiths. He
put in three hard rights over the heart
and a left on the fact. Dixons right
eye was closed at the end of this round
The seventeenth was rather slow.
Dixon landed a right cross counter on
Solly's jaw but it had no damaging eff
fects. Smith appeared much the
stronger at the finish of the round
The eighteenth round was about even.
Solly got a right on the head and two
on the body, and got two or three lefts
in return on the face.
Nineteenth round-Smith swung vic
iously with right for the jaw, throw
ing his whole weight with the blow
George avoided it, however, and gave
Solly good hard left on the jaw
In the twentieth and last round
Smith forced the fighting, and punched
Dixon on the body and head with his
right. In the mixes Smith had all
the better of the in-fightfng.
George Green, the referee, had no
hesitancy 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 were
on their feet at finish or not, a draw
would not have been a bad decision.