Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-30

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ACCOUNT OF 4FIAGSEdF THROUGH
OUT TWENTY FIvE ROUNDS OF
/ CLEAN, HARD FIGHTING. AND
SHOULD HAND HAD AN EVEN
SPLIT WITH THE COLORED FELL
LOw-THEt CONTEST BY ROUNDS
OTHER sRORTING MATTERS.
New York. November 29.-George
Dixon, the colored feather-weight
champion pugdlist. fought twenty-five
fast rounds with Oscar Gardner. THE
Omaha Kid" before the Lenox A. G.
tonight, and Referee Dick Roche de-
cided in. favor of the champion. This
decision did not please great many
of those who witnessed the fight
Dixon didi nearly all the leading, but
Gardner met him cleverly and coun-
tered very forcibly nearly every time
they came together. Dixon found in
Gardner a very awkward opponent to
get to, and many of his well meant
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er lodging of the Omaha Kid"
1t was ONE of the cleanest and clever
est bouts ever seen in this or any other
club and if the referee had not picked
a winner but called the bout draw
every one would have been satisfied.
The attendance was 1000. The men
scaled 122 pounds at 8 o'clock this af-
ternoon. Dixon was the favorite in
the betting at 100 'to so. Tom O'Rourke
and TomtSharkey were in Dixon's cor
ner.
Round 1-Dixon cut out the pace
from the sound of the bell and kept on
rushing and leading, Gardner content
ing himself with invariably countering
on the body with his left Dixon had
the better of the mitigating, pounding
Gardeners ribsSwith his right at close
quarters.
Round 2-Gartlner was first to lead,
landing left on neck. Dixon whipped
hard left in thel wind and hooked his
right to the head George kept on
leading and Gardner met him several
times with hard counters on the body.
Round 3-Gardner planted a hard
right over Dixons heart. Dixon led
left for the wind and got in his famous
right hand double, punch on ribs and
head. Gardner drew forth great deal
of applause by leading left on wind
which he followed with a right swing
on the head.
Round 4-Opened with three lefts on
the head and neck from Dixon and
Gardner countered with lefts on the
body.
Round 5-Gardner opeend with a
straight left on the fact. Dixon rushed
with a left on the head, Oscar counter
ing hard on the head. Gardner, was
then the aggressor and got to the body
heavily. Dixon sentV back stiff lefts
on the head and neck.
Round 6-Dixon begun with left
to the neck, Gardner cCMntering. Then
Dixon rushed, planting a left swing
over the kidneys. Gardner in going
back fell to the floor from clinch
with Dixon on top. Dixon <helped
Gardner to his feet. Gardner planted
two straight lefts on Dixon's face,
sending the latter's back. George mis-
sed a good many left leads, but always
got to the body with his right.
Round 7-Gardner dodged a number
| of Dixons left swings for the head and
| sent his left to the face three times.
| Dixon ripped hard left to the wind
and Gardner sent Georges head back
with left hook.
Round S-DiXon hooked left to the
pit of the stomach and Swung his left
over the kidneys. Gardner rushed
things and sent hard straight left on
the mouth. Oscar sent a light right
to the head and Dixon swung his lett
on the neck.
| Round 9-Gardner sent a straight
| left to the face and Dixon got to the
body with his left. Dixon in a rush
hooked his left twice into the stomach,
sending Gardner against the ropes
doubled up. Oscar almost went to the
floor but recovered without falling.
Round 10-Dixon sent his right over
to the head heavily and Oscar coun-
tered over the heart. Another OF
Georges rushes was met by Gardner
with hard right over the heart. Then
Dixon swung his left to the face and
sent his right into the wind. Gardner
countered on the stomach.
Round 11-Dixon forced the pace
landing his left on Oscars jaw after
the latter had placed his right on the
head. Dixon rushed Gardner to the
ropes, landing a hard right on the
wind and Osacr clinched, bending very
low.
Round 12-Dixon opened with a SER
les of lefts for the head, Gardner coun-