The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-30


rib-roastlne. Twice Dixon drives left to
face, Gardner paying attention % ne
body. Dixon pounds the wind with lett
and he closes in to save himself nom
oscars answer. Dixon'a left goes 60
mouth, Gardner betting ribs with Flgnt.
Fifth round Oscar misses his lett
and they clInch. Then he neatly docks
g wicked left from Dixon and stops
Georges right With his elbow. oscar
chops left on face and drives right 70
ribs. As George comes In Oscar pushes
right over the heart and he repeats as
Dixon misses left swing. Dixon gets
in hard with left ON stomach, Garaner
countering on ear. Dixon's next otlve
for wind Is stopped and Dixon swings
over the Wheeling boys head. card
ner's left finds the stomach, then ne
chops face with same glove: George
reaches the eye with left Gardner coun.
tefing with right on jaw. Just as gen
rang Dixon swung left on the toreheaa'
the head. They exchange BODY sulaSneA
Dixon rushing; they clinch ana potn
fall, Dixon on top. George puts 4eiI on
chest, Gardner answering on rio9. card
ner stops two left leads for stomach,
getting back hard with LEFT on Wlna,
Gardner chops left on face; again ne
drives left to face, stepping IN on
Georges swings, Dixon misses left
again and Oscar 1ollies him. Time and
agaIn Dixon leads only to be met by
Gardner closing in and laughing IN his
face. They swap rights on rips peioFe
bell.
Seventh round-Dixon's left goes over
the shoulder, Oscar pastlng the
ribs with right and driving left to
mouth. Good duclIing saves Gardner
from Georges repeated left leads ana
oscar pelts the ribs with right and 1abs
left on face. Dixon put a good lett on
ear and followed with a solid left smash
an Gardner's neck. oscar puts left on
ear and he jabs left on face, meeting
Georges next rush with a straight leu
10 the eye. Dixon pegs at body and y
4 short mix Dixon batters the ribs right
and left. At the close George sends tett
to mouth.
Eighth round-Neither marked yet;
Gardner slaps the mouth with left,
George jabbing the face with left. Dix
on,s lead for wind IS checked and he
then missed left for head. Dixon's left
for stomach is stopped with the glove,
hui he labs left in face and crosses
with right on ear, Gardner pegging at
4he ribs. Gardner chops savagely with
left in face and in successive ctinctes
each pounds the ribs. GARDENERS right
goes over the heart, Dixon punching the
stomach. - g..
head. but Is stopped and Gardner
shoots left to mouth. Twice Georges
left goes around the head, but his right
lands on ribs. They get together ana
dlr rnerrily into each others stomachs.
Gardner puts left lightly twice on face,
George sending right to ribs. oscar
shoots two lefts to the face, Dixon an
swering on ribs. A left on Jaw staggeFs
Gardner and he nearly went through
the ropes, but regained his feet on the
rebound. getting out OF difficulty neat
ly. A series Of clInches followed, Ooth
playing on ribs.
Tenth round-A cllnch for starter:
Dixon swings left and right on head and
Gardner keeps in close to avoid repe--
tItlon. Gardner sends left to mouth ana
a right on ear half turns Dixon around.
They exchange lefts on head and Gard
ner plants left on stomach DIXON
misses three left drives for the head,
and his right for stomach is blocked, out
he lIfts It to jaw. Oscar plants right
over heart and they clinch and pound
ribs. Gardner'B left goes to Jaw. Ihey
lock again and the bell finds them pat-
tering each others Ribs wickedlY.
Eleventh round-DiXon's left grazes
the shoulder; Gardner puts lett over
heart and Oscar ducks TWO left swings,
but ducks into the third and II catenes
him square on mouth. A cllnch ana
rapid exchange on body. Then GafaneF
chops left on face and again ducks,
George rushes, planting hard iett on
stomach, Oscar ducking and resting on
bis hands TO get away. Gardner sends
left 10 face, Dixon countering hard on
ear with right. Dixon's left reaches the
head. Gardner driving right to Ribs.
They cllnch and rough It, referee sepa-
rating them. Dixon pushes LETT to
stomach at the bell.
Twelfth round-Gardner stops Dixon 9
try for stomach and pushes his own left
10 mouth. Dixon lands left or cheek
and they clinch and mix II. Gardner
misses with right and George lands
corking left on neck. They exchange
lefts on head and DIxon's left for stom-
ach Is blocked. On his next lead Dixon
bangs the wind hard. Then Dixon tries
right and left for the body, both being
stopped. Dixon jolts the jaw with left
and oscar pushes left to face and Dix
on swings good right to jaw.
Thirteenth round-Gardner blocks
three left leads. Then two rights EFFORTS
from Dixon came to naught and Oscar
pushes left to face. A strong right from
Gardner reaches DIXon's jaw, and as
Dixon whips left to wind, Gardner
comes back with left on ear and right
on ribs. Dlxon's drives for the stomach
are cleverIy stopped and they clinch and
mix II at short range Some good duck
ing by Gardner, after which George
puts a right hook on jaw and they
clinch and are beating q tattoo on the
ribs when the bell rings.
Fourteenth round-DixoR's left for the
stomacn -ails to connect. Gardner jabs
left on mouth, They exchange rights on
ribs and Dixon swings left to ear.
GErdner pokes left to face and they mix
1t. George puts left on stomach, Gard
ner countering heavily on jaw. Oscar
puts left on wind. Dixon misses left and
right swings for the jaw.
Fifteenth round-Gardner chops left
on mouth and he stops DiXon's drive
with left for stomach. DtSou's LETT
meets the glove, but he puts right on
ear, Gardner replying with left chop
on face, Gardner's right goes to Ribs
and he blocks DiXon's answer.
Oscar stands or two rlb-hits from
George, but Dixon finally puts q good
left on the stomach. Oscar sends lett to
the eye and Dixon swings left to neck.
Both miss left leads for the head and
George sends left to wind, Gardner
punching the ribs with right.
Sixteenth rnMnd---GeorGe tries RIGHT