The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-30

| the wind and got his famous rlgnt nano
double punch on ribs and head Gardner
| drew forth great deal Of applause by
| leading lef ton the wind which he fol-
| lowed up with a right swing on the head.
Round 4-Opened with three let's on
the head and neck from Dixon and Gard
| ner countered with lefts on the body.
Round 5-Gardner opened with a
| straight left on the face Dixon rushed
| with left on the head. Oscar countering
| hard on the head. Gardner was then the
aggressor and got to the body heavily.
| Dixon sent back stiff lefts on the head
and neck.
Round 6.-Dixon began with a left 20
| the neck, Gardner countering. Dixon then
rushed, planting a left swing over the
kidneys. Gardner, in going back. fell to
the floor from a clinch with Dixon on
top. Dixon helped Gardner to his feet.
| Gardner planted two straight lefts on
| Dixon's face, sending the latter's head
| back.
Round Z-Gardner lodged a number Of
| Dixon's eft swings for head and sent his
| left to the face three times. Dixon ripped
a hard left to the wind and Gardner sent
| Georges head back with a left hook.
Round e-Dixon hooked a left TO the
| pit of the stomach and swung his left over
! the kidneys. Gardner rushed things and
sent a hard straight left on the mouth.
Oscar sent a light right to the head and
Dixon swung his left on the neck
Round 9-Gardner sent a straight left
to face and Dixon got 20 the body with his
| left Dixon, in rush, hooked his left
twice in the stomach, sending Gardner
against the ropes, doubling up. Oscar
almost went to the floor, but recovered
without falling.
Round 1O.-Dixon sent his right TO the
head heavily and Oscar countered over
the heart Another of Georges rushes
was met by Gardner with hard right over
the heart.
Round u.-Dixon forced the pace. land
ing left on Oscars jaw after the latter
had placed his right on the head. Dixon
rushed Gardner TO the ropes. landing
hard right on the wind and Oscar clinched
bending very low.
Round 12-Dixon opened with a series
of lefts for the head, Gardner counter
ing with mis- right on the breast or neck.
Gardner ducked into a hard left upper
cut and Dixon sent his right over to the
head.
Round 13-Dixon cut out the pace with
left leads for the face and an occasional
hook on the ribs. Gardner countered with
left on body.
Round 14.-Dixon won a good deal OF
applause for waiting while Gardner
Strengthened himself out after knocking
against the referee.
Round 15-Gardner sent Dixon's head
back, with straight left, Dixon replied
with a very hard left over the heart.
Then Dixon whipped his left into the
wind and upper curt Gardner on the face
with the left when Oscar ducked.
Round 16-Dixon opened with a stiff
right hook over Gardner's heart. then
landed his double punch on ribs and head.
Gardner met George with two straight
lefts on the face. Dixon hooked his left
to the head and sent left uppercut to
the face; Gardner in the meantime get
ting to the body frequently with his left.
Round 17-Dixon led with left on neck.
Gardner sent back a neat left on the face.
George put straight right on Oscars
left eye and Gardner replied with
straight left on the face. Gardner sent
his right over Dixon's heart and George
swung his left on ribs Dixon swung
heavy left on the head and hooked into
the jaw a moment later. Dixon followed
with left and right swings on Oscars
head and Gardner clinched
Round 1S-Gardner kept plugging away
at Dixon's body with his left, while George
shot his right to the ribs like a piston
rod. George swung his right to the jaw,
sending Gardner Keeling to the ropes.
Round 19-Oscar led off with a left fab
on the face. Then he chopped his left
on the face and sent his right to the body
Dixon planted his left into the stomach
and repeated it. but Gardner landed a
straight left on the face.
Round 2o-Gardner opened with left
jab in the face and Dixon shot his right
to the body They exchanged rights on
the ribs. and Oscar sent his left straight
on the face twice. Dixon tried a left
swing and Gardner got to the wind with
his left.
Round 21-Dixon stiI forced the fighting
and uppercut Gardner on the face with
his left. Then ne sent his right over to
the head and Gardner planted his left in
the pit of the stomach Dixon straight
ened Gardner with left uppercut on the
face and neck at the close of the round.
Round 22-Oscar landed a right over the
heart. then sent his left 70 Dixon's nose,
and George whipped a left uppercut into
the wind. Dixon landed a straight left
on Oscars right eye and Gardner sent his
left hard on the stomach.
Round 23-Gardner sent a straight left
to the face. Dixon swung his left on the
ribs. He repeated this and Oscar came
back with lefts and rights 20 the body
Dixon hooked his right 70 the RIBS Gard
ner essayed left and right for the body
with his head down and George caught
him on the face with left uppercut.
Round 24-Gardner tried for the body
holding his head down. but Dixon lifted
II with a hard left uppercut Gardner sent
Georges head back with a straight left
on the face In a rush. Dixon landed with
the left on the ribs and Oscar fell IN
stepping back.
Round 25-They shook hands for the last
round and Dixon sent straight left 20
the face. Then he rush-r in and hooked
his right over the kidneys. Gardner came
back with a right OF the head Both lsnd-
ed swinging let's on the body ard mixed
it Up. Gardner landed with right and ieft
on Dixon's body. Dixon swung his rich,
on Gsriner's face Gardner sent two
straight rights over he heart Bota swung
rights OF The ribs. Dixon rushed Gardner
aeros sths ring. sending MS left TO the
body.
They were s7srrinE n The middle %
ne right when he gong sounded and the
referee awarded the bout 20 Dixon.
The announcement o. the referees 6ecl-
sion was hailed with mingled cheers and
Kisses