The record-union., 1899-03-04

Erne of Buffalo knocked out Dial Haw-
kins of San Francisco in the seventh
round of what was to be a twenty
round contest. at Woodward's Pavilion
Tonight. The result came as a COM
llete surprise to Hakwins and his
friends, as, until the end Of the sixth
round, Hawkins had the better of the
contest. Erne had fought almost en-
| 1lreiy on the defensive, and many pre-
dlcted that the fight would last the
| limit
throughout the first five rounds ITaw-
klns worked a double-action attack.
landing with his left alternately ON
| Erne's left eye and on the left side Of
Erne's stomach. In, the first round Dali
knocked his man down with hard left
just below the eye, and Erne remained
down SIX seconds. At every opportu-
nifty he repeated the blow, varying it
With his left stomach punch, until Erne
was as red as a lobster
In the decisive seventh both mem
came up in good condition, after COM
parat1vely inactive round. Hawkins
started in with an aggressive left. land
ing on Erne's body. The Buffalo boy.
after few seconds of guarding, sud-
denly started in and rushed Hawkins ell
over the ring. DAD responding gamely,
and there We're several lively rallies.
Ihen like a flash Erne made an OPEN
ing, fe1nting with his left and driving
saVagely with his right on Hawkins
Jaw Dal dropped on his back, COM
pletely Knocked out. He had to be
carried to his corner, and it was three
minutes before he recovered conscious-
ness.
Erne carried little evidence of the
punishment he received in the earlier
rounds, and walked to his corner, smil-
ing bdandly and cheered by the crowd.
Inc appearance of Joe Choynski was
nailed with boisterous enthusiasm. In
Erne's corner were Frank Zimpfer Of
BuHalo and Barney Feeney. Hawkins
was looked after by Billy Donegan,
Ieddy Alexander and Billy Lyons.
Hawkins was slightly in the lead in the
betting. The odds closed at 10 to s. i'm
Hawkins favor.
The men agreed to break clean. Time
WAS called at 9:15.
Round Hawkins was the first to
leads with the left, but fell short. Erue
landed first, with a left on Hawkins
Jaw. Hawkins was after him like a
flash, and fioored him clean with a fer
rlnc left on the jaw. Erne remained on
his knees nine seconds. Hawkins did
not follow his advantage and the gong
found them sparTing slowly.
Round 2-Hawkins went after Erne.
and scored twice with his left in sue
cess1on. Erne woke up and landed q
solld left on the face and right on the
BODY. blocking the counters DaI got a
llght left in on the chin, Erne counter
ing on the body. The pace was slow in
this round
Round SHawkins rushed Erne re-
peatedly in this round, but Erne by
some remarkably clever footwork and
ducking kept out of harms way. No
damage was done to either man.
Round 4-HawkinS made half a dozen
trials with his left for the jaw, but
landed only once, lightly. He then tried
With his right for the body, but missed
Erne got in two good rights on the
BODY, and stopped a couple of hard
lefts. Dal then planted left and right
on the head. AS the bell sounded Haw-
klns got in good right on the neck.
Round 5-Hawkins forced Erne. keep
ing his left busy, but missing Erne
oftener than he landed. Erne was on
the defensive throughout. Dial landed
good right and left on the ribs and a
right under the heart. Dial found Erne's
Jaw with his left just before the end Of
the round
Round 6-Erne put right ON the face
and left on the ribs. Hawkins landed
with his left lightly on the jaw. Haw-
klns sent his left to the ribs and his
right under the heart. They exchanged
nard leftS on the face. Hawkins pu, a
stiff left on the ribs, and raised it to
the jaw, staggering Erne for an in
slant. They snapped lefts on the neck.
Round Hawkins rushed Erne to the
ropes and landed good left on the ribs.
He scored on the jaw and again on the
ribs. Erne rushed at Hawkins viciously.
planting three hard lefts on the paw.
They clinched and fell to the floor
When they arose Hawkins went for mis-
man, but the Buffalo boy came back
at him with both hands on the jaw.
Hawkins staggered back, dropped his
guard, and Erne put a fearful right on
the jaw, lifting Hawkins off his feet
and landingt him on his back. Hawkins
lay like a dead man for the limit, ard
was then carried to his corner. His
seconds worked on him fully two min
utes before he revived.
The main contest OF the evening was
preceded by a ten-round go between
Charlie Johnson of Woodland and Gene.
Mulligan of San Francisco. Johnson
was the quicker and stronger of the
pair, although both were aggressive.
and they Tough themselves out of wind
and steam. Each took his share of
punishment, but Johpson forced mat
tiers in the sixth. and Mulligan went
down after a moderately delivered left
on the chin. He stayed over the limit.
amid a storm of jeers and Kisses. 1t
was no knockout, but Afulligan had
seemingly received what he deemed his
share of the drubbing; but he arose
with some alertness. The referee very
promptly gave Johnson the decision.