The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-10
WAS DECIDED ON POINTS
Erne Won the 25-Round Fight
With McFadden.
A DESPERATE CONTEST
The Smuggling Was Hot and Furious.
Erne Followed His Man All Over
the Ring-1t Was Give
and Take.

New York, May 9.--There was large
crowd tonight at the Lenox Athletic
club to witness the 25-round encounter
between Frank Erne, the Buffalo light
weight, and George McFadden of New
York, who recently lowered the colors
of Joe Cans, from Baltimore. The men
weighed in at 1874 pounds, to battle I'M
der the Marquis of Queensbury rules.
Erne was the favorite at odds of 100
to 70.
In the first round Erne was all over
his man, jabbing him with his left to
the jaw sending the right to the stom-
ach and ribs, with McFadden acting
on the defensive all the while. McFad-
den, however, awoke in the next few
tering hard with the right on the chest
and over the heart.
In the eighth round McFadden put
heavy right over the heart and followed
this up with a hard right chop on the
eye, which drew blood. McFadden kept
countering on the injured eye with hard
rights.
In the ninth McFadden placed his left
on Erne's damaged optic and did beau
tiful execution in blocking Erne's leads.
In the 10th round the men fought vic
iously, and rushing into clinches, had
to be pulled apart. The referee eau
toned them to break away. Three
times Erne led for the head. but each
| time Macs glove warded off the blow
Mac landed a hard right uppercut and
| the men mixed it up at short range.
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| right to the jaw twice, shaking him up
| considerably.
| In the 18th they were again cautioned
| for hitting in clinches, after which
Erne swung his right hard on the jaw
and followed it up with the left to the
| mouth.
In the 18th. after blocking left lead
| McFadden sent right to the jaw,
Erne also swinging with left jabs to
the mouth. Just before the bell rang
in this round McFadden swung right
hook to the jaw, bringing it to the back
of the neck as Erne turned around.
In the 18th the Buffalo boy kept up
his jabbing tactics. Mac chasing him
| all over the ring in his endeavor to
| land.
Up to the Goth round neither man
could be said to have a decided ad-
vantage Erne was continually on the
offensive. McFadden still blocking
beautifully. In the Goth round McFad-
den went for the Buffalo man and
! forced him half around the ring, but
| all his drives were blocked. Erne COM
ing back with left jabs, followed by a
left on the stomach and a moment later
straight on the mouth
The 21st round opened with Erne still
after his man, McFadden blocking
| cleverly, and in the exchange the New
York boy got in a right over the heart
and jab in the stomach. Erne came
back with left jab which started the
blood from Macs nose.
The 22d round was a beautiful eXhi-
bition of lightning drives and clever
blocking. Some hard blows were ex-
changed, but the men We're judging dis
lance so carefully that little harm
was done until near the close of the
round, when McFadden received jolt
on the jaw which sent him to the floor
He arose almost Immediately, but Erne
kept after him and sent three to the
head and a right to the ribs. The
round ended with McFadden blocking
| cleverly.
The rapid work was kept up in the
22d round, and in clinch Mac threw
Erne. Erne missed a right swing ano
tripped over the New Workers. legs
Erne followed his man all over the ring
the round ending in clinch and wrest
ling, the referee separating them.
The oath round saw a continuation
of the rapid work, Erne endeavoring t.
land the finishing blow, but McFaddel
blocked and came back cleyerly.
In the 25th and last round McFaddel
fought desperately, poking his right t.
the ear and blocking Erne's right TO
the ribs It was give and take to tn
end of the round, when the referee de
cided the bout on points and gave tn
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