The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-10
BESTED BY FRANK ERNIE
GEORGE M'FADpEN DEFEATED IN A
25-RoUND POINT
Referee Decided the Buffalo Man Had
Made the Most P~oints-Three
Twins" for Sloan.

crowd tonight at the Lenox Athletic Club
to witness the twenty-hve-round encounter
between Frank Erne. the Buffalo light
weight. and George McFadden, of New
York. who recently lowered the colors of
Joe Cans. the clever Baltimorean- The men
weighed in at 13i pounds. TO battle under
the Marquis of Qu~eensbery rules. Erne was
the favorite, at odds of 100 to 20. In the
first three rounds Erne was all over his
man, jabbing him with the left TO the jaw
and sending the right to the stomach and
ribs, McFadden acting on the defensive all
the while. McFadden, however, awoke in
the next few rounds, blocking beautifully
and countering hard with the right on the
chest and over the heart. In the eighth
round McFadden put in a heavy right over
the heart and followed this up with a hard
right chop on eye, which drew blood. Nc
McFadden kept countering on the injured
eye with hard rights
In the ninth McF'adden played his left
repeatedly on Erne's damaged optic, and
did beautiful execution in blocking Erne's
leads. In the tenth the men fought vicious
ly, and, rushing into clinches, had to be
pulled apart. The referee cautioned them TO
break away. Three times Erne led for the
head in the eleventh. but each time Mack's
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hard right uppercut and the men mixed it
I'D at short range. Following the break
Erne swung his right to the jaw twice,
shaking up the New Yorker considerably.
Erne played ali over Macs body in the
twelfth, and had all the better of the thir-
tenth. In the fourteenth the men were
again cautioned for hitting In clinches. after
which Erne swung his right hard on the
law and followed it up with a left 10 the
mouth.
In the fifteenth, after blocking a left lead,
McFadden sent a right TO the jaw, Erne
answering with left jabs to the mouth.
Just before the bell rang in this round. Nc
Fadden swung a right hook to the jaw,
bringing il TO the back of the neck as Erne
turned around. In the sixteenth the Buff
falo boy kept up his jabbing tactics. Mac
chasing him all over the ring In his en-
Up to the twentieth round neither man
could be said to have a decided advantage.
Erre was continually On the oftensiVe, NC
Fadden still blocking beautifully. In the
twentieth round went. Tor the
Buffalo man and forced him halt way
around the ring. but all his drives We're
blocked. Erne coming back with left Jabs.
followed by a left on the stomach ana d
moment later a straight left TO the mouth.
The twenty-trst round opened with Erne
still after his man. McFadden locklng ciev-
erly, and in the exchange the New York boy
got a right over the heart and d jab IN the
stomach. Erne came back with a left jab.
which started the blood from Macs nose.
Erne continued his offensive tactics, with
McFadden digging his right into the ribs
every time they came to close quarters.
The twenty-second round was a beautiful
exhibition of lightning drives and clever
blocking. Some hard blows were exchanged,
but the men were judging distance SO care
fully that little harm was done until near
the close of the round. when McF'adden re-
ceived a jolt on the Jaw which sent him 10
the floor. He arose almost Immediately. but
Erne kept after him and sent three lefts
60 the New Workers. head and a right to the
ribs. The round ended with McFadden
blocking cleverly. The rapid work was kept
up In the twenty-third round and in a clinch
Mac threw Erne. Erne missed a right swing
and tripped over the New Workers. legs.
Erne followed his man all over the ring. the
round ending in a clinch and wrestling. the
referee separating them. The twenty-fourth
round saw a continuation OF the rapid work..
Erne endeavoring TO land a finishing blow.
but Mac blocked and came back cleveriy.
In the twenty-ffth round McFadden
fought desperately, poking his right to the
ear and blocking Erne's right for the ribs.
1t was give and take 10 the end OF the
round. when the referee decided the bout on
points and gave the contest 10 Erne.