The San Francisco call., 1899-11-03
DIXON IS
GIVEN THE
DECISION
Splendid, Game Fight With
Curley, the English
Featherweight.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-George Dixon,
featherweight champion of the world,
more than held his own tonight against
VIII Curley of England, and after fighting
twenty-five rounds, many Of which were
rather tame, the American was declared
the winner and no one complained.
Curley Is clever, game boy, but Dixon
is little bit cleverer and none the less
game Dixon's victory was we'll earned
ana oy his defeat of Curley he re-estab-
iShes What has always been claimed that
ne Is the superior of Jordan, Palmer and
all Englishmen who have been defeated
by Curley Curley has no excuse to make
Tor his defeat tonight other than that he
was outclassed. Dixon was big favorite.
as much as 100 to 30 being wagered on
him. Before the Englishman donned the
gloves he demanded an assurance that the
purse of S450O was guaranteed.
In the opening round Curley shot two
hard lefts into Dixons mouth Dixon
swung lefts on body and head There were
light exchanges in the second round, and
in the third Curley had the better of the
fighting. though Dixon was the aggressor
at the opening. Curley planted a terrific
right straight over DiXon's heart.
Dixon forced matters in the fourth but
Curley was very clever in lodging his as
saults, and Curley's blocking was almost
perfect.
The fifth round was Dixon's. He brought
Curley to his tiptoes with a hard left in
the stomach Curley weakened and Dixon
bored in with a right on jaw. Curley
clinched, but Dixon fought him off, send
ing in hard ones on the wind and was
forcing Curey all over the ring when the
gong sounded.
Dixon continued his rushing in the
sixth, landing a hard right over the ear.
Curley landed right on the body, right
on the ribs and, just before the bell put
stop to the round, a left on Dixon's mead.
Dixon bored in in the seventh, landing
his left on the jaw and right on wind.
Curley blocked prettily. but landed only
once-a left on the body.
A straight left and a left hook sent
Curley's head back in the eighth. Curley
was cautioned for "mugging,' in a clinch
Straight r e let's 9 on the the face a ana sent his
right on the jaw in a breakaway
In the ninth Curley put his left to
Georges eye and landed a triple chopping
blow on the chest, neck and head. Dixon
rushed and met with right on the body
left and right on the face and right on
wind. Curley was cautioned again for
CuTiey opened the tenth with right to
the ribs and left chop on the ear. Dixon
made Curley vince. Dixon landed several
light body blows and Curley put a hard
right on the eye. Dixon failed to land in
the eleventh until the bell rang and was
by continuous leading. CurIey landed a
right jolt on the body.
George opened the twelfth with a sting
ing left swing on the ear, Several light
exchanges followed, and in close quarters
George planted his right on the body and
hooked his left to the head, dropping
struggled to regain his feet, but the bell
saved him after three seconds.
Curley came up groggy in the thirteenth
and Dixon fought to finish him, but Cur
ley improved fast. He put left to Dix
ons fact and body and right over the
heart, and was in good condition at the
In the fourteenth Curley put straight
left to DtXon,,s face and George put two
rights to the jaw
Curley opened the fifteenth with a left
to face and Dixon jabbed left to Curleys
right eye, which was swollen from Cur
IIey's fall in the twelfth, Dixon landed a
cause Curiey great pain
The exchanges in the sixteenth were
light. Curley struck Dixon from a cIinch,
but Immediately apologized.
The seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
teenth rounds were tame. Both men were
tired. Curley more so than Dixon. Cur
ting his left to the body. and though
Dixon kept going to his man, his efforts
were ineffective.
Dixon had a shade the better Of the
twenty-first, but Curley put a left hook
to the jaw and woke Dixon up.
Curley began the twentysecond with a
right drive TO DiXons body. Dixon looked
angry, but his expression did not scare
the BritOn, who blocked and guarded
ceverly. He chopped a left to Dixon's
face and George sent right to the body.
In the twenty-thrd Curley got his right
over to Dixon's jaw hard, bat after this
effort his defense weakened. At the close
of the round Dixon landed a blow in the
wind that made Curley vomit as he went
to his corner.
Hes, taking; look out for him.
George" said ORourke as they came UP
for the twentyfourth. Dixon forced the
fighting. but was ineffective. Curley put
a left to the body at the close.
In the flnal round Dixon cut loose and