The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-02-22
FUN AT THE DIx0N BENEFIT.
Corbett, Sharkey, McGOvern and Other
 Cclebrittea TnIxe pnrI.

Corbett, Sharhey, McGovern and Othel Celebrities Take Part.
 New York, Feb 21.-The friends ant
 admirers of George Dixon, the colored ! featherweight pugilist, who for man!
 years successfully defended his title tt 1 the worlds championship in his clasi l and was recently deprived of this honol l by Terry McGovern, rendered the dusky | boxer a benefit at the Broadway Attn 1 letic club tonight. The attendance while not up to expectations, was fair l ly representative. The sum realized from the sale of tickets and from sub scriptions will amount to $S,000. The professional friends of Dixon, among whom were champions and ex-cham- pions, appeared in the ring in friendly
 bouts. Among these were McGovern
 Corbett Sharkey, Ruhlin, Choyneh Cans and others.
 Gus Ruhlin, the Akron, Ohio, giant,
 put on the mits with little Dave Sul-
 livan and the spectators enjoyed the an-
 tics of the two while they worked three
 one-minute rounds with the Bostonian
 always on the aggressive. This bout
 created considerable merriment.
 J. J. Corbett and pupil of his named
 Leser spared three two-minute rounds.
 CoIbett stripped well and while the
 bout was of the most friendly character
 the big fellow showed a lot of his old
 time cleverness and his foot work was
 remarkably fast. The funny part of
 this bout was the appearance of a
 midget" who famed Corbett with a towel almost as large as a sheet during the brief intervals. Adolph Zink was
 the "Lilliputian" and his efforts in fannig the big fellow and his weak voiced attempts to give advice to his man excited uproarious laughter. Charley White, who acted as referee got between the men few minutes be- for the bell and with VII feigned indig- nation the mite" rushed through the ropes and assailed Referee White, who caught the lad around the body and de- posted him outside of the rope. This play on serious mishap which oc- cured in the same ring a short time ago brought down the house.
 Frank Erne, the worlds champion lightweight, spared three short rounds with Frank Zimf1r, who is a townsman of his.. Both showed plenty of speed and science.
 Tom Sharkey and Bob Armstrong mixed it up harmlessly in the next bout, and while they did not injure each other they gave a very clever exhibition of science and foot work.
 Joe Cans of Baltimore and Dan Dougherty of Philadelphia were the next pair, and after they had finished three-round go Joe Choynski of Califor- mia and Prod Morris, the ''Colored Cy- clone" were introduced Choynski re- ceived rattling welcome.
 ''Kid" Mccoy and Joe Falvey of this city were then announced for friendly 'set-to," in which the Kid" demon strated that he has lost none of his clev- erness by his quick work with hands and feet
 The beneficiary, George Dixon, and Terry McGovern, who recently defeated him and is now the holder of the worlds championship, were then intro duced for three-round sparring exhi- bition They were greeted with thun- ders of applause, and before they began their work McGovern handed Dixon a check for $500. Dixon, through Master of Ceremonies Joe Humphreys, thanked all those who had contributed to his benefit by their presence as well as by their subscriptions, and also thanked his brother pugilists for their kindness In appearing in the bouts He also an- nounced that while he had defended the seatherweight championship for years against all-comers, he was glad that when he met his Waterloo it was hand ad to him by an American, In addition to McGovern's check Sam Harris, Ter 'y's manager, handed Dixon $250. Tom sharkey gave him check for $500 and Bob Armstrong, the big colored boxer, presented Dixon with a fifty-dollar bill