Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-25
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
George Dixon Goes Down Be-
 fore Young Lenny.

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 fore Young Lenny. Beat Down at His Own Old Game
 Jeffries and Sharkey Match Is Off,
 Club Does Not Want Anything To
 Do With Sharkey-Oth Fighting
 News.
 Baltimore. Jan 24.-Eddie Lenny knocked out George Dixon in the ninth round of what was to have been 20 round bout before Al Herford's Eu- reka Athletic club last night.
 Lennys youth, strength, weight and cleverness did the trick. The match was made at 122 pounds, give or take two pounds, and Dixon could have claimed $15O forfeit, as Lenny weighed in 124% pounds at p. n. Dixon said he would not claim the forfeit. There was almost no need for a referee. Both men fought clean1y and gave an exhi- bition of fast fighting.
 The first round found Lenny eau tious and Dixon landed several light blows on head and body. For four rounds more there was only light exchange of telling blows landed. In the fifth round Lenny started in to do the fighting and while he blocked Dix on's rushes, Dixon was not so success ful and 1t soon became evident that Dixon was being beaten slowly and surely. Lenny was landing apparent ly at will, while Dixon's rushes were blocked to perfection.
 When the men came up in the ninth round it was plain to all that Uixon was quite tired, while Lenny seemed fresher than at the start. Lenny start ed to rush at once, but Dixon nan aged to escape with. two stiff body punches and a punch on the face. Dix on tried to rush back, but Lenny elud- ed him easily and five seconds later Lenny rushed and landed d terrific right which cut Dixon's left eye and made him clinch.
 Lenny rushed again, landing on the head and body, and Dixon half fell and half stumbled to the floor his head striking with a hard bump. He was not unconscious, but Referee Mantz counted eight before Dixon seemed to know where he was and when Mantz said ten Dixon arose to his feet and went to his corner.
 San Francisco, Jan 25.-Though it has not been officially announced, it is almost a certainty that the Jeffries- Sharkey match will be declared off and within a few days. The Yosem. ite club, at the head of which is Harry Corbett, is ready to act, but before 9.G. .G4 ,ha% s1 sired to hold conference with De- laney, Jeffries' trainer and adviser, who returned from the east Thursday night Corbett will try and have a meeting with Delaney to-day and ex- plain to him why it is inadvisable to at- tempt to bring the big fellows togeth- CT.
 To begin with, Jeffrias and Sharkey expect the club to put up a forfeit of $2, 800 that it will bring off the fight at the appointed time, which would be an unsafe investment in view of the hostile attitude of the local press tow ards Sharkey. But for the Philadel- phia fake the club would give the match serious consideration, notwith- standing the opposition from the press, but that last affair was the Knockout blow
 ''We don't want to declare off the fight,'' said one of the club directors to-day, ''until we have talked it over with Delaney. Being the manager of the champion, he is entitled to some courtesy before we take action. We want to show hifn how it is impossible or rather how 1t would be exceedingly risky for us to post a forfeit of &, 2,500 as a guarantee that we could bring the fight off. Before that fake at Phila- delphia, we might have attempted it, but it is now out of the question:
 It is not probable the Yosemite club will now bend all it's energies to find a substitute for Sharkey. Fitzsimmons will receive another offer and his an- swer will be awaited with interest
 James c. Kennedy, the New York representative of the Yosemite club, had not received official notification of the cancellation of the bout. but he thought it quite probable such action would be taken.
 Sharkey said he did not care, as there were other places in which to Jeffries will decline to meet the sailor duy W1lGI6.
 KID M'COY'S WIFE ENGAGED.
 Kid McCoy's former wife, who quietly secured a divorce from the prize fighter few weeks ago, will ap- pear as a muse in the Forthcoming production of ''The Hall of Fame'' at the New York theater. The young divorcee is billed on the program un- der her maiden name of Julia Ran dolph Woodruff. Miss Woodruff comes of high social and political anteced- ents. She is sister of a lieutenant in the United States army, and is said to be a cousin of Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York.
 DEVINE OUTPOINTS SULLIVAN.
 Philadelphia, Jan 25.-The wind-up at the Central A. c. last night between Spike Sullivan and Billy Devine, the clever local man, atoned in a measure for the fizzle of the preliminaries and the bout that was substituted to fill out the evenings entertainment. In Deyine, Sullivan met a man that was always there with him in any kind of milling and what little choice there was between the boxers goes to Devine. navino hod pafbor ,tba hoftor, af fbo