Ka Nupepa Elele, Volume XII, Number 35, 11 April 1891 — DIXON THE VICTOR. He Whips Cal McCarthy at Troy A Lively Fight of Twenty-Two Reunds. Rumors That McCarthy Had Been Drinking—Large Sums Wagered. [ARTICLE]

DIXON THE VICTOR.

He Whips Cal McCarthy at Troy

A Lively Fight of Twenty-Two Reunds.

Rumors That McCarthy Had Been Drinking—Large Sums Wagered.

Troy (N. Y.), Mar. 31.—The great glove contest between Cal McCaii,hy of Jeraey City and Qeorge Dixon of Boston eame off to-night, and the colored Boston lad proved the victor in twenty-two rounds. Crowds eame irom a.ll direetions and the rink was to its Pf«mh&iii B{Ktii'uijs mtm imm x\Y mttr the countij were- m the auellenee. Beitīxig -was fT©e, l>ut the o<īds all on Dixon. This is piobably aeeounted for by tlie fact that a rumor Ērevaiied ali āay that McCarthy had een drinking and not takir,g pvoper care of himself. The fight was for th» feather-weight championship and ! $4000. Side bets were plentiful and J;real excitemeut ptevailed. It is beieved that fully 525 000 must have ehanged hands ōn tbe result. Dixon was seconded by Tom o,R°nrke and H. Hodgkins. McCarthy J s saconds were Jack McAuliffe and Billy Madden. Jerry Dun was referee. The scaies were set at 115 pounds. Jseither man tipped the beamat that mark, and they juinped off so that none of those present could ascertain their exact weight. Sheriff Tappan was served with an injunction io-mght vestraiiung liiiu from interfering with the fight Both men were apparentlv in priine condition when they eutereīt tbe ring. In the first ronn<l the laen sparred cautiously and exchanged blowg evenly. In the second McCartliy was. toj e«*.,ger. and throwing himsefr open t© Dixon's swings was floored 1 twioe in aniek order, being almost knocked out the secoūd time

In the third McCartliy again tried j in-fighting and got tliē worst of it, | būt in the fourth he was'caūtious and ; had thebest of the roun>l. īn the' fifthDixon forced tlie fighting and punished McCarthy gettitg one elean knock-down. Tn the next three rounds there was hard fighting with honors about even. In the ninth McCarthv punched hard at long ran'ge, ari<l Dixori landed lieavily on his noae, m;iking it bleed freely In the ninth round both tried longrange tactics, with no particular damage. Iri the eleventh there was •iard fighting, and McCarthy cut a deep gash under Dixon*s right eye with a i ;-ft-handed swing appercut. In the twelfth Dixon forced matters and McCarthy, who was bleeding freely. clung to- his neek to avoid punishment, In the n«xt two rounds McCarthy "waa very cantious, : but in the fifteentn he mshed and got in three lef-hand uppercuts, whieh solit Dixon's lip and loosened his teetn. For the next five rounds, althohgh tliere was some sharp fighting, little damage was done, but in the twenty-first Dixon ! forced matters and drove McCarthv | all over the ring, knocklng him I down. In the twenty-second Dixon knoeked McCarthy down as fast as he got up, until he' was completely exhausted, At the end of the round the referee declared Dixon the winn«r. Six-ouuce gloves were used.