The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1900. McGOVERN WRESTS THE FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FROM GEORGE DIXON O’Rourke Throws Up the Sponge in the Eighth Round to Save the Colored Lad From a Knockout-—Terrific Fighting From Start to Finish, the Loser Being Floored Eight Times in the Last Three Minutes. EW YORK, Jan. 9.—Terry Mec- th efther hand to the ribs or, as his hat, betting along the line, and he | head, but Terry rrovt:dod in, sending both e to-uk o 4 the | laid three wagers of $1000 to $650 on his | hands to the wind. George jarred Terry's ? it of round was disastrous for | man. head with a_ straight left "and followed m George Dixon, who Terry almost broke Dixons ncse | ,The preliminary bout was put on at 8:45 | With a right jolt on the body. They mixed T P St adhrand BAEY IR SN %€ | o'clock. Dan Dougherty of Philadelphia | it rapidly, and Dixon almost put Te:ry for ‘pearly wmine d, after he had sent a right- | 403 A] Levy of this city were the con- | through the ropes with a left on the face. from a knock-out h landed over Dixon's | testants and they were announced to go | They came to the center, where George anager, threw up the taggered to his corner with | twelve rounds at 110 pounds. Dougherty | again landed a hard left on the face. In| h und when the uting from his | organ. | Was given the decision. | another mix-up Terry worked well to the g helples: bleeding < o2 p e | he technical account of the champion- | body, and after they broke away Georze = B2 - S game as ever a M | gpip fight by rounds follows: | landeéd a left hand on the face, Mac reply- | game as the dying glad- round, which proved to FIRST ROUND. | Ing with a right on the body. Zarly in this round Dixon g | THIRD ROUND, ght t lace before a crowd that floor n r the ropes from a ¥ Dldxun\;ipant'd \\‘Ildh fl‘ l‘r‘lfl sv(;'lng ftx‘ (h’;e‘ D 168 Hi Y agee A lh; Sl - . McGover: uclket an sen! s xon 3 t , and Mc rn earned the chcers n€d o n | Ty ot ianilie of 1k nel MeOE hesk Torss . o Spectators by Melptog im0 b | to the ribs and stomach. Dixon hooked A few moment er Dixon stepped on a wet spot in McGovern's corner and slipped to the floor for a second time. It was seen t Dixon had bolt, and Mo , rushing, put left and right to the jaw, flooring the champion. Dixon took the greater part of the count this ne, and as he arose slow Tery, who stood scarcely four feet away, was ready to rush at him. Dixon went down again from a body blow. He touched the floor eight times in the round, the last five times being the result of terrific body punches. A few seconds before the round would have been completed Dixon stood up from | his eighth fall, but his manager and back- er, Tom O'Rourke, seeing that it was im- ible for the negro to hold on to his threw sponge within one st ond of the call of time which would hz ended round. In tk ourke showed good judgment. Both he Dixon have often said that the latter would never be knocked out aga When O'Rourke threw Dixon was prac Govern was h d each looked of the gong able to land as did Me- vern a half-dozen le with hard cracks ADVERTISEMENTS. ' winner and was cheered ags —— 2in as the champion, Dixon, the ex- FR‘ED 0N|0NS ampion 2 t forgotten. Round ter round of cheers was given for the who had defended t} cleverly for Indirectly Caused the Death of the | neerly nine years left the ring World’s Greatest General. Riseling. Sy be s iy o ing fought his las rned to their st shot his | | | right over the kidneys. other left, and Terry blocked and drov his right once more to the kidneys, for ing Dixon to the ropes. to the center of the ring, swung his left to the br Terry crowd- ed in, pounding his right on the ribs. Dix- on tried his left for the body, but Terry stepped inside of it and sent his right three times to the body. Dixon swung his half-clinch Terry the body and left where Dixon worked left and right to the h pped back and sent a stralght left to the face, and they were {in a fast mix-up at the bell. SECOND ROUND. Dixon opened with a left swing for the Dixon tried an- They broke away | | | swing on the jaw | same blow again, his right to_the ear, sending Terry away from him. Both steadled themselves and Dixon drove his left straight to the face and sent another on the same spot, after fch he staggered Mac with a right Dixon played for the with Terry working on the body. A straight left on the face and a right swing from George almost dropped Mac to the floor, but Terry came back with a rush and sent right and left to the body, forcing Dixon to a clinch. FOURTH ROUND. Dixon missed a left lead for the head and Terry drove his left to the body, fol- lowing with a right hook on the ribs, Dixon tried again, but Terry side-stepped and hooked his left to George's jaw. Dixon came back, but Terry ducked aside and_dodged the colored lad’s swings and | used both hands on the stomach at close quarters. After they broke Dixon hooked his left o the neck and Terry drove right and left to the bodv. After a clinch Terry hooked his right to Dixon's jaw and George staggered away. Terry fol- lowed, forcing Dixon to the ropes, where Dixon clinched and the referec had to separate them. As they came together | Dixon landed a left swing on the neck as the bell rang. FIFTH ROUND. Dixon opened with the usual left swing for the head, but Terry blocked three of them. Dixon tried again, swinging left on the neck and Mac got to the body with both hands. In a clinch George pulled Terry toward him and Mac slipped to his knees, but was up instantly. Dixon led a left to the shoulder and Terry counterad with right and left on the body. Dixon swung a left to the neck, but Terry drove both hands to the body and they clinched. Both returned to their corners smiling. SIXTH ROUND. Dixon started as usual with a left swing for tha head, but Mac blocked it. Dixon sent his left to the neck and Terry put 1s & matter of history that Napoleon | When the contesta T dressing rooms Dixon was badly marked, . n showed very little sign of | & gh a hard encounter. | ther it McGoven had were | ht side of his neck, | - Dixon's left swings had gone | indulg: the skin. | s dorous vegetable. Dixon his de and | a whole- | had very little tc y except that McGov- | act has many | ern was the best man he had ever met | , but it would | and that in his present condition digestible ar- ld have beaten any man that Dixon ver defeated tting before the fight was all in favor. There were many = , t 100 to 70, and so much Mc- = 2 S into sight at the whet t be fried onions or > 0dds were extended to maker stimulated why any wholesome food is - Dixon people by placing $3000 against the aking the Dixon end, and four bbing together putting up the | hend, and Mac ducked neatly and .drove M on McC m Harris, McGov- | George ba with a left on the 'body. had a roll of bills as big | Dixon planted a left swing high on Ln 18 n which s this so thorough- | rt's Dyspepsia Tab- | s | R thesis on ~ digestion, | « s For those | g , shown by | 4 breathing, x.,|Machxas Ordered There Takes Several Filipino of stomach | : ~ g | by This Country. 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The general himself proceeded along with the Macabebe scouts and Ste battalion of the Thirtieth Regi- ment, Colonel Hayes' mountain guns. He took the trail inland g When a short di: from the town the Macabebe scouts and Hayes' fifty scouts encountered the en- | emy. The insurgents were Two Americans were wound The enemy retreated ac tain regions of Sils | squadron of tn cavalry and three the_moun- Nolan's y went rd, but failed found in a cane field, were that the guns had been recently removed. After our troops had reached a broad rice fleld near Benan, the enemy was dis- covered calmly watching the advancing troops. They then occupied a position | with the protection of a low stone wall along a creek a quarter of a mile long. The Macabebe scouts deployed, followed I'by Steele’'s battalion of the Thirtieth | Regiment. The enemy was In plain veiw. | A formation was effected and the Amer- | icans were soon within range. When | at about 100 vards’ distance the enemy opened fire, killing Corporal Johnson of Company E and wounding two men of Company F of the Thirtieth Regiment. The men were never before under fire, but advanced cheering. The insurgents | retreated to town. | When our troops reached the outskirts | they observed the enemy down the road in the plaza. Ha charged and_were few shots. the presence of many amigos indicated that they were resorting to their old tac- tics. Several patives who had discarded their uniforms were found and arrested. The natives here say that the insur- received with only a gents had six_companies, of 500 men, un- | der General Noriel. They occupied the town yesterday and sent a wagon train toward Silin, or Carmono. When the heard of General Schwan’s advance t left approximately 200 men as a guard, ‘The insurgents’ loss to-day is unknown. Four bodies were found and also one wounded man. Several rifles were cap- tured. Colonel Bullard of the Thirty-ninth Reg- iment entered the town of Raiding three days ago and grove out the insurgents. The latter returned subsequently. A scouting party to-night reported that the enemy are two miles outside of the Silin road. It is believed that the Ameri. can advance will be hotly contested. FAST TORPEDO BOAT. The Destroyer Goldsborough Develops Thirty-Three Knots on Her Trial. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 9.—The torpedo- boat destroyer Goldsborough was given another trial on the Columbia River to- day by the Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works.. During a short run she developed a speed close to thirty-three knots an hour. soon routed. | " Fifth Cavalry scouts | The enemy disappeared, but | | courtroom. DEADLY COMBAT A COURTROOM Three Men Killed and Two Wounded. L VICKSBURG, Miss., Jan. 9.—Oak Ridge, a little hamlet eighteen miles northeast of this city, was the scene this morning of a desperate pistol fight, in which three of the best known residents of the county were killed. The tragedy occurred in a The dead are: A. D. ROLLAN R. 8. STEPHENSO: DR. OTHO AUSTI} Dr. James Austin, his son, Otho Austin, ~and his son-in-law, R. S. Stephenson, had | fons of the Thirtieth Regiment | Stephenson | nee | been arre by Rolland charging them with having whipped one of Rolland’s negro tenants. aving had orders not to | Just after the opening of their trial this morning in Justice Griffin's court at Oak Ridge the shooting began, but who fired the first shot is not known. When the smoke of battle cleared away Rolland, and Otho Austin _were tretched on the floor dead and Dr. James Austin_and a young son of Rolland were serfously wounded. SANTA BARBARA PIONEER DIES IN THE PHILIPPINES Mortimer Cook, Who Had Twice Held the Position of Mayor, Summoned by Death. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 9.—Word was recelved here to-day from the Philippines that Mortimer Cook, one of the pioneers of this city, had died there on Novem- ber 22, Mr. Cook’'s associatlon with the early history of Santa Barbara was close. He settled here in 1571 and established the first banking house in the city. He was twice Mayor of the city and as such was instrumental in creating and Jushing many public improvements. Leaving here in 1886, he went north to Washing- ton, where he founded the town of Ce- dro'and met with varied success. Finally in August, 1899, announcing that business was too slow for him in Washington and wanting to get to the front, he started, at the age of 73 years, to the Philippines. He was taken ill on November 2 at the Hotel Iloflo with dysen For better treatment he was removed to the hos- pital, where he had every care, but as the attending physician wrote, he was death-struck from the first. His widow survives him in Washington and two daughters, both married, reside in Ili- nois—one in Chicago and the other in Rockford. SR FIGHTING PLAGUE IN THE FAR EAST | Under Police Supervision, the City of Tokio Is Being Thoroughly Cleaned. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 20.—Tokio presents an extraordinary spectacle. Every house and hovel within its hundred square miles of area is being cleansed under police su- pervision, and the streets are piled with rubbish heaps. Not only the mats but the floors are removed and the accumulated debris of years is being swept away. The rats are having a hard time of it, not only being thus driven from their haunts but also_having a bounty put upon their heads. Fear of the plague is the cause of all this energy. LA Celebrate Golden Wedding. Special Dispatch to The Call. WOODLAND, Jan. 9—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Saling celebrated their golden jubi- lee to-day. They were married near Jef- ferson City, Mo., fifty years ago. They have been residents of California for twenty-nine years, and of Yolo County for twenty-fOUr years. ted on an affidavit sworn out | TENNESSEE MOB LYNCHES NEGROES Double Murder Quickly‘ Avenged. | Sl \ RIPLEY, Tenn., Jan. 9.—The slaying of two peace officers here this morning was followed to-night, it is reported, by the Iynching of two negroes. Marvin Durham and W. D. Turner, offi- cers of the peace, were this morning shot to death by two negroes while in the dis- | charge of their duty. Turner and Dur- had arrested a negro named Gingery and were taking him to the Ripley 1ail when they were overtaken by two brotn | ers of the prisoner, who, without warning, fired from the rear, shooting both officers in the back of the head, kiiling them in- | stantly. When th here i i | many i | in order to join in the ch of tae mur- | derers. 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Terry | Dixon to the | five seconds s | with Dixon. a right to the bedy and left to the chin. | round left Tom O'Rourke threw up the Dixon rushed and with a straight left to | sponge and saved Dixon from a_knocko the fs jarred rr; head. Terry | and at the > time transferred t rushed back victously, putting a_left to the head and driving his right hard to the body. The Brooklyn.te rushed George to the ropes, planting his left on the ribs and hooking his rigat to the body. migsed a left swing for the he getting inside and_planting righ on the body. As they broke fro at the bell Terry hooked a right to_the aw and Dixon looked badly as he walked to his corner. SEVENTH ROUND. Dixon made the lead as usual, but faile1 to land, and Terry drove left and right to Di e 1 . ROOT OUTPOINTS WEST. Given the Decision at the End of & | Six-Round Contest. CHICAGO, Jan. § Jack Reoot of Chi- rago was given the decision over Tommy West of New York the end of six rounds in Tat illon to-night. The men fou, West > tw ynors e more vidently first and Three times Dixon missed and nt back terrific rights over Dix- rt. Dixon rushed repeatedly, but Mac blocked him every time and kept his right going like a trip hammer on D. chest and stomach. Terry rific left to the ecar at After a clinch Dixon landed a left on Mac's mouth. Dixon tri again, but Terry got inside and hard right and left to the fs Dixon’s nose, and the he round el 1 the back to the rc with Terry after him. | his man Dixon bled freely as he returned to his corner. EIGHTH ROUND. Dixon tried his usual opening with a left swing, but Terry was inside, ght to the body and head y here George slipped to the floor, 'y helped Dixon to ’;‘er feet amid the cheers of the crowd and Dixon backed into Terry's corner, where g he went down again. Terry was ready Could ha for him, and und when he w °r body blows the cham- Dixon was up in nter Siler gave sult being greeted Lou } plon went down the ring lessl and right the jaw, and George dropped to the floor. Dixon took the full count, getting up the tenth second. Terry was ready for him and under body blows the champion went down again to take the count once t looked hopeless for I . but game to the core and got up to He tried to get 4 cle face Certaln de but his legs faile nd Terry quickly and sent his left and rig body. Dixon clinched, but forced to the floor with a f the body. Once more he s feet, and Terry went to him with and right and Dixon feil up quickly, to go time. It was all over 1 With only one as again ful right on ggled to his Alexian Broth led by Death. Rev. = Aloys r of Alexian States, died here er Is Cal e left got r the eighth the shouting econd of the | CHICAGO NEW STORE. 1146 MARKET ST. Sweeping Reductions! GREAT CLEARANCE SALE! 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