The evening world. Newspaper, September 1, 1911, Page 9

Ih FLOOEY LISTEN TO ME, YOU HANDSOME. RASCAL = THE WIFE SAYS | CAN BRING You HOME “TO DINNER IF WE. DOUSE THESE GLAD RAGS, SEE? GUT FOR “HE LOVE OF | PALLY. BE CAREFUL OF YouR, TABLE | MANNERS DAWO= wey 1s A RUBBER (NGDE OF MYSTERWUS ; Dixon Settled All Doubts About Cal MoCarthy’s Championship Claims; Beat Fred Johnson of England and Won Dozens of : Battles When on Theatrical Tours, George Dixon. Copyright, 1011, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New ¥¢ World) Gree DIXON'S first fight tm 1801 was the battle with Cal MeCar at Troy, N. thy Y., on March 81. This was for tho featherwetght cham- pionship of America and a puras of $1,0 offered by the Troy Cri Club. | According to the articles, the winner was to ke al the purse Dut $20 to Wee allowed the penses. od ower for training ex- The match was arranged and out Under the supervision of Dempsey's backer, Dixon thy over at Jersey City, Lite Dixon did ls preparatory work faith- fully,’ as he alwaye did, but shortly refore the date of the fight, it became among the wiseacres of the In fact Joe Early, his manager, with whom he had become reconciled after the dispute at the firet Dixon fight, threw up his hands and advised such of his friends as had bet on Mo- Carthy to hedge. The # publie knew nothing of th ting was heavy and the interes the match very intense, Dixon was sight favorite, being ed by th Boston sports and by many of thos gland. nearly half past ten when Iit tle Dixon made his way through th crowd to the ring in the middle of the wig skating rink that did service as a clubhouse, He was enveloped in a big gray ulster and was accompanied by Tom O'Rourke and Howie Hodgkins, hig seconds; Maurice Kelly, bo! hold- er, and Mike Bradley, his timekeeper. The little colored boy was soundly cheered. When McCarthy appeared shortly after, he received a great ova- tion and it was made very evident who was the favorite with the rank and file of sports. McCarthy was seconded b: Hie pottle holder was Tom Collins and his timekeeper Charley Johnson, James Colville was official timekeeper. J Dunn was the referee ‘The boys had welxhed tn at 8 o'alock tm the afternoon. McCarthy tipped the beam at 114% pounds, although O'Rourke would not let anyone find out just what his protese’s weight wes, Dixon Has Early Lead. ‘The firat round supplied some very pretty fighting with honors about even. Dixon began to forge ahead tn the xt ey boy came back strongly Wallach Bros. 1195 Broadway, Just below goth (Open Sat. till 6 P, M.) Hart, Schaffner (@ Marx Summer Suits $12.50 | HIS is our final clearance— Fall stocks are pressing hard for room—we must sell NOW. | Many of the Suits will make splendid Fall wearing. | nusual selections for big men, | ces $20 to $40; now $12.50! Third Ave., cor, 122d St. (Open Sat. till 1 P.M.) lar | ing him. outskirts of Boston and gy Jack McAuliffe and Billy Madden. | and evened up matters in the fourth, The fifth w also even. MoCarthy closed Dixon's outfought Dixon sixth and | brought the crowd to ite feet by in two clean left-handers on Dixon’ face in quick euccession and getting y without @ return. Dixon returned tin the next session by se nose. The colored boy's split In the rr clover in evading Dixon's heavy ewin one of which would probably hi rounds were full of action. the Jersey boy managed to last out the row fifteenth Cal eur- ised everyone by landing two terrific left uppereuts on Dixon's chin and das- In the twenty-second end last round | Dixon fought McCarthy over the! sropsy and was gotni Dixon tried hard for @ knock. was unable to accomplish his 44 to last out the round. | unable to third round, orts of his! Whereupon the decision was! champion and fought a hard six-round battle with Fiaherty of Lowell, winning ¢ ision, On May 19 he fought nd draw with Bobby Burne at the dstone A. C, in Providence, came the battle which clinched dantam-weigit tte This was affair with Abe Wilts, bentam. weight champion of Australia, before the California A. C. in San Francisco on July 28 1891. The weight was 115 pounds, the purse $5,000 and the gloves two-ounce. Interest in this fight was roused on the Coast and the betting was very heavy, approximately $100,000 changing hande on the result. Willis was outfought and out .boxed all the way, Woen the end came, in the fifth, both men were fighting flercely and apparently on almost even terms. Lake a flash the colored boy landed two terrific left-handers one after the other on Willie's jaw and the white boy went down for the count. When the referee had tolled off the fatal ten second Wills had to be carried to his corner and out of the ring. Dixon mpent the rest of that year touring the country and giving theatr!- cal exhibitions, While doing this he |met and won over Marcellus Baker, Dan Coakley and Jack Fitzpatrick at Montreal, knooking out the latter two jin one night; Eugene Hornbacher, Nick Collins and Billy Ross at New York theatr n@ Lee Damro at a Washing- |ton theatre, Dixon continued to add to his Het of victortes in this manner durt the fore part of 189% defeated ‘Tommy Warren, Dhwood McCluskey, | Johnnie Young, Jimmy Watson and Billy Russet. Outclassed Fred Johnson. On June 27, 1 occured the battle with Fred Joh! n, feather-welght champion of England, at the Coney Cc, Thte fight was for the championship of the for @ purse of $5,000 contested with four-ounce Nearly five thousand people pattie. John L, Sullivan and mean who conquered despite the strenuous seconds. gloves. |waw t! Jim Corbet, the him less than three months later, were 246-248 W. 125th St. St. (Open Sat. till 11 P.M.) | before Jim Corbott astonts |@reat John mi jockouwt hed it landed. The} THE AVENIN both there and received a tremendous ovation. Johnson fought gamely but was totally outclassed. The end came in the four- jeonth. On the night of Sept. 6, the night the en- defeating the little Dixon the Brooklyn therweight and protege of , before the Olympic Orleans for a purse of de bet of $5,000. was one of the threo big @ ting tournament held by the I The night bef. peaten Billy Myers, and after the Corbett-Sullivan tire pugilistic world by L. Sully: J be 30 the one in which Joe seconded Skelly and cautioned to look out for dirty work jece of vindletive race prejudi fh O'Rourke had him soundly whipped by Joe Walcott years later, It was the first time a negro had fought for a championship in the South, and the feeling against Dixon was strong. The weight w: pounds, Joh Although and on Dixon's professional fighte: h for Dixon. Nervous and con- tn his first professional battle, he jecond in a con- test with the coo! who, though you n under @ rain unable to get very much it, 4 told his that he didn’t Young Skelly it by his def he had decided ow how to fight. Dixon finished up th ar wi |fghts with Kentucky R the featherwetght championship of the 1d helt. Three days later he fought ve-round draw with George Si4- at Coney Island, Then followed a list of fights tn theatres with Md: Ale Boerum, Mike Gttesp! Jerry Barnett bud. Tihs was followed by Coney Istand Athletic Club on Aug. 7, 898, for a purse of $6,600, Pierce never had @ chance. He boxed |!ke an am: teur and was a plaything in the hands the little colored ring master. The in the third round. 22 Dixon fought four rounds in Madison Square Garden with Billy Piimmer, the 110-pound champion of 4, by th O'Donnell the referee. “Rosebud’’ Put Him Out. On Gept. & George defeated Golly Smith at Coney Island, winning the featherweight championship at 118 to 12 peunds and tling beyond all dispute the question of the championship. This battle hag been described in Smith's The colored champion had some more Patsy Hennessey and Australian Billy Murphy. Tast fight broke up in a row. In January and February, 194, he defeated Albert Heeney, Paddy Lemons, Bd Doyle, all in thoatrea, On March 23 he was knooked out by the Kentucky Rosebud in the third session of @ four-round bout for a bread fund over in Philadelph! but fintahed out the fight after he o to, On Juno 9 Dixon fought @ hard twenty-round draw at the Criterfon Club in Boston witn Young Griffo, ‘His last fight of the year was with Joe Flynn at Wilmington on Oct. %, Dixon winning in four rounds, theatre fights, defeating Jack Downey, | The colored boy started his fighting in 195 by @ twenty-five round draw with Young Griffo at the Coney Island A. C. on Jan. 19, after which he went on the road and de: e4 Walter Sanford, John Conroy, Sam Bolen, Charles Slusher. two negroes named Charlestown Freddie in one night, knocked out Tom Connolly, the amateur featherweight champion of America, at the Criterion Club tn Boston and fou affair with Mike Hoston. Johnnie GriMin tried conclusions with Dixon on Aug. 27 over in Boston and was bested in @ twenty-five round stru gle for the 122-pound championship. An- other clagh with Young Griff took place on Oct. 28 at the Manhattan A. C., re sulting !n @ ten-round 4) On Der 6 Dixon Frank Erne, the risin young scrapper from Buffalo, at t! Manhattan A. ©. and stood off thi young man for ten rounds, draw. Leonard in e ting Matty Baldwin's Generaiship Too Much tor Ritchie BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.—Matty Baldwin won all the way trom Willie Ritchie tn their twenty round bout at Dreamland Rinks Ruggedness, infight- Ing ability and kidney punohes, to- @ether with experience in the tricks of the game that overshadowed the loca: boy, wore Ritohle down until the Bos- ton lightweight hed things all his own way tn the last half of the match. Baldwin, long in the boxing game, outgeneraled Ritohie at every turn of the road. He ponuded his man with a choppy right over the kidneys unt! Willie's back looked like e raw beef- steak, He punched him in the stomach until he was weak and tired and finally threw all caution to the wind and swung rights and lefts at Will, forcing the looal chap all around the ring. peti En SO MUST HAVE HIS BOXING. —_ Yale Professor Has “Bat” Nelson's Brother as Ring Partner. BERKELEY, Cal, Sept. 1—When Prof, Dimer C. Moore leaves here in a few daya to resume his place at the head of the Department of Education Jat Yale, he will take with him as a jarring partner Charles Henry Neilson. udent of the University of Califor- |nta and brother of Battling Nelson, | former lightweight champion. | Prof. Moore cam Berkeley this |aummer to deliver a series of lectures, |Soon he felt the need of exercise, and |he asked for a boxer to be his eparring partner. Nelson was selected. Prot. | Moore will defray Nelson's tuition at Yala nnemaiiamnientias | Lang-Lester Fight Postponed. SYDNEY, New South Wales, Bept. 1. —"Bii Lang, the Austraitan heavy- ight, ie suffering from an attack of jinfluenza, and his match with Jack Lester, of Cle Elum, Washington, has deen postpone: —— Another Noval Heir Expected, DANTZIG, Prussia, Sept. 15, when the Germ takes over command the bodyguard of Hussars, the Dantely Zeitung to-day announced that Crown Princess Cecilie would not be able to come to Dantalg for some time, ae she 1s expecting @ happy family event. (“Clothes form Maker to Wearer’ Moe Levy Sale | This is a sensational dip even for me—especially when you consider my regular values. Fall goods are coming—so here goes! Final Clearance Men’s Suits, Values All the Way to $30.00 Remember, most of these suits are medium weight and plenty heavy for early Fall wear. These garments won’t last long. or three suits at a time. Fall Top Coats at $12.50 Why not you? WORLD, FRIDAY, I need the room;—the new Many customers buy two GRE @rEL THIS BEATS ane BEANERIES ind DONT IT? 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Though they were badly crippled throughout thelr slege of the West, the Hilltop boys managed to win nine games out of seventeen, which ta a better show- ing than that made by any other team excepting the Athletics. With a long ay at home, Chase and his men have chance to fight thelr way back into third place, If they do that the fans will be quite well satisfied. They tackle Washington for an opener this after- noon, provided the rain will stop long enough to dry out the Hilltop seats, NDERS HERE om all to get a majority for the n. If they sholud win five out of the | six it will be a dead heat. It looks as i is Drucke had an recovering #01 'Y he received on compelled to kind on ni at makes tt impo him to go in and pitch tn his r turn, Tt has been more than two months | noe Drucke was able to take part in| game, | ar vent for | In the meantime the Giante are | very much concerned over the ultt- | mate disposal of the many games that have been postponed in the Rast on account of rain, With four games between Chicago and the Phillies left unplayed, that will mean four more games at home for Chicago. It also meanastwo games transferred from Brooklyn. two games left unplayed batwean the Giants and the Cardinals will at home right U Outlook for Hilltops, With Ch Manager, Promising tor 1912. Hal Chase ts not at all discour- over the outlook of hi je he has gly the pennan & team tom wo ite that will butld self into a strong machine for use next se: Champtonship teams are not put together in one won, and, under the clrou remarkabl that two or ¢ made thie winter that will tend to strengthen the Highlanders. Sev- eral youngster will be added, and with the present pitching staff In- tact the club will atart out with bright prospects. , but four more gam mn their rete . how probably be transferred to St. Loute, they will h four games but that (9 not altogether a disad over at Brooktyn, the down vantage. McGraw beliaves he o trodden worm sud turns that will win those games, and they wi come in handy aa long as the Cubs During their long stay at home the Giants have made the best record of any club in the National League for | the eame length of time. 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