Show CREED N AND BAKER ii i i I Trite POR3IEK VICTORIOUS IX A I TWEXTYIIOCAD FIGHT 1 I Was Bjither n Tame Affair lint I I the Australian Xo Doubt Reserved Reserv-ed the Decision Some Preliminary Prelimin-ary Punching NEW YORK Oct 23Dan Creedon whipped Harry Baker of Chicago In the 20round bout at the Empire Athletic club tonight I was rather a tame fight but the Australian did most of the work save In the first round when a couple of hard swings from Baker brought Creedon to his knees The Australian was on the orfensive the greater part of the fignt and deserved tne decision Baker did not display much science but If he had lanaeu any of the tei riffle swIngs which he aimed a Creedon the lattef wOUld have been quickly put to sleep Among the spectators were Robert FitzshnmonB and Martin Julian The latter announceu that Fitzsimmoas and Hrarkey were matched to meet on Dec 9 at the National Athletic duo ban Francisco Fitzsimmons said he would ncrht Corbett four weeks afterwards The preliminary bout ten rounds between be-tween Joe Bernstein and Frank Heater son was declared a draw The betting was 10 to 7 on Creedon Baker was first to land with a light left In the face and Creedon sent a good left on the face The latter was much the cleverest apparently applng his man at will until a right and left on both sides of the jaw staggered him Light sparring followed ana Baker Swung a rujnt on tlie jaw that sent Creedon to the floor on his hands ana knees just as lue ueu rang In the second round both got some good body blows and Creedon sent in several left handers on the jaw while Baker appeared rattled and was unable to return Baker rushed In the third but fell a bit short on two vicious swings The Australian punched his man right and left on jaw and body and taKing a straight left on the face returned It with a right cross on the jaw iiere ve some lively exchanges In the fourth of which Baker had a bit the best Cree dons nose was bleeding freely at the close and Bakers nasal organ was also damaged Neither did any damage in the fifth and sixth They started to make things lively in I the seventh in which Creedon forced the fighting and had Baker bleeding ue fore naif the round was over Baker then took a hand and with a stunning right on the jaw made the Australian spin around and clinch to save himself Baker sent a left to the jaw and put the right on the stomach alter thc opening open-ing or the eighth 1 was a tame fight Creedon opened the tenth with a jab on the face but took a hard left in the stomach which was repeated a moment later Baker then rushed but slipped and fell on his hands and knees Dan put hard lefts on the jaw twice bringing bring-ing his man to the floor Baker jabbed tho Australian on the nose bringing the blood freely and just as bringng rang Dan landed a stinging right on the wind In the llth round Baker ran into a hard swing on the body that lifted him off his feet and as Creedon kept tight after his man Baker was pretty well cooked when the ball rang Baker led In the 12th but was stopped and the Australian then chased his man all over the ring In the next two rounds no effective work was done Baker seemingly keep inn away The 15th also was tame until just as the gong rang Creedon sent two lefts to the jaw that seemed to daze the Chicago Chi-cago man The Ibm was uninteresting but in the 17th Creedon shot several straight lefts on the jaw and had all the best of the round roundker Baker made a desperate effort to put his man out in the 13th but Creedon got out of danger and sent the right across on the jaw staggering his man Baker punched the Australan on the nose after he came up for the 19th They mixed things up and Baker put a hot one on the wind while Creedon paid his I respects to the jaw twice Both came up fairly fresh for the last round Baker put a left on the jaw and then the Australian pasted his man on I the jaw and body There was some exchanges ex-changes of which Creedon had the best I tboush Baker was strong when the bell I rang The referee decided in favor of Creedon |