Show LITTLE meil M eil BIG FIGHTERS dixon and review their anil and siy sharp boms 0 D u OTH BOTH WANT TO HAVE A FINISH CON TESTe sy says a K straight chow hit anit s t got al thorn ahto quicker thin than a in ins blow ir rod tho the bunin spend tind antl that Is II why he won tho colored coy boy I 1 sore nm by cotoraci dixon dikon feather weight felcht ch tm im ilo 10 lo i of thi world are losers anil and losers losera it a 9 mills ann Is squarely beaten in to in ath I 1 lotto lollo contest 0 ot any kind ho he ha hai no right to complain 11 II however over ho he thinks an In justl 0 o has baa boon I 1 N done him ho he bus bas the privilege which chic P A 31 well as a usually assume to growl I 1 ila do not wish to be ba considered as ai enter of dg the baby but bul I 1 think tho the action of 0 referee odonnell in award tho the decision to billy ril lumer of 0 england 0 v tor a r me on the occasion of our recent four 11 1 s I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 AV I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 il Z george georae dixon round contest at madison ild lson square gardon was not exactly in accordance with tho the strict rules of fair play olay 1 I Is not fair to 10 take away tho the reputation a man lias has spent apont many years in building up upon the result of a lour four round bout unless one of tho the contestants Is either completely compla toly knocked out or la ili worsted at every point in ia the on counter tills this princ lolis has ever obtained in this country try now coir tto the homo borne ol of tho manly art the time same rule holds bold good la in england and australia the iho two next bust best fighting countries on earth red had not nob that thai rule prevailed pro jobi L sullivan reter refer jackson jack dempsey and jack mcauliffe would have had their repute loos seriously endangered II if not irretrievably trieva bly lost oa more thau than one slon sion whoa john L sullivan broke his arm on catsey cardiac hard ahuad sortie some years abc it was vai all he be could do to stay the four rounds sud aud cardui more mora thin than held his own y yet the referee called ita 14 drair so ho too with when ill prepared for far a bruising contest went up ali alost joo joe goddard in australia for eight rounds peter so printed reports sir say had the better batter of the battle tor for tour four rounds round ja III the ile next four bit big joe those samo same reports reversa J the tables aud and had bad slightly the alio call on polar peter yet the tha referee decided the affair a draw jack had twice or thrice the same fame experience in his career slid and not many weeks ago bold jack mcauliffe had bad a abode anda the worst of it in a four round bout at with horace leeds a comparative novice yet the referee to ID caso cae and the tha referee lu in that of macaul III IHs os did dot jakeaway takeaway take tak away esway their reputations by deciding against them no fielt h tights alono alone should either make or mar a man A champions reputation should be only won or lost in a battlo to the end and foar four six eight or ton ten round bouts should not dot count many a champion has had far and away the worst of at it Is in the first part of a lettle battle anti and yet tt won hin handily tilly at the tion of the fitness the famous battler between john morrisey and john joha C heenan tom sayers aud and bill perry the tipton and tom king and join jem mace in all of 0 these contests Murrl Morri aey boy sayers and 1 king bilg bad away tho the worst of the encounter in tho the beginning yet tat they won the good flaat how biow unjust in these cases 3 it would have boon bann in the event of magisterial interference at tho the first part of tho the tray fray to have given the stakes abil lr t alio llio lit title of champion to the th man ap I 1 0 lly having civlo the iho bolter better of 0 ill so with limited round contests coo it ll Is unjust nan sl to take away champions good mame auno oven evon though bo be should have a bit the lie worst ol of ll it in these them affairs tit ilia widen ides should bo be permitted and the groa generosity exercised by bj the lh referee 1 I am not only willing but anxious to fight hilly billy plimmer it if I 1 tin am as fortu nate la in my coining bacelo with solly sally a 1 0 for the feathers gat abam w 0 1 plon ship ol of the world worlie ki as I 1 was lo in my contests COB loan with wl hi tho the cham chaplon of america england engled and australia I 1 will mil losi lose no time lima in tanking making overtures to tho little englishman I 1 lain am willing to meet inept him half way IQ in any plan looking to a meeting As champion tn in my class I 1 cannot bo be expected to make all the concessions as a lilly hilly or some indiscreet friend for him film says earl I 1 must it takes lakel two to make a contract and ho be taint must make some bonio concessions al well as I 1 and hero lot we aie correct a false impression which prevails la in some oma quarters many man y people pi koplo bat love th because billy biilly pot got the ibo decision over rno me atour at our recent contest that bo be is now iov champion champ toa of the world this Is 13 ool not go I 1 still retain that title and will wl for some soma time lime yet unless solly sally smith lowers my colors on the ath of at september here too lot let me correct corroll another im am prof llon islon which fortunately only a fow few people entertain viz that my contest with plimmer was wa a atko take and that I 1 was laying low tor for favorable odds in my m match aleh with smith and a lillah battle with mile mar thera 13 dot the iha blight ost ground for any such euch belief I 1 would not dot throw a likht tor for all the iho money thoro there Is in la in the national treasury I 1 havo have boon ben on tho the level all my ufa life and will remain so 50 ghather I 1 am victor or vanquished a dixon |