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Show DIXON WON THE FIGHT. Fred Johnson Is Knocked Out in tha Fourteenth Round. WILLIAMS IN SAN FRANCISCO. The Utah Champion is Klnctly Received by the 'Frisco Sports His FiKht with Turner -Sporting Splinters. New Yokk. Jane 28. Dixon is still featherweight champion of the world. The battle for the championship was won by Dixon in the fourteenth round. The Coney Island club was crowded with sport-ing sport-ing men, and betting was exceptionally heavy. Both men weighed in under 117 pounds. After the preliminary affairs were over there was so much Dixon money in sight that the Johnson men who went down prepared to back their man at even money were compelled to drop down and odds soou fell to $100 to $fiO on Dixon, with few takers. John L. Sullivan was present in hi most hilarious condition and was so inter, ested in the exhibitions preceding tho grcii event that he didn't see Jim Corbett walk past him. It was nearly 10 o'clock when Dixon and Johnson made their appearance. The itart was fast and furious," Dixon landing right and left on his stomach and head, forcing. Johnson to the ropes and punishing uuu tcrrihly. The call of time saved him. Second round Dixon again forced th fighting, repeatedly lauding hard. Johur, son laid back for infighting, but got no chance and when the bell was rang wa very weary. Third round Johnson led twice but felt short, but immediately landed hard on Dixf on's face and stomach. Dixon was mono careful after this. Fourth round Johnson came up strong; but soon received a hard swing in the stomach stom-ach and another one on the jaw. He retail, ated heavily on Dixon's ribs and the round, closed with hard infighting. Fifth round Johnson was full of fight and followed Dixon all overthe ring. A numbor of hard blows were exchanged aud the men clinched repeatedly. Sixth round Honors were about even, each receiving considerable punishment. Seventh round Dixon landed many good blows and would have finished his man had it not been for Johnson's clever dodging. Eight and ninth rounds Each showed? good work with honors even. Tenth round Dixon landed on his opponent oppon-ent with both hands, fairly staggering Jtra Englishman. Eleventh round Johnson got in soma good stiff punches and had a little the best of the round. Twelfth round The Englishman demonstrated demon-strated that he could stand an awful amount of punishment, and Dixon's severe blowa had but little effect upon him. He countered coun-tered with his right every time Dixon came in reach and the same was true of the thirteenth round. Fourteenth round Johnson came up somewhat some-what tired and Dixon again forced the righting. right-ing. The men had scarcely been at it two minutes when Dixon planted his left full on the point of Johnson's jaw, following it up with a right with such force that he fell on Johnson as the latter went down. Tho fall is what finished Johnson a3 the back of his head struck the floor with such force that he -was knocked almost senseless. He. mado four or five attempts to rise but could not and Dixon was declared the winner. J. Williams in San Francisco. Jim Williams of this city, arrived in Sau Francisco on Saturday night, and was warmly warm-ly welcomed by the sporting men ana tho press. His fight with Turner, which comes off in a short time, excites a great deal of interest, and the Friscoites are unanimously of the opinion that the Salt Lake boy will make a great fight. The Chronicle says: "Williams looks more like the typical prize fighter than any man who has appeared here for a long time." Sporting: Splinters. Jesse Smith, the Denver colored pugilist, and Bill- Lewis of El Paso, are to fight near Denver on Thursday for a stake of $500 and ring side receipts. Smith has defeated Eugene Eu-gene Brodux, Wiley Evans, Jack O'Brier, Ike (Hover and CharleySperry. Lewis also has a good record, he having fought a draw with Charley Turner of Stockton. Adolph Sprecklcs, son of the California sugar king, has decided to follow the exami pie of young Fair and embark in the business busi-ness of raising race horses. He has commenced com-menced by buying the imported stallion Idalium from B. B. Delopose for $15,000.. Idalium is a royally bred horse, being by Traducer, dam Idaiia, by Cossonet from family that has won more noted races than any other on the Australian continent.. Sprcckles intends to go into the breeding of thoroughbreds on a fairly extensive scale his efforts having been limited to trotters. Mr. Marcus Daly, the owner of Mntana the suburban handicap winner, is a citizen, of Montana, where he is one of the leadings-democrats, leadings-democrats, and, with Mr. J. B. Haggin ot California, shares the principal ownerehlp-in ownerehlp-in the great Anaconda copper mine at Butto. City. The mine takes its name from thew. colors of blackish green and olive brown which affect the ore in its native state and1 resemble the colors of the anaconda snake of the tropics. While Mr. Daly retains a voting residence in Montana, he spends, most of his time each year iu a superb villa near Philadelphia. The colors of his stables copper and green are taken from th smelted metal as put on the market and the ore as it comes from the mine. These col ors have won him many millions iu niiningi, ventures and are now winning him greafci. money in racing. "Yank" Adams, the famous finger billiard ist is now in Denver and may pay Salt Lake a visit. During the year Yank has acquired ac-quired a number of new shots and will paralyze para-lyze the natives with them before he gets through. The greatest of these is known a the "Mumm" shot. Two pint champagne bottles bot-tles are placed on the table two feet apart, a ball being placed on the top of each. Thn hand ball is then made to strike the first, jump from that to the second, to take an "English" after striking the table aud mako a double carom on the third ball. It is a wonder and has brought down the houso wherever shown. . . |