Show DIXON LOSES Terry IMoran is Now I Feafaffei Chal j pion of Wd or I I VON IN EIGHTH E ROUND Manager and Backer for Negro Ne-gro Threw Up Sponge HE THUS SAVED KNOCKOUT I In the Eighth and Final Round Dixon Touched the Floor Eight Times the Last Five Being the Result I Re-sult of Terrinc Colored Col-ored Man was on the Aggressive from the First Tap of the Gong When the Sponge was Thrown Up Dickson wa Practically Helpless As He Left the Ring After Having Defended the Title for Nine Years Ho was Given Round After Round of Cheers Ho was Badly Marked from the Terrific Blows Received in the Battle New York Tan 9Terry McGovcrn tonight wrested the featherweight championship of the world from George I Dixon who had defended itfor nearly nino rear To save Dixon from a knockout Tom ORourkc his manager threw up the sponge In tho eighth I round when the negro was staggering helplessly bleeding and weak but as game as the dying gladiator Tfie light took place before a crowd that packed the Broadway Athletic club and the victory decided the ownership own-ership of a 10000 purse I When Dixon and McGovern stepped on the scales this evening to make the necessary 118 pounds Dixon seemed to bo in the better condition He was full of life and energy and looked as If the making of tho weight hud not troubled him while McGovern seemed to be too finely drawn When they stepped in the ring however McCoy I I etns face showed no trace of a rigid training course and as soon as they I stripped to the buff each looked in perfect condition DIXON ON THE AGGRESSIVE Dixon from the first tap of the gong wan on the aggressive using a left swing Invariably a his lead which Mc ftovern cleverly stepped inside of and Terry sent both hands In rapid order to Dixons lower works JMcCioverns last attack on the body was iL surprise to Dixon as no boxer who ever faced the negro was able to land on the wind ribs and kidneys as I did McGovern tonight Dixon jarred McGovern half a dozen limes during the balllQ with hard craoks on the head or Jaw but Terry was always back at his man In a jiffy relentlessly smashing with either hand to the ribs or stomach DISASTROUS FOR NEGRO The seventh round was disastrous for Dixon Terry almost broke Dixons noso In this round after he had sent a vigil thand smash which landed over Dixons heart and staggered Dixon who staggered to his corner with the blood spouting from his nasal organ Dixon came up as game as ever n man did In the eighth which proved to be the lastEarly In this round DIxon slipped to the floor near the ropes from a clinch and McGovern earned the cheers of the specZators by helping him to his feet CHAMPION FLOORED A few moments later Dixon stepped on a wet spot In McGoverns corner slipped to the floor for n second time I was seen that DIxon had almost shot his belt and McGovcrn rushing put left and right to the Jaw flooring the champion Dixon took the greater part of the count this time and as he arose slow Terry who stood scarcely four feet away was ready to rush at him Dixon went down again from a body blow He touched the lloor eight times in tho round the last live times being the result of terrific body punches I THREW UP THE SPONGE I A few seconds before the round would have been completed Dixon stood up from his eighth fall but his manager and backer Tom ORourkc seeing that It was impossible for the negro to hold on to his title threw up tho sponge within one second of the call of time which would have ended the round In this ORourkc showed good judgment Both he and Dixon have often said that the latter would never be knocked out DIXON HELPLESS When ORourke threw up the sponge Dixon was practically helpless While McGovern wU s hailed f with vociferous cheers as the winner and was cheered again and again as the champion Dixon Dix-on the exchampion was not forgotten forgot-ten Round after round of cheers were given for the lad who had defended the title so cleverly for nearly nine years as he left the ring bleeding and beaten after probably having fought his last ring contest COLORED MAN BADLY MARKED When the contestants returned to tholr dressing rooms Dixon was badly marked up but McGovcrn showed very little sIgn of having come through n hard encounter The only mark that McGovcrn had were scratches on the right side of his neck where Dixon i left l swings had gone around scratchIng scratch-Ing the skin Dixon felt his defeat very keenly and had very little to say exr pt that Mr I Cjovorn was the bst man In had PV T t met and Terry could have beaten In his present condition any man that Dixon had ever defeated BETTING FAVORED MGOVERN The betting before the fight was all In McGoverns favor There were many wagers made at 100 to 70 and so much McGovern money came In sight at the ringside that thee odds were extended to ICO to 65 A local bookmaker stimulated the Dixon people by placing JCOOO against SiiOOO he taking the Dixon end and four others clubbed together putting up the 550CO on McGovern Sam Harris Mc Governs manager had n roll of bills as big as his hat betting along the line and he laid three wagers of 1000 to 650 on his man The fight by rounds follows FAST MIX UP Round 1 Dlxon opened with a left swing for the head McGovern ducked and sent his right over the kidneys Dixon tried another left and Terry blocked and drovo his right onoo more to the kidneys forcing Dixon to the ropes They breakaway break-away to tile center of the right whoro Dlxon swung his left to tIle breast Terry crowded In pounding his right on the rlhs Dixon tried his left for the body but Terry stepped inside of it and sent his right three times to body Dixon swung his h left to thc Jaw mcl In a hall clinch Trrry worked left and right to the body and left l to thc head Dixon slipped back and sent n straight left to the fare and thcv were In a last mixup at tho boll DIXON FOUGHT hARDBound HARD-Bound 2 Dlxon opened with a left swing for the head and McGovern ducked neatly and drove George back with a loft on the body Dixon planted a loft swing high on the bend but Terry crowded In sending both hands to the wind George jarred Terrys IIOJK with a straight left und followed with a riGht jolt on tho body They mixed it up rapidly and Dixon almost put Terry through tho ropes with I I < f on the face They came to the renter where George again landed a hard loft on the face Tn another mixup Terry worked woil to the hOlly and i after they broke away George landed left hand hard on face Mac replying with right on body bodySTAGGERED MQOVJSRN Round Dlxon led left for the Hount head hit Terry Jot Inslilo of It and sent both bunds to the ribs ant Ktomidi Dixon hooked his right to the ear tend lit Terry away from him Both steadied themselves ami Dixon drovo his left I straight to tho faro and sent another on I the t same spot after which he staggered I McGoveni whim a right swing on tIle Jaw Dixon played at the same iliac again with Terry working on the body A straight loft on HIP t face amid a right swing from floorce almost dropped Mao to the floor but Terry came back with a rush and sent right and left to body forcing DIxuu to a clinch SEPARATED i TJY KEFEUtSE Round IDlxon I missed a loft load for tho lioail a mid Terry drovo hit ift l to the body following with a right hook on the rbs Dixon tried again I but Terry Piilo stepped tml hooked lliii loft to George jaw Dixon came back but Terry ducked aside ami doilged tile colored lads swings and used hot h land on the stomach at close quartets After they brnko Dixon hooked his left lo P tho neck ami ferry drove riijht ami loft to body After a clinch Terry hooked his right to Dixons jaw and G orgo staggered away Terry followed forcing Dixon to the ropes whore Ulxpu clinched and tho referee had to separate them As they camo together Dlxon Inndeii a left awing on the neck as tho boll rang f CAMR UP SMILING Round D Dlxon opened up with the usual left l swing for tho bend but Trirry blocked three oC thorn Dixon tried 1 again I swinging left on tho neck and Mac sotto sot-to the body with both hands In a clinch Goorgo pullid ferry toward him and Mao slipped to his knees but was up Instantly Dixon led a loft to the slioul dor and Terry oounlorod with right and loft on the body Dlxon swung loft to nock but Terry drove both hands lo tile bodv and they cllnchod Both returned to their corners smiling DIXON LOOKED BAD Round 0 Dixon started as usual with n loft swing for tho head but Mac blocked It Dixon tent his loft to then the-n lk and Ferry sent right to body and loft to chin Dixon rushed and with a c ml straight left to the faco Jarred Terrys head Terry rushed balk viciously putting t loft to head and driving his right to body lie then rushed George to the ropes planting his left on tho ribs and hooking his right to the boily Dixon mimed a I r swing for the head Terry getting In sldo uid planting right and loft to the body jq they broke from a cinch at the boll Terry hooked right to the jaw and Dixon corner looked bad as he walked to his BRO g DIXONS NOSE Round 7 Dlxon made the load as usual but failed lo land and Terry drove left and right to the bodv Throe times Dixon mKsod and Torry sent back n her rile right over Dlxons heart Dixon i lit lied lenealcdly I but Mae blocked 1 him tcry time and kent > his right going like a trip hammer on Dixons chest ami stomach Torry hooked a lorrlllo loft to tho ear at closo qujirter After a clinch Dixon landed a straight loft on Macs mouth Dixon tried this again but Terry got Inside and sent hard right and lee to tire face breaking Dixons nose and the colored man went back to the ropes with Terry after him Dixon bled freely ns he returned to his corner DIXON GOES DOWN Round S Dlxou tried his usual opening with loft swing but Terry was Inside Hcndlnff right to body and hnad Terry drovo Dixon to tho ropes whore George slipped to tho floor Terry helped Dixon to Ills foot amid the cheers of the crowd and Dixon backed Into errs corner whore ho went down again from torrlllc blows Dixon was up In live sec 10 onds and staggered lo Iho center of tho ring Terry went after him relentlessly planting left and right hooks on tho Jaw and George dropped to thc floor SAVED FROM KNOCKOUT Dixon look the full count getting upon up-on tho tenth second Terry was ready for him and under body blows the champion wont down again to tako tho count once more I looked hopeless for Dixon but he was game to the core and got up to face a curtain defeat Ho tried to getaway get-away but his legs foiled and Terry closed In quickly arjd sent Ills loft and right to the body Dixon clinched but was again forced to the floor with a fearful right on tho body Once more he struggled to his feet and Terry went to him with the left and rlsrht and Dixon fell twice Ho got up to go down for tho eighth time and ho was unable to withstand although ho tried to clinch for safety I wus allover over but the shouting with Dixon and when only one second of the round had to expire fom ORourko threw up the sponge and saved Dixon from a knockout while at the same tIme ho transferred tho featherweight championship to McCoy ern Dixon having held It for the last eight years |