The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-16
KNIGHTS OF THE RING.
TWO SHORT BUT HOT PRIZE FIGHTS.
A New York Youth .KuOeL. Out III. RsrlI,A An.
tAgOuI,t Ia QuIek otdsr-TwO Brothers Settle
Their Dlnsrsness with Their Flsts-A
Brutal Contest In q aThunder storm.

New YoRE, Juy 1.-THE "fancy" had a
treat this morning in the shspe Of prize
fight between two lads at Fort Hamilton.
1t came off at half.past six, not hundred
miles from the house occupied by RED
Leary," and was not Of very long duration.
Time for the first round was called at half
past 0 A. NJ, and the sponge was thrown up
at four minutes tot. The principals were
Harry Streets, OF this city, bar attendant
at Billy McGlory's, and Morris Murphy,
the amateur champion Of the feather.
weights Of England. The fight was with
"hard gloves" for purse Of 500, and was
gotten up in the interests Of "science" and
for the avowed purpose u testing the pow
ers Of Murphy for future speculative rea-
SONS. Seven rounds were fought, and Mr..
Murphy was worstd. Harry Streets Is q
black eyed boy, aged 10 years, short and
thickset. He tipped the scales at 1872
pounds. Morris Murphy is q years old,
about the same stature as Streets and four
pounds heavier. The battle was hot while
It lasted.
BEFORE TIE FIGHT.
The intention Of the hackers Of the be-
lligerents was to have had the fght come
of in the neighborhood Of Drsper's place,
on the north point Of Coney Island. But
Chief OF Police John Y. McKain got wind
of the project and seriously offended the
gambling and sporting fraternity by for
bidding it and threatening TO arrest those
who should aid or abet It. This resolute
action drove the party away from the place,
and, crossing to Fort Hamilton, they found
suitable quarters at that place where the
two boys could pummel each other,without
police interference. Arriving at the scene
Of action, the preliminaries were arranged
to the seeming satisfaction OF all parties
concerned. A gentleman, aaectiouately
styled "Rilly," acted as referee, and Messrs.
"1oe" Fowler and "Sseye" Taylor
kindly otticiated in Mr.. Streets corner.
These esquires OF tho knight Of the horse
hair mitlen have long enjoyed the CONT
dence and admiration Of the pugilists OF the
town. Mr.. Fowler, whose ears look like
doughnuts from frequent kneading at the
hands OF rival boxers, styles himself the
champion Of the featnerweights Of Eng.
land, and Mr.. Taylor is heavy weight
boxer OF more or less renDwn in this
vicinity. Hugh Burns and Denny" Gras
ham handled Murphy, and everything was
regular and comfortable.
TIE FIGHT.
Time was called when the men had
stripped and put on their gloves. They
stepped quickly 10 the scratch and the fight
began.
Round Ito say that there was any
thing like fancy sparring would be erron-
eous; for the two youngsters were quite
anxious to test each others proves and
capacity. Mr.. Streets at first thought he
was about to encounter clever mani but
soon discovered that he could beat him.
There was the usual amount Of sparrlng ior
an opening, dodging and duoking and all
the other tactics 80 glowingly described by
the chronicers OF prize fighting, before the
actual business began. Then the lads
struck out, countered, fbbed, locked and
were parted. The round ended without
any decided advantage to either.
Rounds to THE conflict was carried
on with varying success from the begin
ming OF the second round until the close OF
the seventh. During the progress Of the
battle it became apparent that Murphy
was oyermatched on this occasion, and
was fought all oyer the ring and down.
Harry Streets stuck to him with bulldog
gameness and Murphy was indomitable in |
his efforts to win. But the gods were
against him and at the close Of the seventh
round he was fought to standstill and his
seconds mercifully threw up the sponge.
Time, 25 minutes and 40 seconds.
The "iaacy" present were satisfied with
the result, and returned to the city wiser
about Mr. Murphyfs capacity as boxer.
Harry Streets came back to his old haunts
with black eye and several discolorations
on his right temple and left jaw, but other
risn mt much 1 hn .unrua forltha l.,hk