St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-21
THEY FOUGHT AND BLED.
Not for their Country, but for Glory
and $1,000 a Side.
A Prize Fight Between the Medium Weights,
Murray and Henry, which Resulted
in Favor of the Latter.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

Special Telegram to the Globe.
New YORK, Feb. 20.-A prize fight oc-
Cured early this morning between James
Murray, of Brooklyn, and Thomas Henry, Of
Birmingham, England, who were matched to
test their skill in twenty::four-foot ring for
81, 900 side. Henry has only been in Amer
lea four months. He arrived here fresh from
fields of conquest in the old country. He
was, in fact, imported by some New York
and Brooklyn sports who believed that as a
middle weight champion he would
excel any one in this country
who would care to enter the
lists with him. Since he has been here he
has been paraded by New York men, and for
some time no person could be found who
was willing to encounter the new arrival in a
twenty-four-foot ring. Finally Jimmy Muir
ray agreed to take his chances with the new
man, and the match was made for 81, 900 a
side. The tickets to witness the encounter
ested, numbering about 200, assembled be-
tween and 10 O'Clock last evening at pop
ular sporting house in Pelham.
The coming fight was kept very quiet in
order to prevent interruption from the au-
thorities. At daylight the preliminaries be-
ing arranged, the men were brought down
and ''scaled. +" Murray tipped the beam at
136 pounds, and measured #. 61S inches.
Henry had the advantage, both in height
and weight, as he stood #. TX inches and
weighed 143 pounds. Both men were in ex-
cellent condition and showed careful train
ing. Before they stepped into the ring odds
were freely offered at 100 to so on Murray.
Nearly one hundred members of the Union
League club of New York were present.
When all was ready ''Rocky'' Moore called
''time." This was at 7:07 a. M, and both
men came up quickly to the scratch. Henry
led with swinging highlander but fell
short, and Murray, who had lodged his op-
ponent's blow successfully, landed his right
hand on Henry's temple and Henry coun-
| tered. Both men closed in and Murray did
some Gin fighting'' and drew the claret from
Henry. First blood was claimed for Murray
by Aaron and allowed, and the men were or
dered to their respective corners. The time
of the round was three minutes.
On the second round when time was called
both men responded promptly. Henry led
off savagely and planted singing right
handler on Murray's face. Murray was dazed
for an instant and then he delivered two
blows with the right and left with exceeding
celebrity and force and Henry was staggered.
He followed up his advantage by running in
on his opponent and a clinch resulted. When
the men were separated it was noticed that
| both showed evidence of hard fighting. Muir
| rays cheek was cut and his nose almost bro
| ken.
| When time was called for the third round
| both men went to the scratch as though they
! would have sooner remained in their corners.
The desperate fighting they had INDUCED in
before began to tell, and they were
'swinded." This round continued for the
full three minutes and was desperately
fought by both men. When break away was
called they went to their corners and bott
were exhausted
! Time for the fourth round was called and
both men showed up better than had been
expected. Henry's right eye at this time
| was SAOSCu dAO vas
Both countered and exchanged and the
blood flowed freely from each. There was
more hard fighting. Vicious and effective
blows were exchanged, and it was believed
that Murray had the best of the fight. When
the men were sent back to their corners the
betting was lively and greater odds were
offered on Murray and accepted
| 10 \,
men were ordered to toe the mark they re
sponded as well as their condition would
permit The fighting was as fierce as in the
last round and good close-quarter worl
was Witnessed There was
clinch, and the men were ordered to break
which they did. They were then instructed
to face each other again. There was NOR,
hard fighting, until at last Henry got in {
terrific right handler upon the left side O
Murray's jaw, and doubled him up in heaI
upon the ground. Murray remained there al
if dead, and Barney Aaron threw up the
sponge.
The fight was the most stubbornly contested
of any fight since Sullivan's mill. Some O.
Henry's knock-down blows were very mucl
like Sullivan's. There were a large numbe
of prominent sporting men present, and /:
big pile of money changed hands.
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