Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1889-04-05

TIE LITTLE pUGIAIsTs.
The Fight of the Featherweishts Decided
a Draw,

uBuG UotWctN Clle 10aLneFW6lSnCS, Ike weir
the Belfast Spider, and Frank Murphy of
England, for the championship of the
world, took place at Kouts, Indiana, this
morning, but resulted as so many fights
have lately. in most unsatisfactory man
ner. The referee, after the eightieth round,
being obliged to declare the fight off, an
nOunced that it would have to be finished
some time before Tuesday. It is extremely
doubtful, however, if the men come to-
gether again, within that time, and another
draw will have to 90 on record. The fight
this morning was most peculiar one.
For eight rounds it was as scientific and
as hard fought battle as has ever been
seen in aprize ring, but the other seventy
two rounds, save the sixty-seventh and
sixty. eighth, amounted to absolutely moth
ing. In not more than ten of them was
blow struck, and most of the time the men
did not even put their hands up. An ex-
planatiOn for this fact is fixed that after ten
or twelve rounds, the Spiders hands went
back on him, and he could do nothing with
them. Murphy, who proved himself the
most plucky fighter and the most wretched
general, dallied to get an advantage of
Weir's predicament, who kept dancing
just out OF the English lads reach. An
other thing was that Murphy was not in
the best condition, and the great welts left
from each blow plainly showed that he
had not been rubbed enough, as Billy
Myers putt. The Spider proved himself
much the cleverer of the two, and the way
in which he sailed into Murphy during the
first few rounds, smashing him first on one
eye and then the other, then on the nose,
and twice knocking him down with re-
sounding crack on the neck, convinced
many that he could have won the fight
had his hands held out There were 9TH
ers, however, who were loud in their asser-
tions that Murphy proved himself
the gamiest man that ever entered
ring, and with his two eyes
almost closed, and in spite of
having been sent to grass twice, he rushed
his long-limbed antagonist all over the
ring; this was in the early part of the fight,
however. During the rest of the fight
neither seemed inclined to do much of any
thing, and the two men alternately chaffed
and blackguarded each other, the specta-
tors occasionally varying the monotony OF
the proceedings by taking a hand in talk
ing and urging the fighters to give them
their moneys worth. After round after
round had been fought without a blow.
Weir made a splendid rally, ana the sixty
seventh and sixty-elght were as lively as
the most blOOdthirsty could desire, and
Weir almost had the little fellow Knocked
~ Tho ..,,,.4 80 ,.N
ou.. in1 spui. was q eiioi' one' however,
ana tne old tactlcs were again resumed,
under the instruction of the hackers. When
the spectators saw that nothing could be
expected, they soon tired OF the show,
at the crowds demand. Weir,s hackers
acted very square ana before the ralIy re-
peatedly urged the Spider 10 90 in and
fight even if he got licked. Parson Davies
management Of the affair was excellent.
and his arrangements were all carried out
with Pinkerton men took the party down
and back, and the crowd was q most
orderly one considering. There were one
or two little encounters between sports
and natives of KOuts. thatserved to enfiyen
the proceedings. very queer specimen.
representing himself as an officer, worked
fight is stopped:7' aThe hell. YOU say.a said
one of the Chicago admirers and let him
have one behind the ear and sent him roll
ing towards the door, Another gave him
lift, and the man finally reached the ont
side in somewhat. .dazed condition, After
the nght Weir showed but little punishment
anu n sa ~; hs llGs Were sore
ply was badly bunged up. his ewes ~ almost mos
closed and on his ribs was lump as big
asnGs Is GalI1Ia 4c9a pear n1niag the frst ten
own way. getting first blood. first sn knncR le
down and almost closing 10th If Mnrnhv's
ewes Darina The next f;se ' romnds y, fy Hay,.
ever. Murpily forced the fichtinsp and and
fought most pinckily. In 70 the forty-
sixth round the Walk aronnd continneS
when Weir's hacker ordered Weir into tha
center of the ring and told him to Of fieht' itlt
Weir seemed disipelined to follow his ar.
ders and danced away. In the next t round md