Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-31
TWO OF A KIND.
Murphy Meets Murphy in
Battle Array.
DRoMIos OF THE PRIZE RING
SO Equally Matched that Neither
Could Lick Nor Tell T'Other
from Which.

tonight, between Frank Murphy, tb
feather weight champion of England
and Billy Murphy, the feather weigh
champion of Australia, was postponed 6
the end of the twenty-seventh round, @
the men seemingly refused to fight.
At 9:20 p. M, after several glove cor
tests between local boxers, the men er
tered the ring. The Australian is abou
two inches the taller. The men weighe
1191a pounds each. Billy Murphy wa
seconded by Paddy German and Bill
Armstrong, while Martin Murphy an
Patsy Hogan took care Of Frank Murphy
Hiram Cook, as usual, acted as referee
In the second round the men SPARE,
we'll up in Franks corner. They late
broke ground and took another corner
An interchange of hali-arm blows fol
lowed, the Englishman landing heavily
In the rally Frank fell in the corner anC
Billy slipped over the ropes. The Aus
tralian kept both hands going and faiet
to ward the right.hand roaster in his ribs
Ano her rally, resulting in right
handler on Billy's ear, brought forth con
siderable applause.
Few heavy blows were struck in the
rounds up to the eighth. In this round
handler on the chin drove the Aus
tralian back. The latter in rally fel
clean over. the Englishman, landing or
his hands. Frank got in several sound.
ers in his wind with his right. In spar.
ring for the opening Frank also slipped
to the floor.
In the ninth the Australian kept his
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closely when he changed his position.
while the Australian was constantly in
motion, keeping his hands going in a
see-saw fashion, and looking for an
opening.
In the tenth Billy rushed savagely, but
clinch prevented blows. He again
crowded the Englishman to the ropes
and received right-hand upper.cut.
The Australian was perspiring freely and
inclined to be desperate.
Eleventh-The Englishman changed
his tactics and assumed the aggressive,
leading and stopping the Australian with
his left and landing heavily in his wind
and on his chest and ear.
TWelfth-A left handler on the Austria
lian's ribs was followed by a clean.
straight blow on the Englshman's nose.
A clinch followed.
Yhirteenth-The Australian came up
savage, and chased his opponent clear
across the ring into the latter's corner.
Fourteenth-The Englishman assumed
the aggressive, and some fierce fighting
followed, right and left hand swings for
the head alternating with savage uppe,
cuts and clinches. Both men fought
aaIN nd .,d
followed the close of the round.
Fifteenth-Frank came up a trife
freshed, and his blows had more steam.
A light left hand swing, however, pushed
him to the floor. The Australian dazed
Frank with a terrific right-hand swing
on the nose, and sent him to the floor.
Sixteenth-The Englishman stayed
with his opponent, presenting his ear to
his opponent and allowing him to punish
t, then with a right-hand swing nearly
knocked the groggy Australian from his
feet.
Seventeenth-The fierce fight of the
last few rounds let up a little in this
round, and the men played for wind.
The Australian drew blood from the
Englishman's nose in this round in one
OF his rushes.
The men fleshened in the eighteenth
round. Billy got the worst of it, as he
lad his head too low, getting one of
ranks vicious left handed upper cuts
on the nose or in the mouth.
N the last part of the nineteenth, as
he came on with his head down. the
Englishman caught him on the hip, and
Billy was pitched clean over his oppo-
nent, landing heavily on his back.
Nothing was done in the twentieth and
twenty first rounds, both men merely
circling around, occasionally presenting
their lefts.
In the twenty-second, after circling
little, Frank led, falling short and receiv-
ing a stinging eft-hander on the cheek,
that foored him, causing the audience to
laugh.
In the twenty-third, twenty.fourth and
twenty-ifth rounds nothing was done,
each waiting for the other to lead, and
Kisses and cries of make it a draw"
"Make them fight" arose from the spec
tators.
At the end of the twenty.6fth round
President Fulda stepped into the ring
ard said he would have a physician ex-
anime the men, as the Australian kept
his left down, claiming he was injured.
Tine, however, was called for the twen-
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their tactics of circling around in the
center of the ring, making no pretense of
lighting at the end.
In the seventh round the referee
stepped into the ring and said it was
clearly apparent the men could not go on
with the fight. He said he did not know
what was the matter with the men, but
the club never did and never would de-
clare draw. He would not allow the
men to stand around doing no fighting.
He would simply declare the fight post
poned and in the meantime the Directors
would take measures to find out what
was the matter with the men.
Afrer the fight the men we're examined
by'Dr. McAllister. He found that Billy
Murphy had fracture of the radius of
the left arm. The Au,tralian said that
he received the fracture early in the
fight. Frank Murphy claimed he was
badly Disabled, but the doctor found no
fractures. Billy Murphy's condition will
preclu ie the possibility of the fight being
continued for some time, and Referee Q
Go, k stated that. as the club did not sane
ton the betting, parties having wagers
could Sc tie the bets between themselves
San Diego iDOings.
SAN DIEGO, July 30-Two horse
thieves. named Bunch and Chapman
became engaged in quarrel at Pola, this
county, when the latter shot the former
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