St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-01
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cago admirers of the manly art as he let
him have one

"The - you say" said one of the Chi
cago admirers of the manly art as he let
him have one
BEHIND THE EAR.
and sent him rolling towards the door.
Another gave him a lift, and the man
finally reached the outside in some
what dazed condition. After the fight
Weir showed but little punishment,
though he said his ribs were frightfully
sore and he thought his jaw was broken.
Murphy was badly bunged up. His
eyes were almost closed, and OH his ribs
was lump as big as a California pear.
At LOS a. m. time was called. The
men spared cautiously for minute,
When Weir led, but this blow was
neatly stopped by Murphy, who
countered. The Spider danced around
in front of his antagonist swinging
his long arms and showing his right to
the name of Spider" Suddenly he
led and landed on Murphy's left eye,
blood claimed and allowed for Weir.
When the men came together Weir
again gave Murphy a frightful
smash on the eye, which was
now bleeding freely. Again the
Spider led, and reaching Murphy
again knocked him squarely down.
Five hundred dollars to 5000 was here
offered by Weir's backer with no takers.
After the ten seconds allowed for a
knock-down had elapsed. the round
closed without further damage.
HEAVY sLUGGING
marked the opening of the sec
ond round on both sides. Murphy
comISg to the scratch in an ev-
identity wicked frame of mind. His
eagerness led him too far, however, and
partly from slip and partly from
blow in the chest he went down. A
moment later he slipped again. Now be-
coming more cautious but more resolute
than ever he began long, clever, gamy
struggle. 1t was give and take till the
close of the round. Each man had ap-
parently increased respect for the
others prOwesS at the opening of the
fourth. Each was covered with blood,
which came mainly from Murphy's
left eye and nose. The eye was in an
awful condition, and Weir kept going
ed his blows at Weir's ribs. Close in
fighting characterized the fourth round
in the first moments, during which
Murphy got decidedly the worst of it.
Sparring for wind enSued until just as
the word time was called there was a
sharp exchange of blows, each man
getting jaw-breaker.
Round Five-The men came quickly
to the scratch and the Spider at once led
again. Murphy was fighting gamely
and got in good cut on Weir's ribs,
but the willy Spider again swung his
right and landed again on Murphy's
damaged optic, from which the blood
| was once more flowing in streams down
Murphy's neck and chest and bespat-
tering Weir as well. The round closed
without further fighting
When time was called for the sixth
round Murphy responded pluckily, and
his eye had been stuck together anew
with sticking plaster. Murphy led, but
| Weir danced out of his way, and then
with an under-cut reached Murphy's
eye and scattered the sticking plaster,
and blood flowed profusely. The round
ended with light sparring.
Round Seven-Weir led again but the
plucky Murphy was fighting well and
stopped his blow and countered. T lere
were re quent cllnches, but the men
obeyed the referees cry of ''break
away" promptly and Myer felt
called upon to say in response
to some comment from the
crowd "the gentlemen are fighting
nicely as l ever saw; leave them alone"
Weir gotin another smash OH Murphy's
eye before the round closed. Signs of
exhaustion were visible in both men
in the eighth. Murphy's optic quickly
got fresh cut from Weir's right,
but Murphy's solid stand was elicit
ing unbounded admiration from the
crowd, and he was not failing to get in
his work OH the Spiders ribs. Not less
agile than the Spider, Murphy was
much more stable. A spectator SAID:
''Weir'S a song and dance man, Murphy
| is a fighter" Weir now began
SERIES OF UPPER-cUTs
with his left, but he appar-
emily accomplished little by the
new tactics except to make the
struggle more snowy. 1t was notice
able that Weir, for some reason, let up
on Murphy's right eye, and turned his
attention somewhat to the body blows,
initiating Murphy. In the ninth Murphy
seemed to get the best of it. Weir was
rather winded, and Murphy got in three
blows to the Spiders one, but the
Belfast mans long reach was suf-
ficient to make the intervals between
| Murphy's success and too long to have
cumulative effect. Murphy seemed to
be just warming up at the call for the
tenth. He was not as strong as he at
first appeared. however, for WeiI
managed to elude him by almost run
ming away repeatedly. At the close
| Weir aimed fearful backhander, but
Murphy calmly turned away his head
an inch and escaped. In the eleventh
| Weir showed what he meant by aban-
doning Murphy's left eye. The Spider
planted stinger on Murphy
righJ optic, and noticed with
grim satisfaction that the left was
completely closed. Weir then danced
around and drove Murphy to the ropes,
but there the latter got in a good blow
| on the neck. A series of mad rushes
on each side, with frequent clinches,
| tells the story until the end of the fif-
teenth round, after which the men were
too weak to keep up such work, and
began a
G ENUINE wALK-ARoUND.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth
rounds not blow was struck or any
| sparring done.
Round Eighteen-Both men spared
very cautiously for an opening. WeiI
| finally led, but fell short. Murphy did
the same thing, and as the round closed
Weir got III good one on Murphy'S
| ribs.
Round Nineteen Murphy's eyes
seemed almost shut. After few mo-
ments of caution the Englishman made
vicious run, which the spider lodged.
The round closed without any damage
| to either.
Round Twenty. Weir led as soon as
Murphy had come to the scratch, a clinch
| followed. then short lead from Muir
| ply, and the round closed with the men
| cautiously walking around each other.
| Round TWenty-one. Another clinch