The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-29
DECLARED NO CONTEST.
FIGHT BETWEEN BILLY MURPHY
AND TOMMY WHITE.
Thirty-Threo Rounds Fought in Which
Some Savage Blows Were
Struck.
speclal % the REconp-UN1ox.

special 10 Jue FECOltD-O MON.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 2S.-For the sec
ond time in their experience Billy Muir
ply, the New Xealander, who still claims
the feather weight championship Of the
world, and Tommy White of Chicago
faced each other tonight in the same
ring. The contest, which was announced
to be to finish and for a 81 $50 purse,
took place at the Pacihc Athletic Club,
and the great hall was filled with specta-
tors. White was bested by Murphy in
an exhibition set-to in Chicago about two
years ago, and has since sought an oppor-
tunity to show what he could do with the
New Zealander in a finish fight. Con-
siderable money was placed on the men
at odds of 20 to Is III favor Of Murphy.
Time was called at 9:05 O'Clock. Muir
ply got in several good blows from the
start, planting one hot right on the kid
neys, Whites lead falling short. The
men lost no time in getting down to their
work, and from Murphy's confident
manner it seemed the fight would not
last long.
White scored q right-hander on the
jaw, but Murphy evaded most of the
Chicagoan's blows by turning away or
cIinching.
In the second round Murphy led with
his IGll, ANU dS IlG LuIuGI, W Illie dropped
him onshis hands and knees with a nard
right on the back Of the neck. Murphy
stayed down eight seconds. White rot
in two hard let's on the face and left
swing on the head, falling near the ropes
in an effort to avoid Murphy's wild
swings. Murphy ducked several leads
and each time nearly caught Whites
blows on the neck.
| Third round-Murphy came up deter
mipedly, but White teinted and kept him
! off. W hite was very cool and iabbed his
lett into Murphy's face as the latter
rushed, occasionally rapping him with
the right on the head.
The fourth was hot round, but slower
than the last half OF the third. Murphy
got couple of more left-handers on the
back OF the neck, and acted in an erratic
fashion. W hite was laughing at HIM.
In the fifth White staggered Murphy
with a couple of straight lefts on the law.
In the sixth White jabbed Murphy two
| hard ones on the chest ana head, cIeverly
evading hot counter. and landed a right
swing Oh The head.
Seventh round-There was q hot rally.
in which Murphy's swings went wild and
White scored some left labs. Murphv
was red and furious. He held to While
and hammered him with force, though
the Chicago boy squirmed away from
most Of the blows.
Eighth round-Murphy changed mis-
style Of fighting and now jabbed for
Whites wind with his left, coming up
with the right on the head and 1idnevs.
White was still cool and laughed at the
angry New Iealander as he smashed
Murphy a blow on the back Of the head
that sent both men reeling.
From the ninth to the twelfth rounds
/ White stood Murphy Off with left iabs.
/ In the twelfth Murphy scored two re-
sounding upper-cuts, receiving in turn
a staggering left on the jaw.
The thirteenth was a hurricane round.
Murphy was doing most Of the fighting
until White swung his left on the law
staggering him. White then ran in after
him and swung, jabbed and smashed
I with his right and left hand till he fought
the ferocious New Iealander to stand
| still, covered with blood from the nose
/ and mouth. The referee had the greatest
difficulty in parting the men as the Chi
! cago boy FASTENED to finish his opponent.
The fourteenth was another hot round.
/ w hite chopping Murphy with his left rs
/ the latter FASTENED in, and Murphy
! landed right swing fairly on the Jaw.
/ White would have fallen had not the
4 referee rushed between them.
I Fifteenth round-Murphy came IN in
/ better shape and bored right in on White
who now ducled. instead OF stopping the
4 blows. He seemed TO have lost his steam.
In the sixteenth round Murphy dropped
/ White with light left in the face VI hite
/ sprang from Murphy's leads, and his
way OF holding his hands while he took
/ Murphy's swings on the head led tie
/ spectators to believe that Whites hands
We're gone. 1t was noticed, however, that
! he countered twice with his left withkon-
! siderable effect, and some shrewd one
ventured to guess that White was allow
ing Murphy TO tire himself, while sus-
tanning no severe punishment himself.
The seventeenth round was much ike
the sixteenth, and from that on to the
twenty-eighth no fighting was done.
The referee then announced that If the
! fight was not finished in four rounds he
would declare il no contest.
4 AT the end OF the thirty-third round, no
/ blows having been struck in eleven
rounds, the referee declared the contest
| of.