The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
PLIMMER WHIPS McRATH.

i CoNEY ISLAND, \ Y. Dec. 2S-A lare,
4 and enthusiastic crowd of sports ASSN
bled at the Coney Island Athletic club
i tonight to witness the finish fight between
2 Billy Pllmmer, champion bantam weight
OF the world, and Joe McGrath, champion
e IIO pound man of Ireland Plimmer was
The faVorlte, being backed with cousi l-ra-
+ Die money; but the Irish lad put up a
stubborn fight, and gave everybody a run
Tor his money. John T. Eckhardt was
referee. Pilmmer's seconds were Charley
Norton OF Newark and Dennis Murphy
and Harry Evans of Birmingham. Eng
land, while Martin Murphy of San Fran
cisco. Peter Maher of Dublin and Jimmy
Carroll looked after McGrath. The purse
was s., 500. the winner to take s., ZOO, and
the loser $500.
The big event of the evening was preeed-
ed by several smaller bouts, the best one
or which was that between Billy Leedom
OF Philadelphia and Moffat Flaherty of
Boston. The men weighed 10 at I54 pounds
and fought hard from start to finish.
t'laherty had his man grogey and down in
me first round. From the third TO the
elghth 1t was give and take,e each being pun
/ lohed severely, but neither having the adj
vantage. In theeighth round Flaherty got ia
telling blows, and the referee awarded him
! the fight
The event of .he evening commenced at
IU'oO o CLOCK. Both men were shy at the
opening. In the second round Plimmer be-
gan hitting McGrath in the eves the latter
looking much hsrrassed In the next
round PImmer kept at McGrath's eyes and
drew blood, when McGrath improved and
gave his opponent some blows that made
MIN vince. In the fourth round, in swing
ing MS rlghr, Plimmer missed and fell TO
q n Kitya :.
from this out had everything his own way.
chopplng the Irish lads face into Jelly
aud knocking him down twice The Irish !
Iad was game and stood the punishment
manfully. In the sixth round McGrath's |
race was streaming with blood and he was |
pounded until he was so grogey that be |
could scarcely stand, oeiug knocked down |
TOUR times. The gong alone saved him the |
last time.
In the eighth round Plimmer tried to |
bring the fight TO finish, aud went at his |
man with right and left. and showered /
DioW atter blow upon his battered and
bruised face, but even then he could not
put him out. McGrath was knocked down
repeatedly. but bobbed up each time be-
lore being counted out. The round was
so extremely brutal that the crowd yelled
lake him off, and ont of pure pity
jimmy Carroll threw up the sponge Nc
Grath got mad at his second for throwing
up the sponge.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 2S-Prosecutiup Attor
ney Mudd announces that he has plenty of
evidence to proceed against the sports who
participated in the DAILY Fitzgerald con-
test at tloTissant on Monday last. A
great sensation is created thereby: for sew
eral Florissant officials, Mayor Costello,
several of the sheriff's deputies and several
ot. Louis millionaire sports are concerned.
aud may be arrested
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec, 25.-Billy Murphy,
The New Zealander who claims the
-eather-w weight championship of the world.
and Tommy White of Chicago, faced each
other tonight at the Pacific Athletic club
or purse of S2,500 the contest TO be to a I
1nIsh. Considerable money was placed at : :
,ads or 70 10 Is IN favor of Murphy At =
he end of the thirty-third round. no {
blows having been struck in eleven
ounds, the referee declared the contest
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