The record-union., 1892-06-01
LONG AND HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE
NO DECISION REACHED.
G. w. Halves Sentenced to Fifty Years
W. Wagner at Monterey In June
Last-Members of the Editorial AS
ISOLATION Take a Trip Up the Co
lumbia River.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

of Boston fought to finish at the Pacific
| Athletic Club tonight for 81 ,250 purse.
Johnny Murphy, who is boxing in
structor of Harvard College, was some
! thing of an unknown quantity here, it
! being his first battle on the coast, and
| betting favored his namesake at odds of
$50 to Sl2. Billy's victories over Johnnie
Griffin and Ike Weir, and the memorable
draw with Frank Murphy of England, in
| which the Australian broke an arm, be-
ing still fresh in the minds of the sports.
| Moreover Johnny Murphy was believed
TO be handicapped in everything but
weight and pluck. The men had been
carefully trained to the lie, pound limit.
Billy Murphy entered the ring at 9:1S,
and his opponent five minutes later.
| Alec Greggains and Sam Fitzpatrick
seconded the Bostoniar, and Martin Muir
! ply and Sol Smith seconded Billy Muir
! ply. Mike Sullivan was referee.
! Time was called at 9:2S. Billy scored
| the first blow, long left in the wind,
which was repeated few seconds later,
Johnny essaying counter. The Austria
| liam looked like a full-growu man beside
| the pigmy. He scored Il left in the wind
and caught left on the chin, but long
swing landed on Johnny's chin and he
staggered, slipping to the floor. y see
ond clip. near the end OF the round, also
sent John spinning. Billy's long left
! now looked like an Unsurmountab BILE
! obstacle for the Bostonau.
Round 2-John landed good left on
the New Zealander's mouth, and some
| clever lodging followed. The BOStonian
| swung his right a couple OF times, but
was too short. He counters on the head
hard when Billy's left missed him, and
the crowd cheered. John lodged the let's,
but received a smash in the mouth as the
round closed.
Round 3 Billy's left found the ribs.
John duc<ed a right swing and scored q
iett hooker, Billy giving away several
chances in aiming for the ribs and the
little Bos.ouian took advantage OF them.
The cheering was great at every stage of
the fgnt.
Round both men had kept busy,
working easily, but opinions were di-
Vided as to the best man. Johnny was
cheered ottener, perhaps. the BOStonian
countered cieverly when the New Yea
| lander led his lett, and was most often
out OF reach when Eiily swung his right.
| The Harvard instructor pasted the eX-
champion twice in the mouth with. con-
siderable force, and caught a chipping
right on the cheek.
Round Billy urged the Bostonan
around the ring with his left, and getting
him into the corner, swung his right ON
the neck. Billy sent in his lett several
| times in the ribs, and was uppercut for
I his pains. The found ended with hard
swings on both sides.
Round 6-Ihe BOStonian staggered
Billy with left stop, and cOuntered an
other lead with "A hard right rib-punch.
Billy doing most Of the leading, playing
for the wind. John staggered his oppo-
nent with q left drive on the chest, but
missed a couple Of swings.
Round Little Johnny'S stomach bore
evidences of Billy's left-handers, but he
was as lively as a cricket and lodged
about the ring, receiving Billy's clipping
blows without distress, occasionally
countering with his left and swinging his
right, which, however, needed a few
more inches in length to reach the mark.
Round S-Billy made quick lunge for
the wind, but was short. Some swings
were exchanged on both sides, and
Johnny got the best Of them. He was
cooler, however, and, finding Billy at
close quarters, countered repeatedly with
his right, nearly dropping the New Zea-
lander. He jabbed Billy in the mouth,
and the latter at the end of the round ap-
peared to have had the worst of hot
round.
Round 9-Billy came up aggressive.
He was received coolly by his opponent,
who parted and broke ground repeat
H.,
and John countered on the head with his
right. The New Zealander's face was
red and battered, while Johns was I'M
marked.
Round lO-Billy drove his left into the
wind twice, but was sent back with q
right counter. John had some advantage
in stopping Billy's left jabs, for the latter
lowered his head as he led, and the Bos-
tonian uppercut him repeatedly. John
nearly dropped him with his lett stop on
the clfin, and closed the round with a
smash On the head, Billy having scored
two hard left smashes. The cheering was
great.
Round II - Billy scored three hard
left swings and struck the Bostonian
in a breakaway. The latter claimed
foul, but it was not allowed John
ducked and stopped repeatedly with
straight let's in the mouth.
From this to the twentieth round the
fight proceeded with varying results, the
BostoHsan's LETT eye being nearly closed,
but he was cheerful and almost as spry as
ever. Billy found his opponents face
oitener, and the swings had more force
than the Harvard man'sl blows. In the
seventeenth Billy pinned the Bostonian
in his corner. hammering him with both
hands till the short-enders feared for their
man.
Round 20-Little Johnny got some
hard swipes on both sides Of the head in
this round, but responded gamely. Not
a blow was struck in the twenty-first
round.
From the twenty to the twenty
fifth there were several clever exchanges
In the twenty third Billy landed a right
swing on the neck and a couple of let's on
the face that seemed 10 be precursors of
the end, but the Bostonian slipped out in
his usual easy-gOing fashion.
In the twenty-fifth the men came to-
gether near the ropes, and the hottest bit
of slogging of the fight resulted in Billy
Murphy going to the door from an upper
cut. He stayed down a long nine sec
onds, and the BostoniGn's friends claimed
that Billy should have been counted out.
Billy rose and made several wild rusheS,
but Johnny was as cool as ever He
jabbed him with his left and right, send
ing him helpless to the ropes as the gong
sovnded.
In the twenty-sixth Billy swung both
hands tiercely and jabbed him in the
face, but the little man, though he seemed
weak, came back at him and had the best
of the round.
From the twenty-seventh to the thir-
tieth round scarcely a blow was struck
In the thirtieth round nothing was
done.
In the thirty-frst round Billy Murphy
was walking around with his left shoe
and stocking OF. Not a blow was struck.
In the next two rounds not blow was
struck, the men scarcely moving from