The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-04
IN. SPORTING CIRCLES.
Jimmy Murray Knocked Out by Billy
Frazier of New Bedford.
FENCING BOUTS LAST NIGHT.
Charlie Mitchell says Irishmen should be
Ashamed of Siaher as Their Represcn-
tative i'm the Ring-Fulford Beaten by
Budd mt Chicago Yesterday-Gossip.

pen wheD you're not looking for it, and
that's just what happened to Jimmy Muir
ray last night. IL came in the shape OF
left hand upper-cut, dealt by Billy Frazier,
at the New Bedford Athletic Club last
night. 1t was great fight while il lasted
and the windup came almost like n flash.
Up to the fourteenth round Murray's
chances for winning seemed 10 DO OF the
best Frazier was hitting the oftener but
his blows lacked steam while Murray hit
like "A mule when he landed. Had the
Providence man obeyed his seconds and
played more for FraZiers wind the result
might have been different. Every time
Murray reached for this point he landed,
but could not be induced TO follow up this
kind Of work. He insisted on playing for
his opponents jaw which he couldn't
reach once in dozen tries. He was game
TO the last and in the face of certain de-
feat in the last round went 10 the centre
and took his medicine like little man.
The people of New Bedford are as slow
about starting a fight as they are about
everything else, and it was 1l:l5 o'clock
before the men went to their corners and
began 10 pull the gloves on. Then Referee
Moore introduced them and they went
back To their corners to get the finishing
touches. In Murray's corner were Bobby
Burns Frank Lannon, Mike Leonard and
Jimmy Boutellc. Behind Billy Frazier
was Patsy Sheppard, Dave Ross and Mike
Sullivan. Murray just came within the
limit 1873 pounds and was big and strong.
Frazier weighed 1855 pounds and while
shorter than his opponent looked TO have
more depth OF chest and strength in his
legs.
In the club room were about 300 lovers
OF the art, many OF whom were from Bos-
ton and Providence and rs usual the NEWS
was the only Rhode Island pap4r person
ally represented.
Ii was close on to II 80 when everything
was ready and the gong sounded. Both
jumped 10 the center like cats, zach wear
ing "a confident smile. For a, moment
they SPARED then Frazier let fly his left
and right and laid both on Murray's face
and getting n right on the side of the head
in return. Frazier tried TO rush him sew
eral times but Murray met him every
time and laughed at him when he failed
to accomplish anything. Nothing of any
| account was done in this round.
Frazier opened the second by landing on
Murray's jaw and got q stiff poke in the
wind. Then Murray took the lead and
began chasing his opponent around the
ring trying often for the head but accom-
plishing little.
The third was repetition of the second.
In the fourth they came together in the
center Of the ring and they went at 1t
hammer AMI tongs at short range, it was
almost an even thing until they were
parted by the referee. Then they went to
sparring at long range again. Frazier
landed lightly on Murray's face and the
latter said: "Oh, hit hard, don't be slap
ping" "im wild ye, old man." retorted
Frazier, as he tried again for the same
spot and failed. Yes. you are, I'll make
you quit before / get through with you,"
said Murray and the balance of the round
was occupied with an occasional rush,
interspersed with taunting remarks.
The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds were
about an even thing. Frazier hitting Muir
ray in the face often, but with no appar-
ent effect Murray was playing for tho
body and succeeded in landing hard sever
al times. His second tried 10 have him
confine his operations to this part of his
opponents anatomy but he persisted in
his vain attempt 70 reach the ex-minister'
jaw.
In tho eighth Murray landed beauty
on Frazer's mouth and started the claret.
Murray had the best OF this round and
was the stronger of the pair.
The ninth and tenth were an even thing.
Murray was doing the chasing and at
every lead got left and right in the
mouth. which was fast swelling.
The eleventh found Murray the stronger
of the two, and still trying for right
hand swing on the jaw.
Frazier kept jabbing him in the face in
the twelfth and thirteenth. and Murray
was IoT lne with DuJ ilti't
success. The round closed with hot in
fighting.
Murray's seconds sent him in to punch
FraZier's body, but he needed not their in
struclions, aud as before kept trying for
the head. Toward the end of the round
Frazier rushed and punished Murray Sc
verely on the ropes. Then he let go an
upper-cut, which caught Murray on the
Jaw, and he fell fiat lie rolled over and
picked himself up in seven seconds and
Frazier went ut him agaiu like a demon.
He caught him on the jaw, and again
Murray went down. He was out, but the
call OF time saved him, aud his seconds
carried him TO his corner. They worked
hard on him with sponges, ammonia and
stimulants, as when the gong sounded he
was apparently as fresh as daisy.
Instead OF Keeping away from Frazier
rs he Was told he went right at him trying
as OF yore for the head. Frazier met him
at the scratch and in moment was rain
ing shower of blows on his swoolen
mouth aud jaw. Murray dropped from
exhaustion but was up IN time and Fra
zier sailed in again. He shot il into him
at short range and then let fly left hand
upper-cut which lauded on the objective
point and Murray dropped. He couldn't
get up this time and the tenth second
found poor Jimmy still on the floor,
beaten but not disgraced. He had put up
a good, game fight against one OF the clev-
crest men III tnt DuSiutNS. I1t 10 De
carried 20 his corner but revived after a
little rubbing. Frazier did an Indian
dance in his own corner when the decision
was announced and then grasped his
beaten opponent by tho hand exclaiming.
There are no hard feelings, are thcre
old mani Murray couldn't understand
the situation and couldn't answer the
query.
Previaus TO the Frazier Murray fight
Patsy Broderick OF this city and Patsy
Downey of New Bedford fought 10
round draw. Jimmy Boutclle. Joe Muir
ply and Billy Seelye, We're behind the
Provdence boy, and Mike Sullivan and
Henry Nelson looked after Downey. The
latter had considerable advantage in
height and reach and did all the leading,
but BrOderic!S gave u good account of him
self for the first seven rounds In the
eighth the Providence boy got one On the
law that came near ending the business
and Downoy was pounding him in the
corner when time was called. He came
MP flr thc'ninth rs fresh as when the con
test started and az the end OF the ten
rounds was much stronger than his op-
poncnt. II was the universal verdict that
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