The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-08
FIGHT OF THE MURPHYS.
Johnny and Billy Make It Warm For
Each Other.

SAN Francisco, May Sl.-Billy Murphy
New Zealand, and Johnny Murphy, Boston.
fought to & finish at the Pacific athletic club
tonight for a $3.50 purse. Johnny Murphy.
who is the boxing instructor of Harvard COL
lege Is something OF an unknown quality
here it being his hrst battle on the coast, and
the betting favored his namesake at odds of 20
to IL. Billy's victories over Johnnie Griffin
and Ike Weir and the memorable draw with
Frank Murphy of England, in which an Aus
tralian broke an arm, being still fresh in the
minds Of the sports. Moreover johnnie Murphy
was believed to be handicapped in everything
but weight and pluck. The men have been
carefully trained close 10 the northumberland
sixteen pound limit. Several preliminaries
preceded the contest Alec Greggins and Dan
Fitzpatrick seconded the Bostonian. Martin
Murphy and Sol Smith seconded Billy Murphy.
Mike Sullivan was the referee. Time was
called at 9:2s.
Billy scored the first blow with his long left
in the wind, which be repeated few seconds
later. Johnny essayed to counter. The Aus
trAlian looked like a full-grown man be-
side the pigmy. lie scored q left
in the wind and caught lei. on the
chin. but with q long swing landed on Johnny's
chin and he staggered, slipping to the floor.
The second clip near the end of the round also
sent Johnnie spinning. Billy's long left now
looked like an insurmountable obstacle for the
Bosionian.
Round 2-John landed a good left on the
New Zealander's mouth. and some clever dodg-
ing followed. The Boston man swung his right
a couple of times, but was too short. He cOun.
tered on the head hard when Blly's left
reached him, aud the crowd cheered. John
lodged lefts, but received o smesh in the mouth
as the round closed.
Round 3-Billy's left found the ribs John
ducksd right swing aud scored LETT hook, Billy
giving away several chances in aiming for the
ribs and the little Bostonian took advantage of
them The cheering was great at every stage
Of the fight.
The fourth. fifth. sixth. seventh, eighth aud
ninth rounds were only repetition of the pre-
ceding ones.
In the tenth round Billy scored two hard
smashes which looked for a time like a nm
Usher. Nothing was accomplished in the elev-
enth and twelfth rounds.
In the thirteenth the Bostonian staggered his
opponent with right cross and smashed him
with both hands until it looked as II Billy was
out Johnny failed of sn upper-cut at . crit
zeal moment and Billy came back hard with his
right.
The New Zcalander was IN bad shape how
ever, and had the Bostonian more length of
fight in the round
Round 14-Billy landed on the Bostonian's
cheek with a right handler, drawing blood, some
light spsrring and rally near the ropes fol-
lowed.
The fifteenth was barren of results. The
hight commenced again in the seventeenth :,
when Billy pinned the Bostonisn in a corner,
hamIlering him with both hands until the
short-enders feared for their man.
After that the walk-around act was the tao
tics. aud in the twenty-irst not a blow was
struck, and the twenty fifth was finished with
but little damage to either man.
FROM the twenty-sixth the men came to-
gether near the ropes and the hottest bit of
slugRing resulted In Billy Murphy going to the
floor from an upper cut. He stayed down
nine long seconds and the BOstonians
counted out. Billy rose and made several
all wild rushes, but Johnnie as cool as ever.
| stabbed him with left and rights. sending him
helpless to the ropes. As the gong sounded in
the 10Th Billy swung both hands hercely and
labbed him in the face but the little man,
though he seemed weak, came back at him and
had the best of the round.
In rounds u to 80 scarcely blow was
struck.
Rounds "a to Something was done and
Manager Harrison announced that il the men
did not fight during the fortieth round the
fight would be declared mo contest" To do
this would not possibly declare draw.
At the end OF the fortieth round nothiug
having been done Referee Sullivan announced
that as the men would not fight he would de-
clare the contest postponed until the end of
June.
Manager Harrison had q conference with the
men, the seconds and the referee, and then an
nounced that the fight would be continued TO a
finish tomorrow night.