Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-01
Murphy Meets Murphy in the
Fistic Arena.
One from Boston and the Other
from Australia.
Betting Favored Billy, but the Bos,
tOnian Got the Best of It.
Ihe Antipodean Was Virtually Knocked
Out but the Referee Did Not Al
low 1.-THE Fight to BE
Finished Tonight.

By the Associated Press.l
BAN FRANCISCO, May 31.--Billy Muir
ply of Australia and Johnny Murphy
OF Boston, feather-weights, fought al
the Pacific Athletic club tonight for q
$3.50 purse. Before the fight the odds
were 20 to IL on the Australian. Time
was called at OPS.
Billy scored the first blow, . long left
IN the wind. He caught left ON the
chin IN return, but long swing landed
on Johnny's chin and he staggered,
slipping to the floor.
In the second Johnny landed good
left on the Australians mouth. He
received in return smash in the mouth
as the round ended.
In the third Billy'sleft found Johnny's
rib. John ducked a right swing and
scored with his lett.
In the fourth, both men were kept
busy. The Bostonian countered clev-
erly when the Antipodean led his left,
and was generally out Of reach when
Billy swung his right.
In the fifth, Billy urged the Bostonian
around the ring with his left, and get
ting him into corner swung his right
In the sixth, the Bostonian staggered
Billy with left stop, and countered
another lead with q hard right rib
punch.
In the seventh round Johnnie's stom-
ach bore evidences OF Billy's left-hand-
ers. but he continued lively, and in this
round and in the eighth he jabbed Billy
repeatedly.
Johnnie continued to gain advantage
in the ninth, and in the tenth be upper
cut Billy often and nearly dropped him
with left on the chin, and closed the
round with smash on the head, Billy
having scored two hard left-handed
smashes.
In the eleventh round, Billy scored
three hard left swings, and struck the
Bostonian IN the breakaway. The latter
claimed foul, but it was not allowed.
In the twelfth, the Bostonian seemed
tired, but the coolness with which he
stopped or ducked Billy leads with left
jabs in the face, won admiration.
In the thirteenth, the Boetonian stau-
gered his opponent with tight cross,
and smashed him with both hands until
it looked as If Billy would 60 out.
johnny failed to uppercut at the critical
moment, and Billy came back hard with
his right. The Antipodean was in bad
shape, however.
Billy drew blood from the Bostonian's
cheek in the fourteenth round, but in
the fifteenth Johnnie drove his left into
his opponents face repeatedly.
From the sixteenth to the twentieth
the fight proceeded with varying results.
The Bostonian's left eye was nearly
closed, but he was almost as spry az
ever. Billy's swings had more force
than the Harvard mans blows.
In the seventeenth round Billy pinned
the Bostonian in corner, hammering
him with both hands.
Johnny received some hard swings on
the head in the twentieth.
Not blow was struck in the twenty
first round.
From the twenty-second to the twen-
ty-ffth there were number of hot ex-
changes.
In the twenty-fifth the hottest slog-
ging OF the fight occurred, resulting in
Billy Murphy going to the floor from an
upper cut. He stayed down long nine
seconds, and the Bostonian's friends
claimed that Billy should have been
counted out. Billy rose and made sew
eral wild rushes, but Johnny, as cool as
ever, jabbed hlm with his left and right,
sending him helpless to the ropes as the
gong sounded.
Both men were weak in the twenty
sixth round, but Johnnie had the best
of it.
Scarcely blow was struck from the
twenty-seventh to the thirtieth rounds.
In the thirtieth nothing was done.
In tho thirty-first, Billy Murphy was
walking around with his left shoe and
stocking off. Not blow was struck.
In the next two rounds not blow
was struck, the men scarcely moving
from their positions in the center of the
ring.
From the thirty-fourth to the thirty
seventh nothing WAS done, and Man
ager Harrison entered the ring at the
end of the thirty-sixth and announced
that if the men did not fight by the for
tieth round, it would be declared no
contest.
From the thirty-seventh to the forth
eth round not blow was struck, though
Johnnie Murphy made several feints.
It was reported that both men claimed
their hands were gone, and they could
| fight no more. At the end of the forth
eth, nothing having been done, Referee
| Sullivan announced that as the men
would not fight, he would declare the
contest postponed until the end of June.
Manager Harrison then had confer
ence with the men and their seconds,
and the referee then announced that
the fight would be continued to finish
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