The morning call., 1893-02-07
LIKE TWO TIGERS.
1t Was a Regular Hurri-
cane Battle.
GRIFFIN DEFEATS MURPHY.
The Australian Was Game, but the
Pace Was Too Hot, and He
Went Down.
GRIFFIN DEFEATS MURPHY
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

CoNEY ISLAND, Feb. 6-Despite the
stormy weather there was large crowd
of sporting men at the C0ney Island
Athletic Club tonight to see johnny Griffin
of Braintree. Mass. and the Australian.
Billy Murphy, fight for the feather weight
championship and purse of $4,000. In
addition there was a twenty-r0und contest
between Kid Hogan of Brooklyn and Dolly
Lyons Of New York tor purse of $1,000
Lyons won after hot scrap. Then came
the fight. Murphy was accompanied by
his seconds, Martin Murphy. Charley Hogan
and A. f. Murphy, with Snapper Garrison
as timer. The seconds of Johnny Griffin
were Jimmy Carroll. Phil Conway and
Jack McGee, with John McGrath of Boston
as timer.
The first round, which was of the hurri-
cane order, made it plain that Griffin had
the more science. but when Murphy hit it
was for keeps.
In the second round Griffin forced the
fighting and the liveliest kind of slogging
followed. Murphy, in one rush, knocked
Griffin clear through the ropes with his
shoulder, and on another occasion knocked
him to the floor with his body.
In the third Griffin forced Murphy to his
knees and when he got up began pounding
him. but got singing left in the nose
which started the blood. The fight was
bulldog-like during the balance of the
round. The men clinched and punched
while locked together. and did everything
but kick and bite. Murphy, instead of
fighting squarely. would run his head into
Griffin's chest, but Griffin stopped that by
an uppercut. Murphy is now bleeding
from the nose.
ln the fourth the game was trfe hot
for Murphy and he adopted shIfty tactics,
only closing In when he got good opening.
Griffin forced the fighting hard.
In the fifth Griffin gave Murphy some ter
rible jabs aud had him groggy, forcing him
to the floor four times. Murphy was groggy.
He would take blow after blow square in
the face and wait for an opportunity to get
in his right, but Griffin was equally sharp
and did not get in It's way. The round was
not fair. Murphy continually fouling with
his head.
In the sixth Murphy tried for knock. out
blow with his right, but in doing so re-
ceived many left-hand uppercuts that made
him bleed profnsey. He had his nose
knocked all out of shape and was pounded
so hard that he was groggy at the call of
time. 1t was the most rapid kind of fight
Ing. Murphy landed a couple of right
hand swings without much apparent effect.
In the seventh Murphy started in to do
some heavy work, but Griffin met him with
hard left on the mouth and landed on his
nose with his right. They came together
like mad bulls, and Murphy forced Griffin
to the floor. When he rose Murphy went
at him, swinging his arms like windmills.
They rushed each other like demons, when
Griffin shot out his left. which settled In
the pit of Murphy's stomach and down he
went groaning, completely knocked out.
When Murphy was carried to his chair he
fell and was held In position until he re-
covered his senses. When the Knockout
blow was received the round had lasted fif-
teen seconds. Murphy broke his wrist early
in the fight