The herald., 1893-02-07
.FEATHERWE|GHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
Johnny Griffin Wins the Belt
and $4,000.
Billy Murphy Knocked Out in the
Seventh Round.
The Two nTidgets Fought Like Demons
from Start to FInish-The Livlfest
Kind of slugging-Murphy
Badly Used Up.

By the Associated Press.1
CoNEY ISLAND, Feb. 6.-Despite the
stormy weather large aid enthusiastic
crowd OF sporting men was at the Coney
Island Athletic club tonight to see
Johnny Griffin of Brsintree, Mass, and
the Australian Billy Murphy. fight foi
the feather-weight championship and a
purse OF $4,000. In addition there was a
twenty-round contest between Kid Ho-
gan Of Brooklyn and Daily Lyons of New
York, for purse of $1,000. Lyons won
after hot scrap. Then came the fight.
Murphy was accompanied by his Sec
onds, Martin Murphy, Charley Horan,
Charley Hogan and A. F. Murphy, with
Snapper Garrison as timer. The sec
onds of Johnny Griffin were Jimmy Car
roll, Phil Conway and Jack McGee,
with John McGrath of Boston as timer.
The first round. which was of the hur-
ricane order, made it plain that Griffin
had the m ore science, but when Murphy
hit it was for keeps.
In the second Griffin forced the fight
ing, and the liveliest kind of slugging
follow ed. 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 stinging lett in
the nose, which started the blood. The
fight was bulldog-like during the bal
ance OF the round they clinched and
punched while locked together, and did
everything but kick and bite. Murphy.
instead of fighting squarely, would run
his head into Grifiu's chest. Griffin
stopped that by an uppercut. Murphy
was now bleeding from the nose.
In the fourth the game was a trifie hot
for Murphy, and he adopted shifty
tactics, only closing in when he got a
good opening. Griffin forced the fight
ing hard.
In the fifth Griffin gave Murphy
some terrible jsbs and 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 his way. The round was
not fair, Murphy continually fouling
with his head.
In the sixth Murphy tried for a
Knockout blow with his right, but in
doing 80 received many left-hand upper
cuts that made him bleed profusely. He
had his nose knocked all out of shape
and was pounded 30 hard that he was
groggy at the call for time. 1t was the
most rapid kind of fighting. Murphy
landed couple right-hand swings with
out 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
windmilis. They rushed each other
like demons, when Griff's left shot
out, which settled in the pit of Murphy q
stomach. Down he went, groaning,
completely knocked out. When Muir
ply was carried to his chair he fell and
was held in position until he recovered
his senses. When the knockout blow
was received the round had lasted Is
seconds. Murphy broke his wrist early
in the fight.