The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-03
BLOODY PRIZE FIGHT
Ike Weir and Billy Murphy Punch
Each Other fOr Six Rounds.
Blow After Blow Rained on the Latter
Until He Was Finally Knocked
Through the Ropes and Done For.

BOSTON, Nov. like Weir, the Belfast
spider, and Billy Murphy, of New Zealand,
fought six murderous rounds at the Cribb
Club here tonight. Murphy was knocked
clean through the ropes in the sixth round
and though his seconds picked him up and
thrust him through the ropes, Referee
Johnny Eckhart, of the Coney Island Ath-
letic Cub, awarded the fight to Weir
Both men were badly used up and Murphy
had to be carried from the ring. His face
showed marks of the terrible punishment
while Weirs was scarcely disfigured Be
fore the Weir-Murphy fight Mike Sears, of
Lewiston, Me, champion bantam-weight of
New England. and Dave Ross, of Somer-
vile, fought nine rounds. Both men were
badly off when the referee gave the fight
to Ross to prevent interference on the part
of the police. Then the Weir-Murphy fight
came off. Weirs seconds were Billy Hen
messy and Lewis Hodgl1ins. Behind Murphy
were Johnny Griffin, Jim Gibbons and
Jimmie German.
Murphy led off the fighting with a vi
cious blow on Weirs face Weir retaliated,
and the skin came down off Murphy's eye
and the blood followed Then there was
hot fighting. with Weir skipping
around the ring and practicing his famous
jig step: Murphy got into him on the neck
with his right, and Weir fought SavaSely,
getting in fully half dozen blows before
time called. No advantage for either
man. In the second round Murphy hit Weir
with his right, and Weir chased him around
the ring and got in his left Murphy s
jaw. The men grappled. Weir got in a
swinging right hand blow on Murphy
other eye, and both were black and bloody
when time was called. Weir led off in the
third with vicious blow on Murphy's jaw,
and he fell on the ropes. Murphy grappled,
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got in three blows in quick succession on
Murphys face that staggered him. He
called foul loudly. When they came up
again time was called
Weir started the fighting the fourth with
blow, on Murphy's nose and Murphy re-
ropes with blow on the neck. Weir re-
covered and came up with blow after blow
on Murphy's nose and face, and Murphy
clinched to save being knocked out. Sew
eral times il looked as if he would drop
but he held up until time was called, clinch-
ing TO save a knockout blow. Weir fought
round. Murphy slashed right and left and
Weir began 10 get groggy. He lodged
Murphys blows and fell several times to
avoid punishment. Murphy was fighting
desperately all this time. He got in a blow
with his right on Weirs neck that stretched
him on his back. He got up to his knees
and waited until the timekeeper counted
nine seconds. then he struggled TO his feet
and Murphy sent him down again with a
blow on the same place w elr struggled 20
his feet and the two men clinched. Science
was now forgotten, and foul blows were
frequent Weir was pretty far gone when
a third blow from Murphy keeled him over
just as time was called.
The men came from their corners some
what freshened in the sixth round. They
spared cautiously and then sluSged vicious
ly. Weir got in a swinging blow between
Murphys eyes and he dropped like a log
through the ropes and upon the floor of the
hall His seconds picked him up and
pushed him through the ropes, but il was
plain he was beaten and referee Eckhardt
gave the fight to Weir.