Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-02-09
Johnny Griffin Knocks The Aus
tralian Out in the Seventh
Round.
A Large Crowd Witnesses the
Featherweight Fight at
COney island.
cne OF the BlOOdiest Contests on
Record = Victory Fair
and Complete.

In the third Griffin forced Murphy to
his corner, and when he got UP again.
pounded him, but got singing left in
the nose which started blood. The fight
was bulldog-like during the balance of
the round. They cinched and punched
While locked together and did every
thing but kick and bite. Murphy, in
stead of fighting squarely, would run his
head into Grittin's chest Griffin stop
ped that by an upper cut. Murphy now
bleeding from the nose.
In the fourth, the game was Il trifie
hot for Murphy, and he adopted shifty
tactics only closing in when he got Il
good opening. Griffin force the fighting
hard.
In the fifth, Griffin gave Murphy some
terrible jabS and had him groggy, fore
ing him to the floor four times Murphy
was grOggy. He would take blow after
blow in the face, and wait for an OppOr-
tunity to get liz his right, but Griffin was
equally sharp and Wild and did not get
In his 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
he received many LETT hand upper cuts
that made him bleed prOfusely. He had
his nose knocked all out of shape, and
was pounded SO hard he was groggy at
Coney Island, n. Y, Feb. 6.-DeSpite
the stormy weather there was a large
and enthusiastic crowd of sporting men
at the Coney Island Athletic club to-
night to see Johnny Griffin, of Braintree,
Mass, and the Australian, Billy Muir
ply, fght for the feather-Weight cham
pionship and purse of $4,000
In addition there was Il 20-round CON
test between Kid Hogan, of Brooklyn,
and Dolly Lyons, of New York, for Il
purse OF $1,000. Lyons won, although
there was Il hot scrap.
Then came the fight Murphy was
accompanied by his seconds, Martin
Murphy, Charlie Koran, Charlie Hogan,
and A. L. Murphy, with Snapper Car
riSOn as timer.
The seconds of Johnny Griffin were
Jimmie Carroll, Phil Conway, and Jack
McGee, with John McGrath, of Boston
as timekeeper.
The first round, which was of the hur-
rfcane order, made it plain that Griffin
had more science, but when Murphy
hit it was for keeps.
In the second, Griffin forced the fight
ing and the liveliest kind of smuggling
followed. Murphy, with one rush,
knocked Griffin clear through the ropes
with his shoulder, and on another occa-
sion knocked him to the floor with his
body.
the call of time. 1t was the most rapid
kind Of fighting. 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 Il hard left on the mouth and land
ed on his nose with his right. They
came together and Murphy forced
Griffin to the floor When he arose
Murphy went at him swinging his arms
like a windmill. They rushed at each
other like demons, when Grittin's hot left
settled in the pit of Murphy's stomach.
Down he went, groaning, completely
knocked out.
When Murphy was carried to his chair
ne fell off and was held in position until
he recovered his senses. When the
knockout blow was received the round
had lasted fifteen seconds.
Murphy broke his wrist early in the
fight.