The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-12
\ BARE KNUCKLE
Fight at the Old Seven
Mile House.
Sheriff McAvoy, With the Elite of
Coursing Circles, Honor the Place
With Their Presence.

There was bare-knuckle fight at Ocean
View yesterday and all lovers of fstiana
in that vicinity-aDd they are not few
as well as considerable number of per-
sonal admirers of the two pugs. who were
animated by a sOul-cOnsuming desire to
spoil one another's cOuntenance. gathered
in force.
W. Cramer lives on Twenty-fourth
street and is short chunky man, weigh
ing about 195 pounds. For some time he
has freQuented the coursing park at Ocean
View and considerable ill-feeling has been
engendered between himself and Billy
Murphy, another well-kDowl babtue OF
the coursing track. In fact both men may
be said to move in the highest and most
select circles of the fancy" Billy Muir
ply, who is a long lathy kind of man, Of
Tended his pugilistic contrere very seriously
few days ago and the latter threatened
TO harmonic the landscape effect of his,
Billy Murphy's, face by reducing his nose
to a state of uniform fairness. BILLY" was
INN ediately overcome with an eager de-
sire to have his nasal organ monkeyed
with, for be offered 10 submit himself to
Cramer's methods yesterday, explaining.
however. that In his excitement he might
knock him into the middle of next week
Both men decided to take chances and
yesterday afternoon they appeared before
their admirers at the Seven-mile House.
The proprietor, who determined TO turn
an honest penny. charged 25 cents admis-
sion. About fifty people paid and as many
more, by one Of those momentum" PLAYS
known to footballers, jumped he ticket
takers and got in free. Sheriff McAvoy of
San III ateo County was an interes ed spec
tator and closely watched Cramer as he
tlempted-somewbat successfully. ii must
be con eSsed-to put face on Murphy
.IOQ Watkins ra far aa6 ha fiuhf he
call of time both men, after shaking hands,
danced around "a la big Injun." but as
both men meant business they clinched
and jabbed each other In very nom
scientific manner. The first round ended
with little damage done and Murphy's
nose still projecting at an angle of forty
five degrees. The second round opened
with Cramer jabbiDg Murphy repeatedly
on the breast, and after a slogging inter-
change of blows landing heavy right
hand blow on Murphy's jaw. The latter
dropped to the floor, but was up again in
change of body blows until the end
of the round. The third round opened
with the men clinchin2. but Muir
ply, who appeared TO be suffering
slightly from stimulants, showed signs of
grOgginess, and CrameT sailed In to reduce
Murphy's rose, as he bad promised to do.
He landed with his right on just the
right spot, Murphy retaliating playfully
by jabbng Cramer in the eye. Both men
were settling down TO steady business
when Sheriff McAvoy stopped the fight.
The men said they were having a good
time enjoying themselves in their own
simple way. but the Sheriff didn't see 1t
in that light.
The onlookers called the affair raw
deap' and clamored for their money back.
but the genial proprietor of the house in
formed all such that the men were "scrap-
PIN for de stuff, dye see, an if ye don't
like II ye can go.'
Neither man was badly hurt. although
Murphy was pretty well covered with
blood about the face and chest. The lat
ter was triumuhng in his opponent not
succeeding in the surgical feat he promised,
while Cramer stated that whipping the
inYial Mnrnhv was inst like eating ME