The record-union., 1894-09-25
PUGILIOHIC EVENTS.
First of a Series of Glove Fights
at New Orleans
THE MURPHY CONTEST
DECLARED A DRAW.
Twenty-Five Rounds Fought, During
Which Some Heavy Blows Were
Exchanged, Though Neither Princi.
pal Was Able to Put the Other to
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New ORLEANS, Sept. 24.-The first of
the series of fights which will form the
pugilistic triple event at the Olympic
! Club took place tonight in the presence
OF about 5000 spectators. Professor John
! Eckhardt, the popular New York referee,
offciated as judge of the merits of the
men. According to the articles of agree
ment between the fighters Murphy
and PIlmmer fought for purse of s., 500,
$1,000 10 the winner and $500 to the loser
The men were in splendid condition, and
weighed in at the stipulated weight, l15
pounds. The stakeless ring was intro
| duced tonight for the first time, and, so
far as appearances went, seemed to be
an improvement on the old style of in
closure. Professor John Duffy entered
the ring, introduced Referee Eckhardt,
who was we'll received Plmmer was
seconded by Billy Mccarthy, Benny
Murphy and Al Robey. Murphy was
looked after by James Connery, Jake
Kilrain and Andy Bowen. Frank Car
amback was official time-keeper
Round 1.-The work in the first round
was very pretty. Plimmer landed sew
| eral lett-handed punches on the head and
right over the heart. Though he missed
one of the most vicious cuttings ever
| seen in the ring here, Plimmer had the
| best of the round.
Round MURPHY landed a heavy
swing on the jaw, though he received
| severe stomach punch in return. Murphy
received a right one in the Jaw and got
one moment later in the same place.
Murphy received severe punishment in
| tins round, especially on the body,
though as the round ended Plimmer re-
ceived heavy upper cut.
Round 3-PHmmer became the ag-
gressor, landing right-Land punch and
sending in his right and left moment
later. Both men landed let's, though
Phmmer got the best of the exchange.
Plimmer punched him all over the ring.
The Boston bantam looked the worse for
the wear at the end of the round.
Round 4-Plimmer forced the fighting
from the start, and was much the stronger
OF the two. though Murphy got in one or
two good right-handers on the jaw. In
the middle of the round Murphy ducked
into heavy upper-cut, and got much
the worse OF the round. At the end Of
the round there was a rapid exchange of
blows and beautiful out-tighting.
! Round 5-There was considerable mix
ing in this round, and the work, though
| heavy at times, was of realistic char
acter. Murphy's right-hand punches
were terrific, though the Boston man took
his medicine gameIy.
Round 6-Plimmer was having much
the best OF this round at the commence
ment. though Murphy assisted him in
missing some heavy left-handers. Plim-
mer was continually pounding at the
head, though Murphy's right showed
signs of punishment When the gong
| sounded Pimmer landed heavy right
on the body.
Round 7-Plimmer was the aggressor,
| landing his left in the stomach and his
| right at Will. There was a hot clinch in
the middle of the ring, in which both men
| lost their temper, Referee Eek hardt call
| ing them TO their immed late corners,
! Round S-Plimmer forced the fighting,
although Murphy landed d good upper
cut on the Englisman's face. Plimmer
! merely evened up the punch. Later
however, Murphy scored the best hitting
during the tight Murphy was heavy
| taVorite of the audience, and as he went
to his corner he was loudly cheered.
! Round 9-All the honors were Plim-
mer's in this round.
Round l0-Murphy was still strong
and a clinch near the ropes caused him to
j throw Plimmer from him with the great
| est ease. He dealt heavy right on the
| body and the head. Murphy was nearly
taken off his feet by heavy right-hand
swing, and many "Ohs" were heard
This was a give-and-take round, and
| Murphy did the best he had done so far.
Round 1l-Both men landed heavy
swings; the body punching of Murphy
was getting terrific. Murphy looked a
| little tired at the end of the round, but
was doing better than in the early stages
| of the contest.
| Round l2-Murphy evened things up in
| this round, landing several blows, and if
anything had the best of the round.
| ROUndS IL and 1d-Tha fl Uh
terrific, Murphy getting some fearful
! punches. When the gong sounded at the
| end OF the fourteenth round the men had
| to be separated.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth rounds
| the men fought desperately. Murphy
got the greater number of blows and the
/ hardest ones, too. Still the Englishman
! failed to weaken him TO any great extent.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth
rounds Plimmer had the better OF the
! fighting. but in the eighteenth Phmmer's
execution was terrible. He landed
heavy right i'll Murphy's throat, knock
| ing the latter to the ground, and then
! Murphy got up and fought gamely. He
was hammered around the ring the re-
mainder OF the round.
! The nineteenth and twentieth rounds
! were in Plummer's favor, the latter jab-
| bing Murphy all around the ring.
Round q - Murphy received severe
punishment.
| Round 22-Plimmer was knocked
down in the round by heavy right in
the jaw, and Murphy was heartily
cheered. This was Murphy's round.
In rounds twenty-third and twenty
fourth there was terrific fighting, in
! Plimmers favor. Murphy's recuperative
| powers, however, were immediate.
! Round 21-The men shook hands for
the wind-up. Plimmer's blows seemed
TO have the most steam. The little Eng
llshman landed some hard body blows
with the right and some hard blows with
the left.
The audience rose in a body when they
heard the verdict. The referee declared
the match a draw, and his decision re-
| celved general appreciation. Plimmer
had the best Of the lighting, but the little
| Bostonian's gameness and generalship
| saved him.
Tomorrow night Jack Everhardt, the
local favorite, will give Stanton Abbott
| return fight for purse of 81, 500. A six
| round bout between Critic and Mackey
Dunn will precede the contest, and as
this will be the first appearance of Critic
In this city, he will prove almost as good
a drawing card as the principals. The
carnival will close with the greatest fight
that has taken place here III the last two
! years. Bob FitZsimmonS and Dan Cree
don will defend the middleweight cham
pionship of the world.