St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-15
1T WAS A HOT FIGHT.
JIMMY MURPHY WINS IN THIRTY
FOUR ROUNDS.
He is A REAL PHENOMENA
The Affair Takes Place Close
Enough to st. Paul So Many
Citizens Attend.


a number of st. PauPs leading citi-
Zens and sports took place. last night
just over the line in Wisconsin. The
arena was pitched in summer
beer garden connected with a bowl
ing alley ON the Hudson road. Some
200 specially invited guests were
present, though the evening dress
these same gentlemen ordinarily
wear at society events was lacking.
Aside from this and the little eX-
element that was taking place in
the ring there was nothing to distln-
guish the gathering from a prayer
meeting, as it had all the respecta-
bility necessary for the latter.
The principals of the affair were
Jimmy Murphy, of ST. Paul, and
Eddy Schulenberg, of Minneapolis,
and they put up one of the gamest
fights ever witnessed by any of those
present. 1t lasted thirty-four rounds,
and ended in Murphy's favor. But
really Murphy had his opponent out
in the seventh round, only the prom
inent physician who was acting as
timekeeper was not 'up to snuff"
and failed to count right.
Both men weighed in at 120 pounds
each. Murphy is a tall, thin fellow,
built something like Fitzsimmons,
while Schulenberg is short and stocky.
The battle was a hot one from the
start, but during the first two rounds
neither had any advantage. In the
third round, Schulenberg made the
blood flow freely from Murphy's
mouth, and the former had a little the
best of it all through this round. From
this to the seventh round there was a
good deal of hot fighting, but neither
had much advantage. Murphy had the
best swing and had the advantage in
point of reach, but 1t was his first
fight, whereas his antagonist is an old
hand at the business, and ducked free
ly, dropping down at times to avoid
punishment, after the Charley Mitchell
tactics.
In the seventh round Schulenberg
was knocked down three times, and
the last time he was out fair and
square had not the timekeeper stopped
when he had counted seven. But
Schulenberg rallied before many ad-
ditional seconds had elapsed and
when time was called for the eighth
round he came up apparently as fresh
as a weil-fed rooster. The audience
claimed foul for Schulenberg in this
round Murphy crowding him over the
ropes, but the referee would not allow
it. Murphy had decidedly the best of
1t in this round. In the ninth round
Schulenberg was all but out again, but
he rallied just in time. From that to
the twenty-siXth round it was give and
take, with many sharp exchanges and
a good deal of clever lodging on the
part of Schulenberg.
In the twenty-siXth round Schulen-
berg was knocked down three times,
but he rallied every time, and seemed
to have the most remarkable endur-
ance. There was a good deal of SPAR
ring for wind then until the thirtieth
round, in which Schulenberg was
again knocked down three times. He
was out in this round also, but the
timekeeper counted ten, giving him
time to revive. In the thirty-first
round Murphy knocked his opponent
down three times, knocking him clean
through the ropes. But Schulenberg'
staying powers were equal to MUIR
phys superior strength and skill, and
ne continued to come to the scratch.
The next two rounds developed but
little of special interest, both men
Sparr1ng cautiously.
In the thirty-fourth round SchuIen-
berg was knocked down twice, and the
last time he was rising just as he was
about to be counted out. But before
he got up Murphy made a drive at
him, and he dropped down again to
avoid punishment, and the referee
gave the fight to Murphy
The general verdict of all present
was that Murphy is a coming phe-
nomenon in his class.
The sport opened with a six-round
contest between Jack Collins, Of Chi
cago, and Eddy Gardner, of ST. Paul.
Gardner had the best of it all the way
through and was declared the winner.
Harvard Freshies Disappointed.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March IA