The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-01

than Dixon Mt twenty-siX. Ted Alex
under who brought Young Critic TO
America, thinks M0rshnll's chances are
bright With any man at weight, where
the 20 Is to be to q finish;in limited,
rounds and point boxing his record IN
this country hrs not been exceedingly
brilliant, and he has seemed TO fall
somewhat short Of what the Austria
llnns had put him up Mt. Before COM
inE here he twice met Critic, losing
both times, but each decision was re-
Garded az questionable, iRnsmuch Ms
Critic hnd his gang at the rlngslde, nc
cordlng to the Melbourne Sportsman
one OF the bouts was stopped by the
police and the other by the ring being
broken into.
Ring followers OF ChlcaEo saw Mar
shall last April wriggle through eight
rounds with Kid Lavignc Mt the TRAN
gle club, when the Saginaw boxer was
in good form and when he kept busy
driving right and loft. but they did not
see that any OF the blows landed on the
coloTCd man did harm. He showed
then what defense fight he could put
up, not daring, OF course to mix with
LavignC. Looked at from this point,
some people who figure on ring matters,
Irrespective OF whether they are inter-
estcd In Marshall or not are limiting
somewhat OF n possible dark horse and
q new featherwelght champion. They
think Marshall has equal weight only
TO contend with, and where he has UNI
limited time TO battle in his peculiar.
defensive way he may pull Dixon Into
Il straight-awny journey and outclass
him. Such reasoning is not bad. II II
were not for u weak patch In MhrshnlEs
performances In this country OF late
might be on the dark-horse side; Us i
is / am left guessing, The weak side IL
this: In two long contests with Johnny
Van Hest, Zone In whecling) both
draws, one OF thirty-twO rounds and
the other twentw-one, occurring last
summer, Marshall particularly In the
longer one, seemed 10 have had u Bhnde
the worst OF Il. Here then, was not eX-
actly n frst-ClAss man OF his own
weight, Ions trials and nothing limiting
Of championship calIbrc.
Barry and Murphy.
stuart's bantamwcight department ts
lucky in having In It Champion Jimmy
Barry. the little Titzsimmons" of the
nrena, who can no longer get n match
at weight. 1t was Originally intended
TO pit the Australian, Jimmy Anthony,
against Barry. For some reason that
UtutCU leil through hHh " 10 buAA nv"
Johnny Murphy, OF Boston. will be sub
stItuted for Anthony. Everybody with
any sport blood in his veins, particular
~ OF the west, knows all about Barry.
He Is known as the smallest OF the real
great ring champions, who has run so
far ahead OF hts weight class that only
heavier mon ure spoken OF as matches
for him. AS Fitzsimmons among mid
dleweights, so Is Barry among the
smaller bRntams. the two being genu-
Inc champions with men Of their respec-
tive weights
or Johnny Murphy, however, not so
much is known out this way. though he
is an old one at the game. John Pat
rick Murphy, known for years as RED
Headed Johnny" was born, in Boston
and will be thirty-two years old Febru-
airy %. His condition weight Is ia to
TIC pounds. and he stands 5 feet BY
Inches in height. don't know nj what
weight he is allowed TO come in to meet
Darry-lI5 pounds, II has been said.
Barry OF late claims to range from los to
about los. which Is something heavier
than before he went under the care OF
Parson Davies; nevertheless, It win be
seen that, toward Johnny, he is not
stingy with the pounds.