The herald., 1896-10-13
Must Be Either Fought fot or
Forfeited
MONEY IS READY
And the Date Is Set for the Great
Meeting
Scaldy Bill Gets Away With Moore of
ST. Paul-Peddlar Moore Is
Still Bantam King.

Associated Press Special Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-Manager
Groom of the National Athletic club Of
this city agreed tonight to deposit the
sum of $4,000 in the hands of the referee
to be selected for the finish fight be-
tween Corbett and Sharkey for which
they signed articles on June 26 last. In
accordance with the terms of the agree
ment, which gave the club six months
latitude, he selected Thursday, Decem-
Der next as the date for the fight.
Sharkey's backer Dan Lynch, has ac-
cepted the proposition and in the event
of Corbett's refusal to comply with the
agreement will claimthe championship.
MASPETH MEETING
MASPETH, L. l., Oct. 12.-The EN-
pire Athletic club held its second boxing
Tournament of the season tonight The
first event was a ten round go at
catch weights between Dick O'Brien of
Boston and Dick Moore of st. Paul. The
second and principal bout of the night
was twenty-rund contest at IA pounds
between the colored boxers, Joe Wal
colt of Boston and "Scaldy" Bill Quinn
people present when Moore and O'Brien
entered the ring. O'Brien had a shade
the better of the oIening round, but in
the second he came very near going out
from the effects of three straight lefts
on the face after Moore had swung a
hard right on the jaw, the gong saved
O'Brien. Moore held decided advant-
age during the third round but In the
fourth O'Brien made the contest very
interesting. Both played for body and
face, but O'Brien did not please the ex-
perts by his fancy movements. In the
fourth round Moore fought cleverly but
O'Rrien went back ct him with rapid
work, using both hands on the body and
face. Moore protected his jaw with the
left mitten, but the free of the blow was
so strong that it reached Mores jaw and
the st. Paul man went down and out in
short order. Time of last round 2:57
Referee Hurst then declared O'Brien
the winner
PALMER MURPHY.
LONDON, Oct. 12.-"Peddlar" Palmer
of England, who holds the title of cham
pion bantamweight of the world, might
defeated Johnny Murphy of Boston in a
twenty-round so before the National
Sporting club.
The quarters of the club We're cram
med to their utmost capacity, many
fashionavle sports being among the
spectators. The opinion among Johnny
Murphy's friends was very general that
he had cut out a vary tough job for him.
calf Dol l,,,ar hot 70 =
the odds of to 4.
When the pugllsts entered the ring
it was easy to see that both had paid
strict attention to training. and it was
also plain to sports that they were in
for long and tedious fight. Palmer
meant to take no chances. hut to win
on points. At no stage of the twenty
rounds did he attempt Knockout t.e
punished the American very little, and
in fact there was very little blood
shed. Palmer, however, always had
the fight in hand, and at no stage was
Murphy dangerous.
The Londoner depended mainly on
his left hand. TIE glove was seldom out
of his rivals face, and Gcarcely more
than dozen right hand crors-counters
were Exchanged. The major portion of
these were delivered by Murphy, but
he was unable to get near enough to
do much damage. Palmor's right-hand-
ers We're of the lightest possible kind.
The affair wac voted very tame, the
only redeemirs features being Palmer's
cleverness and Murphy's gamenees.
There was very little applause at the
finish. In fact, the fight had been so
one-sided that it was relief to see it
ended.