The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-13

trick known to the ring seemed to be at
his command and in addition to this
he has style peculiar to himself: in
fact it is the most peculiar style eXhib-
tied by any boxer who has appeared
here. He never seemed to have his eyes
on his opponent but instead appeared
to be always intent ON studying some
thing on the floor several feet away
from where his interest really centered.
1t is needless to say, though, that his
eyes We're where they ought to be all the
time. His duCking and lodging We're
marvellous and his calmness was al
most aggravating. AS hard and quick
hitter he was all right too.
THEY FOUGHT AT 1872.
The men weighed in at 1872 pounds
each, but Murphy to the unframed eye
appeared to be the heavier man. He
had little the best of it in both height
and reach and was broader across the
shoulders. McDermott had good part
of his weight in his chest and back.
Leaving Murphy's wonderful strength
and McDermotts headness out of con-
sideratiOn and a better match could
hardly be asked.
1t was as the above indicates a test
of Murphy's strength against McDer-
motifs generalship. Murphy started in
from the very first moment to do his
man with the greatest possible de-
spatch. MCDernott went in to fight
ten rounds and get the decision. Muir
phys wonderful strength was more ef
ticacious than McDermott's foXiness
and he won.
Murphy landed three blows before the
first round was fifteen seconds old and
before McDermott had time to look him
over. McDermott kept himself togeth-
er and ducked his opponents vicious
drives, contenting himself with being
a sort of Interested spectator. Murphy
forced him against the ropes and then
McDermott let himself cut. When the
clash and clinch was over Murphy had
an inch and half cash over his right
eye, from which the blood flowed in a
stream over his face, neck and breast.
Murphy rushed his man with right and
left pushing him all over the stage.
McDermott would duck low, Murphy's
blow would cut the air and a clinch fol-
low. Each encounter of this kind play
ed sad havoc on Murphy's wind for in
addition to receiving McDermott's head
or shoulder in the region of the belt
he would spend q great amount of force
in cutting the air. McDermott also
played ''possum" in the early rounds.
feigning to be daZed and weak in order
TO egg Murphy 10 exert himself in the
hammer and tongs style he was pursu-
ing. AT the end of the very first round
McDermott looked and acted as if he
was done for but it was all sham.
LIVELY SECOND ROUND.
In the second round Murphy landed
one of his sedge hammers which
caused the Brooklyn man to change his
tictcs. He let himself out and for a
minute there was the liveliest kind of
an exchange, Murphy emerging with a
bloody nose. McDermott led and land
ed at the opening of the third round,
but when Murphy showed up strong on
returns McDermott went back to his
duckin tactics. Murphy was fairly Gov
cred with the blood that flowed from
his forehead and nose while McDer-
mott didn't show a scratch. Both men
commenced to breathe hard and from
this out neither of them had any wind
to spare. Murphy's drives continued
strong and although they We're falling
short he inVeriably got the best of the
in-tighting that followed and as a rule
the cinch wound up with McDermOtt
on the ropes and Murphy over him.
From the sixth round on McDer-
mott showed more aggressiVeness and
would probably have done his share of
the leading if Murphy would let him,
but the Scranton man was very anX-
ious and rushed things all the time.
McDermott, however continued his Sc
rene and easy gait when things com
menced to get warm! In the eighth
round McDermott was weak and dazed
and there was no shamming about it
either. Murphy was pretty badly
winded and as a consequence neither
was able to follow up an opening. Fre-
quently one or the other of them had
both hands down and sometimes both
of them acted as If they We're perfectly
helpless.
Murphy started in the eighth to fight
foxy and won warm applause by duck
ing that was quite as clever as Nc
Dermotts. The little respite from fore
ing things seemed to help him, too
for towards the wind up of this round
he followed up his leads better than
he had been doing since the first two
rounds.
M'DERMOT'T RUSHED THINGS.
McDermott took hand at rushing
things himself in the ninth and as a
consequence there was a fierce slug
ging bout, Murphy taking his medicine
and coming back as if the punishment
was just what he liked Towards the
end of the round both men We're well
nigh collapsed and as a result the con-
Guiding go was the tamest of the ten
rush by Murphy which landed Nc
Dermott hard against the ropes and a
clean and hard right and left in quick
succession bY the BrooklYn man heine