The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
/ PROFESSIONAL BEATEN.
KNOCKED OUT IN THE THIRD
ROUND By AN AMATEUR.

Hot Passages Of Tnlk ana withertnE Boehs
or scern IN the Pirst Two Rounds, witch
Were in the Professionally Favor-He cot
90 10 no His Man, but Got Done Instead.
Up to last Wednesday Joseph Custy and Jo-
seph Lincoln Of Long Island City were friends,
and Patrick Murphy OF the same place had no
record. That is all changed now. Custy and
Lincoln had a discussion about religion. The
discussion became n quarrel. and the quarrel
ripcned into a fight after the mon stopped work
for the day at the Devoe Oil Works, where both
arc employed. Lincoln, who is the smaller man
of the two, gave Custy o very severe thrashing.
"You wait" said Custy, squirting at Lincoln
with the eye which his opponent had loft open,
and holding In his upper front teeth with his
fingers: "Ill get even with you all right"
Better hire q hearse for yourself first" ro-
piled his opponent, derisively.
Custy didn't hire n hearse. He hired a fighter.
Patrick Murphy was the fighter. Patrick calls
himself q professional %pugilist, although he Is
yet without that precious possession of the kind
which states: whipped Binnsy Mcswing in 6
rounds, Puddin STUFF. 8 rounds; Billy the Sinker.
10 rounds; 0'Hooligan's Pancake, z rounds,
&C." In time he hopes to acquire a record, and
in the mean time he is accepted in Long Island
City as a professional pugilist." When DUSTY
came to him with q proposition for q fight no
said promptly:
"Ten plunkers, or yer don't git me inside dc
ropes. Seer
"oh. this amt a ring fight" explained Custy.
"Al that l want you to do is lick a friend Of
mino. He's easy. Amt as big as I am"
Say, It don't cut no ice II he's rs big as o
ferry boat, !" said the professional. "Il set him
up. Seei Will 1 fix him for dc horspital or de
morgnei You says 1t an t goes."--,,...
Don't do him up too hard. You might get
al hen never know what ittim. Yo meyer
goes up and hits him a clinck in de puss an a
Wit a couple O. good t'urnps, an " il You want to
come round an take a walk on his map. wy.
\ a. ! d 10 i y, Tan tt. t. be Be t there, .. said &c ou xay.
lS%H W 4Sshs nS Sel fe i'i tho me er %Gss oman a %a %wSat
d yer take me feri I've a min ter soak yer one.
Gimme u FLYER an blow me Off. an III do the
Five dollars Custy. considered too much, so
after much haggling II was agreed that Murphy
key. both Of which were paid in advance. This
part q the transaction being completed:
pun Gf1f BAG se out % Of asked Sflng seF make r"
ro Hes Joe Lincoln In, and he's a camper m 1,s at De,
therell point him out to YOU"
when iin y cork so eiP Ri% up in in tS SoG m of h1s S SSR t inni;
he's been sleepin' on a trolley fender"
At 6. o'clock Murphy went to the works. and
when the men came out asked one of them to
pc 'Th S%c be IS" said the man, land he's as good
a man OF his inches as there Is on Long Island.
looking fellow. smaller than himself, but g.
viopsly q man not to DO rashly un~derestimstcd;
with some missiXings. Who was he ever up
agin IN dc ropes,
tu rm,n his hH nt oensr fo" %bat IN he t esu fii eEE three re,
times his weight in longshorcmen any day =.
v TbhsIsup cmb Ml%%rDsSS Ia hastily MEIcS get t. q snd drins Of
Lincoln. and the battle which he had secretly
determined should lay the foundation of his
t,d Ro%nd 11i, ncNIu IaGt a se CHI, II, htn SaG. ca nc
EIaSs1a r s,spEss s.s Shs md i tie L. r5 5sRidiss sn5 5ss:
nl KSq ;SdE a il !. opened ~ tie !6s bali R1 x giving maa Ic Joe E
S1s1y :r.d What hat do i . WV want :Ff . Of me sn !" !, but / MAS was
WAS blocked " Of By J jOe's rsm mark ssH II you DON'T
MURPHY daneod back. but was close up again in
a second. Say" he said, "Custy give me two
IR at ysr to o % yer I IR; Gimme ioe," r. twe %a0tJe &c. an, r hm
round ended with both men in position. Muir
Hound 3.-Murphy rushed in. Lincoln crossed
him on the jaw, fell on his neck, threw him
down, kneed him in the short ribs, rubbed his
bone, leapcd in the air and landed on his neck
and did a war dance all over his person. Pat at
intervals seemed to be trying to yell e foul" " but
crowd was in favor OF Lincoln and yelled to him
" to make a rag doll Of the stiff" Presently
terrific right-foot half pivot directly below the
belt in the rear. That ended the fight. Murphy
fed uttering loud screams OF pain and Lincoln
was declared the winner.
Time of the third round, 17io seconds.
1t was u great disappointment to Custy when
he arrived at tho works next day to find Lin
coln't face still in place and intact. He sought
out Patrick Murphy ana demanded his 81 back.
letic countenance.
Amt dere two plunks wort dere r he de-
handed. "Git!"
Then he chased Custy forth. Desire for re-
vcngc still possessed Custy's soul. He went to
court and got out n warrant for Lincoln. Lin
coin did likewise by him.. Both were arraigned
before Justice Duffy Yesterday and were held in
fighter came out. He did not appear in court.
He is at home nursing his face and his new rec
ord.