The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-17

The twenty round fight between Tim
Hurley, of Susquehanna, and Doc"
Payne, of Baltimore, under the au-
spices of the American Sporting club
at Music Hall last night ended in a
draw. To the thousand or more on
lockers the decision was q satisfactory
one, but Payne was not so we'll sat
isfied. 1t is safe to say that If Payne
was from Susquehanna and had half
the county at the ringside cheering for
him he would have been given the de-
cision.
Leaving the rules out of the ques-
tion, Hurley was entitled 10 a draw.
Payne is a bigger man every way and
a veteran of the ring as compared with
the 2O-year-old lad from Susquehanna,
! and when il is considered that he failed
to make the referees final duty a
sinecure he did not deserve any more
than was awarded TO him.
Hurley was heralded as the best man
that ever came down the Jefferson
| branch, and he undoubtedly deserves
the distinction and more. He is one
of the strongest and pluckiest fight
| ers that ever appeared here and If he
| improves in his head work he ought
| to be heard from in fast company.
| Payne is kid" McCoy's sparring part
ner. He is not an amazingly clever
| man in any respect but it was very
| evident to any follower of sports that
he has had the gloves on before.
A SAFE FIGHTER.
He fought Hurley according to the
| most modern style, which dictates that
| you wear your man out by gradual,
| sure and safe work, rather than eX-
| pending all efforts on trying for a
| speedy knock out. Half his blows were
| straight left jabs at the face, which
| only do damage by frequent repetition.
Any one of them could be taken safely
! by any unframed man, but when they
are repeated and repeated they make
a man sore and have a tendency to
| take the steam out of him.
| Payne kept on repeating them, and.
| coupled with the punishment he in
| flicted on Hurley's wind, they won him
the best Of the fight Hurley fought
| well with both hands and landed fire.
| quently on his larger opponents jaw
and neck. He also showed up the bet
! ter man when it came to roughina it,
and. if he had done more mixing up
would have come out with even better
results. AS it was though, he has
| every reason TO be satisfied with ths
showing he made.
Hurley started in to force things
from the beginning and for the first
five or six rounds had the hest of il
by a small margin. Paynes syste-
| a o. a n
left swings at Hurley's wind cooled
the Susquehanna boys ardOr and from
this until the fourteenth round, Payne
was permitted to do his share of the
leading.
| CLAIMS OF FOUL.
Hurley made frequent complaints
about Payne hitting in the clnches
and of unnecessary pushing in the
breakaway, and his friends vociferous-
! ly yelled four on several occasions
when Payne's blows landed a trifle
low, but Referee Pat Murphy could not
see that any intentional foul had beer
committed and told the men each time
| to Go on and fight"
The tenth round was one continual
miX-up. and Hurley had by far the
best of it. Both men continued to mix
it up willingly and viciously for three
rounds, but after that they played a
little more cautious for awhile.
From the fifteenth to the nineteenth
round Hurley's friends were fearing
that he might get into trouble but he
came up strong in every round and
toed the scratch for the final bout with
apparently as much steam aboard as
/ Ire
| fighting. however, the power that
Payne had kept in reserve stood by
him and for the remainder of the round
it looked as il Hurley might be finished
at any time. He wasn't though and
while quite groggy would doubtlessly
have come up strong after a rest.
BEHIND THE MEN.
Hurley was seconded by c. C. Smith
the Colored Thunderbolt. from Califor-
mia, who fought Peter Maher for a few
moments year ago; Robert Ploct, of
Susquehanna,a and Jake Deiler, of Bing-
hamton. Payne's seconds were Frank
Eckles, of Philadelphia: Harry Davis
of Scranton, and Con Reilly, of Dayton
Ohio, his manager. The timekeepers
were John McGinty, "Doc" Ibbins and
Jim Phillips. II. u. Hopewcll acted as
announcer.
4 lively six round preliminary be.
tween two cOlored boxers, Pepper
Griffin, of Philadelphia, and John
Coates, of Baltimore, was given to
Coates by Jimmie Judge who acted as
referee.
ELMHURST.