Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-19
TOM REILLY
THE VICTOR
Muller Failed to Win the Middle.
weight Championship of
the Northwest

The opera house was comfortably
filed with good sized audience last
night to witness the twenty round box
ing contest between Tommy Reilly OF
Lewiston and Fred C. Muller of Astoria
in which the latter expected to wrest
the title of middleweight championship
of the northwest from Reilly. After a
fierce, bloody battle, lasting five rounds
the decision was given to Reilly. II
was demonstrated last evening that
Reilly is no small fish and it is the
opinion of the sports that he is able to
go against the best Of them. Tom
fights fast. swift and determined go
end in the go last night he started in
from the tap to do up the Astoria boy.
He has a wonderful elbow and shoulder
delivery and his short arm jabs told on
Muller. In the third round Muller was
bleeding profusely from a cut under
the right eye and a cut in the nose
He was gone in the second round when
Tom landed on him fast and furious
and he began to get groggy and made
tneffectual attempts to get Tom in
fatal Spot. Muller went down seven or
eight times but each time came up be-
fore the count was out only to receive
more punishment and it must be said
to his credit that he made a game stay
but was entirely out of Toms class.
Mulled died game and would have
stayed II it had killed him had not Ref
cree Paddy Lee declared him licked in
order to save him further punishment,
Muller got up and said no and argued
with Paddy and the crowd wanted to
see another round. Paddy let them go
again and Muller's face was coated
with layer of blood from the cuts
which he had received The time saved
him from going down. In the fifth
round Tom put him down for the last
time and Muller's seconds signaled the
referee and the fight was given to
Reilly
Muller has a bulldog tenacity and is
as stubborn as mule. Just before go
ing on he took on bet that he would
stay twelve rounds. Previous to this
bet he took on several bets aggregate
ing about $500 and it Is believed that he
was endeavoring to stay the required
number Of rounds the limit Of which
stood in his bets. He repeatedly
clinched Tom in order to save himself
and while he was in dazed condition
he occasionally landed some terrific
blows on Toms face and body The
night last night was much different
than those seen heretofore In this city,
in that the blows from each OF the
fighters were for the face and head and
very few body blows were delivered
Muller landed a terrible right on Toms
neck which lifted him clear from his
feet and put Tom down but he was UP
in an instant laughing over the tap.
All through the fight he was grinding
and barking and repeatedly spoke to
Muller telling him to stand up and
come on In the first round Tom land
ed heavy blow with his left on
Muller's jaw breaking his hand in the
same place it was broken in the fight
with Woods at Frisco. In spite of this
he kept on and not until after the fight
did he tell his seconds. 1t was evident
that Tom wanted to put him out inside
OF six rounds and he lost no time. |
Muller went through the ropes a dozen
times and seemed almost ready to go
out when he would regain his wind and
senses and 1t then looked as IL he was
but only for two or three
seconds when he would become dazed
again. AS Muller went. through the
ropes Tom would help him up and pull
him ont and gave him every chance to
defend himself. In the fourth round /
after Muller said he could go more and |
got up to take HE medicine Tom went
at him and they mixed freely. The
crowd yelled foul but the referee ex-
planned that there was no foul accord