The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-27

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ring they cinched, Murphy touching
/ Kirkpatrick's head for good with his
left Murphy hurried kirkpatrick to
the wall, where they clnched again.
Mr. Murphy returned the compliment
with one to the cheek. They clinched,
added and talked Don't like EN-,
/ 40 you" yelled the Irishman. Don't
worry me responded his enemy, and
| they clinched again as the gong
tapped. Murphy was showing the best
in these two rounds.
Round 3-The third round proved
to be another "old dddlers' contest %
They seesawed without doing any
damage and kept the referee busy
breaking their clinches. kirkpatrick
commenced to WallOp Murphy's kid
news with his right as they Rugged
each other, and the crowd cheered
him But every time the Irishman's
face came up with that indomitable
grin. and he grunted, ''Nothin do
in" They were clinching as. the gong
sounded.
Round Kirkpatrick commenced
ma king friends in the fourth by hand
ing Murphy the opening card in the
shape of a right hand package to the
face They clinched and the Eng
lishman repeated his trick Then
Kirkpatrick got to the kidneys, and
landed on Murphy's face twice as they
clinched again. Murphy smashed
clean one on Kirkpatrick's neck.
AllIlCu. l4l6y DLOAE away anu ~AAAA~4A-e-
again. Kirkpatrick got busy all of
sudden and swung on Murphy's face
with both right and left Ihey
cIinched, backed away, and then Muir
ply swung hard with his right put
missed by a hairs breadth, making
the Englishman's white locks wave
like wheat field under March wind.
They fddled to neutral corner MUIR
ply shot his right through Kirkpat-
rick's guard and landed on his optic.
A oT1f de inst above II and IL
bled freely.
Round 5-Clinch, cHnch. clinch,
was the order of the fifth round al
most to the finish. when Murphy COM
menced to hand Kirkpatrick body
blows and the latter complained to the
referee that they were low. Murphy
was warned, but back he went again,
handing Kirk another in the stomach
and Strengthening him out with a hook
to the chin. Kirkpatrick then COM
menced to worry his Irish foe with
three hard rights to the kidneys and
a stiff punch on the cheek, and they
caused a deal OF hard breathing on
Murphy's part Just as the gong
sounded, Kirkpatrick touched Muir
phys chin and then slammed stln
tleft to the neck.
Round I'm this round Kirkpat-
rick's seconds commenced making the
mistake which lost them the fight.
They kept urging their man in and
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leading, and it canned his tomatoes.
He clapped Murphy in the face three
times in succession without damage,
and got a terrific wallop in the stOn1-
ach in return. After breaking from
the clinch Murphy handed out an
other one right over the bruised optic.
! Kirkpatrick looked mad charged
/ back and struck Murphy a stiff one in
/ the back of the neck, on the medulla.
Three cHnches without results and
Z 1-s toll
but his blows lacked steam. He kept
/ boring in again and got two walops
( in the stomach for his valor Mr..
/ Murphy swung full again but his aim
was bad and he was wild. They
4 clinched as the gong went.
Round IA trio of clinches and
Murphy landed hard with his right on
/ Kirl1patricks neck. Another clinch,
/ Kirkpatrick fell, with Murphy on top
of him The wind oozed out of the
/ Englishnan's nose and mouth. as it
does out of a punctured bicycle tire.
But he was game and came back. to
/ clinch again, land one on Murphy s
/ kidney, break and then get smashed In
the stomach. He made another roar
| about the blow being too low But
with unheeding ears the Irishman was
back and whaled another into the
bread digester. Kirkpatrick got into
the bulldog spirit of his race and
/ handed Murphy one with his right on
both wicked and stiff. Murphy ham
mered back into the stomach and
reached around with his left and
touched the kidney. Then Murphy
rushed, kirkpatrick tried to clinch'
but got a hard bump from his oppo-
nent's shoulder on his chin, which
made him sleepy. Kirkpatrick came
/ back however, and reached Murphy's
mouth as the gong went.
Round S-Clinch. clinch, clineh,
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rick doing the holding. He was tired
and showed it. Murphy bored hard
twice to the stomach and then rushed
Kirkpatrick into his own water buck
cts with another smash into the stom-
ach. It was here that Kirkpatrick
gave up, claiming that he had been
fouled by Murphy's knee.
The preliminary between Terry VII
liams of Denver and Smoky Caldwell
of this city for four three minute
rounds was clever e%hlbluon. WI
liams plainly getting the best of it all
the way through. He ripped a chunk
of epidernis off Smoky's forehead in
the opening round Williams got
the $40 which was thrown into the
ring by the sports. Bill Smith. known
as Black Diamond. another colOred
lad was to have been CaldWel's Op-
ponent, but he quit after he had en-
tered the ring, saying that he was out
of condition.
webb Buell. ana Jesse JAMES, Two
local boys, spared in a teasing sort of
manner for three rounds Neither
was scratched. Buell. showed the bet
ter form.
The Battle Royal between seven
young boys, in a free for all scrap,
proved as diverting as a good dog
hght. Fred Johnson, Joe Raggerty,
Vernon Jones, Claud Aldridge. Art
Watson, John Myer and John English
entered the contest, Jones coming out
the victor. The scheme was that every
man who was either knocked down or
who fell down was to be declared out.
The trouble sirnmered itself down to
/ Vernon Jones and John Myer. The
sympathy of the crowd was with the
2 latter because he was small. The kids
) had a good time and so did the crowd
t SO there were no kicks coming.