The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-26
COAST EXPERTS
DO NOT AGREE

How different are opinions taken
from two points of view especially with
regard to fights, is well illustrated by
the two following clippings from the
San Francisco Bulletin, the leading
sporting paper of that burg.
The first is from the pen of Mano A.
Ian, the Los Angeles correspondent of
that paper and one of the livest and
best informed sporting writers on the
coast
The second is from De Witt Van
Court, the father of boxing ON the
Coast, and acknowledged to be the
greatest instructor alive today. Both
these men are thoroughly competent to
express opinions and yet one has Muir
ply hacked to FRAGILE and the other
sees him as the winner if he had only
stayed by his original tactics.
Los ANGELES, Aug. 15.-When
Freddie Welch finished his job on
Johnny Murphy, the northern lad, last
night at Jeffries Vernon Arena, the
tough San Francisco boy looked like
a half brother to a liver sandwich. With
his face and left eye battered to pulp,
Murphy stuck through the last ten
rounds of the toughest going he ever
saw, and every fan who witnessed ms
game performance wondered how he
was able to stay to the end
1t was the old story of a boy who was
willing and who could take fancy
walloping and keep coming back for
more against a man who had him OUT
classed by a mile and a half. At no
station along the mussy route did the
Irish lad show he had anything that
would give him chance. Although ne
exhibited all the gameness IN the world
and kept on the return for all the
slaughter that was dished up to him,
and time after time it looked as though
he was gone, he was no more than
cbopping block for the clever English
man. who could hit him whenever he
pleased In the opening rounds Johnny
had the crowd with him for the manner
in which he went TO work, as he looked
as though be was going to be able 20
get at Welch at the infghting. It did
not take but short time for the BrIton
to solve that problem, and after that 1T
was nothing but an exhibition of how
much clubbing Murphy could take and
stav on his feet Notwithstanding the
fact that Murphy was so far outclassed,
he put stop to all arguments as to
Freddie Welch 8 punch and brought out
in large figures that the English boy
is only in the class of the glass break
ers when it comes to a hard waflop.
If Welch carried anything like a kick
in either hand he would have put his
man away any time after the seven
teenth. as the gong found Murphy in
very shaky condition many times. The
game little lad made a host of friends
here by his game exhibition, and al
though he was beaten to a fragile, he
will have all the backing he wants
with boy of his class.
Eddie Graney dropped into town yes
terdav morning on a business trip and
was asked by the club to officiate, and
the exhibition he gave the fans as the
third man in the ring was good to look
ppon. At no time did Eddie have any
trouble with the boys. who broke quick
" at his command without having to
av his hand on either boy. Graney' S
-efereeing was one Of the features of
the fight.
De Witt Van Court of Los Angeles,
xho was formerly boxing instructor at
he Olympic Club, writes to the Bulletin