The Washington times., 1908-09-03
Tommy the Aggressor, But
Other Man Lands Hard
est Blows.
NO GORE SPILLED,
NO KNOCK DOWNS
Plenty of Earnest Wallops AMI
Some Boxing Cross Fails TO
Follow Advantage
By TAD.


NEW YORK, Sent. S.-Tomrny Murphy
ana Leach Cross ripped and tore
through six OF the most hair-ralsnS
rounds that have been seen in New York
since Peter Stuyvesant blew the old
farm on the Bowery
The fight was great one every way
you take il. Tommy Murphy used
Cross as a punching bag three wears
ago at the Polo Club, and last night
was 10 show his pupil that he could do
il again. He didn't. lie tried as hard
as any boy that ever lived, but the
pupil was the dangerous customer, and
was there with the punch at all times.
In the opinion of the writer the bout
was a draw. 1t was as close as a min
ute is TO another. The Murphy Tooters
claim that their man SHOULD have won
for having forced the lighting, and FOL
lowed the other around the ring most
of the time The Cross men say that
Leach should have won because he had
Murphy bad on two or three occasions,
ana did the most damage,
Sure, They'll Meet Again.
They will fight again. They could
have gone six rounds more last night
at just the same clip, but it is hard TO
say whether both would look the same
after it. When the bell changed at the
finish last night there had not been a
drop of blood spilled nor a clean knock
down scored. and not a BACKED eye dur
ing the go, although they fought like
tigers every inch CT the way.
Murphy was the aggressor as ne al
WAYS is. He is a natural fighter. and
loves TO get in close where he can TRADE.
IL.
He is the lay-off kind who likes to
watch his man and pick him off. Ha
played that sort Of a game last night,
ana, of course. made il appear most Of
the time as though ne were hurt
Murphy Thrice Jolted.
Whatever hard punching there was in
the sight. let us say right here. that
Murphy got il. Three times he was in
a biz bad from rights on the jaw but
never Bad enough to fail nor 70 lie help
less on the ropes. When he was stuns
lie grabbed the East Slider and sIUcl-
until his head cleared Had Cross been
as aggressive as Murphy IN these mo-
ments the battle would probably have
ended quite a few moments before the
sixth round
Murphy DID land some stif ones on
Cross body and Cross face mirrOred
their force. He crouehed up on the
ropes more than once after taking one,
but came back strong as ever a moment
latev.
But rack to the oatmeal From the
time the gong rang until the close Of
the battle Murphy was the aggressor.
He forced the fight two minutes during
every round and even though he was
stung at times he never shiTked a mix
he 4 f1f
at the same time did all the missing.
lie was as wild as a chicken with its
head OH and ripped more holes in the
air than he did on the person of Cross.
He YVES dead anxious to win He tore
after Cross time and time again. but
never once did he have the East Slider
in danger. Cross has right hand that's
as good as any in the world and ne
ratified the teeth of his opponent every
time he got in.
Cross Dances Away.
He was :he daute-awa- sid mo i5 Of
the time. first to me side then 10 The
other, making Murphy miss one out of
every two that he started While dane
ing from side TO side he waited his
chance with the left or right, and as
Tommy started he let go too. Having
the longer reach, Of course, Cross beat
him TO it, and when ne did Tommy
shook or went back q bit from the
place he started, and then took a long
look at his Old pupil.
In close Murphy was slso effective
with MS right-hand upper cuts, but Cross
eVened matters up when ne got 10
working his locp-the-Ioop punoh that
pushed MUrphy's head back eve ~ time
il landed until he broke and started all
over again But, as a matter of fact
there wasn't four seconds in the fight
when either was in a dangerous DO
sltton.