Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
THE PUGlLIS
GOOD BATTLES
LAST NIGHT
Bridgeport and Other Cities Fur.
nish Some Clever
Contests.

About half hundred persons
from this city went to Bridgeport
last evening to witness the boxing
exhibition given in the skating rink
on State street under the auspices oil
The Colorado Athletic club. Al
though they were disappointed with
the main go, ten rounds between
Jeff Doherty of New Haven and Billy
Glover of Boston, they were very
well pleased with the six round ex-
hibition between Young Shea of this
city and Kid Murphy of New Haven.
All the bouts went the limit, but OF
course no decisions were allowed
Shea appeared to be fit, and Eddie
Curley, Fonsey Vallone and George
Mulligan, manager of the Waterbury
boxer, were in his corner. From the
tap of the gong the Waterbury
youth started to mix it up; in fact,
about the only fault that could be
found with him during the evening
was his eagerness to get at his OPP
ponent. Even during the time be-
tween rounds Shea was apparently
nervous waiting for the bell and in
stead of forgetting about the fight
during the one minute intermission,
he was almost on his toes so eager
was he for action. Murphy, who has
a crouch that makes him a little
difficult to hit, did no leading in the
first round, nor in any other for that
matter. In only one round did the
New Haven boy have the better of
the Brass city boxer, and that was
the fourth. In this session Murphy
landed a hard right on Shea's jaw.
II went home as Shea was drawing
back and it unbalanced the boy a
little and he fell backwards. But
he was on his feet the next moment
and leathered Murphy with vicious
right flush on the jaw. In the other
five rounds Shea had 1t on Murphy,
and although the latter was by no
means exhausted at the end of the
sixth, Shea would have had the de-
cision on points had one been given.
In infighting Murphy tried hard to
beat a tattoo on Shea's body, but
found II rather hard work. Shea
also tried to worry his opponent
when at close range, but neither did
much at this style. In the sixth
round Shea uneorked a little re-
served steam and although many
thought he would tire by that time,
he got the hand from the crowd
when he went after Murphy hot foot.
The boys snapped punches in fine
style and the wind-up was fast.
The main go was the tamest affair
of the night and was SO ladylike that
in the second round Referee Jimmy
Carroll stopped the boxers and said:
"I'll referee no longer, as I have
never refereed a fake fight and am
not going to start now" He was
induced to have the bout go on and
after that il was a little better, but
not much. Glover, who lost on
points to Jim Bonner Tuesday even
ing. appeared with a large bandage
around his head to protect his ear.
Doherty allowed him to wear 1t.
During the first few rounds he made
no effort to hit Doherty. who. as
usual. was denting the air with those
wild chopping block swings of his.
lie made enough swipes to kill a
regiment had they landed, but they
missed Glover by yards. and then
some.
The eight round fest between
Bunny Ford Of New Haven and
Young Bossey of Bridgeport was
fairly interesting during the last few
rounds. The men were to fight at
12s pounds. but Ford looked to be
almost ten pounds heavier. He used
a straight left with good effect and
it vas not long before he had the
blood flowing from Bossey's nose.
Bossey also used his left to good ad-
vantage. He landed often, but bis
punches did not have the force OF
Ford's wsllopsL
The first preliminary was a four
round bout between Kid Hassett and
Toung Spada Of the Park city.
Andy NeGarTy, the lightweight
fighter Of he Bronr. and Joe SsIger
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