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IN three rounds. This success made God
dard look like a champion. but early in
1898, Denver Ed Smith knocked him out
in eighteen rounds for a $4,000 purse at the
Olympic CLUB, New Orleans. Goddard went
back to Australia after that and won
some unlmportant battles, after which he
proceeded to South Africa, arriving at
JOHANNESBURG in July. 1895. He boxed
two draws there with Tut Ryan. another
Australian. and beat Denver Ed Smith
in four rounds. In 1887 Goddard again ar
rived in this country and was knocked
out in six rounds by Sharkey at Frisco.
He put Maher away in a round not lon
after that. but he wound up his career by
suffering defeat at the han : s OF Kid Mccoy
QouD, Gus Rubin and Sharkey.
Australian Billy Murphy.
Billy Murphy was a star fcatherweight,
no mistake. He was born at Auckland,
New Zealand, in 1858. and was 5
feet So inches tail. He was 20 years
old when he entered the ring. and after
many great battles in his native land he
arrived In California in 1889. Five days
after leaving the ship he knocked out
Johnny Griffin in three rounds and then
stopped Ike Weir in fifteen rounds for the
fe~atherwelght title. He went back to Aus
tralis in 1890 and lost his title to CRITIC,
Murphy pulling off his gloves after fifteen
rounds of hard milling. After being de-
feated by Jim Burge. the Iron Man. and
Critic again Murphy returned to Amer
lea and fought a fotty-round draw with
Johnny Murphy in Boston. A thirty-two
round battle with Tommy White was de-
clared mo contest" after which. in 1898,
Johnny Griffin knocked Billy out in seven
rounds at the Coney Island Athletic club.
Weir also put the Australian to sleep in
six rounds, the men making 100 pounds
ringside. Critic scored another success
over Murphy In eight rounds at Boston in
1894. and in 1895 Billy's most notable battle
was a twenty-round draw with Tommy
White. Solly Smith beat him in fourteen
rounds In December OF that year, while
Dixon stopped him in seven rounds in this
city in 1891. Murphy retired from the ring
in 1907.
Dan Record.
Dan Creedon, a crack mlddlewieght, was
born at Inversagill, New Zealand, In 1865.
In 1890 he won fame by staying eight
rounds with Jim Hall. after which he won
the middleweight championship of Aus
ooho W huOChlhB out OV9rllRnt In seven
rounds. Then he beat Jim Ryan, Buffalo
Costello, Charley Dunno and Mick Dunn
and with a lot OF prestige he came to
America in December. 1892. The follow
ing August Creedon knocked out Alex
Greggains in fifteen rounds at Roby. Ind.
He proceeded to cut a large figure after
that when he beat such men as Dick
Moore and Frank Childs, so that he finally
got a match with Fftzsimmons at New Or
leans. But Creedon was the easiest kind
OF a mark before the wonderful Cornish
man. VINO put him to sleep in two rounds.
Creeoon' however, would not quit the
game but went on meeting all corners.
ne went TO England in 1895. where he
beat Frank Craig. the Harlem Coffee
Cooler In twenty rounds and then knocked
out Jem Smith In two rounds. II was in
1917 That Creedon took a terrible beating
from Kid Mccoy, the battle lasting fifteen
rounds. Then two years later Joe walcott
Knocked Creedon out in a pinch ofto-
which Walcott beat him twice moro on a
decision In bouts of twenty rounds Rv
mat time Creedon was called a purcbina
Dag but he was dead game. McCov JacS
hoot Al Weinig and Dick O'Brien oil
treated him to severe defeats. but he b.,
right at 1t. In 1902 he returned 70 Az.
trala and continued fighting unti1 two
years ago. W.
Jim Hall n Champion.
Jim Hall, had he taken carr h,u..,.
might have won the chamnionsbin 90 49,
world for he was a wonderful two-bandad
pusilist' game, aggressive and clever. he
was porn In Australia in 1888 and uas
o rect n inch tall. In his early career he
scored victories over Joe Goddard. .'star-
lsht ana Tut and fought a draw
with Creedon. He won the middleueigbt
championship Of Australia when he STONED
Peter Boland in sixteen rounds at sydney
IN 1850. Fftzsimmons immediately chaI-
lensed Hall to fight for 500 a side and
they met a month later. F1tz, who was
knocked out in the fourth round. has al
ways insisted since then that he pur-
posely quit AT any rate, Hall continued
10 hoid the middleweight title until the
following September, when he was knocked
out cold by owen Sullivan in ten rounds
Hall arrived in San Francisco in 1897. hut
he spent the next year or more having
a good time. He boxed a number OF
second raters while on the road, but he
never trained a minute.
In August, 1892, Hall knocked out Ted
Pritchard at Brighton. England, in four
rounds. That gave him such a boost that
he was matched to fight Fitzsimmons for
the middleweight championship of the
world at New Orleans on March 8. 1886.
Halls seconds on that occasion were the
famous Squire Abingdon. now dead.
Charley Mitchell and Jack McAuliffe.
There were some high old times at his
training quarters. where the squire made
wine flow like water. Hall was a 10 to Q
f~avorite. but when it came to fighting
F~ftzslmmons made a monkey of him and
sent him to dreamland in the fourth
round. Hall went to England a few months
later and knocked out Paddy Slavin In
seven rounds, but he continued his high
living and finally, after Choynski had
beaten him twice in succession this re-
markable Australian went to the dogs. The
last heard of him was in Chicago. He was
practically penniless.
Bill Squires. until he was Knocked out in
a punch by Burns in Frisco in 1907. was
ragrded as a phenomenon in Australia,
But he has turned out to be one of the
biggest false alarms that ever toed the
scratch. Though powerful physically,
Squires has no heart and is the champion
lemon of the ring. The present fighting
craze In Australia is not new, for the
boxing game has been the rage there for
many years.