Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-09

palm to Harlem Tommy Murphy a.
Dreamland last night bul II appeared
to me that the decision wou'G have
been more In accordance with the
work done II Owen Moran had beer
allowed TO share the honors of draw
says w. w. McNaushton.
The fight went the full twenty
rounds. and during the fist fifteen
there wasn't one three.minute spell OF
fighting that could have been chalkea
up to Murphy's credit. True, he held
Moran even In some of the rounds
but in the majority of them Moran
was ahead on clean hitting.
incidentally. 1t was late In the
game before Murphy warmed M t.
his work. He tore loose with some
vim In the seventh, eighth and ninth
rounds. and after receiving b God.
letting left swing in the thirteenth he
piled in and made fairly even thing
Of It before the gong sounded By the
use of solid straight lefts.
II was In the fifteenth, though tn II
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ponent and hammer away In real earn.
est. 1t may have been that through
| being novice at the twenty round
game he was anxious to nurse his con.
dition until well along in the battle
but whatever the cause he fought so
differently in the last Ave rounds that
the spectators wondered why he had
not Infused the same ginger into his
work earlier.
Murphy Was Better Trained.
In any case he went at Moran ham-
mer and tongs and before the fin
gong sounded there was ample evi
dence that Moran was not as perfectly
trained as the Eastern boy. In tho
concluding rounds neither had much
time to think of defensive work. al
belt Moran was forced to hold On once
or twice to gain short breathing
spell. They just plugged away at each
others bodies with both hands and
the blows fell thick and fast.
OF the two lightwairhts Moran
fought the header fight during all the
breakneck rallies for which the clos
ing rounds were notable Murphy was
steadily. and II might be said force
fully, aggressive. but he lashed cut al.
most blindly whereas Moran meas
ured his opponent and Drove in right
handlers on body and hca1'that seemed
to land solidly whether they hurt or
not.
The closing two rounds were Ger.
tainly Murphy's. In the nineteenth
he staggered Moran with right swing
head. II was really the flrst chance
Murphy's friends had to shout, and
they certainly raised a din. Tommy
tried hard to follow his advantage, but
Mcran's head went under the Eastern
er's swings and Murphy foundered ami
smote the air again ana again.
Owens head cleared quickly. He
Strengthened up and dealt Tommy a
stinging rap on the jaw with the right
and then they just fogged away with
lowered heads. A spell of fierce. fight
ing developed into clinch and Smith
had to exert his strength to pry them
apart when corners sounded. I.
Moran Best For is Rounds.
In the closing round again Murphy
knocked Owens head aside with a
clip OF the right. but the rest of the
three minutes was filed In with whirl
wind rallies in which Murphy's advant
age at the flnis hwas only slight. Con
sidering that Moran had literally given
Murphy boxing. lesson and a trounc
ing, although comparatively light
one. for full fifteen rounds. II isn't
easy TO see how Referee Smith figured
out to his own satisfaction that Muir
ply was entitled to a decision.
In a way the right to meet Wolgasl
was supposed to rest on what was
done last night. lat | am sure thu
sporting public generally will moi
agree that Murphy qualified for g
meeting with the champion. He will
probably be required to meet Moran
again before he can consider himself
entitled to chance with Nelson's
conQueror
The fight was an embarrassing one
for many rounds and the gallery KEEP
urging the pugilists to get in AM
hammer each other. There were fal
too many clinches altogether and TOT
much feinting. For seconds at time
the Easterner and the Britisher stoo,
facing each other with their shoulder,
twitching and their gloves wayinl
and never n lead, As a rule Moral