Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-16
MURPHY Wins OUT
Cyclone Finish Gives Tommy
the Victory Over Moore.
FAST MILLING MARKS BOUT
Great Crowd Sees Pride of Flat
bush" Trim the "Philadelphia
Phantom"
FAST MILLING MARKS BOUT


Murphy. Pride of F'latbush," stepped back
into the lightweight championship zone
over the reputation of Pal Moore. the
philadelphia Phantom, at the Empire
Athletic Club last night He made a
Garrison finish in the tenth round that
sent Moore's chances flying. Up to the
| fatal tenth Moore had chance to win.
but the combined cleverness, courage and
hitting ability of Murphy won for him.
| Murphy, bleeding from the ear. with
split lips and in many ways damaged,
waded into Pal and made him look as if
| a downy pillow would be too hard for
| his face to touch for many a day.
What the blows to the face had failed
! to accomplish Murphy's hard right jolts
| to the body finished
| Murphy was too strong, too clever and
| too much of a ring general for Moore.
! Every time Pal would permit Murphy to
lead Tommy's blow found its mark. Pals
| best work was to beat Tommy to the
blow but he failed to recognize this and it
brought about his undoing.
| Both lads weighed in before the bout was
called at 133 pounds. Murphy just shaved
this weight, but Moore found it an easy
matter to step on the scales without jar
ring the beam. His friends said that he
weighed 128 pounds.
Murphy was the first to enter the ring,
! but he had scarcely obtained his seat be-
| fore he was followed by Moore.
Moore started the milling with hard
right chop to the face. Tommy came
back with stiff left to the body and they
clinched Tommy tried to uppercut but
failed. Then Pal crossed a hard right to
the body. Moore caught Tommy near
the ropes just before the bell, and with
left and right hooks to the face made
Tommy cover up.
Tommy began to force the boxing in
the second round. sending in a sledge-
hammer drive to the ribs. But Moore
came back strong and hurt Murphy with
a hard right to the heart. Murphy
worked Pal to the ropes, and in close
quarters with left jabs cut Pals lips
slightly. Pal wiSgled out of the danger
zone, but his work was slow.
| Pal Cuts Tommy's Ear
Pal cut open Murphy's left ear with a
) hard swing to the head in the third ses-
sion. The smash came just before the
clnch and after both boys had planted
body.
Murphy started Pals nose bleeding will,
left jab early In the fourth round. Pal
came back with hard jolt to the sore
ear that turned Tommy around. He fol-
lowed it up with two heavy left hooks to
Murphy's stomach. In clinch they eX-
changed blows with lightning like rapid
ity till the referee parted them.
The NTH session was Snarp fast
! round. 1t started with a wild right
swing from Pal. which failed to land
Tommy took advantage of this and sent
to the heels. Then they stood toe to
toe and for fully ten seconds mixed it
up with hard blows to the body and
head. Tommy jabbed his way out Of
the clinch. but Moore hit him hard in
the pit of the stomach with left swing
at the sound of the gong.
Plenty of Action.
Moore chopped Murphys face and the
bad ear repeatedly with stiff lefts i'm the
first part of the sixth round. Stung by
the blows Murphy came back with Il
hard right to the body that made Pal
tired. Murphy and Pal then mixed 1t
up again. The men were fighting hard
at the close of the session 1t was a
great round for action.
s Some and and fight" said rom , in the the
face as he said it. Scarcely had he ut
tered the words than Moore showered a
deluge Of blows to Murphy's face, cut
ting his lips with left jabs and rocking
his head with a hard right chop to the
face. This was Pals round.
Murphy nearly dropped Pal with short
hook to the body in the eighth round. By
using his left in triphammer style he
Pals right eye. which Abe Attell hand
ed Moore in their encounter. Murphy was
very strong with his punches. while Pal
WdS Wedk ne Cnance earn
this round went glimmering when Tom
my shot In hard right to the short ribs
that was effective.
Pal jabbed with his left and sent over
a right cross in the ninth round. His
boxing was fast in the early part Of
the session. But Murphy hit him hard
on the face with left swing that made
Pals head wabble.
! Tommy had the tenth round by wide
margin. He sent in fast left hooks to
Pals face that cut it up. Pal was too
weak to retalate. There was lack of
strength in MS blows. What vitaiI,y he
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