Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-11
TOMMY MURPHY
SOUNDLY BEATEN
BY k D. BROWN
Blonde New Yorker Nearly Has
Harlem Lightweight 0nt in
Third Round-Tommy Very
Tired at End-Jeanette Stops
Black Billy Smith VS..
Sammy Smith Tonight.
NEW yORk Nv III.

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u NOCKOUT BROWN. OF the east
side, proved too strong and too
rough for Tommy MURPHY in a
ten-round bout last night af the
Olympic Athletic Club. in Harlem. In
the second round Murphy made his
only showing. but in the third he was
almost put out, and he was very tired
when the bell rang at-the end of the
tenth.
It was the biggest surprise that the
fght-loying fans of gay Gotham have
had in many years. Murphy was a 3
TO l favorite at the ringside when the
boys climbed through the ropes and
very little Brown money vas in Sigh.
even at this price.
Brown beat Murphy al all styles of
mixing. Tommy during the early
rounds was a bearcat at close quarters,
working his famous right uppercut TO
the head with telling effect, but during
the last half of the mill Brown was
beating him at his owp game Of in
fighting.
It was Browns wicked left which
won for him. He tore 1t into Tomrny's
body often. Murphy could not stop
Browns left, and time and again MI.
K. o. sunk 1t into Tommy's bread
basket wrist deep.
Joe Jeanette. the negro heavyweight.
had an easy victory over BLACK Bin"
putting him out in the fifth round Of a
scheduled teI-round bout before the
Long Acre Athletic Association OF
New York, last night. Black BIZ
practically quit.
Sam Langford won over JEFF Clark.
OF Joplin. in the second round OF what
was TO have been a ten-round vol in
the latter's home town last night. The
fight was stopped when Clark was all
but out.
Before he would fight Langford in
sisted that the ring be reduced to six
teen feet square.
Before the westside Athletic Club,
New Orleans. Sunday, Abe Atteil,
featherweiglt champion, will meet
frankie Conley, the bantamveight
title holder, in a ffteen-round bout.
Although Coniey will enter the ring
close to the featherweight limit and
has consented to Eight AttelI for the
championship, the latter insisted on
catch weights.
While the featherweight champion is
the favorite in the betting at odds OF
2 to I, bets of 10 TO 1 are being placed
en- ConIey's staying the limit.
Young Sammy Smith. the clever Phil
adelphia boxer, and Cy Smith. the Jer-
sey whirlwind. mix tonight in a ten
round bout at the Nationsl Sporting
Club. Matchmaker Tom O'Rourke sub
stituted this pair of lightweights IN
place of the Northumberland go, which
was called off when the Californian
sprsined his wrist While training.
Young 0'I.eary and Joe Coster fought
ten fast rounds to a draw at the Brook
lyn Beach A. c. last night. The boys
agreed 20 weigh in at 12e pounds ring
side, but Coster was several pounds
overweight. t,oster started off like an
easy winner. but after the third round
O'Leary fathoned Coster's style and
worked a right cross to the jaw that
slowed up the Brooklyn or
Young Sammy Smith and Jack Good
man have been matched by Tom
O'Rpurke to meet for ten rounds at a
show of the National Sporting Club on
FRIDAY evening, November %.
Lew Powell and Johnny Mario viii
exchange wallops in a ~ten-round bout
on Monday evening. November y. at
the Olympic A.. c. Harlem
Young Erne and Young Sammy Smith.
the Philadelphia fighters. have been
signed up by Jack McGuigan to meet
in another six-round bout at the Ma
tional A.. c, OF Philadelphia, tomorrow
night.
Frank Klaus and Ted Houck viii
meet at the Armory A. C., Of Boston,
December s.