Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-16
TOMMY MURPHY
GIVES PAL MOORE
A SOUND LAC|NG
Philadelphia Will Remember
Beating He Received for Many
a Day-Ted Nelson Beat Billy
West-Happy Davis Draws
With Young Pierce.
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NEW YORK. Dec. 10.

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ToMMY MURPHY, a New YORK
lightweight, fought PAP Moore.
OF Philadelphia, to a finish last
night in a ten-round bout pefore the
Empire Athletic Club. Honors were
ever in the early rounds, but In inc
lsst two Murphy cut loose ana a
Moore clinging at the bell.
The pace was very fast from the nrst-
Moore's cleverness ave him a slight
yanta in the first five rounds, but
Murphy, who prefers in-hghting. Keps
boring in, and by continually pounding
Moore over the kidneys in the clinches.
weakened and slowed him down. In the
last two rounds Moore was swinging
wildly when he was not holding on.
They both fought at top speed from
the opening round to he finish; not
once during the ten rounds was there
q moments let-up. Murphy used q
singing left jab to the face ana
right to the kidneys that gradually
wore Moore down. They agreed to boz
straight rules and to protect them
selves at all times, which was q Dis
advantage in Murphy's favor In the
clinches he roughed Moore around the
ring. pounding away at the body with
DOI0 ndnQS unLll NIOOiO "&o
willing to break. Toward The end or
the fight Moore fought desperately 10
turn the tide of battle. but Murphy vas
on top Of him all h time, swapping
his head back with left jabs.
In the fourth round Moore landed
a left on Murphy's stomach that nearly
went through the Harlem boys back,
and followed 1t up with a right to the
- 49, -ootH~ thof MIrIrnhV WAS
hurt sailed in and for nearly half q
minute they stood in the middle Of the
ring and /slugged away until they fell
into a clinch.
At Browns Gymnasium last night
Matty Alberts won he verdict oveS
George Kitson in ten ROUNDS by clean
hitting and aggressive work Alberts
was entirely too rough and strong for
his opponent,
At the Long Acre Club last night 9
Nelson proved too much for Billy West
in the star bout of ten rounds, n
ing West a bad beating. Nelson was
the upper man at all stages OF the
mill.
AT the Clinton A. C. last night Young
Ahearn danced himself into another
victory by defeating Harry Stone IN
a ten-round bout. Stone didn't have
much chance from the first bell to the
last.
At Philadelphia last night Young
Fierce met with the surprise Of his
life at the Broadway A. c., when
Happy Davis, of Philadelphia, held
linn to a six-round draw. Davis was
at his man from the start.
r At Pittsburg last night Frank Klaus
beat Jack Abbott in o. rounds. Abb
bolt suffered a broken nose and sus-
tanned a terrific body pummeling. He
was unable to respond for the fifth
rotsnd.
Willy Howard, the Brooklyn light
weight winner of his last forty bouts,
, and Joe Phillips, OF P~awtucket, r. l.,
the sturdy Italian lightweight, who In
his recent bouts has been returned the
winner will meet In h main bout at
Browns gymnasium e Tuesday
night,
The semi-final will bring together
Dave Morrison, of Jersey City. and
Young Rowe, of Brooklyn. This will be
q smuggling affair worth going to see.
Dave Dillon and Neil Reagan will
meet for six rounds. There will be
three other four round bouts, and a
wrestling contest between Fritz Mohl
and Sandelle. the Greek.