Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-09

I'D ATTLING" BILL HURLEY.
SS the Passaic whirlwind, was
easily the favorite SO far as
applause went before his ten-round
bout with Tommy Murphy last night
at the opening of the new Empire A.
c., in New York. The crowd cheered
him because it liked his manner of
fighting-that boring, ever-coming-on
kind of work that never allows of an
Idle moment. He vas the same favor
lite after the ten rounds with Murphy.
whose championship boosting did not
increase at all as a result of the fight
h a some of his friends thought would
amount to a slaughter of Hurley. After
h bout opinion was divided. The
rabid Murphyites thought their man
shaded his opponent, The Hurley
campites figured that their mans
whirlwind work had won for him and
his rushes made Murphy look like a
selling platter and others liked a draw.
Our opinion is that neither men suf-
fers in having it called a draw. Muir
ply had it all over Hurley, everybody
will admit, as to clean punching, but
Hurley's aggressiveness and the greater
number of blows LANDED by the Passaic
boy and the way he forced MurpG
around the ring against the ropes, be-
ing the lighter man by at least eight
pounds, evened things up.
One thing Is certain as a result of
the fight, that a "go" between jack
Goodman and Murphy would be a great
battle. Hurley has improved a great
deal: has learned to avoid more than
half the amount of punishment he used
to allow himself to take. He can make
any of the lightweights so a fierce clip;
in fact, if they don't while In the ring
with him, he'll rush them out of the
ring. I do not see why the New York
fight critics do not give Hurley credit
for his slam-bang work.. When Nelson
was doing just such work he was pro-
claimed a champion, and yet Hurley is
allowed but little for the same quality.
If Hurley only knew a little more
about boxing and could put on four or
five pounds of good muscle it would
take q wonder to stand in the ring with
him. 4
In the first round both men took ii
cautiously. Hurley instead Of rushing
standing off and boxing. 1t wasn't a
bad exhibition, though a surprise, on
the rart of the Battler.
LII NhC 6CCOho PhJ SOt III a OnS-
two wallop to the jaw that woke up
the Batter, who charged for the first
time and got Murphy in a corner and
Ranged him to the body and head. Be-
fore the round was over Murphy got
In come hard wallops, but Hurley was
getting in those swinging blows with
regularity.
In tho third round Hurley made Muir
ply look bad, and if Tommy ever was
In dificulty it was then. Six times Bill
put Tommy on the ropes and punched
him hard and often, though Tommy
ssved himself a lot of punishment by
covering up pretty we'll.
Hurley wound up the fourth round
with a hurricane of blows that evened
mp this round which was q hummer.
both mon alternating in exchanges of
blows.
1t was Hurley by a shade or perhaps
even UP to the seventh round Murphy
rot this round, I think, by his jabbing
and clean punching, though Hurley was
full of fight and boring in al the time.
The eighth round found Hurley all
Dver Murphy, banging him like a good
fellow. Tommy seemed to tire. a bit
here, or if he wasn't tired he stalled
for a rest. The Battler kept on the
move all the time, his aggressiveness
winning him the round
The ninth and tenth rounds were
RUNNERS. Murphy tried hard for an
advantage in order to get the decision.
He worked hare with clean rights and
iefts, but everything that has made
Hurley famous In the fight game the
Battler brought into play, n my
opinion of the last two rounds is that
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end one ,of the hardest fights Murphy
probably ever fought. Hurley was the
gamer by the fight and not Murphy.
for the latter was expected to cut his
opponent all up, but failed.
If Carl Healey could have found it
possible to forget the pain he was suf-
fering across the shoulders last night
and fought Tommy Houck, four out Of
the eight fighters to open the now
''swell' club of New York would have
been J~erseyites.
The improvement made by Young
Wildfang, judging from his showing
with Jimmy Dolan, the Tren-
ton boy, in charge OF Jack Waldron, |
the old-time boxer, in the semi-final
was a pleasure to his friends. The
Newarker certainly handed it to Dolan,
who seemed to have it on Wildfang,
who has grown to the 140-pound limit.
The pair met at the Sharkey recently,
and the Newarker scored a win. Last
night he beat Dolan, and did it de-
cisively.
In the very first round Messengers
charge went at his man to beat him up.
Wildfang danced AROUND his man,
showing more speed h a the writer
ever saw him display before. He used
his rights and lefts with good effect.
He had a shade, fighting carefully. of
all the rounds up to the fourth, when
he went in and can up In mastery
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