The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-15
TOMMY MURPHY
IN fine FETTLE
FOR M'FARLAND
Harlem Boy Believes He
Can Take Packy's
Measure
To Battle at Fairmont A. c.,
New York, on Tuesday
Night, Next

Tommy Murphy is an excellent ex-
ample of what a boxer can do If he
adheres to the straight and simple
life. Murphy has been in the boxing
game since 1902, starting when he
was fifteen years old. During these
nine years he has taken part in
hundred Or more stiff ring battles but
has never been as strong and as fast
as he is to-day. All of which gives
substance to his boast that he will
win from Packey Mcfarland when
they meet next Tuesday night at the
FairmOnt A. c.
For four years, and up to about
four months ago, Murphy had been a
victim of the malarial germ. But
this he has at last conquered. In
deed, he has knocked old malaria cold
and his health is perfect.
There never was a man in the pu-
gilistic game that worked harder and
displayed less signs. of fatigue IN
training than Murphy. He says moth
ing tires him now The more he box
es the more he wants of it.
Murphy performed for a dozen or
more boxing sharps yesterday after
noon in the ring of the Fairmont A.
c., at which club he is doing his
training. He used UP three boxers
and had to stop because his sparring
partners were DdLLeTGu SO 1uuCu IuSy
could not continue. He boxed ten
rounds without as much as five min
utes' rest between bouts. When the
third man had been helped from the
ring Murphy called for more voiun-
teers, but no one -&tfted to go against
him. And when he stepped from the
ring he was not drawing a long
breath.
When he stripped for the rub down
it wasn't the same Murphy that came
SO near whipping Packey Mcfarland
in Philadelphia on the evening OF
stripping Weighing less than 1870 TBS.
Now he weighs a few pounds more,
but the muscle and sinew are per-
fectly distributed over his body. He
has heavily muscled shoulders with
the muscles packed at the blades,
pugilist A rear view when in re-
post shows the powerful neck of a
real pugilist. The shoulders are not
square set but slope like the neck of
champagne bottle. His legs are
powerful but not knotted with mus
Gle. He is as light on his feet as
Mcfarland.
Murphy is likely to give Mcfarland
a lot of trouble next Tuesday night,
just as he did in Philadelphia two and
will do will be in clinches or while
boxing at close quarters. Murphy
showed in his training session yester-
day just how he intends to box Nc
Farland. He is going to tear in all
the time. Jabs do not seem to both
er him. He takes a jab for the
chance Of getting in a heavy body
blow. All he cares for is a chance
to get in close. His best punch is a
right to the body. He starts with a
left to the head, and Murphy has a
good left and then he drives home
the right to the midsection. It is a
wicked punch and one that no boxer
can stand much of.
Mcfarland will have to bring all
his science into play. He cannot
take any chances of letting Murphy
get in too close. He is meeting q
man who has improved 100 per cent.
since Nov. IS, 1908, and this assertion
has a great deal Of significance. If
Murphy tries to box with Mcfarland
he will be lost. He must tear in and
batter down the Chicagoan's guard.
This is what he intends doing.
1t should be a great bout. The
men are to weigh 1876 pounds at 5
clock on Tuesday afternoon. Muir
ply is already down to this weight.
Mcfarland must do a bit of road
work to make it.