Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-26

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knockouts seen in many a day. The
contortions Murphy went through Oh
the floor gave rise to the rumor that
there was something wrong with the
bout. That's foolish talk, we think.
II Murphy could fake that knockout
he's smarter than any actor that ever
trod the boards.
When Tommy arose after that first
left-hand smash to the jaw his eyes
We're close1 as If In sleep. He did not
know VIVA he was doing. Instinct
alone brought him to his feet. lie was
wobbly, and l think that If Brown had
not followed the instructions hurled
from his corner to go right in and
finish his man, by placing another left
TO the same spot, that Murphy would
have fallen again anyway.
When Brown hit Murphy the last
time Tommy just lost all his life. ap-
parently, for he banged the floor in a
sitting posture, his head fell back and
his feet went into the air, and he was
fiat on the foor in an instant. He
groaned as he unconsciously turned his
face toward the west" He was try
ing vaIiantly in his dazed condition to
rise, but the nearest he could get to
it then was to roll over OF his stomach.
He lay there ~momentarlly, and then
turned over on his hands, coming to a
sitting position. His eyes were closed
tight. Holding his right hand above
his head, he CROPPED as if he We're
reaching for the ropes. He was cer-
tainly helpless.
Enough strength returned to the
fallen athlete to enable him to rise
TO a half standing position. II looked
as IL he might rise to face Brown for
another blow, but suddenly his body
c~onvulsed and stiffened, and face down.
ward, he lunged forward on the floor
down and out for good-to be counted
out the second time in his pugilistic
career. Brown, who vas watching 1t
all, grinned, said something toward his
corner and Their walked around a min
ute. .s
The result of the fight was astound-
ing. Friends of the victor dashed into
the ring only to be chased out.
Brown walked over to Murphy's cor
ner,N where he sat. still out of this
world, though recovering his strength
rapidly, to shake hands with his VIC
tim. Tommy did it mechanically. but
the stiffened legs that stuck out at an
angle of forty-ave degrees from the
stool upon which Tommy had been
seated by his handlers told the story.
Browns blows were four. A left to
the stomach in a neutral corner; an
other to the same spot, just a moment
before the first left to the jaw that
sent Murphy down for the first m
and two Iefts to the jaw.
After that second left to the stomach
Murphy was hurt, for he got in close
to Brown to avoid trouble. Tommy
was half-turned, with his shoulder
against X. O.'s chest. 1t was while
coming out of this position that Brown
landed the left uppercut that sent
Tommy down for the first time.
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Knockout Brown lost money on the
fight, as his bought out
Tommy Murphy's share on a gamble,
and the house did not cone up to X
pectations.
One OF the principal features of the
C%orinthian soccer teams tour of Can
ada and the United States next fall will
be games with the elevens of the i'm
portant colleges having soccer cams.
The Corinthians, who will be composed
of Cambridge and Oxford university
soccer players, will meet teams at
Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton
and Haverford, if the present plans
carry. The visit of the Corinthians, IL
is hoped, will help to increase interest
In soccer in the colleges.
There was a slim house comparative
" at the Madison A. c.. proving that
a conflict of big matches even in a
big place like New York is out of the
uuestion. Either this or the Ahearn-