The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-01

Pei Mcfarland and his handlers claimed
to 81 that lie had broken bis right hand i'm th"
no'hst tNelfth round, and cursory cNami-
o,a' ons n ma tion at The conclusion OF tho battle
Cord showed that member To he badly puffcd
hdt and swollen. but OF this the public was
D.. moi aware until after leaving the arena.
ricS Mcfarland. with his injured hand.
yanhE fought wonderful battle. Murphy. on
ne u tlic other hand gave exhibition of
neU gaineress and ability 10 come back rare
ana ( ly seen in q PRIZE ring
n vtFarand fairly smothcred Tic little ilar-
tvsrIlem fighter with a dazzling variety Of
uu{punches from which there WAS 10 es-
nge dcspe, Once he sent Murphy fiat on his
hrlhack. bat Tommy was up In a trce and
emr apparently none the worse for wear
PenuI Murphy Is Game.
Ger 4 Time and again Murphy was all but
rad Ifough, out of the ring into the laps OF
ppss ihe ncwspapermen and appeared TO be
psniin great distress, but the well defined
on qpunGh was not forthcoming 10 give him
leN All the time Mcfarland gave an eXhi-
ldo1lIbition OF blocking smothering and side
stepping that called for cheers He
purlepcned cuts over Murphys eyes and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF an. egg. In the face OF
Ter lihis constant rapid fire, the slout-h
t. ed little easterner fought bacI, every min
penrsRlte and made n better showing in the
last two rounds than did Mcfarland.
essA For twelve rounds the battle was one
NJ
,oFarland began to slow down and SEEM
all ctngly had tired, In several OF the sue
~, us nel his antagonist, unmcrcifuily, but
1,e e NurPhy fought back with desperation,
NJ; aSsv fnd some Of his body, punches made deep
-ys''fnroads on McF'a rland'S vitality.
P De After the fifteenth round Murphy took
. maDpn new courage and there was little
II m.nuestion that be would last The twenty
pea arounds. In the final two rounds he cleo
'as as Tnihed he spectators by taking the bat
the We 10 Mcfarland and u seemed II
terminating ~
Mn.Feleome 10 the Chicago man as ii was
Both lighters showed superficial marks
for the contest
DiIba .summns up tho battle Mcfarland out
d Mt3ointed his adversary To such an extent
for Nat the latters eameness and ability 10
lbsorb punishment did little 20 make IT
icb 4 Two man affair But the knockout
ns T3pnch lacking and the reputed pow
FbSrlnl Mcfarland right cross proved neg
For ia Mcfarland expects 10 leave FOR Chi
Mercslago next Monday whittier he will pro-
Ered s, 10 10 New York 10 keen an engagement
Mind elth Matt Wells the British champion
ROUND 1.
Muiphy took the aggressive at once.
sutleL pr, laiIed 20 connect with a vollcy OF
inute Eshts and, let's. Mcfarland covering
h AINIhe stomach with his right, AS the round
hi.fnded Mcfarland bled slightly from the
cCPack Of tho neck. an old scratch being
OoIpehed during ono Of the clinChcs. It
Fas round without features.
gh ss ROUND >.
V'iA ~ ibS MSYllphy worked right uppcrcut to
IL ntnc lace The ChicaGoan. however. coun-
psr aro lered with straight left 10 the face and
S;ens3l s3l}rsowsd this with two similar punches.
,tou. h,u'' tne New YORKER backing NcrarIand
,a t,u ri tsslnst The ropes. drove right and left
e tns Tp Tho stomach Mcfarland then took
baIfs fs4mnsGd np and, and forced his man across the
IN Sy M Wpches TO the law Murphy covered up.
tnro!, IT, the shfty Stock Yards fighter easily
eaf' EnrTnsted his guard The round was
~ ROUND 2.
lNmrphys right eye was almost closed
CcNfe ers,o. ne came to The center Of the ring.
NCUEs5s drlahd forced him against the ropes
pd drove in half dozen light lcfts 10
- face and followed this with two
VI" wallopcd him twice ON the face with
akots Tbs,S,nF bppaF short-srm punches. The Chi
n SEoan blcd slightly from tho nose az he
Of Cak1H,'na 1,'a,,s n.t seat. Again Mcfarland had the
..ollcgst ROUND 4
Nnfphy opened with a left shift TO the
delphp -. pt,r. plcl hooked with his right. hul
,,tnnaa'Sn a'Sng returned each punch with I'm -
Carts ,rpbi ana SroNp M9phy slipped TO his knees.
.,cfr. ~, Drought blood from Mcfarland ;
P.-Unms{Ss NteE Ntt u straight lcft 10 that mem
a Asr''Vb bod, o1[r "s,and @ confined his attacks Ia
1is up'l rt Of eL WeiV uppercuts TO the Jaw. The
,brt. which nearly floorcd iho New
-Tsno'oo oo,n5 " was viCiousv contested
tnoraan Sor "'" the nonor' in MeFA''"da
,,,i, ,,srsr,,,, ROUND .,
irsa," box io ,hn' started ont with ls(I
tate Upl%'h liEbt TO tho ss me- i W. ,
OF folnched Murphy sInn"d I',i %. %. '",, ,, {,
rsin"S thn ''",l' " only TO be iIoorcd this in1c
,,fivl,, Evuht Of two with A short; arm,
ennSss' tain. IN" Jaw. Murphy wsS forced
Jrs. v, V,dffb NJ .ss ropes and the round closcj
uette kht ana ,nn'5t..nn shooting a volloy of
., Isor1ach' ~. ,shor'-aIm punches to tho
ZOE 'icr crbrlands round
.,ue ROUND G.
s,r ralIand opened with a hard Ior, :,
crsetoNr Gr,h,' aud q moment later rorcn,
"A .i6a,,h usTh 10 the ropes with Inri /,
CentrS n tbc ia, y. Then lie drove his rirbi
ansyiva eled nra..i T,..i great force and Mrnhy
yon fpu, said Murphy as MnIsari.1 Ia, ia,
%e up MS good work planted his r,gh,
taIs ); tTt t.Ttona ana again 10 The law ME-, ris So,
~ g., great cleycrncsE throuchn,,,
,A.,n ROUND
al a0ooeotjRcf arand forced his opnorc,, ai,.
Pa, ropes landing 2GIIEri asal,,s
stcr" E,on ot face punche. nec.crr,, ~
49,. Of VIM " Murphy head bacI, and iw,
''F bhinr W,,nar Wnar punches kept his hca,
.tieheP Liz ,ulgnIpiF appeared 10 he i'm 'znl-
III 8. zk1incb ~, ~ arland pushed him uut q
M yVch'r.i n.t tnd The bell rang viii MrI,ar =
'o' r. Ia,, illE 10 be ~ clear winner MIN.
A. sl,ipep 5ped n Ji;c ~, was swelling badly as h
Ark.--Mi .r,.,, ROUND 3
NJ ff,,Shd ,Shd gave his ant;,zou,st m 80,
ma. d Il. l.,p;r pna'eu ien and right TO the fsco
blgate- rstonS. b's With two hard .lefts I,
--Gd LEFT bonr aurphy retanted with
MohtNietn swunr l,, :" The jaw. The Chica n
lleit to the stomach me law AM
fDivnly In dIstress 1p ta'pny agai