Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-09
CHAVEZ WINS THE
BANTAM WEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP
DecisiveIy Defeats Harry
Reide, Of Denver, in Twenty
Round Bout Before N. M. A.
c. Last Night.

Fighting az a neyer-let-up lick
liEhtnine fast 81 tlso way. Benny
/ Chavez. OF Trinidad Colo defeated
Harry niede, Of Denver. ".rhc ASPEN
Whirlwind known 10 local fans as
Little Johnni6 Murphy. in a twenty
round bout before tho New Mexico
Athletic club IN the Elkz 'theater last
night, winning with the decision over
iliedc the title bantamweight cham-
pion Of the Rocky Mountain region.
The bout between Chavez and Muir
ply was one Of the best ever staged
IN Albuquerque and was a real battle
from the first 70 last round. The big
crowd OF fans IN attendance enjoyed
the scrap greatly. especially so the
visiting retailers for whom Director
Mark Levy, OF the n. al. A. c. ar.
ranged the proeram.
Chavez was plainly tho agRressor
throughout the tight. Murphy leading
only IN one dr. two rounds. Backers
Of the Trinidad LAD feared that he
could not stand up under tie cruel
ling pace ne set for Murphy and exc
pected 20 see him slow IN after the
tenth round But Chavez never slack
ened his pace. In fact he wns going
faster az the end o. the twentieth
round than In the first. In tho nnal
round Chavez had Murphy groKgy and
doubtless would have had him out
had the battle gone another frame
Murphy toed the line In every refund,
however. including the twentieth.
when he faced Chavez like the game
little scrapper that he Is and absorbed
all the punishment that his opponent
could hand him. Try ne he would IN
the twentieth Chavez could not send
the Denver boy away.
The battle was not one sided by |
any manner Of means. Murphy held
his own and some times more than
his own Ina many OF the rounda But
Chavez was too fast for him and kept
dancing IN and out staying far
enough away from Murphs swings |
and uppercuts "a avoid danger Mur- |
ply would come back fresh az tho 4
beginning Of every round and agsres- /
slvesy begin the scrap. In almost 4
every round, however. Chavez would i
take the lead after the first minute Of /
lighting and would hammer away at
the Denver boy. landing on an aver
age OF two blows to ono. Murphy, /
however, cleverly blocking and MAX
ing harmless most Of the swings.
Murphy took his beating gamely
nnd it Just as popular with his back
ers today as he over was. Chavez Is
today receiving the congratulations OF
his many supporters for his victory
over Murphy and the annexation Of
the bantamweight tatle os this section.
The Chavez Murphy bout. as well
AZ the preiimlnaries, were refereed by
Harry Kelly, official starter for the
coming race meet. Kelly proved him
self one of the cieverist referees that
ever refereed a Dout In albuquerque
and his work was eRtireiy satisfactory
90 the fans and the club Kelly had
an eaceiient opportunity 10 show his
ability In the final bout, He was 80
light on his feet and uniformly fair
Ia his breaking that there wasn't a
from the crowd, nut a sug-
gestlon az ~ what should be done.
pfeIimfnafies Fast.
The preilninafles last night were
good aud fast Bob Conley and Kid
stevens fought six rounds every
round being stevens with the eNcep-
ton OF thc nfth. stevens oufweighed
conlcy nfteen pounds and this was "a
big factor In the bout, the decision
going 70 stevens a. the end Of the
sixth.
hufrylup- knock him~ont one
round affair between the Cheyenne
iSid and fSid Harrison made a hit
with the fans There was more real Z
scrapplng in the one round than there !
generally IL n halt a dozen rounds 81
an ordinary preliminary The chcy-
ennc kid kecled Harrison over in the 4
last minute Of The Initial round md 4
received the decision, Harrison I
wasn't really out Ire was Just an in. Ia
"The Battle Royal" scheduled 20 /
be put on as a feature last night, was [
omitted, and en- extra preliminary was
staged In lts place Horhor Robinson a
Vic stewart Ia two rounds, i
Vic absolutely refusing 20 go back 60 i
the center Of the ring for any more 4
IN the third inning,
All Ia an the card PUT on last night 7
was oraCkeriack. The fans got q
their moneys worth ~ they ever did 4
and Director Mark Levy demonstrated 5
that be Is atiil there with tho dope" s
when u comes 70 patting on hish \
class show. Ia