New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-24
Boxing Critics Doubted Ability
to Knock Brown Out.
THE BLOWS TO Jaw TOLD
Question of Superiority Be
tween Murphy and VOL
CAST Unsettled.

CAST Unsettled.
When joe Rivers knocked out knock
out Brown. the New York lad. i'm ten
rounds in Vernon on Saturday afternoon
he ACCOMPLISHED feat which many Oe-
lievcd 10 be next to impossible. Not that
the critics rated Brown A. "A champion
far from il. but the East Sid" Dutohman
had shown such remarkable powers OF
recup.ration I'm all Of his bouts IN the
East that II was thought he would dt
least last the limit with the FORMIDABLE !
Spanard
To those WHO have followed The more or
less sensational career Of Brown from
the time ne appeared In the preliminary
battles I'm the old Long Acre CLUB up to
tho night that he beat Nd WolSast in six
rounds I'm Philadelphia and again at the
old National Sporting club OF America IN
this city IL appears as if Browns race
40 q contender for honors has been rur.
Like many another boxer of the same
rip-roaring type OF unsklled sluSeers who
depend upon their hitting ability AMI
stamina TO win. Brown fought his way
10 the top Of the heap by sheer grit. Ills
law has always been an open target for
clever man. and some OF the hardest
h1ters in the ring Leach Cross, "One
Round Hogan. Wolyast and a score OF
others. FOR Brown never side-stepped a
man-have aimed their blows straight and
true TO the angle Of that jaw. but in VAN.
OF the lot. cross. alonS with Willie
Beecher. succeeded in dropping him 20
tho mat Like the drop OF water, how
ever. the punishment SLOWLY but surely
told on Brown and finally when he met
Rivers he went down TO defeat.
Brown lost. but he vent down 10 de-
feat lighting the earnest battle asainst
terrible odds seen in long time Rivers
loored him with a right on the chin that
would have finished any other lad. but
Brown scorned the count and rose. 10 ne
beaten down again and again. until IT
last he fell and the referee counted him
cut Brown was handicapped. lie WAS
used "a the clcan-break rules here in the
East. and out on the Coast boxing the
straight Marquis Of Queensberry rules.
under which a man must protect himself
al all times. allowed hitting i'm breaks
with one hand free
II was Browns inability To protect
himself on the breaks that accounted IN
great measure for his defeat, for Joe
would wait until he was going out OF a
deadlock and then whip over that crush
ing right hand hook that won him fame
There are many who now believe that
Brown Will go along, hitting the rough
spots as did Nelson and many another
/ ii. i'll.
ingly defeated. Youth. however. will be
in Browns favor. He is only twenty-five
years Of age and under careful guidance
should do well for several wears before
he Is finally forced Ia retire
The question Of superiority between
Nd Wolgast and Tommy Murphy is still
unsettled. After twenty rounds OF fierce
almost supcrhunan. lighting these arch
enemies OF the ring boxed with honors
even. in the opinion OF the referee. and
the decision was popular.
, Tommy had a long lead mp 10 the tenth
| round. and earned an even break in at
least four Of the last rounds Wolgast,
however. came strongly between the
thirteenth and nineteenth and in the
closing period there was little 10 choose.
II was noted. however. that Of the two
Murphy was the stronger at the finish
Murphy is already out with a challenSe
To The Cadillac boy 10 fight another bat
tie. and it is not unlikely that they will
meet again.
Arthur Pelky. the Chckopee heavy
weight, and Fred Mckay of Winnine,,
will box ten rounds in the main bout al
the Forty fourth Street Sporting Club on
Thursday night. and fast action is as
sured. Mckay Is one OF the biggest heavy
weights in the ring, If not the biggest,
barring Jess Willard. and Arthur Pelky is
a clever two-handed fighter, who has
made good in al his battles in this city.
Tommy IIouch. the Philadelphia feath-
erweght will cross gloves with Kid"
Ghetto in the main bout at the Olympic
Athletic club, of Harlem. o-night, and
! on Friday night Young Shugrue will
face Young" Brown at the Empire Aih-
letic club
George Rodel. the South African heavy
weight. will meet Art Nelson at the Fair
mont Athletic club. Of The Bronx, on
Wednesday night
A SWIMMING RECORD GOES.
sydney. y. s. W. Feb. 2S.-Fanny
Durack established rev record for
2a)-y yard swim by woman here to-day.
Her time WAS Az The previous record