The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
New Yorker Works Method.
cally for His Bout With
Champion Wednesday.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.

BY HARRY b. SMlTH
~ AN FRANCISCO, Dec 6.-"Har.
~ lem" Tommy Murphy Is
4 one of those jewels in the
boxing game who can be do
depended upon to do his train
ing just as conscientiously when he Is
alone as when Manager Jim Buckley Is
on the Job OF there happens to be q
large turnout of spectators. Also, the
New Yorker practically superintends
his own conditioning, and, aside from
q couple of boys TO don the gloves with
him, the easterner is not inclined to
call for much assistance.
Tommy has boen at the game of give
and take 80 long that there is no longer
any novelty to setting up. a training
camp, and when he does have to get
down to the grind, he goes about 1t as
methodcally as if he were a business
man looking after the routine Of some
large corporation
Shannon s gymnasium today resem-
bled "The Deserted Village Manager
Jim Buckley, Gunboat ,Smith-whoo
purchased on the "unsight, unseen"
scheme-and Billy Shannon had taken
themselves to San Francisco for the aft
ernoon, and there was not more than a
handful of sightscers. 1t didn 7 bother
Tommy Murphy, however,, and he went
through a programme that was even
more extended than had originally been
his intention.
Murphy Is Methodical.
Murphy, be it remarked, is very much
Of philosopher, and the fact that he
is training for bout with the cham
pion of the world bothers him no whit
more than if he were against second
rater.
"I always go on the theory" he re-
marked, "that the match ahead is al
ways the toughest one for me, and l
train accordingly. Of course, I know
that Ritchie Is good boy or ne
wouldn It be the champion, but don Z
think that he hits any harder than
Frankie Burns or Paekey Mcfarland,
and I met both of those chaps and sur
vived the ordeal
GAS you know, / don't take q long
training siege. I don't want to leave
INV fight behind me in the gymnasium,
and am working just the same for this
bout as I would for any other that
might come my way, They say that
Richie is a hard gpn.eshet; Well; m m
force the issue Just as much as / can
Wien met Packey Mcfarland in New
York I didn't figure that I could out
point him, so I swapped punches with
the Chicagoan And you better believe
he can hit some. And that Is one rea-
son why I have so little fear of Rit-
chie.'
Sparring Partners Busy.
Murphy's sparring partners are
Frankie Edwards and Eddie Miller,
and you can take it for granted they
have no sinecure. The easterner stepped
three rounds with each Of them yester-
day afternoon, and they were mighty
glad when he signified that the pro
gramme was ended.
Edwards g wind was far from being
in good shape when he was through, and
moro than once Murphy shook Miller up
with a left hook so forcibly that he
was obliged to take things easily FOR
moment. Miller. of course, hasn u
the weight of Murphy, but he il fast
youngster, but showed up no faster
than the man who will contend for the
title next week.
Murphy's speed is ono Of his assets,
hut If appearances count for anything,
be is working on q harder punch At
all events, he is shooting in the left to
the jaw and body with far more force
than he displayed In some OF his train
ing sessions.
HIS programme includes work right
up to and including tomorrow after
noon. After Sunday, however, there
will be no boxing at tho San Rafael
camp.
The weight, Of course, doesn Z bother
Murphy. He says that he WAS down TO
1861 pounds after he took his first
run on the Marin county roads and is
now close to the l55-pound mark If not
already arrived.
Betting odds show Ritchie is contin-
ued as a 10 to favorite, although rs
a matter Of fact there has been lite
or no betting M n the nresent time.