The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
new STAR BEEMS
HOltOn Boy Breaks Sailor
JOhnsOn's Jaw in Round i.
Willie Wolff Easily Wins Over
Tommy Murphy.

That light you see in the north
these nights isn't the Aurora Borealis
Neither is it the luminous north star
Instead it is the halo that SURROUNDS
the noodle of Battling Beems, new
star in the Topeka fist1c armament
who is now the hero of Holton anu
also the object of the admiration OF
some 200 Topekans. For the Battler'
coming in without announcing tha'
he had ever whipped Battling NeIson
or got a draw with Wolgast,' produced
the most terrific wallop seen mere IN
10 these many years. He broke
''SaiIor Boy Johnson's jaw before the
first round of their scheduled eight
round go was finished and was an easy
victor.
Willie Wolff, the unbeatable apollo
of the local ring, is also again a VIC
tor Tommy Murphy drew blood on
Willie in the first round, but after
that he didn't have a chance. Wolft
outfought him all the way. The bout
went four rounds, ending when Muir
ply took one on the jaw that spelled
''pay day. in seventy-two point type.
Two preliminaries between local
boys were good and entertained the
crowd. The second one was above
the class usual in the preliminaries
here.
Deems Stops Bout Quickly.
The bout that would have showed
the spectators the most fun had it not
ended SO suddenly was the Beems-
johnson go. Neither knew great
deal about missing the other fellows
swings. Both men were, however,
willing to take everything started for
him if he could land a wallop. To
Mr.. BeemS fell the honor of landing
the one which struck pay ore. This
came in one of the dozen rushes in
which both men swung wild hard and
fast Around Holton they are in
clined to call Deems Cyclone 1t is
a mistake to thus refer to him. He's
two cyclones, a train crashing through
a burning bridge, a million dollar fire
and a St. Patricks day celebration
com bined. Johnson was giving as
good as was sent until his jaw met
the proper one. After that he eased
up and came to his corner at the tap
of the gong, complaining of his jaw.
Tommy Murphy had about much
chance to whip Wolff as you have may
be). In the first round he drew blood
from the nose OF the Topekan- But Wolff
SideSteppcd his punches, ducked under his
swings and lodged his upper cuts. The
mountain wonder apparently wore him
self out in the first round. which might
be called anyone's- After that Wolff's
superiority grew more noticeable the
seconds were licked off by the timekeep-
er's watch.
Murphy Through in Third.
At the end of the third round Murphy
came 10 Ills SOAh6I A1C SoelO
that Wolffs 10 pounds advantage in
weight had counted for more than he
thought it would. But that wasn't it.
Murphy couldn't hit Wolff. He didn't
land half or even a third of the ones he
started.
Near the end of the fourth round Wolff
penetrated Murphy's guard and landed a
hard right handler on the point of the
chin. The wise ones left the room then
Murphy was saved from being counted
out by the bell and after being assisted
to his corner told his seconds to remove
the gloves.
An attachment of the gate receipts by
one of Wolff'S creditors was fruitless. The |
management announced that Wolff had |
already been paid for his share or the en-
tertainment. |