New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-18
MURPHY A NOVICE IN
HANDS Of M'FARLAND
rhicauo Lightweight Plays with
Harlem Boy Throughout
Bout in Garden.
prFRAINS FROM KNOCKOUT
.pr;de of Harlem" Badly Used
Up at End of one-sided
Confessional Crowd
at Ringside.

spackey Mcfarland. the wizard Of the
.a,. ring, gave Tommy Murphy. the
.,L,s OF Harlem" a boxing lesson at
,,.d,son Square Garden last night The
a.,,ue,got ma gician OF the Middle West
4 as far too potent for the gritty Murphy
IA held the upper hand every minute.
.sos thlrty-hve hundred spectators bore
witness
more one-sided contest, yet entirely
,,,kng in brutality. it would be hard TO
imagine. Mcfarland, strong in the knowl-
sde. of his supremacy, gave wonderful
ambition Of boxing. He carefully saved
ri. hands. and hit only hard enough TO
hold at bay his opponent. whose efforts
10 land were almost childish,
II was just as well for Murphy that
packey did not hit hard. Time and again
the Chicago boy would drop one hand and
box with the other, holding Murphy off
with solid straight jolts on the head and
avoiding returns by quick sliding. shut
sng foot movements that were battling
in the extreme. Packeys defence was
practically impregnable. and when he COW
ered-seldom he dd-Tommy was unable
10 land telling blow.
The only real damage inflicted BY Muir
ply was with his right hand, and that
was trifling. once he drew a slight trickle
OF blood from Netherlands lips, and later
split the skin under Packeys left eye.
Murphy was badly used up at the end of
the battle
Attended by q swarm or seconds ana
advisers, the men entered the arena with
In few seconds of each other Murphy
was first TO appear and as his crimson
crest bobbed through the ropes he was
well received. For Packey, however, was
the greater welcome. Trained to tine
lines, the stockyards boy weighed 40
pounds stripped. Murphy, who appeared
to be nervous. balanced the bar at l3S
pounds in his fighting toys
Murphy jumped right in to start the
battle, but his clever adversary met him
With lightning lefts TO the face. and ham
died him as man would a child. he
drove Tommy into a corner with solid
punches, but refused TO follow his ad-
vantage. The Harlem lad, game, but
wholly incapable of coping with the stu
alton. charged and plunged, but TO no
purpose. II was clearly the master OPP
posed TO the novice. Standing back,
Packey cuffed his man about the ears, re-
framing from inflicting unnecessary pun
ishment.
A pupil In training school could not
have been more helpless than Tommy IN
the second round. Packey stood off and
jabbed him on the face jaw and head
or body as fancy directed, but did not
hit harder than necessary. He was con-
tent 10 win on points. giving an exhibit
ton Of his wizardlike skill. His style
found little favor with the crowd, but
Murphy was no doubt glad that nothing
worse happened
Paekey cut loose a bit in the third
round. and drove the Harlem boy be-
fore him. He first tried a right hand
counter on the chin, aimed with deadly
accuracy. The blow went home. a muf-
fed. driving stroke. and Murphys head
rocked. Mcfarland hooked and jolted
away merrily. but again let up. rather
than TO punish his opponent unneces-
sarily
In the fourth round Packey stood off,
boxing from either side with equal ease.
He cut Murphy's right eye with savage
hook, and continued the fusillade for
about twenty seconds without let-up. IL
was right and left and right and left
until to Murphy's- imagination, it must
have been raining gloves. Up to that
time Tommy had landed about dozen
punches and the crowd laughed
Packey began hitting with open gloves
in the fifth. and it was apparent to all
that decisive victory was his whenever
he felt 50 inclined. So helpless was Muir
ply that the crowd cheered him when
he landed a light left hand swing on the
head
Throughout the entire fifth and sixth
rounds he simply stood up and took his
little boxing lesson. At intervals, per-
hsps to show he could do It, Packey
landed clean ana hard on the jaw, but
seldom followed up his advantage. Muir
ply swung wildly and missed. while
Packey often slapped and cuffed him four
and five times without return.
W nat was dlItdhg d OllS~SiuCu OdNbiO
became rout I'm the seventh round, with
Packey on the winning side. Murphy
drew a trickle of blood from McFarland's
lips, but had TO pay the penalty by TAX
ing choice assortment OF jabs and jolts
and counters. Mcfarland stood off at
long range and did just exactly as he
pleased. He had a trick Of feinting with
his shoulders and stepping in with
straight left hand to the stomach, that
made Murphy grunt and run 10 cover.
The eighth and ninth rounds were even
more one-sided. There was never
minute when Murphy was anything more
than a pupil studying under an artist
Packey drove his man before him, shout
ing in six, often ten. punches without
return.
Murphy bordered on a knockout in the
tenth round. Mcfarland resented blow
under the eye that split the skin, and
sailed into the Harlem boy. Two pile
driving rights sent Tommy tottering.
sef-preservation was all he thought of.
and ne tumbled blindly into clinch and
hung on. Packey again relented, and
they were in a clinch when the final bell
sent the men to their corners.