Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-22

i of the most feroeious type, out ne
lacks the wallop that generally makes
! men champions. In his fight at the
Stadium A. c. in New York last night
with Al Mccoy, the recognized title
holder. Murray showed to advan-
| tage. won the popular decision, but
| was disappointed in not being able
to put on the finishing touches. He
gave Mccoy a good beating and ne
in return was badly bunged up. Muir
raw is an aggressive, boring, ram
ming. tanning, tireless fighter, but
he lacks the wallop that brings fame
and riches to the knockout man.
Murray had the better of the hght
mn to the ninth round, and more than
once ii looked as If poor Mccoy was
going down before his opponent s
slaughtering blows. But to the sur
prise of all, Mccoy took the beating
and in the ninth round, and partieu-
larry in the tenth round, he more
than held his own.
0
It was a most interesting battle 10
watch. Murray showed US style
that is bound to make him Dig
favorite. but you couldn't say he was
either a hard hitter or that he was
clever. He is a fighter though
through and through-and after the
first round. in which he did nothing
hut find out" his man, he never re-
faxed his energy for a single moment
nntil the final bell of the contest he
fought and fought, and landed bio"
after blow, and Mccoy did well to
stand all the punishment he received
Murray won all right, but Mccoy was
not disgraced, by any means.
o
Mccoy showed himself to be pet
ter man last night than ever oeIore'
and the fact that he won the cham
nionshin from George Chip must have
done him good He put up the pest
battle of his career, add he showed
that he could take punishment and
give it. Murray was his master, be-
cause Murray knows more than he
does. Mccoy surprised his friends by
the way he stood up TO his work. lie
landed several blows with his famous
left hand, but Murray is one of those
Cutting for punishment you have
heard so much about. Mccoy, though
beaten, is a better card than before
he fought Murray. He showed hight
last night, somthing he lacked in his
previous contests. I sat in a box
with Frank Erne, the former light
weight champion, and Erne seemed
to think that Murray was wonder
full fellow He pointed out Billys
good qualities throughout the contest,
but was sure that Mike Gibbons
would beat him.
O.
Young Kurtz is going to fight
Young Hickey, at Bill Browns Rock
away Club, and Kurtz came to the
Evening Star Office yesterday, along
with Joe Socks, the baseball player.
to produce the match with Hickey as
an evidence that he hasn't been bar
red by Bill Brown as was generally
presumed. Kurtz's fight with B'l'V
Lewis really was such a rough affair
that Brown stopped the bout, After
ward he said Kurtz fought so foul
he would not allow him to perform
at his club again. Now Kurtz is
matched to fight at the Rockaway
Club, which is conducted by Brown,
with Jack Mccarthy, the match
maker Kurtz says that Brown says
he made a mistake in saying that
Kurtz was the foul fighter, and that
he meant to say that it was Lewis
If that is so, Bill Brown is going
back. Noted as a sharp fellow in
the ring, and having seen Lewis and
Kurtz fight before, II would seem as
if Bill should know one from the
other Whether or no, he declared
after the bout that Kurtz would
never again be tolerated, but maybe
Brown meant the bar would extend
only to his New York city club. Any
way, Kurtz did fight foul, and he con-
tinued to fight foul throughout the
entire bout Lewis is also known to
be a rough fighter, but 1 will say he
fought very fair the night he met
Kurtz.
[ was much surprised to learn Of
the number of real good business
men who interested themselves in the
wrestling match last Tuesday night
at the Colosseum. Wrestling has
ceased to be a sport, and the out
come of that particular match is
sure to have its aftermath. 1t was
too terrible" to be true. Some day,
though. we may expect to hear how
really tame it was The old saying
there is a sucker born every Sec
ond" seems to be holding it's own, al
though the world Is getting larger
and wiser every day.
c
The Evening Stars Popularity
Contest for Cyclists is the topic of
conversation wherever bike fans con-
gregate, and citizens who have never
seen a bike race are taking a great
interest in the affair. The cyclists
themselves, both amateurs and pro-
fessionals, are working hard to secure
votes and any hummer of them have
campaign managers and campaign
| committees on the job for them. The
| list Of votes will be published in the
Evening Star tomorrow and it be-
hooves those who are anxious to win
prize to see that they are we'll
represented in the vote column. In