The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-20
(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the World.)
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 New York. June Fortunately for Billy Murray he will not have to meet Mike Gibbons in the near flu tureA Instead of matching Murray with Gibbons the Californfan's man ager has decided to accept the offer round go with George Chip on the Fourth of July. Murray may lick Chip, but Gibbons would make a sucker out of him right now.
 When Murray fought Mccoy here the first time he looked a much bet ter prospect than on the second trial I don't know what was the matter with Billy, if there was anything wrong with him at all, but he cer- tainIy didenot look near so good as on the occasion of his debut in the East. It may have been that he was affect ed by the great heat-wflich he was encountering for the first time. I don't know. He put up mighty poor battle; that's 9 sure thing
 Murray started out with his usual aggressiveness, but he was slow and his punches carried little weight. When the first round was over his pep was gone After that he just piodded along. It was a lucky thing for him that Mccoy is tinid and afraid to take 8, chance. AS an ag- gressive fighter Mccoy is a joke: as a peaceful one he is in the William Jennings Bryan class.
 Murray is no Stanley Ketche1. He hasn't the speed Of the late cham pion or anything near it. His blows are mere love taps compared with the splendid hitting powers of the la mented ssSteve'' Gibbons and Ed ATcGoorty would find Murray a mark for their punches In fact. will not be surprised if George Chip out classes him in the coming battle. At any rate his manager made wise move in dropping negotiations for a bout with Gibbons.
 Murray may develop into some thing worth while in tim He is young. His style and aggressiv eness in the first bout with Mccoy indicat- ed that he had the ssmakingsn of a fighter in him. and one naturally looked for an improvement in form the next time out. But the improve ment wsls not there. Mccoy put up his usual quality of fight Naurray's s performance was big slump in form. As a local humorist put 1t M urray eds getting worse. Mccoy caIzt possal5iy be any worse than hesis now.ss As an exhibition of scientific box fnH the Murray Mccoy bout was an awful bust and the big crowd that turned out to see it despite the trop- teal weather was entitled to one big KICK lNGllHeI man mas the 4SnEnt6SL knowledge of ring generalship, and their efforts were confined solely to occasional attempts to land decisive blows. That is A1urray's were; Mo Coy did nothing but show speed backing away from his adversary.
 As said above Murray may de- velop. into a fighter some day. But ] fter watching him the other night I doubt it. Possibly he lacks the in teIngence tos learn more of the fine points of the game. If SO, he will never get any higher than he is right now. And how in tho world he man aged to get a draw with Jimmy Clab- by is a mystery to one who has seen both boys. As for Mccoy, well the less said the better. Al is through posing as niddle-weight champion in these parts. The sports here are lon" to him. If he were to meet George Chip tomorrow the latter would be an overwhelming favorite in the betting in New York City. Whatever claim Al Mccoy had to the middle weight championship by victory over Chip was dfssipated by his exhibitions in the two bouts with Murray. If either Mike Gibbons or Eddie McGoorty can't tame the all leged champion in less than ten rounds I'll admit I don't know q |
 Johnny CouIon was the first recog- nized title-holder to pass into the ''ex'' class this year. Who is next. Within the next few weeks two worlds championship titles are to be decided. First the Johnson Moran heavy weight battle; then the Ritch- ie-Welsh lightweight tilt.
 1914 may go down in ring history as rbig'' year Kid williams has started the ball rolling. Gan Frank Moran and Freddy welsha come through with their parts of the pro- gram? Both are meeting recognized worlds champions in their respective classes. Fistic affairs will progress rapidly during the next few weeks | and it is just possible that they will present an entirely different aspect before long.
 1 note that Billy Brady, formerly | my partner and manager, and al 1 present one of the real big theatrica, lights. has gone abroad on a double nission--to pick. up whatever good | material in the Shape. of plays may be on the European market and tc l occupy 8 seat at the. ringside wher Jack Johnson and Frank Morar 1 meet for the heavyweight title ir rParis on June 27-one week from to day.
 I Brady, by the way, believes tha