New Britain herald., 1916-01-29
|RUMMIE WINS BY SHADE OVER MEDAR
rsey City Boy Has Tough Bat
 tlt-Murphy Scores K. 0.

#O0e OL lue pTetllSSt UOAluS eAilp1-
 ms that has ever been staged in this
 y, was held last evening at Turner
 Ell, under the auspices of the Fed # al A. C., and the 500 or more fans
 at witnessed the milling, were unan-
 ous in their declarations, that the # ow was all that could be asked for %pd left the building with satisfaction 8 flaming on their countenances.
 M There was only one bad feature # out the nights entertainmet and Nat was disepelled after Manager "a alsh and Referee Willis put their @ot down on it. Two of that parti- #a nus in the semi-final bout it seems, # . members of rival club in Hart E r6, between whom there is no af- #ction being wanted, So accordingly # large delegation Of the members & &urneyed to this city to witness the #ng anticipated mill between their #ets. AS soon as the alleged fight 8s" had entered it seemed to the less Enthusiastic ones that bedlarl had #'oken loose, for there was searching @hd bowling and yelling for each boy #htil it was necessary to warn the # #owd that if it did not desist tht
 but would be dropped. This warn Ms was given on the orders of Chief Rawlings. who appeared fretful last
 Fening. Appreciation of good work x always acceptable. tbut when a
 owd of rowdies who feel that they #-e in ''Hicktown,' began to over- #ep the bounds of reason, then some # ing should be done to curb them of "a cir false notions.
 a The mana cement commenced the #ow at the scheduled time, serving
 for the curtain raiser Young N @urphy of this city and Johnnie Floro # Hartford. The boy from the Capi- MI City was much taller than his op- #Onent but showed the careful train #sg of Tommy Cunning, that is his Essence of knowledge of the boxing 8arne was very prominent. When the #ong sounded for the opening of the Fay, Murphy lost no time in going #fter his adversary and he plastered &im around the ring landing when Eyer he felt like it and it looked as if S1ere would be a job for the coroner, Through the fright route" on the part @f Floro. The second stanza failed to Produce much work, with Floro ex- @ibiting considerable of the Howard Prev stuff in trying to escape from Uurphy. The ring only measures ETenty-four feet, but Floro used LID 5bout twenty-two feet of it at times Sunning away. The end of the perfect lay. arrived in the third round when liter few feints by the local lad he Bet F1oro in corner where he sent hard right to the Jaw and followed ff1ls up with a solid smash to the sto- mach. The Hartford boy was in pain. X nd after thirty-five seconds of action was fooro for Floro, where he paved while Referee Willis counted i'm out. Murphy measured up to the expectations of his friends and fought | cool heady fight He at all times as master of the situation, and when eas opponent did succeed in landing a. Plow. which was seldom, it did not lease him a particle, and it tended to pause him to come back and return The blows two fold.
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 The senli-final bout was where tho interest centered for the visiting del- Fgat1on, bringing together, "Youne'' E1tzgerald and Red Kane, billed as huburn on account of the color of ne hirsuite that adorns his dome F1tz acknowledged to the press that ne weighed 135 pounds. and no one doubted him. for he appeared to outweigh his rival by several pounds When the battle started among the laundering noise, Kane immediately assumed the aggressive and for a, lime he got away with to advantage put after the first punch in the nose ae received brought the claret, he slowed up perceptibly, and his pug istic star was seen to be setting on he horizon of defeat. Tn the sec md stanza. Fitz was all over his en- srny and knocked him down twice he second one counting for goal. He then jumped through the ropes md was bound for his dressing room when Kane. scram bIed to his feet, ant Referee Willis exercising sound Judgment waved him to his corner a badly beaten but wiser man.
 The Star Bout.
 The star bout brought together two Of the most evenly matched boys performing in the ring today, in Johnnie Drummie of Jersey City, and Dave Medar of New York, now resid- Ing in New Haven where he is being handled by Lew Brown. During the twelve rounds that the boys were in action, there was not a dull moment, and the fans were at all times on their toes keeping in touch with the fast work of the boxers.
 Both boys are what might be termed enchanted fighters, not that khey are not possessed with both paddles, but they continually used their left hand. neither seeming to