The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
Bud Palmer Gives
 Murray A Licking
Local Boy Gets Popular Verdict From Fans at Smoke Under Auspices of Home Guard-Four Knock
 outs In Nights Card
fBx e. O. HAWMAN.l

claim no damage can be done in a four round bout have changed their minds after the knockout record set at the smoker held under the aus pices of the Home Guard last night, when two participants were counted 1 out and two technically knocked out |
 In only one bout was there any l real lighting, Ty Murray of New York 1 and Bud Palmer going four hard | fought rounds, at the end of which | Referee Dick Howell awarded a draw decision Most of the fans thought the local Italian should have received the verdict as he carried the fight to the New Yorker with the latter ducking and holding most of the time. Murray had the looks of a real fighter but had most of his fighting spirit scared out of him in the first round when Palmer rushed the former at the sound of the gong and landed some stiff punches to the head and body, after which Murray fought shy of the local boys left Palmer tried his best to land a punch in the last two rounds but the boxing ability and the clever way in which Murray kept his chin out of the way 1 carried him through the distance The weights were: Palmer 146; Murray 1S8.
 (StaF Bout SnOrG1
 The star bout between Steady Steadman, who claims this city his home and Soldier Null of Fort Wright l ended after two minutes of hard 1 fighting when Steadman landed a I hard left to the chin and the Soldier went to the floor, taking the count | of nine, but Dick Howell refused to 1 let the bout go any further and way 1 ed Steadman to his corner. Both 1 men mixed furious1y from the open- | ing of the bell, the Soldier carrying 1 the fight and landing some hard lefts 1 to the body, but his open style of coming was easily solved by SteadTnan
 who repeatedly sent over hard rights | to the jaw.
 The knockout blow came after both stood swapping punches in the middle of the ring and it looked for l a time that Steadman would be the one to take the count as he received l a shower of hard blows to the jaw
 but the Soldier tired first and drop l ped his guard when Steadnau
 brought up a hard left from the hip | that sent the New Yorker to the l floor. Referee Howell did right in
 stopping the fight after Null got to his feet game1y, but it was impossible
 for him to raise his hands. The W0tS1fCS were NotCdtAI1HAA 1oH5 4Nui
 155.
 Jim Bones started the string ot
 knockouts when he forced Youns
 Rock of New York to quit in the sec ond round, the latter deciding he had
 enough after being knocked down 1T
 his own corner by one of Bones ia l nous swings
 Floors New Yorker.
 Joe Hall of the Crashoe A. C., talk
 ing Billy Princes place on account O ] the injury to the 1atter's ear, sen 1 Joe Leonard of New York to the ma;
 for the count of ten in the second round. Hall started in his usual wa, and tore after his man from the first
 but Leonard, who has shown som'
 ability as a boxer, couldn't stand III N to the local lads heavy punches and 3 left, flush on the jaw, sent him t 2 the floor.
 count of nine, but went down agah 3 with a hard right
 4 Sailor Hepburn of the Boys cIu 1 was no match for Red Bonnet 3 of this city, and he quit in tn i fourth round. It was Hepburn's frs l bout and he showed the lack of rim 0 experience against Bennett, who ha i | him at his mercy, sending his hea
 back at will with a snappy left jab.
 The Seigler brothers of New Yorl r again gave the local fans a fine exh. 6 bftion, the youngsters drawing a bi i hand and much coin at the end (
 their three one minute rounds.