Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-03
Carl MORRIS TRIMS
Veteran MURPHY IN
POLICE FEATURE GO

Middlesex county's new boxing
sensation, Carl Morris, of Carteret,
handed a real lacing to the veter-
an, Billy Murphy, of Staten Island,
in a thrilling e~ight-round bout be-
fore a packed house at the New
Brunswick avenue Auditorium last
night. This was the feature event
on the program presented by the Po-
lice Social Club. The remainder of
h bouts on the card also were
good.
Several times during the eight
rounds 1t appeared as if Murphy's
finish was coming, but his fighting
spirit kept him in the battle and en-
abled the fans to see an interesting
go. The Carteret youngster had the
advantage in five rounds, Murphy
won one and two were given as
even.
In the opening round, the veter-
an started on an offensive, aiming
for his opponents body and then
would clinch. For the first half of
the opening round he continued this
method and unexpectedly Morris
started an offensive hal had Murphy
dazed at the bell. Morris used his
right and left to perfection in this
sensational close.
The Carteret boy went after his
still daZed opponent at the start
of the second round, and the Staten
Island boxer covered up, ran away
from the fierce attack or clinched.
Morris went big in this session,
For the third round, both men
came out apparently waiting for the
other to force the battle. Morris
slipped to his knee, but was up
quickly early in the session and his
opponent slipped to the canvas after
a clinch in this round. The Mid
dlesex boxer forced the fighting and
landed often during the period. One
of Murphy's eyes was almost closed.
Murphy started off strong in the
fourth round, landing blows to his
opponents face and body, but he evil
IDENTIFY tired near the close of the
round for another sensational squirt
by Morris enabled him to even the
score for the period. Morris land
ed often while he had his opponent
against the ropes, the Staten Islam
der finding 1t hard to cover up. Muir
ply slipped to his knees twice in this
session, but there was no count.
The veteran made his best show
ing in the fifth round, forcing the
fight throughout and landing num-
erous blows on the head and body
of his opponent. Morris could not
get at his opponent to do any real
damage in this round. Murphy was
making a great comeback.
Carteret's boxer came out for the
sixth round intent on finishing the
game little veteran, but although
he sent in his right jab and left sock
often, he was unsuccessful in bring
ing him down. The Middlesex boy
easily won the round.
The going in the seventh round
was nip and tuck, Morris resortlnS
mostly to the S of his right Jab,
being short with his left time and
again. Murphy got in some good
blows in this round. Staten Island
was we'll satisfied with their favor
ties showing in this period and they
were now satisfied that their little
Irishman was going to stay the linz
it..
Murphy Down
Once again Morris came out of
his corner, in the eighth round, de-
termined to put Murphy away. Aft
err an exchange which lasted for a
minute, Morris sent over his left and
his opponent took a count of eight.
Murphy remained against the ropes
for the balance of the round, COW
ering up as best he could. He took
considerable punishment on the face
during the last minute n a hall,
and both eyes were badly swollen
at the finish.
Morris was the first to enter the
ring, the Staten Islanderl coming in
a minute later. The Carteret boy
weighed 1867, while Murphy tip
ped in at 1870 pounds.
A Surprise
The greatest surprise of the night
was the forty-second knockout seor-
ed by Tiger Nelson, former
middleweight champion, at the eX-
pense of Battling Oswald Schultz,
former German champion. The
bout was scheduled to go six rounds.
Nelson weighed 100 and his oppon-
ent, 154.
Nelson rushed for Schultz as soon
as the bell was sounded and after
several light taps had been ex-
changed. the German slipped to the