The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-12

| face followed by a vicious right smash to the jaw knocked Rich mond off his feet. He was on his knees and up before Referee Sperl- ing could start the count. He cov- cred while his head cleared and stood Miles off for the remainder of the round.
 Takes Big Lead
 Murphy, warmed up to his task, speeded up the going in the third and threw gloves from all direc- tionS into Richmonds face, varying his onslaught occasionally with a pretty right uppercut that pene- trated Richmond's guard with tell ing effect. He missed the button narrowly several times, his blows to the jaw going wild. He drew blood from Richmond's nose with repeated left jabs. The latter seemed dazed with the speed of Murphys attack and retreated un- der cover throughout the round.
 Richmond opened the fourth with a rush. Wisely he realized he couldn't win by standing off and boxing with Murphy Neither could he win by trying to force the pace. Miles met him half way and soon stopped the rally with a straight left followed by a hard right. Ex- cept for a momentary furry when Richmond tried to slug it out, the fourth was a repetition of the third round. Miles kept pecking away at Richmonds sore nose and drew fresh claret.
 Exhibits His Gameness
 Richmond proved his gameness and stamina, however. He came out at the start of the fifth flail- ing both hands, rushing Murphy and mauling him savagely for al- most 60 seconds. It was a game but futile effort. Murphy kept his head and refused to be drawn. He watched his openings and, sharp shooting with both hands to the face and head, he stopped the rally dead. He then took up his me thodical sniping again and put Richmond on the defensive. He landed almost at will during the last minute of the round. Rich mond seemed to be winded and slowed down so badly he couldn't do anything except cover and back pedal
 His minutes rest before the sixth partially restored him and he came out strong. He made des- perate bid for a knockout, launch ing swinging blows with both hands but none of them did more than glance harmlessly off Mur- phys arms and shoulders. It was but a short spurt. His bolt was shot quickly and Murphy, needing the calls of the fans, went out for a kayo himself. He hit Rich mond with everything he had, but it wasn't enough. Richmond was on his feet at the bell, but he was a badly beaten boxer The de- cision of the two judges, E. C.. Adams and Karl Theile, was unan- imous.
 Murphy weighed in at 157 and Richmond at 165. The winner of the bout was challenged by Freddy Mack for the next smoker.
 Semi-Final Called Draw
 Although it looked like he had won every round, some by substan- tial margins, Sammy Nelson could not get better than draw in his bout with Kid Lawrence in the semi- -windup which went six stan- gas. Until the sixth round was almost half over, Nelson was un- marked and almost untouched while he landed on Lawrence at will throughout the fight. He knocked him to the floor in the third round for no count and had Lawrence hanging on in that round and the fourth and fifth.
 Nelson's best round was the fifth when he had Lawrence practically helpless just before the bell and but for the gong probably would have knocked him out. He straight