The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-06
MURPHY WINS DECISION OVER
 SEATTLE BOXER
Vicious Rally in Fifth and Sixth Rounds Wins
 Over Freddy Mack

Staging a savage two-handed at tack in the fifth and sixth rounds, Miles Murphy Friday night battered his way to well-earned decision over Freddy Mack of Seattle and turned back that challenger for the middleweight crown of Alaska. It was pretty battle that was waged on virtually even terms for the first four rounds.
 Pat Terrell. after losing the first fall to Gene Hulk in the wrestling feature which opened the Amari- can Legion's Fourth of July sport card, came back to crusn Hulk to the mat in the third and last round. He won with a body slam that knocked Hulk out for two minutes.
 Semi-FinaI Is Draw
 Jim Thomas, local boxer, went in as substitute for Harry Berke- ley, Petersburg man who failed to report and could not be located, fought his way to. a draw with Slugger Weaver. Thomas out weighed Weaver 10 pounds and was too tough and strong for the little fellow.
 This match almost resulted in difficulty for both men. They stalled and bluffed their way through the first round and Referee Billy Franks had to admonish them they would be thrown out of the ring before they settled down to their knitting, sl.+~c
 In the curtainraiser, Jack How ard decisioned Sailor Sharkey who substituted for Billy James, Hoonah boy who sent word he was too busy fishing to spare time to fight. Pos sibly he's wise at that.
 Murphy Too Fast
 Murphy was entirely too fast and too accurate for Mack, although the Seattle lad worried Miles in the second and third rounds with a vii cious body attack He couldn't sustain the pace Murphy set in the final stanzas, however, and lost his bid for the belt
 The first round was even with neither man doing any harm. They were content to feel each other out. Miles landed two lefts and right to the head but too high to hurt. Mack flogged Miles body with both hands and tried for the head with hard left swings but Murphy ducked easily
 Both men fought every second of the second round. Miles stopped a charge by Mack with straight left to the head and crossed his right to the jaw as Freddy worked in close. Mack kept on top of the local boy and pushed his at tack to the body.
 Murphy had slight edge in wild rally on the ropes but Freddy I made him cautious with right handed chop that just grazed Miles nose. The round was even.
 Mack Wins Third
 The third round was easily Nack's best and he scored twice to everyone for Miles. He took the aggressive at the outset and with his hands playing for the stomach, and mixing his attack with lefts to the face, he kept Murphy dodging | into clinches most of the round
 Freddy landed three hard lefts to the head and narrowly missed vicious left uppercut to the chin. He ripped left to Murphy's nose that drew blood. Murphy rallied \ just before the bell and stopped Mack's aggressive rush almost dead with a stiff right to the jaw just as the bell rang
 The fourth round found Miles speeding up to meet Mack He came out with stiff right to Freddys head and followed it with 3 left that missed it's mark. He drove Freddy to the ropes but the Seattle boy was too clever to be caught. Freddy smacked Murphy twice with solid clouts to the stom- ach and slowed him down for a few seconds. At the end of the round Murphy was doing most of ,he landing with Freddy standing nim off on even terms.
 Murphy Takes Lead
 Miles took the fifth by wide margin. He covered Freddy like a blanket, smothering his attack and ashing his face and head with a ,e,entless two-fisted onslaught to ,he head that had Mack on the verge of kayo just before the bell |s sounded. He landed seven suc- ,essive straight lefts to the face |. without return. Freddy's punches uera wild and feehle Mllrnhv's f