The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-11-27
MERMAID MORAN
WINS DECISION
over Ed MURPHY
One of Biggest Crowds
Ever to Witness Juneau
Smoker Turns Out

Nearly 1000 Gastineau Channel
fight fans last night acclaimed the
first boxing card of the Juneau
Athletic Club a success.
The preliminary fighters from
the ranks of Juneau and Douglas
youngsters satisfied everybody. On
ly one Earring note marked the
night of Russian soccer that is US
ually typified by lusty booing, but
the rest of the matches brought
fight seers out of their seats and
shook the walls with acclaim.
The grand 1lnale mix, in which
Mermaid Moran received a hard
earned decision over a battling Ed
die Murphy was as it should have
been-the highlight of the even
ing.
They're Off
Both boys came out of their
corners working short jabs and
feeler swings testing each others
mettle, but in the second round
Mermaid began cody cutting Muir
ply down with strong lefts and
rights from any angle.
One left hook near the ropes
caught Murphy on the chin, lifting
him up to put the other side of his
face in beautiful bullsye position
where the Haida boy shot right
cross to the chin that dropped
Murphy to his knees and a count OF
eight
Murphy came up and worked in
close, but anosner potent left hook
from close to an uppercut origin
sank Murphy flat on the mat for
nine counters before he came up
trying to dish it out in dazed
fashion as the bell rang.
Murphy Comes Back
From then on, the Murphy fight
ing heart carried the tall hipweaver
to ascending heights and the Mer-
maid began to find himself pushed
harder and harder to stand and
trade, but trade he did.
In the seventh round the Mermaid
took right to the chin and let goI
a vicious rig hit of his own that
dropped Murphy once again to the
mat for a count of eight.
Both boys went into the eighth
round strong and shot almost all
punches that meant anything
straight to the chin AS the final
gong rang the Mermaid was tired
and observers could see that the
Murphy fighting heart was still
there, although the strength was
on the definite wane The decision
in favor of Moran was satisfactory
to the crowd.
Harris Hussy Draw
A four round preliminary that
threw Freddie Harris up against
Sailor Jack Hussey rated number
two acclaim with the crowd. Fred
die, fighting his first real smoker
bout might have gotten decision
had he not burned himself out in
the first round with a series OF
wild milling rushes. The fight was
a popular draw.
Hussey had expected to run into
easy pickin's" against Harris, but
the diminuitive Juneau boy got both
arms swinging and bored in time
and time again to storm up and
down the Hussey frame until he
brought startled Sailor Jack to the
floor in a bewildered fall
Hussey won back bushel Of
points in the next two rounds, with
Harris firing terribly, though still
fighting a game fight. In the fourth
both boys tired from the fury OF
their attacks called on the reserve
power and tried for a smothering
kill, but the bell rang and the draw
fingers were wiggled by the referee.
In the last few seconds Harris al
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blind head-down drive when he
didn't find Hussey at the end of his
rush.
Technical Knockout
In the only Knockout decision of
the evening, a technical knockout,
Big Boy Erickson, heavy Mime
sofa puncher, won in the fourth
round from Ed Heinz, interior min
er, when the latter heavy failed to
answer the bell for the fourth set
to.
In the first few rounds, both boys
concentrated on Big Bertha punch
es, sweeping long range shots in
big arcs to land frequently with
telling effects. Heinz got a VIC
ious swipe over his left eye that
started the blood and after trying
vainly to seriously touch the more
experienced Minnesota mittman,
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