Show CHAMPION WINo WINS WIN 5 DECISIVELY o E G VEL Y OVER TOM H MURPHY t I i r Except for M Murphys Murphy's Ab Ability litY to T Take ale P Punishment and t tHis His Courage Bout War Wa r Uninteresting SAN FRANCISCO April lB There 18 There was no dispute today od r among the tho sport x imi 11 ui writers writer and nd ringside c tb that i l li i Willie Willio Ritchie td c holds holda rightfully hi his hia title of light weight champion of the orld Hiu Hi defeat last night of Harlem Tommy Murphy of New York a at the end ond of twenty zounds In iu one of the tho most trying try try- lag ing lights any champion IJ has ls ever wc th was vas conclusive won rl ri the way 7 and aDd from cry o angle t f the lame anie time Murphy who n-ho nc cr A I has bos been ocen u a boxer ox-or ox to win much mitch applause e j in n a 1 short hort distance bout bont d displayed again that rh he is a i L tireless roote never nc flinching under tinder p n b- b mont meat and nd air ays ays l ready to come bacK baiK bacKwith with rib t t. much ast at he lie t takes l Except tot toj Murphy s 's a admirable J ago anti and incredible tu tv n assimilate I punishment the h licht Ight ht W was wat Uj j I ing There WJ was but hut one ro to d it that b be called hi his 1 I hr 3 the utmost e c ex- ex erase el se of charity Nevertheless at earn ear s timi hoe he cl about to io submit to io tho the 0 fu fusillade of ot stra straight ht lofts loft to th the I I tV fR favand and cruel n right i ht left rips nt's y Q the body bod- lie he was always J ule to r. r ra rathe rathe the crowd V to it its feet with Hit a blare i l' l if fighting spirit So far lar as his own OVin fort fortunes unc w went nt fh f 1 trouble was that most of his sport arm srm jolts were wert blocked and ana tb tho d j carried carrie no punishing ower The pion was oft n dis ol b hy his bis i ability to put hi hit his opponent out ont bat never nover i in 11 distress 9 y In rn the tho clo closing rounds founds Ritchie a wanly around hi his m man n m measuring hm with the left anti and crashing in fron every angle ancle blows that as if J they might have hac felled un an ov o took thom them sta shook hook his is head and auti bored in for lor moro L There Thero wa was not a rican clean knockdown Murphy was pounded through the ropes 1 in tho the In last t. t round but finished fi fighting strong t though bough hopelessly worsted was no protest on hl his face wh when n 1 the tho referee rai raised Ritchie's J arm in to token token token to- to ken of of victory |