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Show SUM CHANCE FOR N. Y. BOYS ON THE COAST Gotham Critic Is Nat Hilarious Hilari-ous About Chances of Murphy and Bro w n. (By International Neat Berviet ) BT BD OUBXST. SWW YOBS, Tab. 17. - Two New Tack boyt will flgnrs in dag battles on tka coast aext Baturday aftorooon Thsy Bars a bearing sa tka light walgkt championship held by Willis Bltchle. who doesn't team anxious to hoi on leas ka goto all tka Sway. New Ton's representatives are Hal lata Tommy Mnrphy and Kaockoat Brown. Murphy It tatokls to box t warty roand with the ex champion. Ad Wolf ast. Brown will maks hit a aaaraoes tn a fight of like length with Mexican Joe Bivsrs at Tails, 01. Murphy, although sot regarded aa a first rlaat light walgkt is this part of the roustrv, has daaa earalleat wan os the coast, aaa of his noteworthy achievements being a twenty round bout with IV Lev Merarlaad. la which he loet ou a close derision. A twenty rouad draw with One Round Hogaa was tot much to Murphy's credit, for almost al-most every other second rata light right hesflattseed Hogen tines. But Murphv whipped Abe Attell Id twenty rounds, also Owen Moras la a similar affair. Is waa is I'ittsburg. September 1, IMS. that Murphv met Wolgeat ia a elg-reajtd scrap. No decision was given ad, at usual, the ringside rritiet differed. dif-fered. If Murphy wins the approval of the refers, James Griffin. Wolgast's fight-isg fight-isg days as a star and a challenger for Ritchie's title will ead. New York fats aaw Joe Rivers whip 1ra.li Trots bore at the Empire Athletic club. They ss the rugged Mexican -nine v,ith a terrible assault is the last rouad that prartirallv put rross out. although lie wat on bis fee whas the sons ended the scrap. As lsach I rose Matt Wells and other light Terghtt have outboird Brown in lorsl bouts, ring sharps believe the blend feutcliman v. ill receive a beating at th hands of Rivera. Brown .till employs the awkward method- that have made him a soft mark for a good, hard right handed hitter. He stands with rig'at hood and 'et extended and "telegrapha" hie blows. lie has learged nothing to speak of of ring generalship and rlv-eress rlv-eress since he first decided to li t una a professional. The young man la just dsao gam aad as powerful air a truck bora. He can etand up under a tremendous tre-mendous amount of hammering and aJ-nsve aJ-nsve it datgerous nitb bit owu wild wallops. frown has never h' en aver the leentv. round distance before, lie roav shew that a long route suits him better bet-ter tlan a ten-round In st . hut unlets ha has been fooling the public an will be hopelessly outclassed bv Rivor. who i a natural two-handed fights -a coming champion, some persons are inclined in-clined to believe. William IMhr. manaeer of the Garden Gar-den Athletic club, would be glad to know who has been worn ing him with tones sent out of Chicago lately. Home bodv in the windv city announced that Luther McCartv had accepted 'he Oar-' Oar-' den'r offer of glO.OOO to box Booihsr lier Wells, but when Gibson called no MCarty"s manager he learsed to his .li9ust that the report wat a fake. Oa Haturdav Gibson read another vtrn from Chj'ago that MrFarland had rariceted the bout with Jack Britten. Gibson tried all dav tn tret MeFarland on th long distance telephone. Me Fa-land tms'h told (iibson over the ire the' there was absolutely no ground foe neb s Morv. The MeFnrland Britton bout will he decider! on March 7. and the rerap be tween Bombs rdier VU and Gunboat Mnith nill be stared in the Garden on March 17. Luther McCartv and his manager may be here today to give an evrdanation whv tbev didn't accept Irt.nOrt to box Wells ten round in the Gsvden. Thev w ill b vesting time, -porlinj men believe, for McCartv appears in a role of an American boxer runriLg awav from a challenging Bnt.-her. "Bad ttuff" is the wnv the 'i ortt I i'ii H. |