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Show CLABBY AND MURRAY DRAW. SAYS REFEREE San Francisco, Cal., April 3. Referee Ref-eree Jim Griffith called the twenty- round bout between Jimmy Clabby and Billy Murray a draw at the end of the match at Daly City tonight. The decision was a surprise to the majority of those present, as the best that could be given Murray was three rounds of the twenty, while Clahbv had a distinct advantage in at least eleven. The referee must have given Murray Mur-ray a lot of credit for his work in the fifteenth, when he had the Indianan in a bad way, but could not get In a decisive punch. In the sixteenth, when Clabby was still suffering from the punishment administered in the preceding round, Murray failed to show the punishing ability with which he has been credited. In the last four rounds of the fight Clabby was evidently more tired than his opponent, hut In the boxing he held his own, and the finishing round was more of a wrestling match than a boxing bout and Clabby gave as good as be received. Referee Griffith says he gave Clabby Clab-by nine of the first twelve rounds and that he called the bout a draw because he figured Murray did enough damage in the last six rounds to offset off-set the lead gained by Clabby in the earlier periods. oo . |