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Show FRANKIE MURPHY AND AL YOUNG BATTLE TO DRAW IN SLAM BANG FISTIC MATCH BEFORE HOWLING FANS AT ARMORY i Al Young of Ogden and Frankie Murphy, a classy Denver boxer, fought a fifteen-round draw before a record crowd at the Armory last night. In the four-round opener Frankic Harris of Ogden was awarded a decision over Kid Corbett. .In the seml-windup "Mush" McCabe of Salt Lake was awarded a decision over "Cyclone Lcfi'" when the latter was forced to retire when he broke his left arm just abjve the wrist. Dllly Glasmann, promoter, and one of the liveet sport wires in the west, announced the weights of Young and Murphy. Glasmann stnted that Young tipped the beams at 131 pounds while Murphy weighed 139. Both Men Show Class. JA the first round both men used precaution In "feeling" out their opponent. op-ponent. Murphy featured throughout , the entire battle as a first rater in the infighting game. His class was easily : noted but the class of the Ogden youth was also in evidence. Both fighters showed agility and! speed to bum. In the thirteenth round' Murphy forced Young to the ropes and 1 : deilt forth several hard punches be-1; fore the bell sounded. Young tookj considerable punishment in the thir-1; teenlh spasm but finally shook off his'i opponent and returned his opponent to j the center of the ring with several . hair laislng blows. 1 1 From the first round until the thir-, teeillh both fighters appeared to be L evenly matched and when the final, spasm opened both Murphy and Young wnre on their toes and ready for action. ac-tion. Both men were determined to make a showing in the final round with a chance of landing either a knock-out or a decision. It was one' of the old time "give and take" rounds wlt'i both fighters using every effort' to win. Tilt Declared Draw. Prior to the opening of the fifteenth round Ileferee Thornton caused delay; while he checked on the number of rounds. With the bout over he raised the hands of both Murphy and Young thus pronouncing the tilt a draw. His decision met with approval of the fans'. In the curtain raiser Frankie Harris and Kid Corbett displayed clown: stunts that rival some of the famous ( movie stars. Harris was easily the' better man and the decision at the end of ihe fourth round was awarded to him. "Cyclone" Has Arm Broken. "Mush" McCabe and Cyclone Lefty, ' both of Salt Lake, started out like1 wildfire ami the event no doubt .vould have been a thriller had Lefty been able to continue. A physician was summoned sum-moned after Lefty had taken the count after having his arm broken, and the decision made in favor of McCabe. Willie St. Clair. Lee Morrisse and Jimrr.ic Johns challenged the winner of :he main bout. Sam Clapham, who is matched to meet Harbertson next Monday night, was introduced to the fan from the ringside. |