Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-20 | Page 4 | Murphy Cuts Wolgast to Ribbons in Final Rounds; Wins Verdict

MURPHY MURPHY CUTS CUTS WOLGAST 1 I 1 5 TO RIBBONS IN FINAL ROUNDS WINS VERDICT 1 San ahI Francisco Fi Fr April in For For sixteen rounds H Harlem m Tommy Murphy of oC New Nev York and Ad lat battled led to today tolay ny with little le to choose between en them Then hon Wolgast missed a right s swing mg and paved t the e way for a a. fight-end fight decision in favor of Murphy furphy 1 S Incidentally it jt ser served red to bring the Harlem fighter to 19 the front ron ranks as a lightweight champ championship contender after 13 3 years of dogged effort and he was loudly cheered when Referee Jim Jim Griffin awarded him the d decision after 20 rounds ot of desperate fighting In the seventeenth round r Wolgast sent a terrific i right I swing lor opponents opponent Js 5 jaw It fell fel short hort and the champion ex-champion spun aro around nd like a a. atop atop top mid all nil but hut fell to the fl floor o Murphy l smashed d the spinning Wolgast's Wolgast face until the thc blood bloo l splayed in every direction Wolgast w wilted ted like a leaf and stalled an and clinched hed to lo the end of the fight to o avoid out In tile the eighteenth round Wolgast received the worst beating of hiO long ring ling career He opened with a a rush rish but a a. straight right tight C I him on the thc chin and stopped him him short Murphy 1 y fairly smothered his opponent in this round wit with Cutt cutting half arm jolts to the face and it if required d the tho seI of V Wolgast's Wolgast s 's entire retinue of seconds seconds- to patch his this face faco between the rounds s. s The nineteenth and ana tw twentieth ni th rounds found Murphy Murph beating a ceaseless ceaseless ceaseless cease cease- less tattoo on his al almost ost helpless ss antagonists antagonist's b and anti face but the power power to deliver a finish finishing ng punch was lacking an 1 the New Yorker was c compelled to he be content with a well earned l decision in in his favor or Y Wolgast h his seconds earned enn him bim was a ghastly sight as s from the therin rin t S Prior to to the seventeenth se round hOUnd the S le battle was almost a repetition oC or i the previous ious C meeting between the two fighters which h ended in a a. dra draws draw Wolgast landing frequently on on the body and Murphy devoting himself 4 to his rivals rival's face and he head d. d V Wolgast's punches most of which h were delivered at close range lacked f force b however VeYer and had little effe effect t. t Murphy d declared he lie was ready to meet Willie Villie Ritchie for th tb the title at ata a m moments moment's ments ment's notice 5 u Murphys y s tougher than ever eer was Wolgast's only comment