The evening world. Newspaper, August 10, 1911, Page 11

Eccentric Like Other Noted Fighters and Had Peculiar Ideas About How a Champion Should Dress at All Times. No. 3—AUSTRALIAN BILLY MURPHY. HE pecuilarities of “Australian Billy" Murphy have given rise to & lot of amusing stories about him. Like many other notable pugilists, he was very ¢ ontric and erratic, es- pecially in the matter of dress. Being @ tailor, he felt it incumbent upon him to be dressed in what he conceived to be the height of fashton. Soon after his arrival in America, when he received some good purses out of his first few fights, he proceeded to give free rein to his desire for classy apparel. He evinced a great liking for frock coats and nea always wore one. A top hat appealed to him strongly, aa did spats end patent-leather shoes. Big collars and flashy neckties also helped make up his mirror of fashion. But he balke? at a “biled shirt.” He wore soft flanne’ shirts for comfort and, A sop to the Goddess of Fashion, took to 4 “icky.” Sometimes when the weather was t arm for comfort Billy would shed the ‘eloved frock coat. At such times the white or fancifully col- ored “‘dicky” stood out strikingly against the sombre blve or gray flannel shirt, especia'ly whe by @ oley pair of sus 1 tlon of hi bled Billy. It also greatly amu i companions, who Invented all sorts of pretexts to get Billy to la ide the shiny frock coat and disclose the “aicky” to the scornful gaze of thw fashionably minded. His Training Clothes. Other fighters dressed tn suitable clothing for thelr training stunts and their long runs, but Billy was fre- quently seen plodding along the dusty road on a long jaunt, swinging along at & dog trot, atQ¥red in a frock coat, high hat, noisy necktie, loudly-striped trous- + ers and patent-leather shoes, begri and dusty, with the persptrat! ing down his face from beneath shiny tile. One day Billy was taken from his training quarters around Oak- land over to San Francisco to sign the articles for an important match, He was all dolled up as I have described, Over his shoulder he carried a big shot- gua, Billy explained that nas hed with the signing of the rticles he was oing out duck hunt- ing and he didn't want to lose the of coming back to his quarters for his gun. And when the mate was duly made off he went after the ducks ed as 6 He was extremely fond of hunting and was a very good shot. He was happiest when he could go off alone on @ hunting trip, and the further he could go alone up {nto the mountains the better satisfied he was. It is said that when Billy arrived in Sa nelsco, he was taken around the sights. the clty to see One of these was Seal Rock out at the Golden When Billy caught sight of the seals there he tm- mediately became ver ited and ran all around the place vainly trying to borrow a gun with which to take a crack at them, Whenever he saw thing shootable he was immediat Possessed with a desire to shoot, and he| could not understand that to kill | seals was against the la get the gun, During the summer of 1889 challenged Ike Weir to a battle for the featherweight champlonsnip of the world, and Ike accepted. But {tt was nearly six ntonths bi the fight took But he di Murphy place. It was in San Francisco before the California Athletic Club on Jan. 13, 18 Weir's ex 1 Boston were paid by th purse of $2,500 was offered. The weigh wae pounds, but Murphy welghed 18 1-2 and Welr 126 1-2 There was big crowd at the fizht and the betting wag heavy, large s being wagered on Welr. outclassed Mu phy co ughout the fight, danetng in and out and around the rush ing Australian as he pleased, doing all sorts of antics in the ring and keeping the whole house in a roar of laughter One instant he would be tn the centre of the ring fighting furtously, the next one would fing him over in a corner doing a Sig step. This is the trick of mak! him in a corner, nt where he pulled th t dash at ng and sglowing the t nis y fame to go crashing ost, He @1@ this so often to Murphy that fina'l the Australian boy refused to come near Weir if the latter was within ten’ f¢ of a post, T very antics, splay of cl be We means of his ui In the thir round Ike st le to ¢ of Murphy's blows and t flip, As he landed on } lost his balance and or else deliberate: as ho sometimes did his faw rate, Mur phy saw his chance, could dodge the fan came swinging over wit phy's weight and fo “Spider” went down like log and was unable to rise within the ten-second limit Result a Big Surprise. Referee Hiram Cook then declared Murphy the victor and winner of the featherweight champlonship of the world, Weir's defeat was a great s prise to sporting fans and the Easte: sports were much depressed, inasmuch as It was the fourth notable defeat of tern cracks in California within comparatively short time, The o had been Dempsey, w knocked out by Gee La Blan & pivot blow: Jack Havlin, def: Tommy Warren, ani Johnnie mn, | Aisposed of in the third round by Billy Murphy. The Australian was no’ at the top of ing attained that en- his profession, Inside thieRing wilh the » | Watch ‘I purchased f, Weighed 116 pounds and Murphy 118 It was a hard fight while it lasted. War- ren fought gamely, but was knocked down repeatedly and finally put out in the fourth round. Billy came to Chicago und while there boxed a foursround exhibjtion on April 21 with Tommy White, the “Board of Trade Pet." He aiso had his first. ox- perience with confidence men, After one of his victories out at Frisco Billy had| been presented with a valuatte gold watch and a fine diamond ring by somo of his local admirers. During his stay in Chicago he was, of course, made much of, and he displayed the watch and ring on all possible occasions. During his travels around the city he made the acquaintance of one Loulsvil'o| Jeu. After being well wined and dined Billy was persuaded to display his watch and pin, and Loulaville Jeff called in a Jeweller friend to appraise them for Billy. Of course, the old slelght-of-hand business took place and Murphy after- ward found himself in possession of a cheap brass watch and a worthies paste diamond ring, The acquaintance with | Louisville Jeff was not renewed. Billy returned to San Francisco and fought a four-round battle with Eddie Greney before the California A. C.| Greney was the featherwetht ¢ | pion of the Pacific coast and considered ja very clever fighter. Murphy got the decision. Billy had an {dea that he was a won- derful orator, and he always wanted to Imake a speech either before or after [his fg! One time he was told by some of his friends in San Francisco that it would be a fine bit of advertise ing for him to take part for a night tn the performance that wax being given in one of the mustc halls by @ minstrel company. ‘The manager of the company War easily persuaded to let Billy take part, so the latter's friends blacked him up and coached him thoroughly. When ‘the curtain went u; that night Billy was one of the end men—Mr. Tambour- Ine. For a Ittle while he was not called upon, but finally Mr. Interlocutor to Tambourine, when 1s a do’ aot ae’? “Aow?" sald Billy. ‘Ah repeats, Misto Tambourine: When 3 ado’ not a do’? Billy had been schooled to re-! “When it's ajar," but he got flu led to grasp the sense of the answer, and created a roar of laughter by replying: “Wy, Hi thinks hits hit's a mug. | And then, encouraged by the shouts and y , Billy got up and proceeded to make @ speech tn his ‘st cockney, at any time for the featherweight cham- ship of the world. And that pretty broke up the show, posntel athib:! Aaah NOVIGE AT FLYING DOES SOMERSAULT, ESCAPES UNKURT — ‘aow as when | Sherwood Crawls From Debris of Biplane After Spectac- ular Tumble. Syectal to The Evening Wortd,) AU BOULEVARD, A 19.— trying out a headless type of irtiss biplane to-day O. B, Sherwood of Manh ad pably the most arkable e from serious inju that has been seen on Long Island since |the advent of the aeroplane. Sherwood had never been In the alr before, but jthought Might easy after witnessing the rations of Lincoln Reachey a few days Sherwood went up tn the machine of Dr. R. C. Northwood of Manhattan to- |day, The motor worked perfectly, and after a brief trial at grass cutting Sher- made wood tried for higher altitude. Hi ly fine straightaway da start, and th rout nthe jose to t ned comp! its rudder, propeller were broken was pinned beneath the heavy or holding oss his body ss the fleld for nearly @ mile ex » find " v When the | Sherwood crawled wis, He did not r to learn to fly, and Vl do tt ext time,” sald Sherwood 4 gather up the wrecked biplane At M day Miss Matilda Mots nin ant Was ¢ her monoplane, her Itcense. She made | hts Sent Dix Motors to State Camp, PLATTSBURG, N. ¥., Aug. 10,—Gov 1 Mrs, Dix, who are travelling | Ne from their cottage on Lake state m Plains, a Malo’ to the at Pine They ary i here last is me Norwo | SIXTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE | WITH MANY OTHER KINDS. This One the Best, Mr. A. M. Halstead, of Rye Beach Avenue, Ry® New York, says: The Charles A Keene, 180 Broadway, New York | something over two years ago, has been Jin constant use ever since and I have \found it the most reliable and accurate timepiece I have ever owned, and U have | was done to restrain her from carrying | PROMISES WATCHMAN TO BE THE EVEN HOWAN KL SO AND HERSELF ON FOURTH ATTEMPT Old Steveris House on Broad- way Is Scene of Murder and Suicide. The old Stevens House, facing Bowl- ing Green, at Broadway and Morris street, one of the famous hostelries of the city when New York was a grow- ing town and Battery Park was the favorite promenade of the Knicker- bocker aristocracy, was the scene of a murder and suicide this morning. The murder was without malice. It was the act of a woman whose mind was tottering, and who had determined that when she died by her own hand @ Would not leave her little son to the mercies of the world. Four times within twelve hours the woman attempted to carry out the pur- pose of her wandering mind. Three times she was frustrated, but nothing out her mad design. ceeded, and when the hotel porter crawled in through the window he found her six-year-old son dead in bed while the mother lay life! at his feet. Gas was pouring into the room from an open bracket in the wall, just over their head: The woman's name was Bara Sautch, and she lived in Hebbing, Minn. She came to the hotel at 2 o'clock yester- day afternoon with her son, Leo, and engaged a room to wait for the sailing of the ateamer Adriatic, on which they were to have departed to-day for her old home in Wagram, Austria. They were assigned to room No. 82, on the third floor, MAID TRACES ESCAPING GAS TO HER ROOM. At last she suc- An hour later a chambermald smeiled | gas, and traced it to No. 62. She hastily threw the door open and found the ‘woman sitting on the bed, with the boy in ber lap. ‘The mala turned threw open the window. explanation, the woman volunteered that the gas had blown out. The maid told her what to do in case it happened again. She thanked the maid and en- the gas off and Demanding an ING WORLD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1911, Theatre Prices to Soar nA ee Higher By Neat Year tfio Toast objectionable, He has worked | another decided change successfully by ving his actors at times reach tne stage from boxes by walking along a) platform over the heads of the audience ‘This is done so cleverly that tho Was sion Is never destroyed. “But the American manager {s finding | Lee Shubert Declares 30 eine Musical Comedy at $3, Big Stars at $2.50 or $3 ,and Smaller Produc- tions at $2, Is Pro- ducer’s Guess on Scale for Orchestra Seats Af- ter Present Season. | Increased Outlay Neces-. sary for Presentation and Higher Salaries to. Performers Will Force, Managers to Raise Rate, He Declares. BY CHARLES DARNTON. Musical comedy, $3. Plays with big stars, $2.50 to $3. Smaller productions, $2. That these prices for orchestra soats will prevail in New York after another season, with a proportionate Increase in the cost of theatre tickets throughout the country, 1s the prediction of Man- ager Leo Shubert. So here you have the spotlight turned upon that modern drama of existence, “The Cost of Living.” Up to his stirt-sleeves in work at his office, last night, Mr. Shubert turned from the business before. him to talk of the theatrical situation. With Eu- rope fresh in his mind he had told of conditions there before arguing the in- creased cost of production here, aud this led finally to the prophecy that an- other year would bring the new sched- ule of box-office prices posted at the top of this column, Whea I asked what he thought thea- tregoers would say to thi 1 “I don't think that theatregoers care a snap what you charge them if you give them what they want. For that matter, prices here are lower than 1 London, where you pay $2.62 for a seat in the stalls. Added to this ts aix- pence for a programme, and in some he repl gaged her in conversation, Finally the woman told her story. She | said she was being sent home by her husband because of her mental con- | dition, and that he had promised to join her later. At 7 o'clock the odor of gas again be- came perceptible in the hotel, and again | Again | {t was traced to room No. 52. the maid entered the room and shut off the flow. This time the maid re- ported the matter to the clerk, who In- structed the watehman to keep a close guard on the ry At midnight the watchman smellec gas, and he went ine to tue darkened room and turned off the flow. MORE CAREFUL, “If you don’t look out how you han- dle the gas, you are likely to kill your- self,” said Frederick r, the watch- and the Woman promised to be re careful. efore 2 o'clock Valler no-| ion the third fi with gas. He hast | was tn joor. Some heavy ded it, e fire escape on mbed up. He saw n barricaded with nderous, old fash saw the bodies on room 82, which and cried to open the object effectually Valler got out on the floor below and ci that the door had two chairs and the p ed washstand, and bed. He threw up the window, entered tne room, turned off the ga# and remc the barricade from in fro: Then Dr. Henry B. Bi State street was summo: nounced both dead, the Morgue, th at theatres they make you check your hat, which means another sixpence. In Paris, when they have anything big to offer, they charge $1. ONLY ONE MORE SEASON HERE AT PRESENT PRICES. “There's no doubt in my mind that there will be only one more season in this country at present prices, and I believe this is the opinion of managers generally, The cost of production here is growing greater year by year, Ono reason for this {s that the salaries of ctors are mounting higher and highe We are more lavish than Europ producers, we spend more money end take bigger chances. “Must medy 18 produced here on a | scale that 1s not equalled anywhere else in the world. We have nothing to learn from anyone on t We would an speaking. Here it 16 the individual | working for his own good in most cases; | over the 1s everybody working for | the good of the pay “But fn musical comedy productions, ter to be understood of appreciated in | this country, The opportunities of the American author are becoming greater | every season, And our authors are writ. | Ing better plays than they were a few | years ago, But there's one thing thay should bear in mind<a merely good pliy hasn't a chance nowadays. pe really Successful {t must be a great play, with @ novel touch, a new point of view, or a strikingly original situation. A merely good play how much can the manager afford to lose? “To-day,” continued Mr. Shubert, ‘a manager must have a great big winner to carry along his other productions. ‘There are mitslcal comedies now thi can't pay expenses even when playing to capacity, That ls why theatregoers will in Ume be obliged to pay more for this form of entertainment than for any other. There will undoubtedly be three prises aftor another season—$3 for a big mu el means sical comedy production; §: to $3 for) dramatic productions w big | | and $2 for the smaller productions. It's | bound to come.” phi | LOSES TEETH IN RUNAWAY. Painter and Helper Ha: Killed After Crash With Ca Israel Glazer, a painter, of No, 25 Bedford avenue, Williamsburg, and his [ helper, William Weiss of No, 932 Hart | | Street were riding through Bedford ave- | |nue {n Glazer's wagon to-day when, at | the corner of Rutledge street, the horse took fright at a piece of flying paper and bolted. Glazer dropped the reins. At Flushing avenue the horse crashed Into @ trolley car. Glazer and Weiss were thrown to the street. Welss's right | Jaw was fractured and he lost most of his teeth. Glazer sustained cuts on the | contract and went over to another man- | ager. I've had the same experience with girls I've taken out of the chorus. There's no use goMg to law about It. A sult 1s more trouble than it's worth, hav for if you win you only a dis- internal Injurtes. Both men Witlamabuis Huapital. | The horse wax no badly infured that a policeman shot It through the head, EE good work. EXILE FOR ACTORS WHO SHIRK WORK IN LONDON. Wea Ati HORNE! Many Years. “In London Geory Aug. 10.~Way back | Edwardes exties his people to the provinces when they in 1868, J. C. Deake used to carry | neglect thelr work, but here actors) the books of his girl friend, Sarah Rice, often deliberately give bad performances to school in a. little town in Western | in order to get released from thelr ‘on-| Massachu ets where they were born, | tracts, You always hear actors say) Itecently Deake, now @ wealthy real es- they're not good business people. I've tate dealer of Twin Falls, Idaho, re-| found them the best business people in| ceived @ letter telling him his former | the world—for themselves, They can bhi dated Bidar Mee EE Pigg LM managers cards and spades. were married and started for his weatern Mr. Shubert’s smile was that of @) j,,me. good loser, as he added “After all I suppose that managers have only themselves to blame for the| atutude that actors take. ‘ompetition fy so keen that the ambitious actor! takes advantage of the rivalry among managers. The consequence 1s that we have ninety-nine near-stars to one real) star, On the other side of the water competition 1s keen, the actor) more earnest in his work, and the per- formance better as a whole, generally as I said before,” pursued Mr. Shubert, “America easily leads the world, For| one thing our choruses excel those of} every other céuntry, The F | chorus girls are more refined than ours, bu not nearly apt. and there's no life in them. 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