The record-union., 1891-11-25
BOXING NIGHT
An Entertainment at the Athletic Club
Last NIGHT.

All EnJofIa1OnlenC at the ACnl6tiC CLUB
Last Night.
The members of the Sacramento Ath-
letic Club and their invited guests made
up large audience last night at the club
rooms, to witness some amateur boxing.
| The entertainment was amusing, and
there was some clever boxing, but good
deal more of rushing and waltzing than
is usual where points and not knockouts
are considered to determine the judg-
ment; these points relate to form of
assault, delivery, guard, counter, feint,
etc.
DR.. C. r. Nichols and w. A. Anderson
We're the judges, VIM. Johnson, referee,
and MessrS. Sullivan and kilgarif, time
keepers. President Clark presided over
the whole. The first boxing was between
II. Rubenstein, 10 pounds, and w. II.
| Woods, 104 pounds. The men wore very
! large gloves, padded like pillows; the
contest was without feeling or other spirit
| than that of ambition on the part of each
| to score the greater number of honest
| points. The men were told distinctly
! that 1t was to be scientific boxing" and
that no slogging would be permitted
| They boxed six rounds. Rubenstein
demonstrated from the outset that he
was more than match for Woods. who,
however, proved ''gamy" and stood up
well. But his opponent was quicker in
movement and more aggressive and
more vigorous, too, and weighty i'll
delivery of blows. The contest never
theless was warm and proved quite in
! tereSting. Woods was thrice brought to
his knees, while Rubenstein received but
few blows, guarding very well indeed,
an art in boxing Of which Woods appar-
/ emily knows but little, since by opennesS
| OF guard he fairly invited the landing of
blows upon his neck, face and chest. The
judges graciously gave Woods two ROUNDS
and Rubenstein thus had four and won.
! In the last round, Just as the judges were
about to withdraw the men, two club
I members protested against further box
/ ing by Woods because, they said, the
club did not wish an exhibition contin-
ued when one man was clearly mot in
it," This was, however, already antici-
! pated by the judges and the President
and this little episode was only a ripple
! OF impulse.
The second match was then called. 1t
was between G.. Strobel, l27, and A. L.
! Nicholson, l31 pounds. The first round
/ opened so oddly that the spectators
roared with laughter, for in attempting
the La Blanche swing, Nicholson was
caught by Strobel back to, and held there
| till his ears were soundly and repeatedly
boxed. The young men are both vigor-
ous, long in reach and gamey. They as
saulted about equally well. but Strobel
was the most frequent assailant, best in
i guard, and his blows went direct to the
! upper works, while most of Nicholson S
| were glancing or We're parried. Both
men danced about too much, and rather
waited for opportunities for single heavy
/ blows than indulged in effort to make re-
| peated touches. They were mutually
eager to clinch also. But the round was
! spirited and won applause, and developed
/ some very vigorous and not unSkillful
/ boxing.
The second round opened briskly,
/ Strobel leading, but being we'll answered
in assault by Nicholson. The latter,
| however, suffered his guard to be broken
down, or laid it open and took Strobel' $
swinging raps full in the face. His nose
1 had begun to bleed in the first round,
and continued SO freely in the second to
| testify to his inability to keep Strobel's
gloves away from it, that at the conclu-
| sion ofthe round Nicholson withdrew and
/ yielded the match TO Strobel, as the
/ sponge was tossed up. Michelson's bleed
! ing nose embarrassed him or he would
have continued the boxing, for he was
| able to do so otherwise, though itwas
/ evident that Strobel is the more skilled
/ OF the two. With some others facing
| him, however, he would find it polite
not to indulge in so many menacing,
/ backward swings of his left in feinting,
leaving his guard wide open, for a
/ quicker man than Nicholson might tattoo
his breast with credits, if he continued
| to so invitingly court assault.