The record-union., 1891-09-02
Fine Evenings Sport Given by the
Sacramento Athletic Club.
a Series of Spirited Four-Round Con.
tests-Lively Bantam Weights
All for Glory.

| President George II. Clark OtflclatCd aS
/! Master of Ceremonies, and opened the
| evenings entertainment with speech
He explained to the spectators that the
! tournament was strictly an amateur
J affair, and each contest would be limited
F, to four three-minute rounds with one
minute rest intervening between each
the Amateur Athletic Union rules pre-
vailing. A gold medal would be awarded
to the winner in each class, and silver
medal to the second best man. IN cases
where there were only two entries only
one medal would be awarded.
COMPETENT JUDGES.
! The Judges Of the contests were DR.. c.
3. Nichols and Major W. 4. Anderson.
! Both were highly competent for the posi-
] tions, and in each case their decisions
j. ". Sullivan and IL. J. kilgariff were
the timekeepors and j. j. Cahill and
! Frank Whitmore the scorers. William
Johnson acted as referee, and acquitted
| himself well.
President Clark announced that the
! bantam contests would come off first.
! Henry Rubenstein and ". :. Woods had
been drawn for the first bout. These two
boxers made their appearance, with their
seconds a few minutes later.
The gong sounded time" for the ban
| tanS at $50 O'Clock, and the little fellows
advanced to the center. Rubenstein as
sumed the aggressive Immediately. The
round was an exceedingly lively one,
! both boxers humping each other with
the "pillows' in a genuinely business
! like manner. Rubenstein seemed to be
in the better condition of the two, and
! took advantage OF every opportunity to
score on his opponent. IN the second
round he was even more
ATTENTIVE TO BUSINESS,
And the lively pace he set began to tell
! somewhat on Woods. Woods was tired
in the third round and kept on the de-
! fenSive. He lodged some we'll directed
| blows, and the fact that Rubenstein was
! getting little tired, too, operated in his
| favor. The fourth round was another
| lively one, and Woods showed that he
/ had plenty OF steam left. He countered
! Rubenstein heavily and considerably dis
/ concerted him.
The judges decided that Mr.. Ruben
S.cIn won the contest, having had the
/ better Of three rounds to Woods one.
! Fred Iyrrell. who was the odd man in
/ the bantam class, SPARED a bye with
! Mr.. Cunningham, the object being to
! prevent TyrreIl from meeting Ruben
stein in the final contest III too fresh a
condition.
! Inc li4 " ely III COL ItESlS we're IlGNG III
order, and \. +. Michaelson and c. \.
Stokes were the first contestants. Stokes
is short and stocky, while Michaelson is
/ built on the elongated Australian plan.
After sparring lightly for about Il minute
! Of the first round, they closed in aud
drummed each other most merrily.
Michaelson's hight and reach proved of
considerable advantage to him. Stokes
was a triile slow, but when he hit he hit
hard. The second round was one Of the
fastest Of the evening. The amateurs
KEPT AT EACH OTHER
Constantly, and devoted little time to
spaTring. The heavy work Of the second
round caused the men to toe the scratch
in the third rather tired, and as a result
! they only did light tapping. In the
fourth round Stokes Iivencd up and
scored heavily and repeatedly on his op-
pOnent.
At the conclusion of the contest the
judges were unable to decide it, and
called for an extra round. In this round
hichaelSOn was adjudged to have scored
the most points, and was declared the
winner.
c. 4. Strobel was the odd entry in the
lightweight class, and he spared a four
round bye with George Littlefield,
John O'Neill and J John Kelly were the
only entries IL the middle weight class,
and went into the ring TO determine who
was entitled to the gold medal. In the
first round little was done. but in the
second both men went in for business.
Kelly was on the aggressive, and with his
superior weight bore heavily upon
! o. Neill. lie depended largely upon
heavy counters and body blows. O'Neill
! was much the lighter of the two, but
! was the more scientific. But Kelly's
weight, however, kept telling on
O'Neill, and in the third and fourth
rounds he was plainly losing ground
/ Kelly kept at him constantly and at the
! clared him the winner.
! ONeiL explained to the audience that
! prior to Monday night he had not boxed
/ for four months, and had been quite i'll.
! He knew he could do better. if in condi-
| ton. lie entered the tournament simply
! to lend his assistance in making il sac
/ cess. The young man was cheered
| loudly.
RrBESSTEIN THE CHAMPION.
There were no heavyweight entries,
! and the next contest on the programme
was the final in the bantam class for first
and second medals, between Rubcnstein
and Tyrrell.
Both bantams waded in for business at
! the start and thumped each other mer-
rily. Tyrren was cool-headed at first
and aimed his blows well, while Ruben
/ points. In the second round they showed
! up considerably out OF breath, and con-
tented themselves with long-range spar
ring. In the third both warmed up again
and gave great set-to. 1t was a series ot
rusheS and clinches, and Referee John
son was kept dancing around the ring in
( a lively manner. Rubenstein. it was
PLAIN, was scoring the most points right
along. Tyrrelps blows were landing
wide of their mark.
The finishing contest in the light
weight class was the last event OF the
'vening. the contestants were Strobel
nd Michaelson. Both men were clever.
,Articularly Strobel, and more science
vas displayed than in any previous con-
,eSt. Strobel kept on the aggressive CON
stantly, and while he did not hit yerv
nard, he was reaching his opponent right
along. He drummed Michaelson's ribs
! quite merrily. Michaelson was on the
defensive and depended largely on coun-
! ters. There was little difference in the
work done in any of the four rounds.
/ There was q lively rally in the third
round, which set the spectators to cheer
ing. Strobel kept up his aggressive tac-
/ ties, and Kept the judges busy keeping a
/ tally OF his points.
Strobel was declared the winner. and
was cheered loudly for his clever work.
The entertainment was conducted III a
most orderly manner, and the club is to
! be congratulated for the completeness of
( the arrangements.
Secretary X. II. Cation of the Olympic
Club and K. Y. Cole, a prominent athlete
of the same club, were interested spec
| tators of the contests.
FREE library