The morning call., 1893-03-03
TIE BUAINU MATCHES.
Windup of the Olympic Tourna-

There was very large gathering of men,
Ders at the OympFe@Club last evening to
witness the last night of the fistIc tourna-
ment
The sport was first class aud resulted as
follows: The opening con test of the even
ing was bout OF six rounds between NJ.
Gormar, 1877 pounds, and Charles SLEEPER.
126 pounds. The contestants boxed four
rounds, and SLEEPER had the best of it from
first to last and was awarded the bout
GOrmer's mouth was red when the contest
ended, showing that SLEEPER got home fire.
quently with his left on the mouth.
The second event was quite spirited.
The contestants were Frank Skuce QlSR
pounds) and Eugene Buislay Q24k pounds).
The first and second rounds were very even.
and IL was hard matter to decide whlch of
the men scored the greater number of
points. In the third round Buislay swung
bit wild and was stopped neatly by
Skuce, who. however, had a great respect
for Buslay's right fist.
The sixth and last round was hot for
awhile. Some pretty hard Furnishing at
short range pleased the spectators. who
cheered the men to further action. When
the rally ended the boxers took matters
easy until the finish. The bout was given
10 Skuce. although his advantage was very
small.
Mike Sullivan, 16S pounds, and B. F.
Jackman. 100 pounds. were announced to
box four rounds. This was very short.
neither man understood much about the
manly art Of self-defense and they hit a bit
wild. Sullivan finally landed a right punch
on Jackson's jaw, and the latter went to
the carpet. He tried hard to rise, but his
head was too heavy 10 pack. and as he
rolled back on the carpet he said, ITS no
use, can't stand it," He was counted out,
aud Sullivan given the victory, which was
the shortest since the tournament WAS be-
gun.
E. B. Everson. 107 pounds, and II. Ruben
stein, l03b pounds, were the next pair of
boxers TO toe the scratch.
There was much interest manifested in
this bout, as Rubenstein represented the
Sacramento Athletic Club and Everson an
amateur club of this city.
Everson used rather rough tactics the
first round and was hissed by the members,
especially when he wresGled Rubenstein
down.
The second was prettily contested Emer-
son proved quick Rt ducking and avoiding
punishment. Rubenstein did the most
leading.
Tho third was n staud-off. Both boxers
showed considerable cleyerness, and some
swift leads and ducks were witnessed.
The fourth was Rubenstein's without a
doubt. He landed on Emerson frequently.
The fifth and sixth rounds were bad tor
| Emerson. who got his nose and mouth pretty
well smashed. Rubenstein's left fist was
too much for the North Beach athlete, who
could not keep his mouth out of the way Of
hot shots.
Alexander Day and T. II. Smith. bantam
weights. boxed six rounds. This was by far
| the best contest OF the evening, and one
we'll worth seeing. Smith, although only a
few months in the business, proved a very
clever youngster. He looked like pocket
| edition of Jim Corbett, the champion
pugist, and boxed like California James.
Day boxed very gamely, but was outclassed
in clean hitting ard stopping. Smith was
awarded the bOut.
John Enright. 1l4h pounds, and Ed Bar
| rett. 1l9 pounds, were booked to spar six
| rounds In the fifth round Enright knocked
| Barrett down three times, and almost had
| him out when the gong sounded. In the
| sixth and last round Barrett came to the
scratch fresh and fought back gamely.
although his chances of success were very
slim. The referee stopped the bout before
| time was up aud awarded the match to
| Enright.
William Reid. 126 pounds, and f. Muller,
| 1874 pounds, boxed i've rounds. This bout
| was characterized by wild hitting on both
| sides. Muller landed the most blows and
was given the bout in the third round.
Mat Kirche II, 1873 pounds and Jamesa Far
| reli, 1888 pounds, were to have boxed six
rounds. The contest disappointed the spec
| tators, as after q few exchanges Kirchen
| landed a right punch on FarrelPs chin.
knocking him clean out of time. Farrell
| did not recover his equilibrium for couple
| OF minutes.
Daniel O'Neill, 1873 pounds, and j. Nc
| D0nell. 136 pounds. were announced to box
| four rounds They did not box to the salts
| faction of the referee ana they were both
| ordered out of the ring as they had nc
| knowledge of fisticuffs.
j. Frank, 1441a pounds, and II. Hextrum
| 141 pounds, were next. This was a very
| exciting contest and was won by Hextrum.
| This finished the last night of the tourna
| ment.