The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-04
Sports pasfimes


Eins lost a asnf because be was weak IN
the knees and could not strike Furnishing
blows. yet this Is a fair, unbiased anaiy-
sss % she Fiawkips-5uIiissn lght In New
York city. THE World says that 4 was
the prettest fight seen In New yo-k s.nce
the revival Of boxing games and the Sun
remarks tsat II wss the most interesting
and surprising 80 seen foT many months.
A. the ring side. few minutes before
Hawkins appeared. the odds were 100 20
e In his faEor, with some Offers OF as
hEgh az 10 10 g. Ha wk.ng himself made
The statsner. 20 personal friend that he
was no, himself. whats the Natter
asked Jim Corbett OF MIA feed" was
the reply Hasn't been able 10 digest
sny,hing since yesterday" Corbeti in
CURED snxiously how such a thing ctme
about. ard he was told that Hawkin. had
troub,e 10 getting DOWN TO weight.
Betting men who had heard scFa rs OF
the conversation Immediately Commenced
to hedge and when me two men came TO
getheT the betting was even 4 re part mad
heen gent out that Sullivan was uawel..
bun hig appearance belied The statement.
Tn FIRST tao rounds proved conclusively
that Hawkins vas much the cieverer man.
bat his bows "a not punish To bring
fhis out prominently. I w.n quote from
THE account gwen by Of the New York
esilies
Round l. Hawkins led first and pat hls
ieft on sullivan face and body three
times In succession Hawkins repeated
the desc and Sullivan ilmpes. away Sn,-
Ivan lei 60 a hard r.ght that missed By
hair Sullivan vas wary Or Ifa wilkins
left"
Any one who knows Hawkins all real-
fze thar he WAS wrong when he landed six
fefts In round without return and
s yer did not injuTe bis opponent Billy
Scott. who * wtI known among fghtng
Pacific &nrf fetS
nights ago: "Hawk.ns mas The wiekedest
left hand hook 1f any fighter in he world
Any time h" puts that on you at close
range, 4 II All of" Jack Green who has
been at the other end Of several OF Haw-
klns' punches. says that he does no, think
or sarmise. but knows. that Hawkins.
when himself. can strike as hard a. any
other man ~ his weight in the world
The second round was marked hy Haw-
k.ns landing his favoriie left-hand hook
sGuafely on suilivaR's taw. II did noe
even jar him. 80 far az I can learn. by
this time Sullivan who is naturally quick
NJ sizing up ais opponent, commenced to
realize that something was wrong with
uawk.n@ Consequently the third round
saw 4 decided change m his methods. He
commenced to play up 20 Hawkins and
although oatp0lnttd. made cool show
Ing The Evening Sur says: ''t'p 10 the
fourth round Hawkins showed that while
he had strength he could punch sui.fs IN
almost when and where he pleased and
sullivan convinced his friends that he
knew hon 20 stand punishment nd could
rally quickly. In the third round SULLIVAN
acted a. II he knew thar Hawkins was
not az his best With thes. rlcta In mind
Sullivan commenced 10 b. aggressive ard
after hot mlx-up In the fifth Hawk ms
went 10 his corner a we3ker man Sullt.
van. although stronger. made the mistake
or going IN close to Hawkins In the sixth
and got his ear cut open. In the seventh
Sullivan knocked Hawkins all over the
s ting. but Hawkins landed q terrific punch
toward the last that Sef the Bostoniau to
thinking II was slow lighting ur "a the
fourteenth from She seventh but Haw-
kfns was gradually growing weaker. while
Sullivan was getting stronger. In the six
tenth Sullivan cut Hawkins eye and then
tried 90 Pub the cut In a c'inrh The
crowd Kissed him inG he gave sp his fou,
tactics. Hawkins pushed matters In the
seventeenth, and rs friends thought there
was n chance for him 10 so the nal to a
finish Hawkins came IN gaui@ly n the
nineteenth. hat Sullivan landed heavily on
The Jaw Hawkins reached the mouth
Both men were weak. but Hawkins was
the worse off
The twentieth was ono Of the most re
fnarkab" Ia the history ~ the ring. Sui
lvaa early in the round landed A clean
righi-handed blow that dropped Hawkins
10 tho floor lie rolled over or his hack
and his friends thought il was al IN with
him. 70 the'y surprise hp Va or his
feet az he cnd Of seven seconds and de-
spite the advice ST 4 thousand sports 10
drop down he fought the rnnnd .Ut. MAX
fng II warm one FOR sullivan despite his
superior condition Hawkins fought the
twenty -Grsj round on stinulauts hut the
efrect wore away IN the middle Of ;he
twenty lc.3 Njn2, him very weak AMI
when Salty n landed 4 right On his l4rt