The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-21
Pugilist LaWlor Need
Not Go East.
RIB ROASTED BY MAXWELL
TWENTY ROUNDS OF BOXING
THE BOYS TANGLED.
An Evenings Fistic Entertainment
That Attracted Large Gath
ering of Sports at Wood
wards Pavilion.

The newly organized Western Athletic
Club gave its first entertainment last
evening in Woodward's Pavilion and it
proved success in every particular
Thanks to Captain James Gillen the ring
floor had been well padded. thereby pre-
venting any possible danger to the con-
testants who might have sustained a
heavy fall.
Jimmy Reilly won a decision over kid"
OBrien. the slogger, and the referee
Jim" Kennedy, was hooted by the gall
lery sports. who proved that they did not
know the first thing about Queensberry
rules. Although wild and awkward in
his delivery, O'Brien fought gamely, but
Reilly stopped almost all, of the blows d.
rected at his body with his glove, and the
crowd on high yelled with delight each
time they heard a sound from a smack
of gloves.
Chief Lees distinguished himself by or
the eaPa and 5e pooe to
fight in the ninth round, but it would be
difficult to imagine what. prompted the
as neither of the dubs 'n could mi inIct tbs
least punishment although they may
have possibly succumbed from exhaus-
ton.
The event of the evening was twenty
round contest between Jimmy Lawlor, the
lightweight pugilist who recently jour-
neyed to New York City expecting to get
al
pions, and Sammy Maxwell of Los An
geles-weight 1872 pounds.
The betting was $40 to Sc in favor of
Lawor but considerable money from
the south was placed on Maxwell by men
who had seen both pugilists perform.
Jack Steiner was selected referee
OF this contest, Lawlor was singularly
confident of polishing off his opponent in
quick order, but after he had a mx-up
in a few rounds with the sturdy lad from
the orange groves he apparently wan
dered back to the old fireside and hoped
for the best.
Maxwell, who is a well proportional
fellow with good limbs and fine chest,
is as quick as cat on his pins and can
He had Lawlor's ribs in trouble before
the end of the third round and all
through the mill in fact the San Fran
ciscan's body was target which stopped
several right hand gloves.
LaWlor some years ago carried left
which went straight from the shoulder
and annoyed many pugnacious face,
but of late he has shifted in tactics and
now resorts, to left and right swings in
the hope of landing a knockout, which
he has succeeded in accomplishing when
He found Maxwell altogether too shifty.
and try as best he could he failed at each
attempt to land his right on the jaw over
went over the shoulder or around the
neck of his opponent.
The contest, although. it lasted twenty
rounds, can be told in few words Max
We'll scored a long lead in points UP to
the thirteenth round. Then Lawlor seem
ingly commenced to realize that he was
IN the ring simply as a punching-bag for
his opponent to practice on and he made
several desperate attempts to connect his
glove with Maxwelis jaw, but failed re-
peatedly.
1t was game very much one-sided up
to the sixteenth round when Lawlor be-
gan to encourage his friends by an occa-
returned with telling effect There was
not a single round during the mill that
could be placed to the credit Of the San
FRANCISCAN, who was seemingly very
awarded the contest to Maxwell
The entertainment, which was unuues- |
tionably good, pleased all present.