The San Francisco call., 1899-03-04

town. and when 1t reached the pool
rooms the supporters Of the local man man
were jubilant. and the Erne money fell
from SO 10 81 to SO TO 81, and even at
these latter figures Eastern money was
The sudden defeat of Hawkins was a
great surprise TO the local talent, and 1t
Is safe to say that many hard-edrneu
pocket feels to-day the result of last
evenings entertainment at Woodwork
= The contest was particularly bril-
liant one-that is, from scientlnc point
of view In the first round Hawkins
came within few inches OF bringing the
sport to very sudden CONCLUSION. AFTER
the usual f1ddling and sparring Tor open
ings Hawkins swung his dangerous leIt
and his glove landed hard on the right
eve of Erne. The force of the blow sent
the Eastern lad to the carpet, where he
remained for eight seconds; But eau
~tious and cool as Erne Is, he took, tho
limit of time to collect his senses, and was
up and at 1t again before Referee
Choynsh had time to call him out
Erne saw that another such puncn as
he received if landed on the right spot
would quickly end the disturbance and
cunningfy he remained on the defensive.
handsomely blocking all left swings tnat
were afterward intended for the jaw
point Hawkins was rapidly scoring points
on his adversary and the admirers Oh
Erne freely confessed. that ~, unless ihe bie
sleeve" for future use Hawkins would
win on points if he failed TO score a
Knockout In the seventh round Erne,
adVfsed by Barney Feeney, changed his
tactics and instead of making a long
range fight which was favorable to HaW-
j<ins he got under the local mans guard
and forced miXup at short range Dal,
who is only what is called one-hand
fighter, attempted TO ward off the attack
of his opponent, but Erne. who is light
ning-oufck striker, had Dal at sea tmme-
djatelY, and in the miXup he landed q
hard left Jolt on Daps jaw, which was
followed by sharp right-hand crook,
also on the jaw point, the force OF which
ended all dispute as TO the nghung aDlH-
ties of the men. Hawkins fell on his back
and remained dead to the world for some
seconds after being counted out.
The police management of the nght, un-
der the command of Captain James w.
GIilen of the Seventeenth street station,
was as perfect as it was possible 10 nave
81 All the passagewayS were kept clear
and the utmost good order was main
fai1ed throughout the entire building.
no crowding was permt!ed at the en-,
france and those who had tickets found
~ - aiii idifficuIty in gaining admission.
AiJ JI.oiIow,ing is the result OF the fight by
r4qiif6t In t6e opening round Hawkins was the
e,-st 70 lead and 1t ended IN chnch.
TJrne came back at MIN q ieT secStius a.is
Iater quick as lightning with three hard
iafts "a IN the face. The blows Jared Haw-
IJIr itjns h,It he soon returned the compii-
h9{ landing his celebrated left swing;
1tbich has laid many hghter low; aslc aaro q
w " IiiI+ Erne's cheek. knocking. the buHaIo
iad down. Erne took the run @ @nInS sec sec
n1ds 10 rise, but did not appear oazeu, dIti an!
OLE OLE ~ tbat successfully blocked every ieIt
that Hawkins led for his head. aI1e ne
ended the round by planting a haro one
0iI Erne was kept busy blocking HaWkInsi std !.
6eIiverv in the second rounu, puI 5 aIu "a y
so well that most of the blows ialiueu