The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-31
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~nsDDY. TIME HONOLULU CYCx0xE,.
kNoCks OFT nAnar AGEE.
hawthorne CloA Gives . D0xing Ex.
hieitioa ~ GeofUet0wo-Aoeol
MIAale-Weaghs ragtltsts Fight
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The Hawthorne Club. which numbers
among il patrons the sWkihest OF SeAtxtes
cos0sed 90 Of the masculine gender, gave
what 10 suphonsously termed - ooxing
exhibition At Georgetown few nsiies
south Of the city. last Monday night II
was q strictly InvisAs.onal Affair-every-
body snyited-and the mysterious propne
cy OF the invitations IAN interesting time
In promised: remember our iass xnc you
will remember this" was fully realized
The event OF the evening MAS twenty
ruHnd contest with light gloves De-
tween "Bsbhy,'' the Honolulu Cy-
clone and Henry Age. othsrwise
demonstrated the identity cf The south ssa
cyclone with tks Kansas article BY knock
sng young Agee out In the seventh rounc
and walking OF with the 80 purse ana
receipts. which we're substantial, VIII o
shared between the club and the contest
ants. About 30 sports Of AL shades o.
COZ s- from sSsl nlssk e ~n s.. . nesd
The night Was refereed by Denver "a
Smith. the retired puGiisst. who - now the
prosperous proprietor Of 2 big saloon "a
the Tsnderioin district. Denver ed and
the ether sports who were there say the
night was "on the SQUARE and that Was
the beat Witnessed in Seattle for many
years There WAS no ioAfsng 70 the ssnx
the coup de grace on Ages chin, ne mace
il clean Knockout Ages revived before
he was counted out. but was unable 10
come To time when the referee called IT,
'.Bibby," who il q tribe btacker THAI
the traditional ace CT spades. - about y
years Of age and fought at about Ii
pounds. AEes. who would be called Colo
three. years older and entered the ring
II iC
.'BIbby'' rushed the fighting. but wisely
refrained from too closely mixing up with
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blood by closing Agee's LETT optic In 2
breakAway in the second round and fol.
lowed up the advantage IN later rounds
by several face blows that brought blood.
however. and a. for the Honolulu cyclone.
he came on without scratch.
.Agee was the favcrite in the betting AZ
ming. As i Landed ea frse req S'o on B,bsy.
and IN the third round KNOCKED him
through the ropes. On the whole. how
ever eve. the light Was not ,iaxsin. match;
times, but the only clean knockdown Was
the Knockout blow under which AEee Tor
the FIRST and last time went to the ground.
He Was insenSioie for ave seconds.
The general opinion among the sports
who Witnessed the night seemed 10 be that
Hibby' was the cieverosf. but lacked the
strength possessed by ..the Colorado Kid"
The latter Ia anxious TO put on the gloves
with "Bibby" again. and thinks that with
more careful training he can reverse the
verdict OF Monday night
j. Vaughn Yves. Adams and Harvey
johnson were the seconds OF the victorious
pugiIist. Dan Godfrey. ]. u. Starting and
Ike Hawkins were behind Agee.
Before the Sight Referee Smith an
nounced In a Voice that might have been
heard half a mile through the still mid
night air. Gentlemen this II going 10
be a scientific twenty round club contest
for points. Now 10 at 1T. you kids, and
the one Of YOU that gets the most knock
downs gets the fight" II the two ambi-
tious young lighters had taken the Iocular
remark In sober earnest they could not
have gone NJ II with greater determine
ton each to win. The coming hight had
been the sole topic Of conversation about
the Hawthorne Club for weeks and the
friends OF the respective lighters backed
their Drawn with their greenbacks In a
liberal manner and went TO Georgetown
en- masse 90 see the light.
Except among the colored population the
coming event was kept dark until late
Monday night. when all the better known
sports OF the Tendevioin district were
given a quiet tip to take Grant street
ear and get of at Georgetown. The Nav
fhoyne Club gave guarantee with each
subscription" that no ra1cr plays would
be allowed and there was no disorder
even at the height of the excitement
''Hshhy'' - comparative stranger in
Seattle and Is an a.taehe Of the Hawthorne
Club Agee presides over the shoe shining
department OF a well known Second ave.
nue. shoe store. He has lived here two
years and has fought and won several
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