The San Francisco call., 1899-04-27
GREAT BOXING BOUTS
AT THE OLYMPIC CLUB
HELLMAN OF SACRAMENTO IS A
SECOND SHARKEY.
He Defeated Champion Mccarthy in
Three Rounds of Terrific Punch
ing-Winners of the Evening.

Standing room only was announced at
the entrance of theOlympic Club last even
ing long before the first event Of the semi
finals Of the welter-weight boxing series
Of contests was held. The large crowd of
lovers of square sport saw one of the
best and most interesting fstic entertain
ments that the Olympic Club has held in
many years. Every contest was satisfac-
tory. There were knock-downs and
knockouts and beautiful exhibitions of
scientific boxing. The club can safely say
that 1t scored q marked success, and the
large crowd that was present was an
evidence that good boxing will always
meet with good patronage in this city
Apart from the exhibitions between pro-
fessional pugilists the contests between
the welters were worth going many miles
TO see.
The first of the semi-finals of the welter-
weight class was to have been a six-round
bout between j. Doyle of the Olympic
Club and f. Asst of the Manhattan Club
The elongated Doyle stood off his husky
opponent for three rounds by resorting to
straight Ieft-hand leads. The fourth
round, however, saw Doyle's finish. Asst
stood off the left-handers which were
growing perceptibly weak and hammered
Doyle on chin and neck with right-hand-
ers until Doyle fell, his head striking
heavily on the carpet. The effect of the
fall put him to sleep and Asst got the deci-
sion.
the contest between ]. f. Mccarthy, the
champion welter of the Olympic, and A.
Hellman the battering ram of the Sacra-
mento Athletic Club. Mccarthy started
der and he scored quite a lead in the
start. landing several times on Hellman s
face with right and left. The Sacramento
lad finally realized that he must wake up
and do something to protect the interest
of his nose, and he charged at Mccarthy
in Mexican bull fashion, swinging right
and left. Nc ducked the right, but caught
the left under the jaw. The blow stag
gered the Olympian and Hellman got
home three hard smashes on Mccarthy
before the bell sounded retreat TO cor
ners.
The second round was the hottest argu-
ment between rival fists that has been
witnessed in the gymnasium for years.
1t was punch, punch, punch: MCCARTHY
landed the most blows but they did not
carry as much powder behind them as the
shots sent from the Hellman battery.
Mccarthy hit Hellman six or seven right
handlers on the jaw, any of which would
have put any ordinary pug to sleep, put
took his medicine and retired smilingly.
In the third round Mccarthy changed
his tactics and played for Hellman 5
wind landing several heav-- shot, but he
caught a righthand swing on the neck
that sent him staggering to the ropes. He
ducked several swings, and then came
DdCk at 1eldIIll, pidulliB d leITlDl6 TlBDI
on the chin which partly da3ed the fight
ing ram from Sacramento. In a rally
that followed, which was give and take
Mccarthy ran into another righthand
smash and fell near his own corner
When he regained his pins Hellman was
about to swing at him again, when the
Olympic champion dropped to his knees
purposely to avoid knockout. As this
was a transgressiOn of the rules-falling
without being struck-the referee gave
the contest to Helman, amid loud and
prolonged cheers.
A. Smokes of the Manhattan Club was
knocked out in the third round by j.
Dennis of the Olympic Club.
Frank Mcconnell and J, Mcdonald, who
Multnomah Club on May "a a the Olym-
pic Club, gave clever ten round boxing
exhibition.
The final bout OF, the. evening was be-
tween Andy King, the old man from Mon
tana, and Kid McFadden. This was one
of the professional special features pro-
vided by the club for the entertainment
Of its members. It was good hard scrap
last round. which ended in draw. Will
liam Kennedy of the Olympic Club
The next fistic show will occur on May