The sun., 1899-07-08
DAL HAWKINS DEFEATED.
JACK o,BRIEN GETS THE DECISION IN
TWENTY-EIpE ROUNDS.
winner Forces tho Fight from tho start,
mud, Though Receiving Many hro
Knocks. Hc wcnrs the,Cnlifornian DOWns

Winner Forces the Fight from tho o."'-
md, Though Receiving Many HNo
Knocks, Hc wcnrs the,Cnlifornian Down'
Dal Hawkins. the California lightweight. was
fairly beaten by Jack OBrIen OF this city In .
twenty -fve- round glove fight at tho Broadway
A. C. last night O'Brlen. who has been
in the feathorweiRht class hitherto. ana
who has n decision over Oscar Gnru'
ner, forced the Issue almost from
the start and though Hawkins landed some
powerful blows they had little or no effect
Hawkins injured both hands during the bat
tie which was fast and brmful OF exciting
episodes Toward the close Hawkins was so
tired that he could scarcely protect himself.
Tho house was we'll filed when George Num-
roo and Billy Barrett. local electromagnetic.
met in a twelve round preliminary at III
pounds. # was II gruelling fight oil the way
through. Munroe having a slight advantage
when 1t ended. The decision was draw
and gave general satisfaction. Hawkins
was 2 to l favorite over O'Brien. and
there was quite n lot OF money up O'Brten's
handlers were Jack Dougherty and Paddy,
Moran. Hawkins's seconds were Eddie Con-
molly Joe Glencher and Fred Vanuch. The
conditions were twenty-five rounds at 133
pounds. with Johnny White referee. Hawkins
was taller and looked heavier when they
shook hands. The first two rounds were
even. O'Brien working at the stomach and
ribs and Hawkns nnTdr sTngnE to The hesa sss
to "l rush with his head down, and Hawkins
OBren continued his rushing in the fourth.
getting to the Jaw With righa and noTnd,nSS
many blows and did not have the round.
oBrsn did nS wqrk in thS ,tH; AMI forced
sSsa as2n as he had ,hs o sIih s' anS ,nS
%ad lead TSss Ri had his little s'' sc' SSw' 3" lie
s own man an the hhS' 'mx"ps ." The bctns 10
on Hawkins when the ssyGsfn YEN tns bsSRbf: b:
landed them. too. sun. o'Brien kept coming
In The S eshtR ] %Brcn got great sht
on the jaw and Hawkins was Jared to he toes:
insS' sist had the round G'Brien, did al! Of the
leading in tho ninth and the flesh over
hue hue TIE, TIE tSnih nI belonged @ u TO HpWEins.
LANDED ana m G9Ts tSs hHn nv
| for holding O'Brlcn's head with his left and
throwing n a right to the stomach As they
opened up n bnd cut over oBrens, right eye
and he was temporarily, blinded with blood.
| Hawkins rushed and worked hard tor knock
| out. but OBren was as strong as bull and
stood the Ratf n great share, 49,,
thing now. fori ho onened the twclith h with
rush, O'Bricn was himself again. however.
| IL
on the head Hawkins came hack and had his
| man bleeding again at the bell. Hawkins set
| the pncc in the thirteenth. but O'Brien bad his
| strength with him md worried the Californian
with stomach punches. O'Brien swung II right
| to the Jaw as the fourteenth ended and llaw-
klns was slightly Rroggy when he sat down,
Hawkins was bleeding ut the mouth in the
fifteenth and seemed bit tired. OBrien had
away tho better OF the sixteenth. HAWKINS
| holding in the clinches and going to his chair
| in distress. HAWKING revived III the scven-
teenth aud indulged in HURRICANE lghting
while he had his man corncrcd. Bot O'Brien's
remarkable strength enabled him to
| There was so much holding in cinches in the
eighteenth that the referee was compelled to
go between the men and pull them hrart. The
round was slig htly in favor Of Hawkins, but
1t wasn't much OF an ad dvantagc. In the
ninetc"nth, O'Bricn forced the fight with
out when time was called Hawkins tried
n desperate right for the jaw In the
twentieth and landed it too high. Then
Ol5ren rushed him around the ring and
finished ms strong as a bull even though his
eye was bleeding profusely. llnwkins's right
fighting him almost TO a standstilI. O'Brien
landed n terrific right in the twenty second
that raised n big swelling under Dal's left eye.
| Hawkins was game and fought back punch for
punch. hut O'Brien kept at him until Dal was
glad to sit down
third and almost scored knockdown with
heavy right on the Jaw. Contrary to an agrce-
ment between the men. Hawkins hit on the
| breakaway continually. O'Brien's left eye was
torn and bleeding in the twenty-tourth. but he
| had Hawkins on tn" defensive at the close.
| Tho last round was OBrens S. although Haw-
kins madc plucky finish. O'Brien got the de-