The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-19
FISTIC H1LO
Con. Riley The Winner
In Five Rounds.
Sparring and Wrestling by Men of
Various NationaIities--Pa-
paikou and 0Iaa.

a really good athletic entertainment |
was given under the management of |
Hicks and Hearde at Spreckels' Hall |
last Saturday night and the house was |
fairly well filed by an enthusiastic au- |
dience. The program contemplated |
sparring by local men representing |
different nationalities and wrestling
by japanese
The first bout was between All Bif
and Wo Bang, which, from an amuse-
ment standpoint, was a success, and
the public had an Insight into the
methods employed by gentlemen of the
Celestial empire in protecting them
selves in cases of ordinary assault The
four rounds ended in a draw, the COM
| batants retiring with smiles.
The wrestling bout was between two
| sturdy brown men representing the
| sporting element of Papaikou and Olaa
The Papaikou gent carried off the hon
ors in two straight falls and a shove
i. Another amusing number was a
four-round sparring exhibition between
John Phillips, late of Kentucky, and
Sam Jones, of Ionesville. Sam tripped
on banana peel on his way to the
hall and broke his pledge so that he
was poorly matched with his antago-
mist, and the latter was quick to OBJ
serve it and not take advantage. Phil
lips put his hands up like man who
had seen such things done before, and
handled himself we'll. He enjoyed the
affair quite as much as Sam, but drew
the line at a pint bottle of unfiltered
water handed him by his seconds be-
tween the rounds Mr.. Phillips was
given the decision and Mr.. Jones ac-
Icepted defeat without complaints
against the referee.
While the big-bugs OF the evening
were completing their arrangements
in the ante-room Jackson Hearde sang
a topic song and was loudly applaud
ed, after which Con Riley of Nova
Scotia and John Simpson of Hilo were
introduced as the men who would try
to win the championship of Hilo by
sparring it out. Simpson is a half
icaste well known here and he present
ed d very good appearance for one who
| had not devoted more than couple of
weeks to getting ready. He had the
advantage over Riley in both hight
and reach.
Riley is a stockily built chap who
has had some experience in boxing,
and showed himself, if not more clev-
Ter in sparring, to be a better general,
for he allowed Simpson to do all the
work, tending toward loss of wind. He
showed tendency to get out of the
1way of Simpsons glove by STOPPING to
1.-The floor, and at times getting on all
tours. By carefully guarding his heart,
a telling punch from the Nova Scotian
To- ad m
seventh round, but when that punch
reached the right spot Simpson saw
his finish. For five rounds it was
practically Simpsons affair, but his
lack of knowledge of ring tactics and
his failure to push good thing when
/ ne had it lost him the championship
In the eighth round Riley landed in
the right spot, and with sufficient force
to close the innings.
Riley said after the exhibition that
Simpson has all the qualifications of a
fighter but he needs experience and
proper handling; he is hard hitter
has good staying qualities, and car
take a lot of punishment. Riley was
not in condition to meet man as
good as Simpson, and to be up agains
it with him after being told that M
could put him out in punch was {
situation he had not expected
: Everyone present at the exhibition
felt that the moneys worth was giveI
: at the show and that more such exhibi
lions would enlarge the public-scop
of knowledge on the subject OF self
defense.
It is said that married lady garbe'
in the uniform of soldier attends
the sparring exhibition Saturday. He
husband was in the audience but Oil
not know of her presence Gere unit
% he returned home shortly after sh
had donned her usual attire.-Hil
al Herald