The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-25
THREE FIGHTS,
EACH A DRAW

A large crowd witnessed three rat
thing good boxing bouts at the Favor
lite Hall last night. In each fight a sail
or was pitted against Honolulu man,
putting up a stiff fight, and in each
case the decision given was draw.
The platform was we'll arranged and
in first class condition for fighting.
In the first event a sailor named Cor
don, from the battleship Wisconsin,
met Medeiros, the Portuguese who
sometime ago put UP a very good fight
at the Orpheum. The Portuguese had the
advantage in weight and Immediately
commenced rushing tactics. The sailor
met these cleverly and gave Medeiros
some very severe punishment. Very
quickly Medeiross right eye was put out
of business. It was four rounds of
very good fighting and the referees de-
cision of a draw satisfied the crowd.
In the second event Castro, the Gu
am boy who is known as the 'Tele-
phone Wonder was matched against
Hummelback, a sailor from the cruis-
er Raleigh. The Guam boy was the
| lighter of the pair and his opponent
was mass of muscles. The Telephone
man opened the bout with rushes and
| taking his cue from these the sailor
| met them squarely and got in some
severe body blows. The sailors long,
swinging left frequently found the
body of Castro and although the latter
| had the best of the first round the sail
or had the advantage for the remain
| ing rounds. The last round was of
| the whirlwind order, the sail
or frequently rushing his man to the
ropes and inficting tough punishment
/ Despite this the referee, a sailor a
gainSt whom there was much complaint
during the first three rounds, called the
| fight 81 draw. Many. considered that
| the sailor should have been given the
| decision but the crowd let the matter
| go in good-humored way.
| The big event of the night was the
bout between Huihui, the Kakaako
man who in times past has given Sc
we're beatings to soldiers Latham, DE
Lille, and others at the Orpheum, and
Jim Sherlock, a sailor very handy with
| both feet and hands. The crowd had
awarded the fight to Huihui before the
| event had started but the clean work
| of the sailor and his frequent execu-
ton on the native soon showed the
crowd that they We're wrong and thai
| if Euihui won the fight he would know
on the finish that he had met mar
| of about his own calibre. The first
! round was an even break but in the
| five or six rounds following the sailor
seemed to lose his speed. Huihui madz
| frequent PUSHES, going after Sherlock
! wind and head. The sailor met many
| of these with a duck that saved him
| Huihui became overconfident in the
seventh and commenced a game Of fool
ing. This gave the sailor time to gel
his second wind and from that time to
| the end of the tenth the work was very
| lively and as much to the credit Of
Sherlock as to Huihui. Sherlock got
| in some heavy punches to Huihui's
head. In the ninth Sherlock claimed
| a foul. This was not allowed and his
| seconds and others attempted to get in
to the ring to stop the fight but tho
| strong arms of watchful police and 9TH
Iers prevented this and the sailor waved
| back his followers and continued thu
/ fight. The tenth was at intervals very
| fast The sailor landed the most times
and landed clean. He got to Huihui's
head on several times and had the fight
lasted longer might have got a deci.
sion. Huihui did most of the leading
| but it is doubtful if he landed moro
times than the sailor and the latter's
work was SO clean that Referee Cor
don's decision of draw satisfied every.
one.