Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-07-13

They were all thefe-ilOm the as
a.stant to the Attorney General, the
United States Marshal, the High Sher'
!! II and his deputy. down to the Chinese
sport Yee Hop, the butcher. The Or
pheum was packed Saturday night on
stage and in auditorium to see the big
fiftesn-round go between Billy Woods,
The veteran, and Millet. the whirlwind
wonder, who sails for the Coast ON
Wednesday, with Joe Cohen as his
manager, to seek laurels in more fer.
gile fields It was an evenings sport
such as Honolulu lovers of tistic en-
counters very seldom have a chance
10 witness.
Although the start of the chain OF
events was little late, still when u
beginning was made. everything was
rushed through with remarkable activ.
;iy. The short lulls were filed with
music by number of Boys from the
Territorial band.
The first preliminary Of the evening
vas a decided nuvelty-a boxing bout
Between two Chinese whose love for
each other is very little developed. One
Of the contestants was Apana. the po~
lice officer. of whom 1t is said that
when he signed the articles for the
night. made stipulation that no biting
vas to be allowed. since he was tho
DJssessor of false teeth. The other
man was All Sam. one of Jimmy FOXs
pupils.
The master Of ceremonies, Jess
Woods. announced Lon Agnew as the
referee, the two fighters walked to tho
middle of the ring and agreed to break
clean" or as clean as they could, and
Larry Dee tapped the gong. Before the
UeYerberation had ceased. il was all on.
There was no friendship left and the
hatred of the tongs pulsed forth in
every feature of the Chinese fighters.
The men came together with a rush
and then II was a regular mynah bird
Eight but fight which set the vast aud
fence into roars OF laughter and APP
piause. 1t was a fight worth seeing
although science was out of the reck-
Oning. Had the men been the possess
sors Of queues, the last touch would
have been added but these benighted
sons OF the dragon had long ago done
away with these vestiges of barbarism.
Sam hunched up his back. crossed his
eyes and went at Apana head first. The
police officer let go both barrels at
once and landed in the air. Finding
boxing little bit too tame. the men
took to wrestling and at one time the
thumb OF one of the contestants came
SO near to the mouth of the other that
there was great temptation for min
ute.
II was five round contest and in the
second Apana seemed to have the pest
of IT. However, Sam, a staunch Bow
Wong. got his second wind aud came
at the police officer in proper shapa.
The wrestling and hitting continued
and in the end the referee declared the
fight draw. This was satisfactory 10
. the crowd.
The next preliminary was a surprls-
er. MattoX, the man who not very long
ago received one stiff punch from Mil
lett and then went down In bunch,
was matched against big, burly Por-
tuguese fireman MADEIRA by name, but
who was dubbed THE Pride of Punch
bowl" by the referee.
No one had ever seen the Portuguese
before. In fact, his appearance on these
shores dates from the arrival OF the
Sierra in port. He has friends in town
and a cousin of his is a driver on the
290 stand He Is beautiful specimen
of humanity and as he worked across
the wing, he presented fine appear
ance. Though short in stature, his
muscular development is most excel
lent and his shoulders showed at once
that he could do something. However.
1t was thought that Mattox with his
science could best the Portuguese.
It lasted for just one round and a
fraction. The Portuguese cared not
for the blows OF his antagonist. They
passed of his epidermis like the pat.
ter of raindrops upon the roof. In
the meantime, the big muscular fellow