The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-27
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The sporting fraternity got its mon
ey's worth in the scrapping at the Or
pheum on Christmas night. The rs
tic entertainment was varied, partly
good, partly bad, as several of the
and those from the warships were only
in the tough condition that man-of-
warsmen usually are. Dave Barry,
the San Francisco fighter, who is to
meet Jack Weday, was on for friend
ly bout with Mike Patton but the
crowd howled for the real thing. They
wanted Barry to knock his man out
Barry played with Patton for three
rounds and then got his dander up.
friendship ceased, and in a moment
Barry had rained a hail of blows to
body and head and a final blow laid
Patton} on the floor while the referee
counted him out. The event showed
that the man who is to fight Weday
is tough character. He is stockily
built, has massive shoulders and with
can play his battery on to an oppo-
nent's body with frightful rapidity and
effect. Weday will have to work
harder and faster than he has ever
done so far in Honolulu in order to
win from Barry.
Two sailors carried out the first
event of the night. Both were light
weights. Dodd, from the Wisconsin.
was OVERLOOKING with self-confidence
when he went against Rosignol, from
the Kentucky, smaller man. The
little fellow put it all over Dodd ana
in the third round the latter was wind
ed and punished so badly that he gave
up the work with the remark that he
had weak heart.
A good four-round go between Miller
of the Kentucky and McKenna, q
smaller man, from the New Orleans
followed Miller came on with q
smile and maintained it throughout the =
scrap although McKenna marked hirR
up badly and had the best of the fight
until Miller rallied slightly in the last
round, forcing the referee to declare
the fight a draw.
Silva, the Portuguese giant, who
might have been taken for a matinee
idol had not one of his eyes been put
out of business in the fight on Thurs
day night, met more than his match in
SPAIN, an electric light employee.
SPAIN had only been training for tive
days, following a. Christmas week cele-
bration, but he jumped into the ring
in good condition, showed good speed
and hitting powers, and fought clean-
ly. He jolted Silva's head badly sew
eral times and got in some good work
on the wind. The event was declared
a draw.
Then followed the prettiest fight OF
the evening. Two spider-sailorS
danced about and did some slashins
work. Wagner represented the KEN
lucky and Ronchetto was from Ad
miral Cooper's flagship. Both WE'RE
hard as nails and although the light
haired and clean skinned Kentucky lad
shot two blows into him for every one
he received back the New Orleans man
was able to stay OH his feet until the
end of the five rounds agreed upon
Wagner did practically all the leading,
rushing his opponent to the
ropes and badly Furnishing him, yet
at the end of the event when Paddy
Ryan gave the decision to Wagner
there was a howl. Forgetting that a.
referee is referee and has the sole
decision in fight and that he does
not usually change a decision after Civ
ing it, young Ronchetto came back into
the ring with his seconds and made a
vigorous kick against the decision
Many did not like the baby play but
they admired young Ronchetto's pluck
in staying with Wagner to the finish
and dollars rained in upon the stage
for him as salve for his feelings.
Wagner deserved the decision.
What promised to be a good fight,
that between Ward, the champion
lightweight fighter of the feet, and
De Lille, Camp Mckinley soldier, was
spoiled by the latter getting cold feet.
The sailor was pretty fighter and did
some lively work during the two
rounds of fighting. De Lille went into
the ring as confident as could be. He
seemed to think he had something easy
in sight He rushed things for a mo-
ment or two. Ward broke clean and
in no nasty work but that
much could not be said for De Lille
The latter got so many sledge hammer
blows in the first round that he got
homesick. His feet got cold and his
face looked as IL it had been frost
bitten for months. He sadly entered
the ring in the second round. made q
bluff at fighting, got a light upper
cut and then got as near his own cor
uer as possible and wilted to the floor.
He was not badly hurt but he thought
ne might be If he rose to his feet again
so he laid low and permitted the ref
cree to count ten. De Lille is now ex-
pected to retire from the ring.
The finishing event of the evenings
sport was that in which Barry played
with Patton until he got is temper up
and then knocked his man out.