Arizona republican., 1903-04-03
AN ATHLETIC EVENT
Some Square Sport at the Doris Thea
 ter Last Night.

The athletic entertainment at the Doris theater last night was full of ginger from start to finish, and the au- Gience was more than satisfied. There was no faking, and in most of the con- tests strength and skill of a high order were shown. Had it been generally known that the programme would be so good the house would have been crowded. As it was, the attendance was rather light. There was a wrestl- ing match and five boxing contests, and l the interest was keen throughout The | final contest. which was between Mich olson and Lazarus, became so exciting. in fact, the referee wisely took advant age of a foul committed by Lazarus to
 declare thet the show was over.
 The wrestling bout was between Van Sickle of Indianapolis and Burton of San Francisco, and on appearance the audience picked Burton for the winner he having a considerable advantage, apparently, in size and compactness of
 build. But Van Sickle won, two falls out of three. At the beginning ci the struggle Van Sickle with cat-like rap iCity threw Burton but failed to land both shoulders on the floor. and Bur | ton with equal quickness turned the tables and got his antagonist in chan cery. After Q struggle of Eiore than
 four minutes, Burton finally fioored his
 man. Both were considerably winded.
 In the next bout Van Sickle made a clean throw in thirty seconds, and in | the last bout after nip and tuck con-
 test in which each seemed to be on the
 point of winning time and again. Van
 Sickle threw Burton at the end of two
 minutes and a half.
 Space will not permit of detailed
 description of the boxing contests, but
 all were good. The first was between the Apache Kid'' and Kid Dasher" 1 for four rounds, and ended in a draw.
 Paseo and Bordeo, two Mexican boys, displayed unusual knowledge oi boxing. 1 Three rounds were boxed, 10 a draw. l A very rare contest was that between
 Eldred and Howell. The sparring was clean and spirited, and showed credita-
 ble skill on the part of both. Three
 rounds were boxed, and the decision
 was a draw
 Donovan and Tyson gave a fine ex-
 hibition, and the audience was altern- ately cheering each boxer After four
 rounds the decision was given to Tyson
 on aggressiveness and skill, but opin- l ion was about evenly divided as to the l justice of the decision.
 l The star card of the evening was the contest between Nicholson and Lazar-
 us, and from the minute they shook
 hands the spectators were 'on" that
 something would be doing. The boxing i was of a whirlwind order, and the
 house was soon in an uproar of cheers.
 Joyful howls greeted the clean knock down which Nicholson administered to Lazarus in the first round. Lazarus
 took the count, and was fresh when he
 got up. In a clinch which immediately
 followed he struck Nicholson and a
 foul was claimed by Nicholson's sec
 onds, but was not allowed. After a
 consultation with the principals the referee explained that the boxers had
 not understood the rules and that the
 foul blow was struck by mistake.
 In the second round Nicholson again
 knocked Lazarus down, and the latter
 arose with q bleeding nose. It appear
 ed to the. spectators, however, that Lazarus was in better condition, and if
 anything was doing better boxing. He
 was certainly the aggressor in the two
 rounds following, and the lively mix