The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-02
DECISION
WAS HOOTED
Cyclone !" Kelley Gave
the Fight to
Modlin.

Cyclone" Kelley, as referee, gave q
punk decision at the Orpheum last night.
He awarded the Decker odlin ten
round fight to Modlin after the Gang
Mckinley soldier had been given a Sc
we're hammering by Decker. Decker
also outpointed Modlin throughout the
scrap, which lasted the full ten rounds.
The crowd, almost unanimously, called
the decision robbery"
Modlin entered the ring little heavier
than Decker but the latter was in the
best condition. The first round was
full of fast fighting, some clever punches
by Decker and some remarkably good
lodging and blocking by the latter OF
the tremendous swings of Modlin. The
second was an even go. Modlin was ex-
cited and took some heavy medicine ON
the jaw. In the third round Decker
commenced TO show his metal He
landed right and left repeatedly on Mod
lin and blocked or lodged the attempts
of the soldier. Decker opened the
fourth with slashing blow to Modlin's
head Decker's father, Sam Decker,
stood with the timekeeper and immedi-
ately shouted That's the Decker fam
lily Decker hammered Modlin badly
throughout the round and showed him
self to be in the pink of condition. He
took couple of swings from Modlin bun
gave him double in return.
The sixth was lively round. ModIin
had recovered to some extent from his
drubbing of the previous round. 1t was
{. a.. Il.
Decker got in tremendous hook punch
to the head. Nodlin had shade OF the
best of it in the seventh. The eighth
was an even break, Decker doing some
fast work in the first part of the round
and securing many clean hits, but the
advantage was evened up by Modlin at
the close of the round
In the ninth Modlin did some funny
talking and in doing it got several Sc
we're punches on the head The tenth
was a whirlwind Decker landed the
oftenest and the hardest and when the
bell sounded everyone expected de-
cision for Decker, or at least draw,
but Kelley said "Modlin" and of course
Modlin thus got the money, but Decker
had the satisfaction of knowing that the
crowd thought he had put up the best
fight and deserved the decision.
Each of the preliminaries were good
Luxstein and kid" Sharkey. both of the
cruiser New York. put up lively four
round scrap which was called q draw
Paddy Ryan, from Camp Mckinley,
gave Jack OBrien, a sailor from the
New York. a severe hammering, the
sailor quitting in the third rounJ Gus"
Table, from the cruiser Marblehead,
said to be the best fighter i'll the fleet,
met a very game man in Arthur brewer,
of the Buffalo. but the latter was nof
fast enough and was very grogey in the
last of the four rounds the decision east
ly going to Table At one time by a
chance blow brewer knocked Table
through the ropes and had he been
trained man and followed tip the adj
he would have scored a knock
out. 1t was a close cali for the fleet
T. Nichols and Duehster,
both from the cruiser Buffalo, gave a
rafting good sparring exhibition of four
rounds, the men going at things with
will and doing some heavy smuggling, al
though the bout was friendly one.
Kyle and Decker. who conducted the
evenings sport. deserved a better house,
as the sport put forward was of the best