The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-29

WON THE
FIGHT


Nichols at the Chinese theater last
night after four rounds of fast and
furious fighting. Nichols took the pun
ishment infictedsby steam trip ham,
mer. His face was battered and hor-
ribly torn. his head wobbly. and his
legs swaying like cocoanut trees in a
storm, yet he kept up rushing and
ciinchlng the sailor, getting awful pun
| ishment every minute, until his seconds
threw up the sponge about the end OF
the fourth round and he was taker
from the ring. The evenings sport was
managed by Paddy Ryan and taken
as a whole was first class snow. al
I though at times there we're stirring in
cidents.
During the progress of one preiimi-
nary the electric lights suddenly went
out Referee Mike Patton was equal
to the emergency. He called the mixed
crowd of hundreds Of men to order and
by singing songs. giving limitations,
and the like, prevented them from
rushing for the small exits of the thea
ter. Had they tried to get out in the
darkness there might have been trou-
BILE. Such old time fayorites as Sweet
Rosy O'Grady" and rip Van Winkleg
were given hurriedly. josh or two
was thrown out about the boys in blue,
a joke was told on Admiral Dewey, and
in this way the crowd were kept in
good hurnor until the lights we're re-
paired
The main bout of the evening was
what was scheduled to be ten-round
contest between Frank Nichols, of Ho-
nolulu, and "sHm Robinson. the man
of-warsman, at catch weights. Prior
to the fight Gus Taylor, of the Marble
head. announced that he would chal-
lenge the winner of the fight. Robin
son appeared in the ring in the pink
of condition. He lis man of excellent
physique, clean limbed, and had the
advantage of Nichols in height. Mich
OILS and Robinson mixed from the start.
Robinson's first blow sent Nichols reel
ing backwards, but Nichols recovered
and there was a continuous round of
fast smuggling until Nichols again went
down. He rose and met an upper cut
which sent him to the floor again. Rob
fnson delivered great series of short
arm blows. punches behind which there
was great deal of steam.
In the second Nichols rushed for Rob- |
inson. He struck wildly in the clinches |
but soon. went down one time after |
another, had his teeth badly battered |
up and his mouth bleeding. and then
touched the floor twice before the gong /
sounded. 1t seemed that the sailor
could have put him out with little
extra effort but Nichols withstood
tremendous punishment.
Round three found Nichols apparent
~ little fresher He went after Rob
inson with great vigor, doing some good
in the almost continuous clinch-
es, but receiving such terrible punish
ment in return that it seemed as if he
would drop out at any second. Once I
he was on his knees. Robinson made
a pass as if to hit him when he was
down. But he did not hit him. Some
one shouted foul and there was a
rush for the ring. People were stream
ing through the ropes when Deputy
Sheriff chillingworth and policemen
-ook hand in the game. Chilling
worth picked up one man bodily and
-hrew MIN over the ropes, his fall
rushing some chairs that were in his
inc of passage. Then the remainder
# the crowd withdrew. the referee re-
used to call it a foul, and the tight
Continued. Nichols would have been
ut out in this round had not the ques-
ion of foul been raised.
Round four found Nichols still ready
0 mix things. He went TO the center
f the ring unsteadily but aid valiant
FORK until foored by a right TO the
aw. He took the count and then went
I Ii again, but was now in such a
Teakened condition and being punish
4 so badly that it was only question
time when he would be knocked out
nd SO his seconds threw the sponge
ito the center of the ring.
The evenings entertainment opened
18th a novelty. It was termed bat
e royal" This consisted of four
Undecided sailors. The affair consist
| of three rounds and provided more
IN than has been seen in any hstic
lcounter here for ysar.
Five other bouts between men from
e various visiting waiships comp1et-
the evenings entertainment
During the evening it was announced
at Geo. Modlin, OF Camp Mckinney 5
ID beea matched to fight Joe Decker. E