The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
BOXING At
ORPHEUM
Barry Against Murphy
and Other Good
Bouts.

! Tonight, at the Orpheum, the much
heralded contest between Dave Barry
/ now of this city and Tim Murphy of
Australia, will take place before a
crowded house, judging from the gen
eral interest displayed in the match
Aside from this main event are others
of considerable interest Huihui the
clever native light weight who has so
far bested all corners with the exception
of draw with clever sailor from the
Pacific fleet, will meet Mcdonald of this
city. The latter has handled locally on
ly palpably inferior opponents but is ad-
mittedly clever. Whether he has the
stamina or the force of Huihui remains
to be seen. Two other bouts, both
promising much entertainment, between
Silva the Portuguese whirligig and Cas-
tro the Telephone Snasher" against
opponents from Camp Mckinley, ambi-
tious but unknown, fill out the pro-
gram.
Barry has Billy Woods behind him
as trainer and Murphy his regular man,
Nichols. Both men fight at catch
weights. There is little difference be-
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Barry's favor. They will weigh in at
about I5S. Murphy has a good record
against some clever opponents and is
set down as one of the best men yet
shown here. Barry is the younger. His
perfect health, powers of endurance and
ability to hit a terrible blow have won
him many friends and the issue is ex-
pected to be a very closely contested
one. The contest is set for fifteen
rounds.
Huihui and Mcdonald have agreed to
weigh in at 1873 lbs. at five o'clock this |
afternoon. Both men will make this |
without difficulty. Six rounds is the |
limit of their go.
Silva and Castro both of whom are |
known for. their tendency to keep things |
moving will open the program with |
their opponents at eight thirty, which |
ing the limit of four rounds, bring the |
Huihui- Mcdonald go on at about o.I5
and the main event at about o.45.
Jack Weday, well and favorably
known for his square methods, Will |
referee the two principal bouts and
Larry Dee will preside as time-keeper.
This arrangement provides two emf
nent1y satisfactory officials and a guar
antee of fair deal to everyone con
cerned
Huihui is the favorite in his contest
and opinion seems equally divided as
to respective merits of Barry and Muir
ply. Joe Milleft who is expected to
meet the winner is announced as pro-
nou1cing Murphy a sure thing, but
the opinions of one professional boxer
as to another's ability are not usually
banked upon much by the sporting
fraternity as they are as liable to be
wrong as right in their judgment which
is too often biased one not based upon
any actual form reckoning. Billy Woods
who has trained Barry, does not seem
to be worrying much about the result
but admits that there is every prospect
of rafting good affair and not too
much odds on either side.
Seats have gone very rapidly and there !
is every prospect of the crowded house
that the good program justihes. Under
Joe Cohen's management the Honolulu
sporting public has come to display a
good deal of confidence in these events
which have steadily been kept up to a
good average.
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