The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-28

stitched seams are intact as far as
the closest examination can show.
Sullivan has all of the gloves with
which he ever fought in this city and
the entire batch were laid out for ex-
this morning While they
are battered and scratched such as
would necessarily result from a battle
in the ring they are in such condition
as to take away the slightest doubt Of
their having been tempered with. Had
they been opened the evidence of the
fact could not have been thoroughly
wiped away. A second sewing even if
done on a machine would have left the
traces of a previous openn There
was absolutely no such marks.
In the second place Eddie Finn, who
was the manager of Spider Welsh,
made the following statement this
morning: "The fact that Billy Woods
was fixed seems to me an irnpossibility
If it was done it was done after he
had been decided upon as referee.
Dick Sullivan proposed a number of
names and I myself chose Billy Had
I named any of the others that Sulli-
van proposed he must have agreed to
them, as it was my choice from his
suggestions, and he suggested three or
four good men aside from Billy.
I'm the second place, the fact that
the gloves were doped may have been
so. but l was told before the fight that
I would have the first pick and l did.
| examined the gloves, noted no differ
enCe and chose a certain pair. An
ounce or two of weight might not be
detected. but I am satisfied as to the
result. I think sullivan won the Welsh
fight fairly, and as the manager Of
Welsh, I have no kick coming. | do
not believe that I waS duped as is
claimed in O'Meara's affidavit"
Silva, the Punchbowl demon, was
the fighter that choose Billy Woods for
referee in that fight. When asked who
he would like for a referee, he said:
"Oh, 1 like Billy Woods. He show me
how to whip Sullivan" That such was
his statement, there is a number of
witnesses who heard the argument
made.
Dick Sullivan did not have great
deal to say regarding the affair he
does not relish the idea or being accus-
ed of crooked work H. stated TINS
morning: q won my nights In TINS
Mace fairly. Because l refused any
longer to support O'Meara, he threat
ened to do his worst, and l guess TINS
is it. If Mr.. O'Meara can show me
any agreement that ! made with MN
as to the 20 per cent of my earnings l
will nav it to him in a hurry. He can
not do it and he takes this way of get
ting even.
"O'Meara does not name all of the
money that6he obtained from me. lie
has been here nearly year and ne
has not done bit of work in all OIL
that time. How he has lived DO not
know, if l only gave him $llS during
| the entire time
| The following is OMeara's afhdaVlu
In behalf of the interests of sport III
Honolulu. / hereby make the follow
ing statements:
The fights between sullivan and Sill
va. WEIGH and Sullivan and Sullivan
andMcIlvain were all fixed, either by
an understanding with the refere or
| by the gloves being doped for DICK
Sullivan to get the best OF 1t.
Billy Woods, who refereed all three
goes was only agreed to by sullivan
on the understanding that he favor
him whenever possible, particularly in
rough work in the clinches.
/ The fight with Silva was Tough, UNI
der straight rules, hitting in clinches
not barred. Woods lived up to his
agreement in this fight, and when he
saw Silva getting the best of it in in
fighting warned him if he did not go
easier in the clnches that he would
| disqualify him.
The WEIGH night was also under
straight Queensberry Rules, and here
again Woods agreed before the battle
/ to give Sullivan the best of it.
| McUvain and Sullivan fought "clean
/ break" and though both men broke
this rule on two occasions, the referee
cautioned McIlvain, but neglected to
warn Sullivan.
In all but the McIlvain fight the
gloves were tempered with.
There We're two pairs a regular D
ounce pair and a small pair weighing
about ounces; they were distin-
guished by different colored ribbons
| Sullivan and his friends were parties
! to this arrangement and when the
gloves were thrown into the ring, one
of their representatives would nail
them as quickly as possible and retain
| the small sized pair, which were regu-
lar Bounce gloves that had been OPEN
ed, the padding taken out, and the
| leather sown up again.
In the fight with Silva, the Portu-
guese was knocked out with gloves
lighter than the regulations called for.