The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-09-03
SPORTS
SULLIVAN BESTS WELSH
after A HARD FIGHT
HONOLULU"
ROUNDS GAME
FIGFTING-WELSH
e PUNISHME

Game to the very center Of his being,
fighting a superior man in every point
of the game and showing an audience
of 1900 how he could stand punishment,
spider" Joe Welsh, welterweight
champion of san Francisco went down
to defeat before the lightning left jabs
of Dick Sullivan, the local champion,
at the Kaimuld Zoo on last Saturday
evening,
1t was a grand fight and will be long
recalled by the fight-lovfng public of
Honolulu as a high water mark of eN-
cellence. Not one i'm the 1900 who at
tended the Saturday battle has a word
of disappointment. All were satisfied
as well they should be, for it was all
that a fight should be. The men were
evenly matched. both had trained hard
and the fight was void of anything
which smacked of/rowdyism. 1t was
eight rounds of high class ring general
ship on the part of each of the con-
testants and although Welsh took the
most punishment yet he was in a con-
dition to put Sullivan out had the OPP
portunity presented itself. 1t was this
element of uncertainty that kent the
fans on their feet and made the fight
the success that it was.
No one can say that Spider Welsh
did not put up a game fight. He was
bested by a superior man and it was
only after the hardest kind of fighting
for eight long rounds thai Sullivan had
his man where he wanted him. Welsh
took all of the punishment, for Homo
lulu Dick fought his battle as hereto
fore with his left continuously in the
face of his opponent. After he has the
man worried then Dick finishes the job
with rights to the body and jaw. That
is what he did Saturday night. He had
Welsh bleeding at the nose and mouth
continuously and then whenever an
opening would come his deadly right
would go to the jaw. That is the story
of the whole affair. Welsh was game
and he fought a good fight. He has
many more friends since the fight than
he had before. He could have laid
down two rounds before the end had
he been a gutter and the crowd would
have then said that he had fought well.
But he went the limit and it was the
referee that stopped the fight and
awarded the fight to Dick which was
quite proper, for Welsh was out.
1t was S:45 p. m. when Announcer
Jack McFadden climbed into the ring
and announced the first battle. 1t
would be a siX-round contest between
Vierra of Punchbowl and All Sam, the
Chinese wonder. They appeared and
| started in seeing who could back up
the fartherest from the other. The
Chinaman finally decided to fight and
he playfully tapped iVerra upon the
cheekbone. 1t was the kh Id of a blow
! you deal yourself when some mosquito
| is boring into your face and you wish
| him to stop. Vierra fell to the floor
and refused to rise. The gong sounded
and his seconds dragged him to his
corner, but Vierra was pau. He refus-
ed to go on and McFadden the referee,
announced that it was no contest. The
crowd did not like this and insisted on
having All Sam declared the winner
which was accordingly done. Vierra
was very properly Missed when he left
the ring. He is now in the came class
with Silva, the demon. Bettincourt
and other Punchbowl would-be fight
ers
The next prelim was a siX-rOund con-
test between Young David and Young
Barry. They were announced as weigh
ing 1875 each. They amused the crowd
for six rounds and then as McFadden
could not decide which was the win
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