The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-07-21
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GREAT SPORT
At THE MARKET
tFrom sundays Adver,lser.o

Another immense gathering witness.
ed the tug.ofwar and boxing events
at the old fshmarket last night.
| The crowd was a most representative
one, and there were seen what are sell
dom noted at a local ringside, dress
suits and top hats.
The band of the battleship Rhode
Island played a selection of music. This
band is perhaps the finest in the fleet.
The makai bleachers were packed
with sailors, the townpeople occupying
the mauka seats. Hundreds of specta-
tors crowded round the ringside and
occupied every viewpoint on which they
could possibly lodge themselves.
The fishmarket entertainments are
getting to be immensely popular and
every seat was taken last night half
an hour before the commencement of
the program.
The opening event was tug ofwar
between the Stevedores and the Homo
lulus, the latter being the team which
pulled over the All-Americans in short
order on Friday night.
There was twenty-minute time
limit on the go and it went that long.
At the conclusion of the pull Referee
Ryan called the contest a draw, the
indicator never having varied more
than six inches one way or the other
during the whole pull. 1t was the
toughest and most exciting pull that
has ever been witnessed on a local
cleats
! The teams were as follows:
Honolulus-Lous Cruz (anchor), d.
Laelae, Solomon, David, Kimonele, Ka-
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Stevedores-Kaimi (anchor), Chas
Kaalele, Paahao, Kalino, Mike Kuanui
Ewaliko, Kaahalama, Chas. Freeman
(eaptain).
Bill Huihui and Kid Mccullough, two
S-pounders, next boxed six rounds to
a draw. Huihui took matters easily
the first part of the bout and let his
opponent do the bulk of the boxing
The Kid made a good showing and il
coming on very nicely. With proper
coaching and more experience he viii
make tough boy.
Bill didn't box in his old style, but
was probably unwilling to go at it toe
hard with his youthful opponent. Still
the rounds were full of action, and the
soldier didn't seem ever to get enough
pokes, uppercuts and jabs to deter hin
from coming back for more. He boxed
very confidently last night and timed
his blows better than he has done be
fore.
At times Huihui showed flashes o.
his old form, but taken as a whole hi
showing was not impressive.
i The second bout was a siX-rounC
affair between Mike Patton of Homo
{ lulu and Schlossberg of the battleshil
New Jersey, the heavyweight champion
of the Atlantic fleet
Schlossberg showed himself to be {
clever, aggressive boxer, and put it al
over Patton, who was sore from hi'
, eXertions with Silva on the previous
evening. He realized that the sailo
: carried too many guns for him and thai
his only chance to stay the limit wal
to stall along, and these were his tao
ties. The men agreed that if boil
were on their feet at the end of the
sixth round, the contest should be call
ed draw.
Schlossberg has a curious style, II,
bores in all the time and when il
danger pokes his head into his oppo
nent, Mt the same time garding his jaw
with his two hands. He has gooG
wallop in either hand, preferably de
livered through the medium of rip
ping hook.
The sailor was in fine condition while
Patton was palpably soft. Neither mar
sustained any punishment to speak of
though Schlossberg could have ended
matters quickly by the knockout route
had he so willed.
Schossberg, by the way, is full
blooded Indian.