Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-01
NATIONAL
Football For The
Fleet Is Given
A Good Start

In spite of the comments OF some ,
knockers, the meeting for the pur-
pose of arousing interest in collegiate ,
football while the Fleet is here. held |
on the roof garden of the Young llo- !
tel. at 1880 o'clock yesterday after |
noon, was quite Il decided success. /,
The matter Is already well afOot in |
charge of c. II. George, who is chair |
man of the subcommittee on this I
sport. There are number of enthu- |
siastic players in this place, and the !.
services of Coach Reed have been Sc
cured, assuring that the team will I
have the best of preparation for the /
match.
Arnold was appointed head coach, |
and Reed was put in as an assistant.
He Is to leave the city about the mid
die of June, he expects, but Will give
his best services while he is here.
The Punahous. High School, Ka-
mehamehas. Normal School, and Rap
ia Transit team were represented at
the meeting.
Bob King of the Male team was
there, and expects to get some Of the
Males in line for this bunch.
George Is to see Lieut.. Shippe, 1T
Shafter. and many other of the we'll
known players here. 1t is conceded
by many that the material for fine
team is in Honolulu, and the commit
tee expects to get this material out rs
soon MS possible.
The Fleet has two good teams
aboard. officers who have played at
Annapolis are on the boats, and
should give any team good rub for
its money. However, for the sake of
good sport. the games here will be
held If the committee can do any
thing to bring about that result, and
II Is hoped that the laurels may even
he snatched from the brows of the
men who once played on Washington
field against the best men of the
, army.
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ness, speed, hitting power. and foot
work Every round was Murphy's,
and he would have gotten the deci-
sion by mile margin II 1t had not
I been agreed before the bout that the
affair would be declared draw If
| both men were on their feet at the
/ end of the sixth round.
Murphy had the scrapper's face,
and all the style. The crowd tried to
cheer Poole on, but the big fellow
stalled, and covered up at the least
sign of aggressiveness on Murphy's
part, getting thorough hooting
! from the crowd. He got in few good
blows, but for the most part they re-
semblcd love taps.
The go between Bird and Richard
son was quite different tale. The
| boys hoped out to the center Of the
ring, and delighted the crowd by
mixing almost at once.
Bird, the winner, is clever little
! fighter. He went into the ring at
/ 124 pounds, with his opponent 10
/ pounds heavier. But, the difference
I in weight did not seem to tell. with
| nice generalship, Bird kept to the
center of the ring, forcing his oppo-
I nent to do all the travelling, with the
| result that he kept quite fresh.
lie Is a two-hand fighter, but his
p telling blow is right hook, which
he shoots over and down with wick
ed force. He found Richardson jaw
continually.
/ AS for the loser, he Is n very game
littlc fcllowxappearing in the squar-
his big mistake in becoming angry at
! Birds exasperating dcmeanor. BY
( the end of the third round he hal
! fought himself out, and Bird went In
for knockout. me gong probably
saved him then.
In the fifth. Richardson was pail
pably tired, while Bird seemed to
have recovered from little touch of
/ staleness. After about minute of
lighting, which was mostly retreat
for the larger boy, the latter went to
his corner. looking tagged and wor-
ried. Bird followed, and shot n
swift right hook in to his jaw; II
clean blow and the only one struck
at the moment. That finished the
fight.
Richardson has pluck and talent
and Is best at in-fightinG. lie VIII
undoubtedly show up better in his