The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-09
JOE LEAHY DOES
FIRST BOXING
MaIihini Boxer PleaSes Spec
tat0rS in Four Rounds
of Fast Work.

There was a select and interested
crowd of spectators at the Orpheum yes
terday afternoon to watch Joe Leahy
90 through his first workout here. There
was ample opportunity to size him up
as he went two rounds each with a
heavy man and lightweight.
After the usual prelinlinaries of skip
ping rope and stomach exercises Leahy
entered the ring and put on the gloves
for go with Antoine Silva, the Punch
bowl wonder, a husky brOad-shoulGer-
ed boxer weighing about 165 pounds.
As soon as these two started in it
was apparent that Leahy's eleverness
has not been exaggerated. One would
think that the larger fellow would be
able TO bore in and wear Joe down, but
the lightweight was too quick, and most
of Silva's hard swings went wide,
while Joe kept up constant tapping
with his left glove to the face and
body.
Leahy mixed it trife in the second
round and it would be hardly fair to
say that he took the worst of it. Of
course the big lad blows were much
harder but Leahy showed wonderful
and most of the stiff jabs that Silva
put in were caught on the glove.
After two rounds with the heavy
weight, young Nelson stepped into the
ring and went two lively periods with
his principal The lighter boy made
Leahy do some side stepping and quick
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newcomer also showed up well.
Leahy has a left that is very much
on the same order as Reilly's and it is
hard to say which is the quicker. So
far as power is concerned Leahy relies
more on the Strengthening of his triceps
for the force of the jab while Reilly
puts the weight of his body behind each
blow.
In physique Leahy is not unlike Joe
Cans. He has the same long reach and
tapering legs and the same closely knit
torso with the pectoral muscles lying
hard and fiat on his chest. He is very
quick on his feet and his side stepping
is clever. His work will be watched
with great interest from now on as
the fans all want to satisfy themselves
that he is really in Reilly's class.
After Leahy was through frankie
Smith took on the same bows for the
same number Of rounds. It would be
invidious to make any comparison be-
tween Leahy and Smith. but, if Leahy
showed class in his work, he had none
the better of Smith. This little San
Franciscan has a left jab that is
marvel and apparently is there with
something hard in his right, Judging by
the way that Silva covered up when
he took few in the stomach.
The preliminary has not been settled
yet as Lamphere has left town so that
the go between him and Silva is off.
Another very classy event has been sug-
gested, Weber and young Nelson; but
no final arrangements have yet been
made.
Weber was disappointment when he
met Reilly but after little more train
ing and going up against a comparative
fyro like Nelson, he may please the
fans much more than he did last time.
1t would be very good go for Mel
son and would give him a chance to
make himself solid. If he can put it
over tough one like Weber, he viii
have right to make himself heard
from occasionally.
The question of the referee has not
yet been given much attention. For the
benefit of the press it is to be hoped
that Fred Smith win not put on any
more of the anonymous variety. When
a man referees public boxing contest
he is in the public and should make
his name known. If he has no right |
in the ring and therefore does not want
some people to know about it. he should |
stay on the benches and keep away |
from the ring.