The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-02
SULLIVAN HAS
A TRYOUT DAY
Crowd of Aspirants to Boxing
Fame 0verwheIm Training
Pugilist.

| had let hlmSeIt In for when ne let III
| get around yesterday that he would try
out aspirants to fame in the squared
circle. In future he viii be more care
full and pick out said aspirants per
sonally.
Dick arrived at the Healani b6athouse
| about the usual time and walked into
the building with his usual care free
swing, and was quite pleased to see the
number Of fans that had come down to
see him train. He thought they were
ordinary fans; but, Oh!
Everybody stood respectfully to one
side while Dick went in and changed his
clothes; then he tripped out of the
dressing-room and asked Charlie, the
japanese caretaker, for his skipping
rope. Charlie grinned. "You no got
time skip today" he said. "'You got
try them fellers,'' and he indicated the
entire aggregation with comprehen-
sive sweep and an equally comprehen-
sive grin.
'Whata" gasped Dick. cd you
mean to tell me these fellers all expect
to be tried out?' He was answered
by loud chorus in unison from the en-
tire crowd of aspirants gathered there,
as one man they shouted, "You bet;
give me chance, Mr.. Sullivan.
In many a hard-fought mill has the
husky and clever boxer battled against
threatened defeat without any feeling
of fear, but this time he was over
whelmed. He wilted. He sat down on
chair, passed his hand over his fore
head, and gasped, "For goodness sake,
somebody pinch me and wake me up"
All Want a Chance.
Then began a mighty clamoring by
those would-be champions for the privi
lege of being tried out by the famous
boxer. Finally, Dick backed out of the
doorway on to the float and said:
Nothing doing, fellers; I can't take
you all on; three is my limit. What
do you think l am, patent steam
punching apparatus, or what7 Nix, nix
on all this rough stuff. Here, I'll tell
you what III do. Line up and III take
on the two tallest and the two short
est. Z"
There was some grumbling by the
middlesized future champions, but it
was no use kicking, and two large per-
sons and two short but thick-set speci-
mems were told off to douse their buds
and get ready for what was coming to
them.
Work Watched Closely.
This matter having been satisfac-
torily arranged, Dick started in on his
usual work. He was watched admiring-
ly while he tripped gracefully with the
skipping rope. Dick has this stunt
down to a fine point and rings the
changes of the tap-tapping of his feet
in a very musical way. When the
mighty boxer lay down on his back
and, balanced on his shoulders, raised
his legs straight in the air and began
to perform gyrations with them, a
murmur of admiration went up from
the onlookers.
But the biggest hit was the shadow
boxing This very ordinary stunt was
watched breathlessly, and one disap-
pointed aspirant gasped, "Gee, I'd
hate to be Miller on Saturday night
When the preliminaries were all
over and Dick had proudly performed
MS daily stunt of knocking the punch
ng bag away from its moorings, the
first man stepped up to the slaughter
He was a big, acknowledging speci-
men with a tousled head of hair and a
,heepish look as of one about to be
initiated into the Elks.
Dick Is Very Kind.
Dick was very kind to him. He al
owed him to punch the air with great
-ehemence, and once or twice permit
ed a light tap to land on his face,
whereas Mr.. Tousel-hair bucked up ex-
eedingly and proceeded to fan the air
With even greater vigor.
The second victim was taller ana
lighter in build and evidently fancied
imself as a great scientist, for he
anced on his toes and spread his arms I
n front of him as though he were a
ombination Corbett and Fitzsimmons,
ut he made no attempt to lead and
acked awkwardly away as soon as
lick made a feint.
When it came time for the other two
0 have a turn they were non stunt.
hey had vanished, yea, vamosed, and
0 Dick said that he would quit fool
lg and do some real work. So Boquet r
-as called into requisition, and for
our rounds did what he could TO keep
way from those terrible lefts which, c
Dvered as they were by a ten-ounce +
love, are not to be taken on the face
r body with impunity. a
Best of Condition. |
Dick is in the very best of condition :
nd seems to be properly hard as re \
ards vulnerable parts. His stomach .
uscles are well defined and he is :
arriving no extra ballast amidships.
is wind is up to snuff, also, as one
,uld tell by his regular breathing
fter a ten-minute go with the skip h
ing rope. a stunt which is guaranteed T
, make ANYBODY who is not in perfect P
,ndition. puff loudly. Miller is going h
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