The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22
BILL AND MIKE
TASTE DEFEAT
Wrestler Roberts Meets His
Match at Seully's
Pavilion.

| rafting caru was presented nShl
fans at Jack Scully's pavilion last
night and there was enough entertain
ment to satisfy the most fastidious.
Although the card was rushed fairly
well along, it was 1870 clock before
the fun was finished
The house was good one and every
body was glad to see it, for Promoter
Scully tries to give patrons the best
that is going and never minds the cost.
Poor old Bill Huihui lost to Prender-
CAST of the New Jersey, after taking
severe lacing.
| Mike Patton was knocked out by
Schlossberg of the New Jersey, and
heavyweight champion of the Navy, in
the fourth round, having made but a
sorry showing.
Sailor Roberts threw Faber of the
Virginia, champion wrestler of the feet,
in straight falls, but ran up against
a tartar when he tackled Charlesworth
of the New Jersey, classy wrestler
weighing 15S pounds, against Roberts
IT'S pounds.
They rolled and tugged on the mat
for forty minutes and fifty-five seconds
and then Roberts quit cold, with a
look of despair, in which disgust was
mingled, on his face.
Paddy Ryan refereed the boxing, and
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Ell. NJ. Ayres did the announcing.
1t took Roberts seven minutes to dis
pose of Faber with a half nelson,
though he could have done so three
minutes from the start had he not got
his arm under his man when, he threw
him and thus prevented a pin fall.
Roberts won the second bout in 2
minutes and 40 seconds, also with half
Nelson.
Bill Huihui and Prendergast of the
New Jersey were the next pair. They
hooked up with the gloves at 135
pounds.
The sailor was favorite at odds of
5 to 8.
Prendergast sent his left to the face
and body at the beginning of the first
and got left clip to the ear for his
pains Prendergast led effectively with
his left and Bill responded with a
punch to the wind.
In the second Prendergast hooked his
left to the point. He was doing all
the leading and Huihui seemed to have
forgotten all he ever knew. Toward
the end of the round he rallied and got
in a couple of nice left jabs.
In the third the sailor kept playing
for the wind and had Bill on the run.
He was forced to the ropes and got a
stiff right to the heart as the gong
sounded.
The fourth round opened with cheers
for Prendergast. The sailor whipped |
his right to the jaw and Bill made
nice left lead. The sailor got in stiff |
right to the jaw and a nasty left to |
the heart.
Bill was breaking ground in the fifth |
but managed to get in light left to
the body. The sailor missed a vicious
uppercut and right after the native |
was dropped for the count by left
clip to the jaw. The round ended with /
the sailor poking his left to the face /
in quick succession.
Prendergast came up confident in the
final round. Bill backed off but bit /
later bored in and got his left to the
mush. Prendergast landed right and |.
left to the face and Bill clinched. Bill
stopped a swift right hook and went
down for the count.
The verdict went to the sailor. Hui /.
hui was all in.
This cleared the way for the main !
event of the evening, a twenty-five I.
round go between Mike Patton of Ho- /,
nolulu and Phil Schlossberg, Of the |
New Jersey, heavyweight champion OF
the Atlantic fleet.
W. Hurley, w. Kelly and Pete Baron .
seconded Patton. and Bowden and Offer /
were in the sailor g corner.
The men agreed to break clean at
the word of the referee.
Sehlossberg got in two straight lefts
and missed a hard right hook. He put
his left to the wind and repeated. The
sailor placed anothed left to the jaw !