The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-29
YOUNG WEBER
HAS THE GOODS
CFrom saturdays Advertiser.l

(From saturdays Advertiser,)
Charlie Weber, the little lightweight
who. is to box Reilly next Saturday,
made his first showing in Honolulu be-
fore select audience of local critics
and newspaper men yesterday after.
noon.
The unanimous verdict was that he
will do and that he has the goods with
him, so far as may be judged by watch.
ing him box few rounds with light.
er boy than himself.
Weber is stoclSily built fellow with
great power in his shoulders and arms
and sturdy legs which are not, however,
too bulky and he has no clumsy sign
upon him. He sizes up like a regular
demon for punishment and hard hit
ter from the word go. AS to his clever.
ness it is impossible to say until he
has been few rounds with some big.
ger lad who will wade into him.
1t was impossible to arrange for
training quarters on such short notice
so Weber worked at the Orpheum after
Reilly had done his work and left the
building. He had been out on the road
eight miles of hard going had affected
him but little and he was surprised to
find what good shape he really was in.
When he appeared stripped for the
afternoon work, his statement showed
true by the appearance of his skin and
| muscles both of which looked to be in
very healthy condition. He wasted
no time in preliminaries but set to work
at once with his sparring partner,
young Cabral, and these two kept up
a lively gait for three rounds.
There is no doubt about it, Weber
has had good instruction in the noble
art His way of standing, his method
of leading and his recovery from duck
are clever and neat 1t was impossible
to judge of his quickness in leading as
he was not hitting hard on account of
/; Cabral IS jaw being trifie out of trim,
but his defense was good and he duck
ed or guarded all the lighter lad 3
| lightning like leads for the head
After three hard rounds. he seemed
to be hardly distressed and, although a
trife full amidships, it is evident that
he will have no difficulty in reaching
the weight, 1913 pounds, and being per-
fectly fit by next Saturday.
A few of the local sportsmen who
witnessed Weber IS workout held eau
Gus ON the subject afterwards and they
all seemed to think that he would make
it mighty hard for Reilly. One fan
went so far as to shake his head dis
creetly and murmur something about
'"Reilly better look out"
| Fred Smith was busy hustling round
for training quarters for Weber last
| night and it is expected that the lad
will be comfortably located by this af-
/ ternoon.
Reilly has been doing great work
under the direction of Bob Ross, the
| man who never speaks while his boy is
working except to give some pertinent
advice and that but seldom. The saw.
dust bag is feature of the daily work
and Charlie uses his right on the sack
| ing with great effect. This is a very
strenuous form of exercise but is war
ranted to develop punch on anybody
and the clever youngster's hitting pow
err is increasing noticeably.
One preliminary has already been ar
ranged; it will be between young
Boquett of the tug Iroquois and Charlie
Mack of the Marine corps. These two
lads are expected to put up good
scrap. The are both about the same
weight and are clever enough to give
rafting good exhibition.
Young Boquett is working with Reil-
" and the pace at which the lighter
boy keeps him going is rapidly getting
the sailor into long distance condition.
He feels the rapidity of the work less
every day and will be fit for hammer
and tongs bout by next Saturday.