The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-26
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YOUNG WEBER
HAS THE GOODS
Circle of Critics Watch New
conner Box and Give Ver-
dict in His Favor.

Charlie Weber, the little lightweight
who is to box Reilly next Saturday,
made his first showing in Honolulu be
fore a select audience of local critics
and newspaper men yesterday after
noon.
The unanimous verdict was that he
viii do and that he has the goods with
him, so far as may be judged by watch
ing him box a few rounds with light
er boy than himself.
Weber is a stockily 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 regular
demon for punishment and a hard hit
ter from the word go. As to his clever
ness it is impossible to say until he
| has been a few rounds with some big
ger lad who will wade into him.
| It 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
in the morning and announced that
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
a 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
Iart, 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's Jaw being a trifle out of trim
Int his defense was good and he duck
ed or guarded all the lighter lad z
lightning like leads for the head.
After three hard rounds, he seemed
to be hardly distressed and, although
trile full amidships, it is evident thai
he will have no difficulty in reaching
the weight, 12S pounds, and being per
feetlv fit by next Saturday.
few of the local sportsmen who
: witnessed Weber's workout held eau
) Gus ON the subject afterwards and they
ALI seemed to think that he would make
: If mighty hard for Reilly. One far
! went so far as to shake his head dis
creetIy and murmur something about
HPeillv better look out.
Fred Smith was busy hustling rounC
for training quarters for Weber las
night and it is expected that the Lar
2 will be comfortably located by this at
ternoon.
Reilly has been doing great worl
{ under the direction of Bob Ross, tn
l man who never speaks while his boy I
e working except to give some pertinen
advice and that but seldom. The saw
$ dust bag is a feature of the daily wori
e land Charlie uses his right on the sack
t ING with great effect. This is a yer.
e strenuous form of exercise but IS wal
: ranted to develop punch on anybod'
d and the clever youngster s hitting pow
;, er is increasing n0ticeably.
7 One preliminary has already been ar
ranged: it viii be between youn
Boouett of the tug Iroquois and Charh
Mack of the Marine corps. These tw
r lads are expected to put up a goo
scrap. They are both about the sam
weight and are clever enough to CIV
t a rafting good exhibition.
! Young Boquett is working with Rel
. " and the pace at which the hgnte
boy keeps him going is rapidly gettln
the sailor into long distance CONDITION
He feels the rapidity of the work les
every day and will be fit for hamme
, and tongs bout by next Saturday.