The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

Outelassed at almost every point Of
| he game, but brave and game as A war.
rior to the very end, Charlie Reilly
Went down to defeat before Dick chi.
len last night at Aloha Park. It was
far and away the best exhibition of
Marquis of Queensberry rules that has
| been put on in this town and was GER
tainly on the level with the best of tho
excellent contests that have been seen
here
Reilly was badly seconded. He was
encouraged to commit deadly mis-
take. When Cullen bent over and COW
cred his face with his gloves, Reilly
would stand off and swing wildly with
left and right to the head. Cullen held
his neck loose and the blows hurt him
| just about as much as a shower of
spray hurts a duck.
In every instance after the sixth
round, when Reilly tried these tactics,
| Cullen would straighten I'D and rush
in with a hard swing that landed. in
| hnitely worse fer his opponent than all
the head-shakers What he had previous
| ly produced. Reilly was putting from
exertion when Cullen landed, while the
| latter was fresh from a slight rest.
| For six rounds Cullen allowed Reilly
| to play with him. He showed no
particular cleverness, although his
| left shot in with keen precision at
| times. But these first six rounds
Reilly, apparently, had it all his own
| MI
| seventh and began to do damaging
work.
He started series of hard ex-
| changes, always waiting until after
Reilly had tried his head gathering
system. In every case he had the bet
ter of it, and though Reilly would
come back strong and attempt to ex-
| change more swings, Dick covered up
and let the other man do the work
Saved by Gong in Eighth.
In the eighth round Cullen showed,
for all to see, that he was Reilly's
| master at the game. There was a flu
rious rally, lasting so long that it
seemed impossible that human endu-
rance could stand it, then Cullen land
ed hard right swing on the jaw and
Reilly went to the floor on his hands
and knees. He waited for the count
of nine and then arose, distinctly
groggy. For the rest of that round
he was more than wobbly, but by
hanging on he managed to stay out
the round.
Both men rested in the ninth. Reilly
had revived in wonderful way and,
indeed, this was a feature of the latter
part of the scrap. Reilly literally stag
gered to his corner in two instances
and yet came out and tried to make
the milling after the interval.
Reilly went down twice in the tenth
round Once for mere instant and
the second time from another terrific
swat to the jaw. Again he took the
count of nine. In the eleventh he went
/ to his knees but was up again imme-
diately. In the twelfth he again took
the count Of nine but, with marvellous
gameness, almost made the thirteenth
round even.
Bad Round for Reilly.
In the fourteenth round it looked as
though Cullen would score a knockout.
Reilly rushed from his corner and be-
gan to make things hum. He landed
several long swings and Cullen backed
Dick covered up in the same old style
and waited till Reilly was soggy from
exertion Then he Strengthened up and
landed one terrific right to the jaw
that put Reilly down for the count of
nine again.
Up came Charlie, groggy but de-
termined He made furious rush at
Cullen, but he was wild and he miss
Il Ill L.
opening. but Reilly was still able to
protect himself by hanging on. When
the gong sounded, Reilly did the Dutch
roll to his corner, steering himself by
the ringside ropes, until he was taken
hold of by his seconds.
I In the last round Cullen straighten-
ed up and began to slug. All Reilly
could do was to block and dive into a
clinch. He was so obviously all in.
and the game had been so much in
Cullen's favor. that there was no need
for knockout. and everybody was
glad that the game little lightweight
had lasted the limit
Very Bad Seconding.
What possessed Reillv's seconds to
act the way they did is inexplicable.
An oldstager like Bob Ross should
have known that Reilly was not hurt
ing Cullen by his Wild swings and
that he was only firing himself. In
stead of encouraging him in this work,
he should have been told not to do it,
and told pretty strongly, too. When
ever Reilly stood up, spared with
those wonderful lefts of his TO the
face and waited for an opening. he
was getting the better IF it. But the
moment he tried to do the hammer
and-tongs act, il was all off
Two ladies. previously unacquainted,
were conversing at reception. After
a few conventional remarks the younger
exclaimed: - can not think what has
upset that tall blond man over there.
He was SO attentive q little while ago,
but he won : look Al me now - - Per