The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-02-16
SULLIVAN IS
WINNER ON FOUL
(From Sundays Advertiser,)
Nelson beat Hercules, one round.
Mccullough decision over Scotty,


eight rounds,
Sullivan decision over Peterson on
foul, five rounds.
There is just one way out of this
kind of thing and that is to make Ho-
nolulu the home of the clean break.
Never was a prettier go seen than that
between Reilly and Smith two weeks
ago, when they boxed to the clean.
break rules. Last night two splendid.
1y-ft boxers went at it for five rounds,
and instead of an open, long range
bout that the most uninitiated spec
tator could understand, we had Sc
ries of hard rushing leads and then a
wearisome clinch, with the referee
working overtime to break them. II
is an actual fact that Mike Patton,
during two rounds, worked much hard.
er than the contestants themselves.
And the nasty pilikia in the fifth
would never have happened in clean
break. Sullivan had been taking it
easy and allowing Peterson to lead at
long range with hard rushes. Occa.
sionally he stamped in left that cut
the other mans eyes open and Jared
his jaw, but he was easy at all times,
while Peterson was making a deter
mined attempt for quick finish.
The clinching and hugging was con-
slant. The two men always ran to a
hug after a lead, and Peterson, in the
earlier rounds, insisted on rushing Sui
Ivan to the ropes while he held him.
In the fifth round Peterson showed
signs of getting low. Three ringsiders
who are abiect in their requests not
to have their names mentioned-im-
mediately jumped up and made roar
The foud was not hurtful and the bout
went on. Then came another obvious
foul, and Mike Patton stopped the go
and raised Sullivan's hand in sign that
he had won.
-. Sullivan Talks.
Sullivan then came to the press box
and made a statement that he was not
hurt badly and wished to continue the
bout Peterson, who had already gone
to his dressing room, was recalled, and
Billy Warham the new announcer and
fhe pride of the waffle iron, came out
and said that the bout would be con-
tinued.
Then there was a concerted rush
from the body of the house to the
press stand. Everybody wanted to
know how bets wo,ld be paid. A news
paper man called Mike and asked him
to make an announcement concerning
the bets Patton then stated that, as
he had given his decision in favor OF
e Sullivan, all bets on Sullivan would
be paid.
In this matter Patton acted cor
rectly.
Then there was more pilikia, and Pc
terson said that if there We're no
chance of winning the money wagered
on him he would not go on. So the
crowd filtered away, with the usual alb
surd remarks heard on every side, and
the show was over. 1t was a pity. a
great pity, that things happened that
way. for the bout started out to be one
of the greatest straight-rule goes ever
seen here and perhaps anywhere.
No Fake Earmarks.
The fake talk is so childish that il
is hardly worth mentioning. There
were no earmarks of a fake at any
time. Those who shout that word the
loudest know least about a fake. When
fake is pulled off it almost always
results in the fans going away and
saying that they have never seen a 60
like it.
The two principals made the follow
ing statements to an Advertiser repre-
sentative, in their dressing rooms.
Sullivan: 81 was fouled but not
badly hurt and / wished to continue
to give the crowd run for their money.
/ feel that / was right in this and
would do the same thing again. Mike
Patton was perfectly right in giving
his decision and in calling the bets the
way he did. ] am very sorry that this
al
and playing with Peterson. / should
have won easily if this had not hap
pened. -
Peterson: "I never fouled Sullivan.
/ am absolutely certain of that. Yes,
you may say that, if by chance my
glove did go low, it was absolutely I'M
intentional would have gone on for
the rest of the bout but, when I heard
that bets were already decided, I saw
no use in it as the decision was already
given against me"
The Preliminaries.
The appearance of Billy Warham was
greeted with cheers and yells of "Pan-
cakes hot' and Ham and eggs quick,
] have to catch carr But Bill was
there with a great voice and his an.
nouncing was the best we have had so
far. He brought out Nelson and Her.
cules and stated that they would go
four rounds. Bill made mistake They
did nothing of the kind. Nelson hit
Hercules thrice and frankie Smith, the
referee, said NThree strikes and out. -
The second preliminary between
Young Scotty and Soldier Mccullough
was good eight-round affair. scotty
did the leading for the first few rounds,
but always ran to clineh. The soldier
did little effective work until the fifth
when he began to land few. Still
Scotty landed well at long range with
out infiicting injury.
Scotty had the better of the sixth
round but wore himself out and, in the
seventh, the soldier did some good
work. In the last round Mccullough
had Scotty very wobbly and Referee
Charlie Reilly gave Mccullough a close
decision. There was much criticism but
the referee sees more of the game than
the spectators and knows whole lot
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