Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-23
BOXING STORIES
OF OTHER DAYS
WELL KNOWN LOCAL oLD.TMER TELLS OF BATTLES OF THE
DISAPPOINTMENT PUGILIsTs NOW SETTLED IN HONOLULU
WRITER MoDEsTLY wITHHoLDs NAME

u took some pcrsuading to make
the old-timc sport who wrote what
follows come up to the scratch, but
once he made up his mind to 1t he
opened up his food gates Of memory
and wrote most interesting story.
YES. / have seen some good
fights in what | might call the old
days when the California Athletic
club was staging finish glove fights.
Scraps were not limited in rounds as
now -a-days, but had TO he fought
out TN there was q Knockout or one
rg the contestants would fall from
sheer exhaustion.
still, there were few fatalities In
connection with boxing, and the
only one at the aforementioned
club was the death of Billy Miller
of Sacramento. who died the day fol-
lowing his fight with Dial Hawkins.
The first fight saw at the Ath-
lctic Club was that between Joe Me-
Aulin, the Mission giant, and Mike
Counuly. who was known as the
Itaca giant. McAuliff won in two
rounds, and Peter Jackson, the col
ored fighter from Australia, who was
pregent at the ringside, challenged
the winner.
jackson fought and defeated
George Godfrey, a Boston negro, In
nineteen rounds. The Australian
afterwards engaged with McAulih
aud chat him ntwenty-four rounds.
The black man was wonderful
fighter and as clever as they are
made: his two best punches were
straight left for the head and right
for the body. When McAulin ana
Jackson met in the ring to shake
hands before their fight, McAulim
said to Jackson: MAY the best man
win, Peter old boy" Jackson re-
piled: "Those, are my sentiments,
joe"
Captain Morse of the S. S. Aus
tralia, who brought Jackson over,
was requested by President Fulda OF
the California Club to bring out all
the good mitt artists that he could
ind.
The genial captain was instru-
mental in bringing such men as
George Dawson, Tom Meadows, jim
Burge - 1.-THE Iron Man" - Billy
Murphy, Abe Willis, Australian Billy
Smith, Bill SlavIn - brother OF
Frank, who beat McAuiff - George
Mckenzie, Billy Mccarthy. Bob
Fitzsimmons and Sam Fitzpatrick.
The last named was commissioned to
pave the way for the coming of Peter
Jackson, but took on fight in the
meantime with Tom Cleary, Cali
fornian; the latter won the go.
shadow" Maber was another
good performer, but was bothered u
lot with asthma, and found 1t diff
cult to get into proper condition.
Still he won number of good con-
tests, although never appearing in
the ring at the California Club.
Billy Gallagher, an old club mate
of he writer, gave Dawson his first
fight on the coast, and the Australian
won in 3S rounds. During this con-
test Dawson introduced his famous
kidney punch, which he had down
to an exact science.
After the fight was finished Gal
lagher had Il swelling over his right
kidney almost the size of IA boxing
glove. Dawson also defeated Danny
Needham by practicing the same
tactics. 1t took him 10 rounds to do
the trick.
For many Il day after the fight
Needham walked with lean to one
side. The drubbing he got was felt
for long time afterwards.
Tom Meadows, another of the well
known old timers, was beaten after
a long drawn out fight with Paddy
Duffy of Boston. Meadows return
ed to Australia Immediately after
the fight.
George Mckenzie beat Gus Her
get, young MitChell's" brother,
and then went East; after that he
f WIS I'FtI H'tlN VI III 'bt Buhi''
Then Abe Wills and George Dixon
got together and the latter won in
five rounds; Willis returned home
soon afterwards.
Billy Murphy net Johnny Griffin
of Braintree, Mass, and accounted
for him IN one round. Australian
Billy Smith did well until he ran VI
against Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll
who put the Kangaroo out in Ave
rounds.
Then Bob FitzsimmOns took Billy
Mccarthy down II peg and practical
~ knocked him out in nine rounds
Mccarthy had no chance against the
freckled wonder and the referee