The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-12
GREAT EXTRA
At ORPHEUM
middleweight From Cambrian
Will Box Nelson Four
Rounds.

Joe Cohen has secured an extra at
traction for Saturday night that is
alone worth the price of admission.
fete1 Querstret of H. NJ. S. Cambrian.
a velterwelght according to the Brit
ISL limitation of $50 pounds for that
division. aud middleweight accord
ing TO the American method. will box
four rounds with George Nelson, the
lighting Dane of Camp Very and the
cousin Of the original Battler.
The English sailor weighs about $50
pounds and states that he is willing
to take on all cemers up to leo. He
has nice little record with him and
ne has even met the invineibIe Joe
Waleott, with whom he STAYED for
twelve rounds and was the loser from
decision that his friends state was
a close one indeed.
Nelson is nothing ioath to go on for
tour rounds with the burly Britisber.
He is in training for the Marathon
race on Sunday, but feels that he ean
easily go four rounds, get to bed early
and be fit and well for the START in.
the morning.
As soon as the match was arranged.
the news went along the Rialto ike
wlidflre, and everybody was talking
about It and expressing pleasure that
one or tie visitors had had chance
TO show what he could do in the ring.
Nelson IS up against no dub. Quer-
street was up at the Orphenm YESTERDAY
afternoon and went three rounds with
George Peterson. It was good exhi-
bition and gave the casual observer a
very good idea of the sailors form as
boxer. He IS very rugged and
strong, ard looks as though he had
great appetite Tor the punishment pie.
He is also fairly clever and has a
left lead that nobody can sniff at.
With only a short reach he bores IN
very eleveriy and seems to find his
man with spring very much La
Tommy Burns A suitable purse was
put up for this extra attraction, and
both lads seem willing and anxious to
90 al, each other.
Principals Keyed Up.
The two principals In the main event
both did their last, hard work yester-
day afternoon. Peterson had quite
enough when trying out with the Wis
itor. and Sullivan did his usual eight
rounds ont at Fort shafter with Her
enles and Jack MeFadden.
The most trying time of all has ar
rived for the. contestants. They are
both trained down to a fine point and
naturally feel that edge Of nervousness
that comes to all highlg-strung ath-
lees before contest. So much de-.
peads on the outcome Of this event
that both lads are bound TO feel the
strain Of waiting more or less, and
neither one can be said to be entirely
immune from a dose of real nervous
ness
Sullivan, perhaps, being the more
highly strung OF the two, feels this
more than Peterson. He admits to a
certain feeling that is foreign to his
usual. state of mind. and says that he
never felt more strongly that he must
win.
Preiiminaries Are Fit.
The preliminary boys are all in ex-
ceIlent shape There win be two rep
resentatiyes from Fort Shafterp and
they are both local favorites- Cor
poral Bird made a hit with the fans
last Saturday in his initial appearance
here, and Mccullough is very well
known to lovers of the game.
Young Terry, the Iroquois sailor, is
training vigorously for his return go
with Bird, and states that he IS con-
ident of landing a good one before
the four rounds are up. This prelim-
mary should be just as good as their
last meeting was, and the fans may be
sure that they viii be treated to a
rare show when these two 1ightweights
get together.
The extension Of the Mccullough
Sharkev bout to eight rounds has been
productive of much comment. The
many friends of the courageous soldier
think that the extra time viii give
him great advantage, while Sharkey
has Just as many supporters who state
very strongly that his cieverness will
show TO better advantage over the
longer distance.
Betting on the main event has slack
ed up during the last two days. Il
remains at evens. with money deposit
ed at various sporting resorts still TO
be covered. The largest wager 50 far
Is one of 200 to 100, with Sullivan on
the long end. One wager of hun
dred dollars. placed by a Sullivan sup
porter at evens. has raised the odds,
and ii is expected that there viii be
more than sufficient Peterson money
to keen them stationary.