Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-16

twenty round bout. Dick Sullivan
knocked JACK Cordeil out and re-
tanned the middleweight champion
ship Of the Hawaiian Islands.
Cordell was, to all intents and
purposes. out In the seventh round.
and he had taken tho count Of eight
when the gong went, and his Gee
onds were able TO drag him to his
corner to get him Al to get up for
the eighth and what turned out to
be the last round Of the contest.
The eighth round was simply q
succession OF knock downs by SulIi-
van, who made Cordell take the
count Of nine three times and finally
administered the coup de grace that
put the man from the coast to the
floor for the full count OF ten.
or course It may have been that In
the frst and second sullivan-Cordefl
, contests the champion was not fully
extended and was hghting under
weaps, thinking that. anyway. he
could earn the decision on points.
Then on Saturday night he cut
loose and used his right hand In HIS
old time style and, seemingly, put II
all over Cordell
That is the most charitable way
Of explaining what oeherwise cer-
taiuly looked q trine strange. II.
on the other hand. the FIRST two con-
tests between the men were strictly
on the level. then there was Niger
min the woodpile on Saturday night,
for Cordell did not show anything
like the form, he did before.
Both the lads are decent young
fellows and have provided fine shows
for the sporting section OF the pub
lie. They are In the boxing bust
ness for the coin. but. still the. pub
lie. who support the game. Ia entitled
TO q say In the matter. nrl i.
Sullivan held Cordell too cheap on
the two previous occasions Of their
meeting and thought he could get
the decision without having recourse
to his sleep-producing right.
Then on Saturday he took no
chances and throw In his right where
It would do the most good. That's
the case In a nutshell. and the
writer has heard enough insinua-
lions OF a fake fight. pure and sim
pie, to sicken q man Of the game
altogether. ...
When Cordeli was FIRST matched to
box Sullivan. an authority on the
game told the writer that the man
from the coast had as much chance
OF defeating Sullivan as hack
horse would OF running away from
Banonica.
However. let II go at that, and on
with the story.
The house" although not as
large as at the last match. was fair
ly big. and certainly was represen-
tative one. Quite a number Of prom
inent men were around the ring.
side, and In the boxes were to be
I. seen many well-known faces.
Terry W. Sarconi.
When the preliminary between
Sarconi and Terry was started the
excitement was intense. Sarconi.
right from the jump. was In trouble.
and Terry got In some good right
swings that ratified the bugler . lot.
Sarconi showed none Of his usual
free style Of boxing and always rush
ed into a clinch. Thereupon some
fierce smuggling would take place un-
til Jimmie Fox. the referee. would
tear them apart.
The FIRST round was Terry's by q
mile. but In the second both men. al
though warned by the referee. did
some dirty work. and the round was
about an even thing.
Then In the third and last round
the foul blows were fierce. and Fox.
after repeatedly warning Sarconi.
very properly stopped the contest
and awarded the night to Terry.
Then there was a ten minute in
terval. during which Jack Doyle.
who was at his best, did some great
stunts. The versatile Jack would
pick out some prominent lawyer or
Judge In the crowd and cause all
eyes to be focused on him. much to
the disgust OF the eminent parsonage
who only wished to zee the fight on
the quiet.
Championship Contest.
There was an air of suspense mo-
ticeable when Sullivan climbed
through the ropes and took his seat
In the Eva corner. Cordell quickly
followed the champion and took the