The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-14
SULLIVAN IS
WINNER On FOUL
A Great Exhibition of Boxinq
Stopped by Referee in
the Fifth.
Nelson beat Hercules, one round.
Mccullough decision over Scnttu

ouiuNdu ueciSiou 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
ly-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 a Sc
ries of hard rushing leads and then
wearisome clinch, with the referee
working overtime to break them. Il
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-
sionallv he stamped in a left that cut
the other man S eyes open and Jared
his jaw, but he was easy at all times,
while Peterson was making a deter
mined attempt for a quick finish.
The clinching and hugging was con-
slant. The two men always ran to
hug after a lead, and Peterson, in the
earlier rounds, insisted on rushing Sui
livan to the ropes while he held him.
In the fifth round Peterson showed
signs of getting low. Three ringsiders
who are abject 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 90
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 ami
the pride of the waffle iron. came ont
and said that the bout would be con-
tinued.
from the body of the house to the
press-stand. Everybody wanted To
know how bets would 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
sullivan, all bets on Sullivan would
be paid.
In this matter Patton acted cor
reetlv.
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.
great pity, that things happened that
way for the bout started out to be one
of the greatest straight-ruIe goes ever
seen here and perhaps anywhere.
No Fake Earmarks.
The fake talk is so childish that it
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
saving that they have never seen a GO
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,
7 feel that I 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 verv sorry that this
happened I was well within myself
and playing with Peterson. I should
have won easily if this had not hap
pened'
Peterson: 81 never fouled Sullivan.
7 am absolutely certain of that. Yes.
YOU NAV say that, if by chance my
glove did 90 low. it was absolutely un,
Intentional I would have gone on for
the rest of the bout but, when | heard
that bets were already decided, | 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 wells of Pan
cakes hot and Ham and eggs quick
I have to catch car. 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
eules and stated that they would 60
four rounds. Bill made a mistake. They
did nothing of the kind. Nelson hit
Hercules thrice and frankie Smith. the
referee, said "Three strikes and out.
The second preliminary between
Young Seotty and Soldier Mccullough
was a good eight round affair. Scotty
did the leading for the first few rounds
but always ran to a clinch. The soldier
did little effective work until the fiftl
when he began TO land few. Still
Scotty landed well at long range with
out inflieting injury.
Seotty had the better OF the sixth
round but wore himself out and. in thu
seventh, the soldier did some goot
vorl, Tn the last round Mccullough