The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-04

round.
A Hunlming Finish.
In the fourteenth round Cordell buck
ed up and came back strong. He hurt
Sullivan with long leads and was not
bothered in the clinches. When they
shook hands for the fifteenth and last
round, they both went at it hammer
and tengs and it looked as though there
might be a knockout before time was
called. But they both finished strong
and, when Patton held up both hands,
only cheers greeted the decision.
Preliminaries Good.
The preliminaries were all good. The
first one was fine as long as it lasted,
which was. less than two rounds. Fer
nandez, husky Portuguese Hawaiian
youth weighing some 140 pounds, was
up against Bugler Sarconi, the game
Italian from Camp Very, weighing
about 128.
Joe Leal was in the Fernandez cor
ner giving good advice and Sarconi
had all the Marines to help him along.
These lads put up grand go and
were at it hammer and tongs in the
second round when Bob Ross called it
off on account of foul by Fernandez.
The foul was certainly not low blow
and must have been of the most
technical character At any rate a
grand bout was stopped with both men
boxing finely, on teehnicality.
A Proper Draw.
The Mccullough Wahilani six-round
bout was one Ballapazoo. Both men
went at it hard from the first sound
of the gong and it looked as though
either might get his at any stage of
the game. Soldier Mccullough showed
his usual wonderful gameness and never
needed the straight lefts which the Ha-
waiian lad landed almost at will, but
approaching oleverness in the way in
which he worked his left
There were the usual bowls. One
party swore that W'ahilani should have
had it while others were equally vehe-
ment that Mccullough should have won.
The fact of the matter is that, had
Mccullough shown trifie more ag-
gressiveness and gone after Wahilani
when he made the Hawaiian boy back
up, he would have won easily.
But the soldier was content with a
slight advantage every time and, though
he took whole dictionary of lefts to
his face and body, he retaliated only
sufficiently to make the other man back
away for relief and did not follow up
as hard as he should have done.
It Was Slaughter.
The Miller Richards go was slaugh.
ter. The big man from Fort Shafter
was trife slower than the good Lime
Juleer from the Marine camp and did
not have the latter IS great hitting abii-
ity.
Richards foored his man in every
round after the first and the throwing
up of the sponge in the fourth saved
the big Miller from real knockout.
Richards showed that he is hard hit
ter but no boxer and any aspirations
that may have been born by this VIC
tory should not be bred far enough
to make him think that he can join
the near-champion class.
a Packed House.
There was a full house to watch the
show. 1t was a good show and a good
audience. Everything was brought Off
on time, save for short hiatus between
the second and third preliminaries. The
Richards Miller hui wanted more
money. Easy Jee gave it to them. The
sooner Joe learns, or rather practises
what he knows well, that is, TO sign
| preliminary men up and make them
subscribe substantial forfeit, the bet,
ter it viii be for him and the peace
| of mind OF the fans.
That a man should accept prop
| osition to appear and then refuse to
go on unless he gets more money, is
something that should not be tolerat-
| ed. The amount has nothing to do
with it. Joe has always been liberal
usually too liberal for his own purse.