The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-10

Now that the night of the big bout
between Dick Sullivan and Peterson is
getting near, the fans are dividing into
partisanship sides and each side is talk
ing more or less with money. Sullivan,
as may be imagined, is the favorite but
not so very much of favorite, as
Peterson has gained host of admirers
here by his active workouts.
The odds that prevail now vary from
10 to s to 10 to with Sullivan on the
long end. 1t is said that there il plenty
of Peterson money to be had when the
odds lengthen, but that the hackers of
the maihini are waiting until they can
get better price than at present.
The Orpheum management has in
stituted one great improvement that
will be of interest to all ringsiders. The
left side of the stage, that is left fac
ing the audience, has been arranged in
four tiers of seats so that ticket holders
on that side will have clear view of
the ring, no matter in which row they
sit. The advance sale has been unpre-
cedented and those who want to take
advantage of the tier innovation had
better get in early with their orders
or they may find themselves stuck down
in the orchestra.
Marines Get In Early.
Camp Very is certainly taking an
immense interest in the coming enter
tainment This is undoubtedly greatly
due to the initial appearance of Nelson,
their middleweight champion, who is
to box Hercules eight rounds. Yester-
day Captain Fay of the Marines, called
on Joe Cohen and explained that there
were a hundred and fifty of the men
who wanted to be present in the Or
pheum but that they would not be paid
till February 10 and many of them
were without the wherewithal to spare.
So Joe handed over two hundred tickets
and took Captain Fay's guarantee in
return.
This was a pleasant courtesy on both
sides and Mr.. Cohen wishes it under
stood that he will be glad to accommo-
date any of the other camps in the
same way.
Hardest Days Work.
Dick Sullivan did his hardest day s
work yesterday at Fort Shafter. He
went nine rounds altogether with three
different sparring partners and they
were all fast ones First he did three
periods with Hercules and made the
tyro work his hardest. Then McFad-
den came on for three more and finally
frankie Smith stepped out and kept the
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fast goes.
Sullivan likes to box with lighter men
as he finds that it improves his speed
and he is quite capable of keeping his
hard punches working on the bag.
Smith s boxing, by the way, was a
preliminary to light work in case of
another match with Reilly, of which
there is a good possibility in the near
future.
Nelson at the Camp.
Nelson has transferred his training
quarters to the camp and now works
down in the Very gymnasium instead
of at the Orpheum. This place is ideal
for training as it is open except on the
mauka side and the ocean is close by
for a swim after work. Nelson, being
Dane by birth, is very fond of the
water and never feels his days work
complete unless he has had a dip.
Peterson is Stacking off IN his after
noon work a trifle. His hardest box
ing has been done and, from now on,
he will do only comparatively light
work. Young Scotty, who is working
with him, is coming along well and has
it all figured out where he will outlook
soldier Mccullough and land sleep
producer when he has him bufTaloed.
The soldier has been working faith
fully every day at the camp and the
boys of the Twentieth feel sure that
he has it over his opposent. He has
made himself favorite in every ap-
pearance here by his fearless boxing
and the go between him and Scott bids
fair to be a hummer in every way.