The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-20
BY Jack Densham.


The various communications printed
on this page speak for themselves with
regard to the boxing situation. Jack
Scully states very vehemently that
there is nobody back of him in this
contest and that he is doing it for bust
ness reasons.
The only inexplicable thing is why, ,
if Mr.. Scully is not backed by anybody |
and is looking only for business ad- |
vancement he should undertake to put |
up a purse of 500 and offer the two |
boxers all the net proceeds should these
amount to more than $1002
Knowing, as he does, that Joe Cohen
made only n small amount on the last
go at the Orpheum with very large
house, he must be poor mathematician
if he figured that he could give one
of the men 800 more than did Joe
Cohen, put on an expensive preliminary,
{ pay the referee $40 and then not lose
a considerable sum of money.
1t is admitted that, by stepping in
and pulling off match when nobody
else would do it, Scully would gain
considerable local kudos and would be
greatly helped in his business This
was proved in the case of the Haleiwa
train matter when he, without any
chance to make money, stepped in and
guaranteed the train. Luckily he did
not lose but he Immediately spent the
entire proceeds in dinner for the
committee.
In the case of the Marathon he only
Just about came out even, but he made
a name for himself that brought bust
ness. He deserved every bit of this be.
cause, while it is possible that he con.
.sidered that view of the question, he
took a long chance on losing several
hundred dollars.
But those other affairs were merely
chances This is a certainty. Figure
it any way he will, Scully cannot make
any money on this go, and he may lose
considerable amount.
Cordell makes a clear and concise
statement Here is one man who has
acted squarely all the way through. He
went to Joe Cohen and told him the
ante had been raised and asked Joe
to meet it. There was no raising and
80 Cordell naturally enough signed up
for the other party.
But here is the flaw in the whole
thing. Cordell states that he was not
approached by Jack Scully or by any
body representing him before Cohen
called the go off. But, was Cordell
approached by anybody at all before
that Sunday9 If he was approached,
is it not the same parties who are
backing Jack Scullyf Personally l be.
lieve, although, of course, there is no
! absolute evidence to prove it, that the
latter is the case.
Another phase of the matter is that
of a, square bout. There is absolutely
nothing to impute to either Sullivan or
.Cordell any suspicion of a fake. In
fact that suggestion is absurd because
there is not enough live money in this
town to make fake worth while. Both
men have too much to gain by winning
and a fake would do neither or them
any good. The scrap is between the
management So, if the bout comes
off as scheduled, all who go to see it
NAV rest assured that it will be on its
merits.
The scrap has been taken away from
Cohen when he had a certain amount
of moral right to it. 0stensibly Jack
Scully did not do this. He stepped
in and produced the bout when nobody
else would take it. After that Cohen
came in with his low-priced show on
the same night as a roarback.
The matter of Wahilani was lack
of backbone on the part of the boxer
and his manager Bill Huihui, both OF
whom tried to play both ends against
the middle. Presumably rival man
ayers have a perfect right to bid fol
fighters or referees, but these should
play fair when they have agreed tt
do something
To sum the whole matter up, con
trary outcries notwithstanding, it II
my firm belief that there is somebody
back of Scully in this matter, that thu
scrap is being produced to bother CoheI
and that the whole thing on both side
is as babyish a piece of 81 don't wan
to play in your yard" as I or tn
public ever wanted to wash ou
hands of.