The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-26
GREAT LOCAL
CARD ARRANGED
Thirty Rounds of Boxing With
Twelve Contestants Will
Take Place.

One week from TOMORROW night there
will be big boxing show at the Or
pheum. Instead of having two inn
ported stars from the Coast. who are
liable to put each other out in the
first round, Joe Cohen has arranged \
bunch of six goes-four four-round
bouts, one six-round GO. and an eight
| round main event between George Mel
son of Camp Very and zoe Silva, the
Punchbowl Demon.
While the last-named 60 Will be a
great drawing card, perhaps the fea-
ture of the evening will be the appear
ance of Nigel Jackson, the winner of
the Marathon race. He is matched
with Bugler Sarconi of the marines
and is just about fit and ready to put
up the battle of has life.
The appearance of Jackson was Sc
cured by the management as special
attraction. After the wonderful race
that he put up last Sunday, he is sure
ly a great drawing card and hundreds
of fans will be attracted to the Or
pheum to see if Jackson is as good
with his fists in ring as he is with
his feet on the road.
Jackson will weigh about one hun
dred and twenty-five pounds when he
enters the ring, and his opponent will
weigh almost exactly the same. The
latter is said to be very handy lad
with his mitts and able to put up a
dandy scrap. With this kind of record
behind him. and Jackson with his al.
ready-shewn grit, the fans ought tt
be treated TO a very lively go. -Four
rounds is all that this event will last.
The entire program as arranged Is:
Soldier Platt of Fort Shafter VS..
Limeiuice' Richards of Camp Very,
| middleweight, four rounds; Soldier
Henley of Fort Shafter VS.. Correa.
| welterweight, four rounds; Nigel Jack
son, winner of the Marathon race, VS..
Bugler Sarconi of Camp Very, light
weight (bantamweight according to
British ruling), four rounds; Pete Stan
ley VS. Humphreys of Camp Very, l33
pounds. four rounds; Sergeant Marlowe
of Leilehua vs. Wahilani, weiter-
weight. six rounds; and Nelson VS..
Silva, middleweight, eight rounds.
Sergeant Mariowe of the 9Th Cavalry
! is the man who got the boys out to
make the last Marathon a success. He
| is a sportsman from the tip of his
spurs to the top of his busbee cam
paign hat or whatever they call it,.
| He is very handy with his mitts, as
many a man in the service can testify
and has so much sand in him that he
splits mud when he grits his teeth.
Joking on one side, Tommy Mar
| lowe is there with the goods and his
| introduction to a Honolulu audience
will be a great event. The boys at
| the environments have made up po;
| to wager on him and anybody who
wants to make noise like real money
can very easily get it covered.
There will be a large aggregation
of cavalry boys down to watch their
man box Wahilani. and the latter will
| be up against a great piece OF enthu'
siasm. The local boxer, however, has
| a great many admirers, and there VIII
/ be something doing when they get to-
gether-
The main event should be productive
| of endless fun and amusement. Oeorge
Nelson has won every bout he has ap
| peared in SO far, in jig time. The
only time he was ever feazed was
when Querstret, the British sailor
| bothered his head with double leads II
| the first round. What will happen
when Joe Silva gets next to him, 1t !:
| hard to say. but we may be sure OF a
| large bunch of doings.
Take it all around, the show looks
| like a great drawing card Most OF
the boys are well known here, and
| those who are not are such unknown
| quantities that the excitement OF see
| ing what they can do will be more
| than worth while. Thirty rounds OF
boxing with twelve participants iook
pretty good and the show ought to
make a ten strike.