The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-15
lONG-LEGGED
BLUFF At FIGHT
Advertiser Representative Is
Refused Admission to
Press Box.

The way of a newspaper man is a
hard one. The way of a transgressor
is said to be hard but that of the
recorder of prize-fght is very much
harder.
Not to put the blame too much on
the management, it must be stated
that the Advertiser man left his pass
at home. He went to Jack Scuily's
place of business before going out to
the polo game and notified the man
agement. Jack Scully was not there
but he was told that it would be all
right.
It was all right The reporter and
the friend lie expected to take in on
the other ticket arrived at the door
of the Star Theater last night about
the time that Sarconi was doing foul
work on Kid Terry. The lateness of
this arrival was unavoidable, but the
doorkeeper was the suavest thing you
ever saw. He said, 81 do not know
whether you represent the Advertiser
or not, but I will take chance You
and your friend may pass
The two were passed. They went up
a flight of stairs and were stopped by
another guard of Griffins. The old ex-
PLANTATION was gone through with and,
reluctantly they were passed along
Then came the final Ogre. He was
short and snub-nosed but very much
alive. The Advertiser man tried to
explain. He said, 81 am writing the
fight for the Advertiser, but had the
misfortune to lose my ticket and that
of my friend. VIII you please allow
us to go into the press box?'
"Will Use allow yer to go into the
press box? Well, I should say not.
Press? Why you longlegged fag-end
of a wouldb buttinski, you never saw
press box. I don't believe you can
read newspaper even, let alone write
for one. De press box is filed up
Dere's all de bunch of seribes there now
Skiddoo, you long-legged bluff, you
ain t no good and you ain no news,
paper man anyhow. Then several
sports who were sitting close by
laughed and De lcng-legged buy
beat swift retreat.
For this reason the report of the
two fights between Sarconi and Kid
Terry and the supposed twenty-round
go between Dick Sullivan and Jack
Cordell is not very complete.
It is reported by those who saw
both events that Sarconi was battered
to pieces by Terry and fouled him IN
the third round, justly taking the deci
sion.
Some of the fans kindly came up tc
this Office and gave the following ac
count of the Sullivan-Cordell go.
First Round. Sullivan was quick
with his left. Cordell landed two hard
body blows.
Second Round.-Cordell landed hard
right to stomach and Sullivan went tC
his knees.
Third Round.-Give and take.
Fourth Round.-Cordell went to floor
from hard swing to top Of his head
Sullivan to floor from right to his jaw
Sparring and then Sullivan to knees
for count when gong saves Mike
Paton's breath.
Fifth Round-Nothing doing.
Sixth Roundabout stalling with oc
casional swings.
Seventh Round.-Cordell down from
right to stomach, gong saves him
Eighth Round.-Cordell goes dowr
twice and gets up again. Down fol-
the third time and still manages Il
arrive, but fourth swing puts hin
out for the count.
The above is probably a really cor
rect and true account of the mill. As
long as prize fight promoters insist or
having doorkeepers who refer to mem
bers of the press as "Long-legged
Bluffs they can hardly expect to have
very elaborate account of thell
fights