The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-16

Two weeks from tonight the fastest
fight that has ever been seen in Ho-
nolulu will be pulled off in the Orpheum
Theater. Charlie Reilly, whom every
one knows and everyone admires as a
clean little NIT artist, will step into
the sawdust for a ffteen-round go
with frankie Smith. Without a doubt,
these two lads are in class by them
selves. They were booked to meet
here once before. and considerable crit
icism was passed out against Smith
because of his failure to wade into
Reilly, but Just to show that he is still
in the game, he has come back here
with the Honorable Joe Cohen, and
will immediate prepare for the con-
test.
San Francisco fight fans were after
a match between these bantams, and
they had it cinched until Promoter
Cohen happened along and got busy.
Honolulu, it seems, grows on the little
fighters. They have both been here
before, and they seem to like it, for,
although Joe had to put up pretty
fat purse, they were mighty willing to
return. They will weigh in at either
$50 or 135 pounds, which suits each of
them capitally. The winner of this
fight will be matched against frankie
Edwards, who was also brought down
by Cohen. Edwards is a fast man in
the game, too. He won from a nifty
scrapper in Vallejo, California, few
weeks ago. and will be in shape to
meet the victor oe the battle between
Smith and Reilly.
George Peterson and Dick Sullivan
viii clash in the next fight that Cohen
will put on the boards at his little |
theater on Fort street. This will be |
two weeks after the Smith Reilly 60, |
and will be scrap for blood. Peter |
son beat Sullivan in the last fight that |
these fellows had, and Dick, as is well |
known, is now in the pink of condition |
for the battle of his life. Peterson !
ism t in very good shape at the present |
time, but he brought his own trainer
from the Coast and viii get down to
business right away The boys have |
not vet settled where they will train,
but they will split up among the avail
able places in town. One viii prob
ably go to the boathouse, another may
Baths, and it has practically been set
tied that frankie Smith will go out
to Fort Shafter. where the husky sol
diers will be given an opportunity to
don the padded mits with the clever
little scrapper.
The Fort Shafter men are anxious
that at least one of Cohen s pugs go
out Kahauiki-way, for there are some
lads there who may develop, with ex-
perience, into likely men. The Fifth
Cavalry has a heavyweight named
Marlowe, but it will be hard for him
to get match unless he is willing to
go on with one of the locals. A heavy
weight scrap would attract consider
able attention in this town, as the
highest that is usually seen here is in :
the middleweight class. If Marlowe
can get a fair fighter to meet him in
one Of the preliminaries to Joe s ex-
hibition, he may so fight that classy
man from the Coast will be brought
to meet him. He has got to make
good first, however.
Peterson. by the way, is the only
man on the Coast who ever got a de-
eision against Ketchel, according to
Joe Cohen. OF course. this was num-
Der OF years ago, when both men were
in the lightweight class. but it demon
strates the kind of a fighter that Cohen
has brought here to mix with Dick
Sullivan.
Kyle Whitney, about whom there has
been so much talk of late in fight fan
dom, has promised TO come to Homo
lulu to meet the winner of the SuIlj-
fight. Whitney is in
great demand on the Coast, and he
should, and undoubtedly viii, prove a
great drawing-card here.
u understand that I have been
somewhat criticized for bringing pu-
gilists down here, said the Honorable
Joe Cohen, Representatives elect, last
night, and as sort of answer want !
TO say that | talked with number Of
high Army and Navy officials while on !
the Coast. who were all very much
pleased because OF my action. It IS