The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-15
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The boxing match at the Orpheum on
Saturday night between Sullivan and
Peterson wound up in very unsatis-
factory manner, Sullivan being award
ed the verdict in the fifth round
Peterson went after his man rough
shod from the start, evidently intent
on making a quick finish OF 1t. Sui
livan took matters easily and by the
end of the fourth round had Peterson
nicely felt out. In the fifth Sullivan
boxed confidently and was pulling
things rapidly in his direction when ,
Peterson fouled him couple of times ,
by hitting low.
Referee Patton on the second offense !
having been committed stopped the go !
and held up Sullivan's hand in token
of victory.
Amid an uproar in the theatre An
nouncer Warham stated that Sullivan
had not been badly nurt and was will
ing to continue the contest.
Presently Peterson, who had left the
ring, returned and took his seat in his
corner, being vigorously hooted and
booed as he crawled through the ropes.
He would only put one glove on,
however stating that as the decision
had been given to Sullivan and the re-
fierce had announced that the bets
would go with the decision, he had
nothing to gain by keeping on fight
ing and therefore declined to do so.
There is no doubt that Peterson foul
ed Sullivan and to great many 1t
looked as if he did SO deliberately.
Sullivan carried too many guns FOR
him and he began to realize this when
the fifth round was well under way. 1t
would be unkind to say that Peterson
foued Sullivan in order to take short
cut to the losers end and by so doing
escape punishment, but it certainly
looked like it.
Mike Paton's decision, allowing the
bets to go with the verdict, was ques-
toned by a good many. The referee
was strictly in the right, however, for
bets go with the purse in any kind OF
a sporting contest in any white mans
country.
Sullivan allowed Peterson to do all
the work in the first round. Hardly
an effective blow was struck by either
man in the opening period.
In the second Sullivan landed cou-
pie of lefts to the head and Peterson
did some hard kidney pummeling in
clinches at the ropes.
| The third round was principally
clinching and honors worked out about
even.
Peterson had a shade in the fourth
He landed nard with both hands
however but Sullivan was fighting I'M
der wraps and now and again jab5ed in
his worrisome left with telling effect
Peterson's face was pretty well Grim
soned at the end of this round.
In the fifth Sullivan let out link
and began to show his superiority. Pc
terson got very hostile when stung and
swung low with his right There were
cries of foul from the ringside bu'
the referee did not interfere. Almost
instantly Peterson repeated the offense
and then Mike Patton held up Sullivan
hand and the show was over
The men fought under straight
bloomsbury rules and this marred
what would likely have been memoir
able contest under clean break regu-
lations.
Hans Nelson knocked out Hercules
II in the first round and Soldier Nc
Cullough took a very close decision
from Young Scott at the end of eigtf
rounds of interesting scrapping.
The house was a very good one anC
the arrangements in Promoter Cohen''
best style.