The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-11

George Gilmore at the Orpheum on
Saturday night he was literally cut to
ribbons by the rangy San Franciscan
and in the sensational ninth round he
took the count no less than three
times, the gong saving him at the end
of the round.
In the tenth round he was still
groggy, but fighting from then on TILL
the end of the twelfth with marvellous
gameness and logged perseverance, he
beat his man to a stanjstill and
earned a draw verdict. 1t is very
probable that with two more rounds to
go the native would have put Gilmore
down and out
Already there is talk of matching
the two men over a twenty-round
course.
Hoao is very shifty boxer and has
got the trick of ducking down to fine
point He has neat left and uses 1t
more than the average boxer.
Fear was expressed after Hoao was
defeated by Joe McGun that the issue
of that battle would put Hoao on the
downward chute. 1t is extremely sat
isfactory that this has not been the
case. Under the able tutelage of Bill
Huihui, and providing that he takes
care of himself Hoao should win many
more laurels in the local ring.
Gilmore has somewhat the worst Of
the weights with the native. He has
a rushing style and long reach
which could be profitably employed in
a stand-off battle. He was not in the
best of trim on Saturday night, hav-
ing hurried his preparation too much
and perhaps weakened himself by so
doing.
The show was very good one all
the way through, and Promoter Lemon
deserved a better house. The ar
engagements were excellent.
Prince Shades Wright.
Prince of Fort Shafter and Wright
of Camp Very, lightweights, furnished
the curtain raiser, a four-round CON
test, and the form of the recent anna
teur tournament was confirmed, Prince
getting the decision
The first round was fairly even. In
the second round Wright went fast at
the start, but Prince scored with
series of left jabs toward the finish
and earned the honors of the round.
Both men were very busy in the
third and honors were even. In the
fourth Prince did the most, effective
punching. Wright retaliated gamely,
but trailed Prince on points.
Jimmy Fox of the L. S. S. West Vir-
ginia refereed
The First Knockout.
The second preliminary was to have
been four-round go between "Mussy"
Blanch, a recent arrival, and Harry
School, formerly of the L. S. S. Cali
fornia. There was a wrangle as TO
the duration of the rounds, School
wanting twO-minute rounds and Blanch
insisting on three-minute periods.
School, who is a bantam, was ont
weighed by Blanch fully twenty
pounds. The former said that the un-
Outstanding was that the rounds were
to be of two minutes duration, on ac-
counts of the discrepancy of weights.
Blanch was Obdurate, however. and
told School that he wasn't fighting un-
der battleship rules this trip. Finally,
in order to prevent disappointment,
School agreed to three-minute rounds
and the contest started, the referee
being Servain of Fort Shafter.
Blanch, confident that his weight
would win for him, started after his
man with blood in his eye, intent on
making a quick finish. School defend
ed himself cleverly and showed much
class in the short time in which he
was in action. Blanch carried too
many guns for him, however, and a.
the end of the round put right swing
to the jaw which knocked School cold,
Blanch didn't get a hand when he
left the ring School, on the other
hand, was loudly applauded.
He afterward challenged Blanch to a
bout at 100 pounds.
Clark Beat Woodward.
Clark of the L. S. s. Navajo and
Woodward of Fort Shafter next graced
the ropes booked to 90 six rounds,
Fox was third man inside the ropes.
Two-minute rounds were fought
Honors were even in the first round.
In the second Woodward played for
the sailors wind and more than broke
even on points.
The third round was give and
take session, but in the fourth the
husky Clark sailed in and took a com,
handing lead
The fourth round saw Clark fight !
ing strongly and toward the end Of
tho tvyO u,inutas he STAGGERED Wood |