Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-13

promoted by Nelson, and which were
pulled off at the Japanese theater or
Saturday night, was more of surprise
than that little affair up at Reno.
The fight fans had their appetites
for ring stoush Whetted up to WirJ
edge by the four previous bouts, al
though a couple of them were trihe
soft. Taken as a whole, they Were
fairly good
Fink entered the ring first and was
given a rousing reception. He was
closely followed by Harding, who also
received encouragement from a bunch
of supporters.
At the sound of the gong for the
opening of the first round, Harding
sailed in with a stiff straight jab that
caught Fink square on the cheek. Fink
looked surprised for a second and Their
the surprise was continued by Harding
letting loose a couple more rapid fire
jolts. 1t was just about that time that
Fink came out of it, ands the next
surprise was when Harding came tC
from that land where the little birds
sing and the audience had left the
thcater.
1t was all done by a straight jolt to
the jaw. Fink landed fair as bulls
eye on the point of Harding's chin, and
in twenty eight seconds after the gong
opened the bout, Fink was cock of the
walk in the welterweight class of Ha-
wall.
Fink may have seen the opening and
quietly took advantage of it to land a
telling blow, but it is the consensus OF
opinion that he did not anticipate the
reaalt that followed, for it was toe
early in the game.
Condition and Weight.
Both men appeared to be in good
condition. but Fink wore that confident
look not found with Harding. The lat
ter seemed to wear an uncertain look
that might be termed worry.
There was but one pound difference
in their weights-Fink 14S, Harding
TAT.
The Starters.
The first bout of the five that were
billed to come off was between pea
nuts" and Kid Mellnot. Peanuts was
game for two rounds, but in the mid
die of the third spasm he seemed TO
absorb the idea that he was up against
more weight than he could tackle, so
he waited for something to tap him
and then concluded he would rather
MAY leap frog, but Mellnot would not
jump over him.
Price and Denton.
The second contest of endurance ana
not endure beyond the third round The
bout opened up in fairly good shape
and it looked as if those present would
get their moneys worth right there, but
in the second round Price covered with
botb mitts, while Denton used him for
n punching bag all the while, hitting
Price on the mitts
Price opened up the third round with
a short lab to Denton's ear, but when
he found that he had not knocked
Denton out he played the ostrich again
and Denton went at him on the mitts
as in the previohs round. However,
Denton's fist must have slipped off the
J mitts and touched Price under the ear,
fdr he went down and at the fatal
I, tg
continue the scrap. He probably had
dreamed of a new covering-up stunt
and wanted to try 1t.
At the opening of the bout Denton
,yos cautious to a degree, but In the
second he saw what he had to do, and
did it.
Notwithstanding Prices in to
clear" stunts he Landed the largest
number OF telling blows during the
bout.
Act Three.
when the blue air, from the soldier
cheering, cleared away, Sullivan and
Armstrong, both of the Fifth Cavalry,
were facing each other in the squared
circle. Sullivan, at the sound of the
gong, started to wade right in, but he
ran up against something that stopped
him with a jerk, but otherwise did no
damage.
Armstrong lifted his right knee dur
ing this round in way that might
have geen dangerous to Sullivan, but
the Fact was thought to be done un-
consciously by Armstrong. He was,
however, cautioned by the referee and
1t did not happen again.
A number of heavy smashes were
made by both men in the second round,
and in the end Armstrong seemed to
have the better of it, During this