The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-13

Saturday boxing contests were dis I
appointing in the extreme for Of the |
five bouts contested only one was /.
worth looking at and even that one |
was not a particularly good event The !
Denton-Price bout was farce, the |
Sulivan-Armstrong battle little better;
the Nellnot-Peanuts contest was even
worse; while the Fink Harding go was
a fiasco. There only remains the bout
between Sarconi and Simmons and in
this the former had so much the bet
ter in height weight and reach as to
make the contest very much one-sided.
Nevertheless, Simmons fought well
and though beaten easily, he left the
ring amid the plaudits of the crowd,
all of whom must have recognized the
gameness of the lad.
The promoter, George Nelson, had
done his share WELL though he evident
~ left a good deal to chance in the
matter of matching the men. Price
certainly had no right to don the
gloves; Harding may be a boxer but
he didn't display his skill during the
twenty-five seconds he was in front of
Fink; and Sullivan was unable to do
anything to protect himself from Arm
strong's left pokes. There was no
boxing except in the Sarconi-Simmons
bout; he other matches were purely
and simply fights. OF boxing science
there was very little. Each battle
ended in knock out" or perhaps it
would be correct to say each loser
took the count. Peanuts was not
knocked out, nor was Price. There is
also a doubt about Sullivans retire
ment. but there is none whatever in
the cases of Simmons and Harding
OF course, no one expected the Nell
not Peanuts contest to provide any
thing more than amusement, but it did
not even reach the plane of humor.
Mellnot did not enter into the spirit
of the bout, though he toyed with Pea
nuts for a while, occasionally ripping
in rights and lefts viciously. But
Mellnot had so much the better of Pea
nuts in weight and strength that it is
small wonder that the latter chose to
run rather than fight. The second round
was a marathon, Peanuts in the lead
all the time, but in the third-after
dozen voices implored the promoter to
take the boys off-Mellnot rushed in
and Peanuts ingloriously smothered
up, head down to the level of his
knees. Then he sank slowly to the
floor and gratefully listened to Referee
Rattan count him out. Peanuts wasn't
hurt; he was scared some. Matched
with someone about his own weight
Mellnot might make good showing
If ever man seemed to be dope1
on entering the ring that man was
Price, of the 9Th Cavalry, who had tho
temerity to face Denton, of Fort Ruger
The weights were announced as 49,
pounds and 1872 pounds respectively
but it would be we'll if the Inspector o.
weights and measures promptly secur
ed the scales used and forced the stall
holders in the markets to use them
Housekeepers would certainly ge
some of their own back. AS an eXhi
= bition of boxing the bout was dis
; graceful There was nothing in the
\ contest worthy of favorable comment
h unless it was the vain effort made i'
4 Denton to force Price to box. Ru
< Price hadn't any idea Of boxing. Al
\ he did was to spar for second or two
y then swing wildly once or twice, ant
as Denton welcomed his aggression h
= would cover his face with his glove
and protect his stomach with his
elbows, thoroughly scared. For
while Denton tried to force Price I
fight by endeavoring to punch biz
through his guard or to find tellin
SPOT on the body, but there was notl
ing in this for Denton and he finall
desisted. The spectators were the
treated to the spectacle of two men !
ring, one standing in an attitude
fear and the other calmly waiting
This went on for three rounds, an
then Price relented and made his frs
commendable move. Denton had hill
in the corner and tried a couple
lefts on Prices gloves which hid hi
face from view and Price then sill
inertly to the floor He took the cour
=. and as he did so the groans of tn
spectators told him how he was al
preciated. Denton's success was ra