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

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: sydneyg aid S6g th1nK as. much df the
Smith HApise theS dfd Of y the
ThompsonsEahd 81 forty eight hours
.afterwafd, for sthey gave the, latter
much gilore spaea and local 3celorine
!, than they did the Sformer fgfh
psrIt is true that the SECOND fight lasted
full twenty, rounds, whie$the Smith
Papke fight went only TEN when Smith
was declared the Winner on a foul
The Thompson Land go is called the
fiercest fight that was ever seen IN
that part of the world, and at Its nm
ish Referee Snowy Maker and Clabby
got into an argument which ended in
fist fight w.
Following this a number of the spec
tators engaged in atfree- for all before
leaving the building, and from start
to finish the evening was one of great
excitement.
The description of the Smith Papke
fight. in which it is stated the foul
was unintentional, in the Sydney Tele-
graph of December q, follows:
The triumphant march of the Amer
lean boxers was checked at the Rush
cutters Bay Stadium last night. The
defeated man was no less person
than Billy Papke, the Illinois Thun-
derbolt, and holder of the middle
weight championship of the world"
The hero of the fight was Dave Smith,
who, can still write the word "uncon-
quered" after his name.
.. Ten of the fiercest rounds ever
fought atsthe Stadium were waged,
during which Smith piled up points
and boxed in manner which con-
stantly had the crowd on its feet
cheering in deafening manner. From
gong to gong in each round the pace
was at high tension, and repeatedly
the men got to sclose quarters, with
arms flying like fails, and it was only
when Smith danced away or Papke
smothered that they let up. The tenth
round had just begun when Smith
punched away at the head and body
of the American, and Papke unwound
alright on the ear. Smith sent his left
on, a mission to the face, missed, and
Papke with head held low ripped a
right intended for the body. It land
ed, and down went Smith with cry
of pain. The dim that followed was
deafening. Ordinarily sane men jump
ed to their feet and yelled Foul!
FOUL" and the air was filled with
prolonged hooting, Papke walked to
his corner, and Referee Snowy Baker
tolled off the seconds over the pros
trate boxer. He was careful, however,
not to pronounce the fatal out" and
at once summoned two medical men
into the ring-Dr. Marks and Dr. Cox.
They made a minute examination of
Smith, who had just previously half
risen and exclaimed ITS all right.
The doctors declared that Smith had
been hurt, and Baker gave him the de-
cision on a foul The cheering that
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utes, and as Papke left The ring he
was Justify hooted. There was no rea-
son for it, for it was palpable that
the blow was struck unintentionaily.
The American was as cool as an ice
berry all through. He took his defeat
with good grace, and assisted in help
ing Smith to rise. The ending was an
unfortunate one to such fine contest,
though there could not be a shadow
of doubt that Smith had established
a long lead on points.
The Stadium benches held crowd
that has not been seen at the big en-
closure for long time, Thousands
we're in their seats at o'clock, when
the men weighed at the ringside, but
many more who came later showed
their annoyance because they had not
seen the men on the scales. One of
the stipulations of the contest was that
If either man exceeded list. lib, he
should forfeit G10O. The weights
were announced as being exactly at
the required poundage, but it is prob
able that the men were slightly under
it. The excitement was intense as first
Smith and then Papke hoped through
the ropes, but the redoubtable reputa-
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