The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-03-12

Ben de Mello, the "Hiio lion," and
George Slim" Gilmore of San Fran
isco boxed ffteen.round match last
evening at the orpheum theater, to a
iraw This is an unembellished state.
nent of the case. Some of the embel-
ishments consist of the fact that de
Aello complained he was foulej in the
third round; that many of the fans
bought Gilmore deserved decision;
and finally that Gilmore was given a
ong, loud and ominous Kissing when
le directed vicious hook to Referee
loci Cohen's honest countenance upon
the announcement of the verdict.
Outside of these things the match
was good one from the spectators
viewpoint, and the audience-or most
If it-got its moneys worth. There
we're three preliminaries, two Of which
we're of more or less negligible quality
OF course blood always runs hot, over
real or fancied wrongs, at boxing
contest, but the temper of the audience
AZ the Orpheum last evening would
seem to indicate that Gilmore will have
A call in the near future either to Aus
tralia or back to his old friends on the
Coast.
De Mello Strong at First.
De Mello had the bout well in hand
| up to the tenth round. Most of the
rounds went to him, some by shade
and others by considerably more. But
| in the tenth Gilmore closed his left
eye and from that time on had the
tiilo lion sidestepping around the ring
and taking punishment like a glutton.
For four rounds this continued, the
fourteenth leaving de Mello in bad
shape when the gong sounded. In these
four rounds Gilmore practically redeem
ed himself for the first ten and for the
rather questionable stomach puches,
many of which the fans shouted were
too low. The fifteenth saw de Mello
Iup and coming, fairly strong in spite
of all his punishment and the handi-
cap of one dim lamp, and the honors
were about evenly divided.
Under the circumstances - difficult
enough for any referee the decision
was probably the right thing. Gilmore
neither drove the Hilo lion into his
cage, as he expected to do, nor die
the Portuguese stop the husky Coas
) lad the way his friends hoped and ex
pected.
, The pair went to clinches repeated
ly during the first two rounds. 1t wa
!, practically all infghting, and they wer
about even. Gilmore kneaded de Mel
) IS kidneys a bit and the latter man
: aged to get in a right and left CON
! bination to the face. s
a De Mello Claims Foul.
!. 1t was after clinch full of hard i
r. fighting in the third that de Mel
:. cried foul Referee Cohen could see /
i. foul and attempted to drag de Mel
, to his feet-he had sunk to his kne,
in real or pretended pain. Cohen star
!. ed the count and de Mello went
a again, but under protest. This WI
!, Gilmore g round. The fourth brougl
!, nothing spectacular, infighting with Ii
, tie damage being resorted to. In
= break de Mello landed hard right
q the side of the head.
., The fifth round developed chanl
. of tactics. There was less infghtiI
90 from this time on, both standing
%, 30 and boring in with straight arm ia
. and hooks. Gilmore landed his left al
!. de Mello came back with his right, fl
o. lowing it with several vicious hooks
n the kidney that made Gilmore wine
I; ~ De Mello began rushing and it dew
II oped into a furious round. Gilmc