Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-13

81 Id5C lJuI lOulluS, duu iluIoAlus
as the aggressor, after being ap
pargutiy all in when the fight was
two-thIrdS over, Kilsner last night
earned a good decision in his fight
against Bauersock. Had the pTinci'
pies heen two fancy boxers, at the top
OF their class, it would have Leen pos
sible to award the decision 10 liauer'
SOCK on points actually. scored. But
when, as was the case last night, the
fighters are but little removed from
the amateur ranks, draw verdict is
customary when both men are on
their feet and fighting hard at the
final gong, with the tall ender max
ing up lost ground and forcing the
pace.
Major Butts decision was a fair
one, and it was very well received.
1t was a strong Kilsner crowd, how
ever, and the infantryman's support
ers were more than satisfied to see
an even break, after their man look
cd to be on the borders of slumber-
land on several occasions.
Had Bauersock torn in TO follow up
his, big advantage in the sixth and
seventh rounds, ne would have had a
good chance of finishing the fight
then and there Kilsner was SO tired
that he could hardly keep his hands
up, and there was nothing to his foot
work but a shuffling sidestep away
from punishment. Bauersock was
oyer-confident at this stage of the
game, evidently figuring that he had
a long lead on points which he could
increase as the fight progressed, and
that there was no use in taking
chances of connecting with chance
blow He did not figure on Kilsner's
ability to put up whfr9wind finish,
and when the First Infantry scrapper
began to put some OF his left jabs
through Bauersock's guard, and, rock
the latter's head with, unpleasant
frequency, be was as much surprised
as he, vas punished.
kilsner just In Time
At that, Kilsner made his move just
in time. He started to close up the
lead in the eleventh, and with very
few breathing spells. rushed Bauer
sock to-. the end OF the fight. On
actual blows landed in the last four
rounds, Kilsner did not have enough
of lead to make up for the cavalry
mans early advantage strictly on
points, but as said before, it was az
gressiyeness, a game finish, and the
! fact that both men were equally tired
at the end of the fifteenth, that won
a draw Tor Kilsner. ss.rss,..5S,. ". s
Bauersock was at disadvantage
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mil been nndeI straight rules, he
probably would have either won by
the k. o. route in the middle rounds,
or else given SO much punishment
that Kilsner would have been utterly
unable to make his squirt in the latter
rounds. When the men were at close
quarters and the cayalryman's arms
were free. he was able to shoot over
telling right hooks to the side of the
head, and left uppers that had plenty
of sting to them. 1t was seldom, how
ever. that he had the opportunity to
deliver these blows without violating
the rules of clean breaks, for Kilsner
managed to hang on whenever he was
lin danger at close quarters. Kilsner,
on the other hand, was most effective
an long range, with a left lunge deliv-
cred straight arm, that came from be-
low. Time and again In the final
rounds he caught Sox with this blow,
which he followed up to good effect
with right and left swings to the face.
Works Body Blows.
Bauersock began playing for the
kidneys in the first round, and landed
rfght~hand down-chops whenever he
saw an opening. He raised q fiery
red mark on his opponent, but the
blows were not frequent enough, nor
did they seem to have the sting neces-
sary to materially weaken the infan-
tryman. The latter played for the
body only in the last three rounds,
and then came very close to fouling a
couple of times. On the whole ii was
a clean fight, with neither man inten-
tionally fouling.
II In the fifth, right swing to the
side OF the face followed in quick sue
cessiSn by two left jabs square in the
middle of Kilsner's map. started that
sentleman's nose to bleeding profuse-
" KiIsner's nose could never be mis-
taken Tor button, and Sox had a
nice large target to shoot at during
the remainder of the fight, the result
being that Kills looked like a painted
Indian for two-thirds of the mill,
while Bauersock accumulated several
CORY smears through contact.
'"This Kilsner sure am a funny-look-
inC man. He comes up every round
with a clean face and den goes back
with a dirty one," was the way one
dusky ringside humorist put it.
The Infantry amusement hall was
hacked, and the management refused