The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-08-12
(From Sunday Advertiser.)

AITOIU SUNNY -.
With straight left full to the pit
of the stomach and a counter to the
Jaw with his right, Charley Reilly of
San Francisco knocked out Wild Bill
Donovan of SchoGeld Barracks in the
twelfth round of scheduled fifteen
round bout at the Bijou Theater last
night.
AS an exhibition of the manly art
of self.defensc, the scrap was one OF
the best seen hereabout in many months.
Both men were IN the pink of condi-
ton and both fought clearly in every
round.
1t was contradiction of the old
saving that youth will prevail. Dono-
van had all of the best of it in years,
and perhaps of the two men he had
the harder punch. Reilly, though,
fought the master fight and husband
cd every ounce of his strength, and
this, with his kcener knowledge of the
game and long years of travelling over
the rough and tumble roads in fight
er's career, served him well.
When the two men stepped into the
center of the ring for the introductions
to the fans and for their instructions,
Donovan looked the finer drawn of the
two and was a triile more nervous
than his tried and experienced OPP
ponent
Jack Grace told the men in a few
words how he expected them TO fight
and then gave the word for the elang
ing of the gong.
with the peal Of the bell, Donovan
came from his corner, his face lit up
with smiles and confidence written all
over it. Reilly was serious, but still
he smiled.
As Donovan rushed toward Reilly,
the veteran stepped lightly TO the side
and popped his left to Donovan s eye.
All through the fight it was the same
thing, and along in the fifth round
those popping blows began to show
their effect on Donovan, and after each
round he went to his corner showing
additional signs of distress.
Well Donovan deserves the name Of
Wild Bill, for many of his blows went
either past Rcilly's guard or over his
head, and this continual wasting of
his energy had a tendency TO tire him.
Reilly's Skill Counted.
With the opening of the eighth round
Reilly began to show the benefit de-
rived from his long experience in the
TOped arena. AS Donovan came from
lis corner, Reilly would meet him al
most before he got set, and then Reilly
would play merry tattoo on the badly
damaged optic aud equally damaged
nose and mouth.
Sometimes Donovan would show
flashes of a rally, but it did not last
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As the gong sounded Tor the twelitr
round, Donovan came from his corner
WIN measured tread, Tor he was tired
heillg, on the otheT hand, was conn
cent ana strong Into clneh th'
men went, ana Rellly, IN breaking
away, elOnted Donovan hard lett OF
tne enln. -,
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hard blows on the DAMAGED ewes nm,
nose Donoyop now wnrEoa himself
from the corner and ms ReiIy Jrey
bacj, Donoyan started a VIII swim,
of his arms and a rnsb
Ftom his siJe Rein,' nulIod bis lef
istotplav and Shot a wicked left hom