Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-15
But Loser Made a Great Fight
Using His Head as Well as
His Hands ALI the Way-Lo-
cal Fans Pleased

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Fieht fans. from Honolulu who wenl
20 Schofisld fer the ib6xing bouts last
night returned to the city E'eii ljieas
ed with the card furnished and prac.
ticaIly all of them agreed with Major
Butts in his decision in the main
event
Piszczek had a clear and substan.
tial lead over Kilsner for the first 10
rounds and the remaining ten were
about even, with Kilsner having a
lead in one of them and Piszczek in
another. 1t was close decision that
the referee had to make at that, but
he made it without an instants hest.
tation and it was the right decision.
/, Even in defeat, Kilsner really put
up better and header fight than
Piszczek and deserves credit for one
of the gamest and at the same time
coolest exhibitions of ring work ever
seen at the barracks. Any dub who
is plucky can stand up and take a
licking until he is helpless and then
60 down and out, but it takes both a
plucky and crafty fighter to take a
licking for 10 rounds and then come
back and almost win draw. That's
what Kilsner did and it explains why
Major Butts decision was criticized
by the Eilsner supporters. -.
Piszczek started out like an easy
winner, taking the fight to kilsner
from the start He began by smash
ing lefts and rights at Kilsner's head
and varying his attack with shatter-
ing rights to the back and kidneys.
PiszcZek hit with such great force
that in the first round he doubled
Kilsner up twice and opened the way
for short, stiff-armed pokes to the
face. He tore in with such vigor that
it looked as if Kilsner wouldn't last
five rounds. In the second round Kills
ner began to bleed freely and in the
next three Piszczek opened up gashes
ever both his opponents eyes, started
his nose bleeding a dozen times and
welted his mid-body with crashing
blows that shook Kilsner all over.
Right there Pfszczek had the fight
If he had kept up his punishment. In
these early rounds Kilsner was liter.
ally beaten all around the ring, and
once, coming cut of a furious mix
up, he was so dazed and exhausted
that he staggered head-down into a
ring-side post and nearly fell to the
floor. But he never. lost his craft and
began-to cover up, occasionally flashing
cut with wicked chops to Piszczek's
face. He weathered the heavy going
of the third, fourth and fifth rounds,
and though bleeding freely, kept his
head clear after that
From the fifth round on to the end
Kilsner fought a fight of real ring
generalship. He covered in tight
places or else while PisZcZek was try
ing to set himself for right-and-left.
aimed to beat his adversary to it with
rights to the face. This began to
tell and by the middle Of the scrap
Kilsner opened up Piszczek's left eye
and kept it open. The last ten rounds
were practically even. In the nine
teenth Piszczek clinched the decision
by going after his man and keeping
Kilsner covered up, PisZcZek scoring
number of blows without a return.
Both men fought hard in the twen-
tieth but could do no damage.
Kilsner protested bitterly against
the decision but his seconds did hit
tie kicking. They realized that he
had fought against too long a iead
A return match would suit both sides