Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-13
A COOL HEAD AND
HOT FEET: Won
FOR MADISON
Shade in Many Rounds in Fa-
vor of San Francisco Fighter
Made Substantial aggregate
on Which to Base Decision
Over BauerSock
BY LAURENCE REDINeToN


head, enabled Eddie Madison to win
a decision over Sergeant Bauersock
in their 20-round mill at LeiIehua
Saturday night. The fight was so
we'll contested, and both men boxed
so prettily, with the minimum OF
damage to themselves, that there was
some surprise when Sergeant Maher,
the referee, thrust .Madison's glove
aloft as the gong changed the end of
one hours sparring. Many of the
ring fans who filled the big Infantry
Amusement Hall thought that a draw
would have been the right thing, but
on points Madison had a substantial
lead, and ,Maher, an experienced and
fearless referee, called the fight as he
saw it, and as II was
To the average spectator, who saw
round after round slip by without any
serious damage to either man, one
period looked very much like another,
and 1t seemed like an even break,
but to anyone who made a note of the
work done during each round, Madi-
sons advantage was apparent. The
rounds he captured were by very
slight margins In most cases, but the
aggregate made an advantage that
could not be overlooked. The writer
marked the important blows as they
were struck, and the sum total of the
tally shows that twelve rounds were
even, seven we're Madison's and one
is credited to Bauersock In most
cases Madison had his rounds by a
shade only, but the lead was there,
and he was entitled to the decision.
Even at Start ...
The first four rounds were about
even, the men fiddling and feeling
each other out, without getting many
punches across. The fifth, was the
only round that belongs to the Bauer.
sock column. the soldier getting in a
singing left hook to the Jaw, that
rocked Eddie's head and thoroughly
Jared him for a minute or so. "Sox"
also did some effective work in the
clinches during this period, and went
TO his corner with clear advantage
up to that time. The sixth was an
other even break, while the seventh
was Madison's by a shade, a couple
of left hooks to the face and an eff
fective right uppercut being the prin-
cipal blows. In this round Bauersock
tried to beguile his opponent into
danger by staggering out Of one
clinch in a groggy manner, but the
stall was too palpable, and Madison
refused TO be tricked. The eighth
was even and the ninth belonged to
the Frisco lad.
The tenth was a very fast round,
with Madison having shade the best
of it. The eleventh and twelfth were
an even thing, while the thirteenth
was all Madison, several telling jabs
to the mouth drawing the first blood
of the fight from Bauersock. Madi.
son had shade in the fourteenth,
while the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth we're draws, with neither
man doing much execution, but try
ing hard to land. Madison had the
eighteenth by large margin, and the
nineteenth by a shade, the twentieth
belonging properly In the even column.
6IoodIess Affair
. The fight was as pretty an exhi-
bition of boxing as one could wish to
see, and those who are inclined to
call prize fighting brutal would
have found no warrant for the word
as applied to this particular mill. A
slight reddening OF Bauersock's lips
in one of the middle rounds, and the
opening up of a previous cut eyebrow
in the eighteenth, and Madison's
slightly crimsoned nose in the fifteen
tn, we're the only signs of blood dur
ing the entire contest.
Madison carried the fight along at
a much faster clip than any of tho
previous mills between the two, and
at the end of the third, Bauersock
was putting like bellows, and looked
to be firing. He found his second
wind soon after, though, and both
went the fun route without physical
distress. Madison has, his fancy foot
work and his reliable left to thank
for his victory. 1t was no easy mat
ter to get a solid blow through the
saldied's guard, and BauersoCk has
improved his science one hundred Pc
cent since he first appeared in local
ring, and in the defensive game he
was almost Madison's equal. What
lunches Madison did get across wCr2
mostly left jabs which, hOwcve"
d!Gn'tc airy much steam. Bauersock
right end left hooks to the jaw, and
rjcht uppcrcuts in the clinches. He
worked hard at intightinS, but most Of
his strength was wasted. 70" Madison
Crtanglcd his arms so that the blows
were ipcnt before they landed.
nc Real Touchdown.
There were no knoCkdowns, hut in
tho third and nineteenth sessions
l,aucrsock slipped on wet spots, going
down rather heavily on his knees in
tic fist instance. Madison was on
him like a tiger as he re2ained his
feet. a little too quickly, most OF the
S. ectators thought.
The decision was received in silence.