Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-01

the least WoTTy, and furthermore
missed many of his swings.
Some Classy Exhibitions.
! Next to the main event the best
bouts On the. program we're furnished
! by The LIST Field Artillery. The Rid
fnic.tSedate match was fast and excIt
! irte from start TO- finish. R1ldntc,
. though the smaller. was tie better
F.. man, and seEeraf: times had f4etatt.
{ on his klees tubing the, <Cualat: $: q
credit is due. 10 both these men of
| Battery C. for one of the best num-
bers of the afternoons entertainment.
Even better was the four-round
bout between Joey Leblanc of Bat
terry E and Dewey Roberts of Battery
c.. They were evenly matched and
were announced as weighing lbs
LfOnhdS Their exhibition was clever
Isas:wen as earliest md was even nlore
exciting thAa:tAe. final CO.: Admiral
[aawegE Roberts, who substituted for
John Downing of the 2nd Infantry,
showed the better form. Leblanc was
almost always the aggressor, started
the .miX-upS, but almost invariably got
the worst of the exchange of punches.
Chavez Wins. :,..~"
John Johansen of the department
hospital was outclassed by Joe Cha
vez of Troop +, 4th Cavalry. The
latter seemed to be heavier and had
the advantage of much stronger
build In the second round Johansen
was down for nine seconds and looked
like a goner, but he came back game
as ever and stuck out the four rounds.
He was Just as good as Chavez in
the third, but in the fourth was
knocked through the ropes twice. He
is one of the gamest little men that
has ever been seen at Schofield.
The Cooper Martin bout lacked the
pep and speed that had been expected
and was not received with any great
enthusiasm. Both of these men have
appeared to better advantage in other
bouts. Cooper seemed to have a
slight advantage in the affair He
landed stiff swing in the fourth that
floored Martin, but did him no harm,
for Martin was at him again before
the referee could start to count.
Swallowed His Gum. Hill. -. .
Three exhibitions were given by
members of the 25th Infantry, but all
three lacked earnestness and failed
to awake any great amount of inter
est except among the company parti-
sans. Willie Johnson of Company G
showed a little more aggressiveness
than his opponent, Henry Jackson of
Company H, bur it was clear that both
men were afraid of straining their
friendship by making the other fell
low mad. All that can be said of the
K lly-Wordlow match is that it was
comical in spots, and came near end
ing in a tragedy, as Kelly swallowed
a large wad of gum during the bout,
and had to be assisted to the hospit-
al, where the gum was removed.
! w. o. Jackson and Frank Rochon,
both of Company l., 25th Infantry,
were permitted to go on as an addi-
tional feature. They renewed an old
friendship and engaged in a hugging
match that took very poorly with
those who had come to see boxing.
After the second round they were
urged TO continue the affair over at
their barracks, and to let someone
else have a chance in the ring.
Music in the Air.
No small part of the entertainment
was furnished by the 25th Infantry
band, conducted by Chief Musician
Leslie King. Some ragtime pieces in
which the trombones were featured
were nailed with a storm of applause.
Lieut.. Robert Sears OF the 1st Infan-
try, refereed all the bouts except the
last and handled them in splendid
1t was record crowd that attend
ed the boxing Derby" as Chaplain