Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-04-04
Especial Star. bulletin Correspondence. !

The 1st Infantry Athletic Club held
its first smoker last night at the regi-
mental amusement hail. and six lively
boxing bouts were enjoyed by the
700 or more members of the new club.
The membership of the club is limited
to the capacity of the hall, and there
is plenty of room for more members.
Lieut.. J. w. Simons, Jr. athletic Off
Ger of the 1st Infantry. intends to
hold smoker every month, and IL
every entertainment is as good as
the one held last night the popularity
Of the club will know no bounds.
The main event was between Bobbie
Moore of X Company and Willie
Burns of G, and was scheduled to go
six rounds. Moore Is one OF the fay-
orite ring performers at Schofield.
and it looked in the first round as II
he had run up against little more
than he could manage. Burns pushed
the fight and waded into Moore Ike q
whirlwind, following him around the
ring. Moore kept out Of his way and
covered, occasionally stopping his
rash adversary with straight arm
iab.
Burns is Knocked Out.
In the second round il was much
the same, but only for few seconds.
Burns had lost much of his speed.
and all of a sudden Moore landed a
short right arm jab to the jaw. Moore
sank to the floor and took the count
and then some Both men weighed
in the neighborhood of 130 pounds.
The semi-firals consisted of six
round bout between A. Eekstein of
the Machine Gun Company and VIII
liam j. Fitzgerald of Company F. Both
weighed In the neighborhood of 125
pounds. II was good little go and
some stiff punches were exchanged.
In the first round Eckstein did most
of the fighting and gained much ap-
plause. Fitzgerald had little the
best of it in the second, but thereaf-
ter it was nip and tuck, and the go
ended with the honofs about even. No
decision was given by the referee.
Fast Preliminaries.
William F. Griffin OF Company F
and Albert Al. HiTdebrandt of Compa-
ny II entered the ring for the first
bout or the entertainment. They
swung at each other for four rounds
with very little display of science.
Griffin had the stronger punch and in
the fourth had Hildebrandt on the
mat for a count OF seven. Hide
brandt stuck II out, however, and left
the ring rejoicing that he had no
more rounds to go.
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Frank Cunningham Of G Company
and Jimmy Curtin of z went on for
the second go, Curtin substituting for
Charlie Mack, who was unable to ap-
pear on account of Illness. Curtin
stuck out the four rounds against Gun
who he found to be a shifty
little scrapper Cunningham is q
strong infighter and got IN some tell
ing jabs at close range.
Patrick Makes Hit.
Trop Patrick OF G Company put UP
the best exhibition of boxing that was
seen last evening. and it is a regret
to all that he leaves for the mainland
on the transport sailing about April
13. He is fast on his feet and has a
free swing that is liable to knock
anything silly that gets in front Of
it. Adam A. Jankowski Of Company
II was the one to get in front OF 1t
last night. It is much to JankoWskf's
credit that he dared to get In front
OF it at all, and still more to his credit
that he remained there for a period
Of almost four minutes duration The
weight of Patrick was announced as
l65 pounds, while that of Jankowski
was announced as 170 The go was
TO be for four rounds. but Jankowski
came to grief in the second as above
stated.
Number four on the program was
four-round match between Harry A.
Phillips of g Company and Joseph
Shan of K Company They were both
as weighing 122 pounds,
but it was plain to anyone taking a
half sight on Shan that he outweighed
MS opponent by something around 10
pounds. Shan is a husky little fight
pr and puts his whole weight into
his swings He is fast on his feet,
too, and is the kind that the fans
would like to see in the ring again.
Phillips put up a plucky fight against
Shan and stayed the full four rounds
He took some hard punches and gave
almost as many in return
Though all the participants were
rom the 1st Infantry, Lieut.. Simons
hopes at the next smoker to have
lew ringsters from some of the other
regiments. Lieut. Robert Sears re-
'ereed all the bouts and handled them
n fine style The announcements
we're made by Cpl ]. j. Quinn of H
Company, who is to meet Cpl. Edward
Dennis of the 91st Company, Coast
Artillery Corps, in the main event at
he big boxing exhibition to be staged
1t the post athletic park on April "a.
Chaplain Fea1y was present, looking
,Ver the contestants with a view to
selecting clever mitt artists for future
exhibitions, and he was greatly dis
appointed when he found that Patrick
vas to leave the garrison so soon
Membership in the club is open to
III officers OF the army and to all en-
listed men Of the 1st Infantry There
s no initiation fee, and the monthly
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