The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-19
HOLMES IS LOOKING
.FORBATEL!NG FLYNN
Man Who Put Houlllon To Sleep
In Twenty-nine Seconds
Looks Higher

IN the squared ring circles or the
local army posts there Il lot Of tain
about matching Holmes Of thu Elss
enth Company, c. A. O, OF Fort Rueer
and Battling Flynn, the latter having
the reputation Of being one Of the
best mitt artists in the service.
A go between these two men Is I'm
mircnt and they win probably come 70,
gether some time next north when
big smoker is held IN Honolulu. the
proceeds Of which, Il Is said. win 20
to the Red Cross Society. Holmes :,
friends, and he has bunch Of them,
good. true and steadfnst, believe that
he win give Mr.. Flynn AZ much AZ the
latter RETURNS and probably enough
more TO give Holmes the shade Of the
transaction.
short and Merry Bout q
From reports brought from the feht
arena at Schofeld Bafraeks, the zen
eral run Of the bouts out there, on lin
coin Day was keen disappointment
One bout. however, Is said 70 have civ
en- satisfaction. but at that II was too
short, even though Il was sweet a.
far us 1t went, for what was 10 have
been a four.ronnd 90 between Holmes
and Leo Houillon came TO a mdder
Termination long before the first round
could run it, course. Twenty nine sec
0nds after the mitted rivala shoot
hands Holmes swung a sleep produce,
on Hohillon. II was long after the
referee had rested from the count thai
Houillon came to from his trance.
Therefore, Holmes friends think b.
can aspire higher md take on much
better man then he whom he put ~
sleep on TUESDAY night at ScboAeld
Barracks. =
Biz Crowd At Smoker
NJ Probably a thousand fans filed the
big First Infantry Amusement Hal'I
on Tuesdpy night to witness a merry
bunch Of bouts. AZ saidbefore Holmes
electrified the audience and dead eneS
his opponent to- everything in the
world for a little while when he hand,
ed Houillon package labeled tsK. o, Il
PugGie Price and Battling Flvnn
fought a fast fourround match, which
was the only other worthwhile min o.
the evening. The bout was a draw
with probably the shade 5oine mi
Flynn 3 favor. Still, Prices admirers
say he had the palpable edge IN tht
draw. s @
Thompson and johnson Of The Tween.
ty fifth went four rounds. There waf
n fair mixture of fight and comedy in
the bopt and as a laughter producer II !
was pot bad at all.
Thompson whispers
Thcmpson Of tho Hospital Corps and
Fityreraid Of the Signal Corps mixed
hut slightly, the 60 being a disappoint,
ment from the audience end Of tho
house. At one stage Of the proceed
ings. IL is said, Thompson gained the
ear Of the referee. What he told him
may no. be material, But there are
those who say that the exsbachelor re
ferred to an Interesting social event
which took place some time ago. Short
" before getting married Thompson
announced that he was pau with the
fight game, Last Tuesday, bout came
after the wedding, however. Thonp,
son told. Mr.. Referee then that It was.
again, bis last fight. THE bout was
tame draw, \ 3.
Green and Cooper mixed for four
rounds and a draw, shade in favor Of
the former. It was a Green shade, but
the edge was on Cooper, the latter,s
friends aver.
It Was Draw and Draw M,
Another draw was the result Of the
four-round mill between wasser and
Chavez. Both got the shade and edge
" one judges by the claims advanced
by the respective admirers Of the