Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-02-04 | Page 6 | Bloody Boxing Matches among Hawaiians

Bloody Boxing Matches s Among Hawaiians Among the men of the ancient Ira Ira- there were boxing matches that were regul regulated t d strictly by prize and ring i an rules umpire administered These by bouts managers n were usually between r representatives of Jealous clans and it was considered the duty of the first victor to challenge challenge chal chal- lenge again and to continue doing so until he himself was knocked out by some one of the opposing clan Then his conqueror passed on the p challenge When no more responded to a challenge the man who still held the ring was declared winner win win- ner ncr of the tournament These These boxing matches matches' often were fatal to one and sometimes to both bothof of the participants One writer on early day Hawaiian sports says The spectators delighted In blows that brought blood and stimulated the combatants with shouts and i yells of applause dancing and other wild expressions expressions expressions ex ex- ex- ex of delight until as It frequently frequently frequently fre fre- happened many were slain For the general excitement often led to the entire clan engaging in a regula regular regular regu- regu la lar r free for UNCLE GREAT-UNCLE WILLIE WILLIE WILLIE- High Sigh on our dining room wall and amI little and n neat at For ye years rs Uncle Great-Uncle Willie Has watched us sit and eat At breakfast dinner supper Parties and afternoon tea I cant can't help thinking sometimes How hungry he must be But he never looks reproachful Though cruel it must seem To be a family portrait On days when theres there's ice cream A te verse spread by Rachel Lyman Field on a a. page of the St. St Nicholas Magazine l for January