The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-09
GODDARD WHIPS MAHER.
The Irish Champion Knocked Out by the
Australian in the Third Round.

CONEY ISLAND, N Y. Dec. S.-About
s, Geo sports. representing every element Of
sporting lite. crowded into the Coney
Island Athletic club house tonight to see
the great fight between Joseph Goddard,
the Australian, and Peter Maber, claiming
70 be champion of Ireland. The crowd
had come to see blood. and their fullest
anticipations in that line were realized.
Goddard knocked out his man after three
fierce and bloody rounds. Goddard was
the favorite in the betting. He lacked
science, but was much the stronger OF the
two. having twelve more pounds than
Maner in his favor. The fight was FOR a
purse of s.. 800 the winner 10 receive *, 800
aud the loser 81 900.
Round /. The men SPARED cautiously
at first. Goddard led aud forced Maher TO
his knees, when he took advantage of the
necessary ten seconds. Maher drew first
blood Each fought ike wild cats. Maher
landed right aud left. but was forced 10
the ropes by Goddard, who WAS so tired
that he could hardly stand. Maher made
IA great rally but his blows only seemed TO
make Goddard angry, and he hit right ami
left, landing at will. Maher was wild and
landed his right four five times, but
Goddard only went at him more determln-
eGly. Maher was winded aud unable to
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he stag ggered to his corner.
Round 2 Goddard landed with the Left,
and then the men closed into hard luhgbt-
ing, hitting with the right and the lett
until Goddard landed right that sent
Maher to the floor. He WIS up in time
and they were smashing each other with
the right and the lett at the close or the
round. Neither showed the slightest sgHs
of science, and both had received terrific
punishment.
Round , Both came up looking dazed
in the third round, but both were de-
ttrmiued Neither showed the least
science. but rained blow after blow OH
each other fast and hard. Goddard was
the worst punished, for his face was COW
cred with gore, which flowed in streams
down his breast. He went ut Maher like
a beast and fairly beat him down by brute
strength. The Irish lad stood up gamely
under the shower of blows, but at last was
laid low by n straight right on the jaw,
and fell face down on the floor. The crowd
was fairly crazed with excitement.
DAWSON DOWNS o'CoNNELL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec S.-George Daw-
son, the clever young Australian, met
Dan O'Connell at the California Athletic
cluD tonight and knocked him out In the
twentieth rorund, sustaining the favor OF
his heavy backing Much interest had
been manifested. O'ConnelPs s friends back
ing him on his record for gameness and
cleverness. The odds at the ringside was q
TO 10 in favor of Dawson. Both weighed
in under l4S pounds. The prize was $1,000.
the loser taking 1880.
Both fought continuously and honors
were about even up to the fifth round,
when O'Connell rushed In on Dawson,
hitting him repeatedly in the mouth, and
drawing first blood. Both continued wary
| up L o the eleventh, Dawson appearing al
the better advantage IN that round. Daw-
son landed heavy swing on OConnell'
mouth, drawing blood and aJ the end oi
! the round he had the easterner against ths
ropes. In he thirteenth round Dawson
! smashed O'Conueil iii the neck, aud the
latter retaliated by knocking the Austral
ian to the ropes.
| In the fourteenth round Dawson smash
ed his man from pillar to post, making
O'Connell gasp for wind, he latter show
ing himself TO be no match for Dawson
| In the seventeenth round the BostOnisu
lodged repeatedly to save himself, almost
/ falling to the floor several times. In the
twentieth round Dawson again put the
Bostonian to flight with determined
front.
The Australian got his opponent neal
the latter's corner. O'Counell dropping OF
his hands aud knees TO avoid swing
sGayiug down nine seconds. When he
arose Dawson worked him over to the op
posite side aud, as O'Connell bent his
head, dropped him fiat on his back with
an upper cut, near the ropes, knocking
him out.