The Anaconda standard., 1895-11-12
In JUST O. SECONDS
Peter kaher Finishes Steve 0'Donnell
in Short Order.
CORBETT MAKES A SPEECH
He Sidewipes Fitz and the Crowd
Cheers-The Arena Was Full
of Enthusiasts-Woo
Loses on a Foul.

Maspeth. L. l.. Nov. 1.-THE sched-
uled 25-round mill between Peter Ma
her, the Irish champion. AMI Steve
O'Donnell of Australia. .y1o has oeen
long associated with Champion Ger
bett as sparring partner. caina to an
unmmely end tonight. 1t was cne OF
the quickest battles on record, for
O'Donnell was knocked out In one
round. only So seconds from the start.
Maher, however. gave his opponent a
chance. but knocked him down three
times in succession and the last time
O'Donnell could not rise.
Never since the opening of the EN-
pire Auhletic club has its arena been
so densely crowded as Tonight As
early as o'clock there were hundreds
OF people outside OF the club house in
cluding representatives OF the sporting
element from Boston. Philadelphia and
Chicago, drawn by the long promised
mill. In the betting Maher was the
favorite at 2 to /. while there were
some bets snapped up at 100 to so and
100 to 70 on the Irishman. as soon as
they were offered by those who were
taking O'Donnell's end of II.
The primary bout was a six-round go
between Caspar Leon OF New York and
Billy Smith Of Philadelphia, at catch
weights. In the first two rounds
Leon contented himself by the firing
out of his man. but in the third he
sent his right and left into the Phila-
delphian's face heavily. In the fourth
round each made the others nose
bleed. Smith received an overcut and
was weak at the close of the round.
Leon bagged the visitor badly in the
fifth. swinging twice heavily on the head
and tabbing him with both hands on
the hody and face. Smith landed a
good one with his right on the head
and body and Smith was remarkably
strong In the final round. but he was
no match for the New York boy, and
the referee declared Leon the winner.
As soon as the boys left the ring
loud cries for Corbett to make a
speech were made. Someone called
Three cheers for Fitsimmons," and
they were given with a will by I.anlxy.
Bob's partisans. many Of whom were
among the spectators. Corbett climb
ed through the ropes and from the
ring addressed the audience as well as
he could amid the cries and cheers.
He said: Gentlemen. thank you very
much. You have all the representative
newspaper men of America here to-
night, and all can say is IL was IN
England or Australia and acted as
Fbtzsimmons did In this match would
be chased out OF the country" Cheer
ing.)
ODonnell was the first to enter the
ring after Corbett had concluded. He
was attended by Billy Delaney, his
trainer. Jimmie McCabe and Henry
Murphy. Maher followed a minute
later. He was attended by Peter Low
rey. Peter Burns and Buck Cornelius
of Pittsburg. Jack McAuliff sat at the
ring side right behind Maher, and Billy
Brady was close behind watching
everything. He did not have TO wait
long, az the men got together and
IMaher. quick as lightning. smashed
his right on O'Donnell's Jaw. O'Don-
nell fell like a log. but regained his
feet ais the referee counted seven.
Maher gave him another and fioored
the Australian with another blow on
the jaw with his right This time
O'Donnell laid down for nine seconds.
The moment he got up Maher held
nlm IN Nhe same corner ana sent his
left with sledge-hammer force on the
right Jaw. ODonnelI fell fiat on his
back. and after being counted out had
to be carried to his corner. while the
referee announced Maher the winner.
Time. So seconds.
Men threw up their hats and yelled
like demons. Manv OF them succeeded
In getting into the ring and hugged
Maher. Corbett iumDed into the ring,
pushed his way over TO the visitor and
grabbed him by the hand and con-
graduated him. He said: ''Maher, you
have fought a good fiCht."
1t was rumored that Corbett had pre-
sented Maher with the heavyweight
championship. but this rumor was de-
MED later. The actual time that both
men were on their feet was 81 seconds.
The arena was not cleared for fully 30
after the fight was over
party had no excuse to
offer for the Australians poor show
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