The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
Sports Who Paid Dearly For a
Very Rocky Show.
MAHER O'DoNNELL FIGHT
1T LASTED JUST ONE AND ONE
HALF MINUTES.
Men Were Matched to Fight Twenty
Rounds or More, Which Practi-
cally Meant Finish, But Maher
Lays Out His Opponent With
Three Handed Punches.

New York, Dec. 25.-It took Peter
Maher just one minute and half in
the nrst to send O'Donnell of Austria
iia, down and out, this afternoon at the
Greater Athletic club at Coney is
land, formerly the Seaside Athletic
club. The men were matched to go 20
rounds or more, which practically
meant a finisk fight, but Maher saved
the management from infringing on the
Horton law by giving the Australian
his quietus with three left hand
punches. Maher also sent a right
handler to the head, but it was too high
TO dc any damage. ODonnelTs solitary
contribution was very short left,
which opened the battle and barely
grazed Peters breast The last time
the pair met in the Empire Athletic
club at MaSpeth L. l. Peter sent his
man to sleep with three punches in
one minute and three seconds.
This afternoon O'DOnnell was just as
nervous and i'll ct ease as he was at
Maspeth and showed plainly that he
was afraid of the Irishman- The Aus
tralian displayed unmistakable ner-
vousness when sitting in his chair dur
ing the preliminary times of the trying
the gloves, etc
Maher, on the contrary. seemed full
of confidence, and looked in splendid
condition. The betting was not very
lively. Big odds were offered on Ma
her, but there were few who were will
ing to bet on the Australian.
At p. M, the hour set for the pre-
liminary bout, there were not more
than 900 people in the building, and it
looked as though the frost outside was
TO be emphasized by another frost
OF a different nature inside. However,
the beautiful clear weather probably
induced many to hurry through the
Christmas turkey and take the journey
to the island. so that when the big
fellows shook hands at 1887, there were
fully $500 present. After Alec Brown
of Brooklyn and john Suter of the
same place, were announced as the
official referee ana Lirnekeeper respect
ivefy, the opening pair were put on.
The were Fred Wright of Peabody,
Mass, and Jerry Sullivan of Brooklyn,
who boxed ten rounds at 12O pounds.
Wright was substituted for Edward
McGloskey Of Philadelphia, as the lat
Ter was overweight The Peabody Toy
displayed unusual cleverneSS ana otter
the fifth round, had all the best of the
battle The referee declared Wright
the winner.
Although the principals in the main
event lost no time in getting into the
ring there was some delay before they
shook hands as O'Donnells seconds in
sisted on having one of the windows,
through which the sun was streaming
on their corner, darkened, and then
the first set of gloves was found 10 be
too small for the Australian, and they
had to be changed. O'DonneH was
looked after by Billy Madden, Sam
Fitzpatrick, Gus Ruling and Mike
Butler. Makers aides were John J.
Quinn, Peter Lowery and Pete Rurns.
After all the preliminaries were sat
isfactorily adjusted, TimekeeDer Suter
gave the signal at 1897 o'clock.
Round One-The men spared for
about five seconds. Makers face were
q determined expression, While ODon-
nelT appeared nervous and shifted i'm
easily on his feet. The Australian
though he saw an opening; he Shot
oft his left in a half hearted manner
and just reached Makers breast. Ma
her swung his left to the head and
they clinched While they were locked
together, they exchanged lefts at close
quarters. and Maher showed his right
up under O'DonnelfS arm, but the
blows were harmless. The referee
broke them, and then Maher shot his
right to the top of O'DonnelPS head
The Australian looked aStoniShed and
dropped his guard. The Irishman
came in like a tiger and sent his left
hand on the jaw. The Australian
stayed down about four seconds. When
ne got on his feet, Maher came at him
again and with a left handler that was
a combination of hook and swing,
caught the unfortunate Australian on
the left cheek just under the eye.
O'Donnell went to the floor with a
bang, turned over on his back and
was counted out.
His seconds helped him to his cor
ner. and he walked out of the ring all
right after a few seconds. When Ma
her landed the final blow, he did not
wait to see what O'Donnell would do, |
but went quickly to his corner. Then |
he went over and shook hands heartily |
with Billy Madden.
It was announced that a challenge |
had been sent on behalf of Maher to
Tom Sharkey to fight in the Greater
New York Athletic club. and also that |
if Maher was successful in that con-
test he would challenge the winner of |
the orbett-Fitzsimmons fight. The |
Disguised sports filed out through the |
snow, loudly bewailinE expenditures /
varying from 81 to Sc for a minute and |
a half of sport.