Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-19
CHOYNSKI WHIPPED
Peter Maher Does the Californian
in Six Rounds.
NOBODY WAS VERY MUCH HURT
Meeting Announced q Twenty-Round
go, at Catch Weights Minor Events
of the Evenings sport
Late News.


Broadway Athletic Club. New York.
Nov. 1.-THE Broadway Athletic clue
played it's trump card tonight when its
managers announced 20-round go at
catch weights between Peter Maher, the
Irish heavyweight boxer, and Joe Choy-
nski, the Californian. There were only
two bouts on the program, but although
the price of admission was So and So. the
ticket Office was besieged with a continu-
Ous string of boxing enthusiasts and
when the fights began it was said tina,
every seat had been sold.
In the first bout Pasty Haley of Buffa-
10. N. Y, and Young Sisro of Providence.
r. l.. were antagonists at 116 pounds.
The police stopped the fight in the sew
enth round and Haley was awarded the
fight. He had made it one-sided almost
from the first and had severely punished
Sisro.
After burlesque boxing bout between
Paddy McGuigan of Newark and Johnny
Banks (colored) of this city, which last
ed four rounds. the event of the evening
was announced.
Peter Maher was the first to make his
appearance in the ring and Choynski was
only half a minute behind him. Maher
looked to be in excellent shape. Choyn-
ski looked to be trained thoroughly and
Weighed in at 167 pounds. Maher was
six pounds heavier, as he turned the.
scales at 173. AS the men agreed on
catch weights, there was very little to
choose between them, but Maher was
favorite among the betting fraternity at
z to when the men shook hands
Round /. Both spared carefully for an
opening. Maher led light left on the
body. Choynski tented twice with right
and landed left twice on the body. Maher
cent left hard on body. Choynski landed
two lefts light on body and in getting
away Maher landed left on face.
Round 2 Maher landed left on body,
Choynski left on face. Maher and Joe
exchanged lefts on face Maher swung
left on back of neck and brought his left
around on face. Peter landed a good
left on face and right on body. Joe
punched his left twice on body and both
jahbed lefts on face. Choynski slapped
Maher with left and right on face. Again
Joe sent left on face and Maher replied
with left face and right on body.
Round g. Maher was careful when he
came up again, but be let ChoynskPs Left
reach his wind three times without send
ing anything back in return. Maher
landed two lefts on face and Choynski
left on body and Maher led left on body
and Joe swung left on face. Joe then
landed left hook on neck. Maher forced
Joe to the ropes, hitting right and left
on body and face. Maher missed a
vicious right swing and fell to his knees
her landed two lefts on face
Round 4. Joe opened with a good left
on body. After fiddling for ha,s min
ute ChOynSki put his left on the wind ana
repeated the dose two seconds later Ma
her rused Joe to the ropes and smashed
his left on face. Choynski tented with
left and smashed his left on face. Ma
her tabbed right and left on face, and at
the sound of the gong landed light left
on top of Joe's head.
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left on body. Maher planted his left twice
on face. Joe landed left on face but
Maher sent back three good lefts on Joe's
proboscis. Maher sent left to body and
tried to cross right on jaw but failed. Joe
landed left on face. Maher rushed Joe
to the ropes and got in hard body with
left. Maher sent his left twice on face
and Choynski did likewise. Honors were
even when the bell rang.
Round s. Choynski rushed at Maher
and got in a good left on face. Both be-
gan smuggling with lefts and right on
body and face. Choynski staggered Ma
her to the ropes with a left on the chin.
Then they slugged right and left but the
Irishman's weight told and Choynski
went to the fiooor. He came up again
but be went down inside of three sec
ords from another right swing on the
head. This time Choynski stayed down
for nine seconds and as soon as Choyn-
ski staggered to his feet Maher rushed at
him with a we'll delivered right hand
swing on the jaw and knocked him down
and out The time of the sixth round
was two minutes and twenty-seven sec
0nds.
Choynslxi, who has frequently develop
ed wonderful recuperative powers, sur
prised everybody by regaining conscious
ness in less than minute and needed no
assistance from his seconds in making
his way to the dressing room.
The referee declared Maher the win
ner. Captain Gree, who is in charge OF
the police, made no arrests, as 1t was
very evident that neither man was in
jured to any extent worth mentioning.
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