The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26

New York, Dec. 25-It took lust
twcnty-sevcn seconds of time for Peter
Maher, the Irish heavyweight pugilist,
to again demonstrate his superiority in
ring tactics and hard. hitting qualities
over Steve O'Donnell, the Australian
boxer, in the arena of the Greater New
York Athletic Club, ut Conev island.
Both men were in cxccllenH9Bhdition and
trained to the hour Each of them was
confident, but Mnher's backcrs made
him II hot favoritc by layingodds ranging
from ) to . to on the Irishman's
chances of winning
From the outset AIaher never left the
result in doubt. He rushed ut O Donnell
the moment the referee called time, and
O'Donnell assumed the defensive The
biz Australian led his left for NIaher's
body, but the Irishman blocked the blow
with his right hand glove. Then Maher
sent his left to the chin and swung again
with his left in the face. He put O'Don-
nell to the floor Il second later with Il left
on the chin, and after the Australian re-
gained his feet Maher landed II left smash
on the jaw, following it quickly with il
left half hook, which sent O'Donncll
down in Il heap.
Steve rolled ovcr on his back in Il help
less condition and the referee slowly
counted him out. The big freshman
stood about twelve feet away from his
fallcn opponent while the referee was
counting off the seconds, and rs soon as
the referee Tailed ten n tremendous
shouC went up from the 500 people who
watched the brief encounter, and the
band played 1.-The Wearing of the Green
i'll honor Of the victor.
Thirteen months ago Mahcrand O'Don.
nell met at the Enpra Athletic Club,
NpS Ia I
her knocked out the Australian in sixty
three seconds. Since that time O'Don.
nell aud his followers have frequently
said that Steve would not rest content
until he had another try at Peter
O'''onIell trained faithfully for this con-
test.
O'Donncll was the first to enter the
ring. He climbed through the ropes at
3:3O o'clock, clad in n gray coored bath
robe His seconds were Sam Fitzpat-
rick, Billy Madden, Mike Butler and Gus
Ruplin, the Canton, o., giant. When
Maher emerged from his dressing room
five minutes later Il cheer went up which
shook the building.
AS soon as he got into the ring Malfel
bowed his acknowledgment for the warm
welcome extended to him and he never
looked better i'll his life. He was escorte.
by Peter Lowry, of Dublin. and Jack
Quinn, of Brooklyn, and his sparring
partner Maher when weighed tipped
the scales at III 12 pounds, and O'Don-
nell turned the beam at 1Sl. When they
stripped both looked to be in the pink of
condition. Maher wore black trunks
with II green belt, and O'Donneil wore
emerald green trunks.
Both SPARED for IL few seconds and
O'Donnel led his left for the body, but
Muhar htnpl- o1 l,n .,.;th Ia,
glove. Peter then dubbed his left hard
or the chin and landed heavy left swing
on the face. O'Donncll seemed to be un.
able to avoid Peters rushes. Maher sent
O'Donncll to the floor with hard left on
the chin and the Australian stayed down
four seconds. AS soon rs he got to his
feet O'Donneil assumed IL defensive atti
tude, but Peter quickly sent his left once
more on the chin, and as O'Donncll was
falling he caught him quickly with Il left
half hook, knocking the Australian down
and out.
O'Donnell was counted out according
to the rules, and Sam Fitzpatrick and
Madden. assisted by Lowry, carried him
TO his corner.
AS soon us it was seen that the irish
man had won IL tremendous shout went
up, ana the spectators rose as one man
TO their feet and hats, caps and umhrel-
las were thrown into the air.
Before the spectators left the house it
was announced THAI in all probability the
next contest to be brought off in the
Greater New York Club would he be.
tween Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey.
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