The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-17

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league in like manner.
There was a long delay in getting
| Maher and Sharkey to the ringside. ana
the crowd began to show signs of i'm.
| patience.
Sharkey entered the ring at ten min
utes past 10 o'clock. He was accomna
MED by Toe Choynski Tim McGrath, Ton
Lansing and Solly Smith. He chose tba
southeast corner, which is the one in
which the winner of the first bout had
sat He was warmly received, but tha
greeting which Maher got was vociferous
Peter took his corner ut 10:14, and his
seconds were Buck Connolly, Pat Scully
Peter Lowry, Jack Quinn and JACK
Catannach.
Pttsburg Phil held the watch for
Maher and Danny Lynch did the same
for Sharkey.
Maher came into the ring wearing q
black sweater and black trousers. Wbile
Sharkey was enveloped in big yellow
bath robe. Both men said they weighed
ia pounds.
Billy Brady announced before the men
stripped that the agreement between the
men and the referee was that in case Of
police interference, if either man was in
such condition as not to have u chance
to win in the opinion of the referee the
latter should give his decision i'm favor
of the other man, but that if the referee
say that the man having the worst of tha
contest had a chance to win then he was
to declare the bout a draw.
The men were announced to box TWEEN
ty-hve rounds at catch weights. 1t was
announced that the men had agreed ia
break clean and that they could box with
either hand free.
The Fight by Rounds.
They shook hands at 1926.
Round They spared carefully for a
minute, Sharkey holding his hands wide
apart. Sharkey led for the stomach and
missed. Maher landed a light left on +,
the chest and Sharkey sent his left ha,u.1(
on the stomach and then swung HE
on the chest. Sharkey tried Elfv
swing, but was short. Sharkey tritI n
swing again for the body, but fell SHOT,
once more. Sharkey, still on the ag1v
gressivc, swung his right on the neck
and they clinched. Maher jabbed his
left in the wind and swung his right on
the neck at the end of the round.
Round 2-After some sparring Maher
jabbed his left on neck and Sharkey
put left swing high up on Maher's arm.
Maher sent in a. very low jab, but Shar-
key stopped it with his glove. Tom
jabbed a left in the wind and swung
again with the left on the chest. Shar-
key led for the stomach and put low
left on the stomach and Maher crossed
his right on the head.
Round 3-Sharkey led left, but fell
short, and Maher crossed him with the
fell short and then touched Maher on the
nose with a right swing. Peter Tented
frequently and tried to draw Sharkey
out. Then he jabbed left on the head
and they exchanged left jabs on the
face. Both men were careful, but Shar-
key left himself very open whenever he
stepped back.
Round 4-Sharkey swung his left on
the shoulder and jabbed the same fist OH
head with his left. They exchanged
right and left smashes on the face. After
missing. two rights and lefts, Sharkey
put a light jab ON the face, and they
were sparring when the bell rang.
Round 5-Peter tiddled good deal and
landed left jab on the mouth. Shar-.
key jabbed his left on the stomach.
swung right on the stomach
and Maher crossed his left ON the far<
Just then Sharkey said: "Why do. 4
you cut your moustache off," and jabbel.
right and left on the face.
During this round there were cries of
flight, fight" which showed that some
Of those present did not like such tame
boxing"
Round 6-There was long spell of
iddling and dancing around. Sharkey
tried to get Maher into a neutral corner.
Sharkey led a left for the stomach and
fell short. Maher jabbed a left on the
chest, and Sharkey swung right on the
head. Peter led left for the face, but
hn rEn
straight right on the mouth, which put
Maher down. and he fell through the
ropes, where he remained fully six Sec.
Dnds. His mouth was bleeding when
he got up, and the bell rang ten seconds.
later.
Round First blood for Sharkey in
the last round sent his stock up, and
Makers face wore a worried look when
he came to the scratch in this round.
face, and Sharkey swung left and right
on face and head. Sharkey swung right
on ribs and jabbed his left in the stom--
ach. Maher clinched and they broke.
away clean. Maher rushed and put a
right and left swing on the face, and
they clinched After break-away
Maher swung a left on the face and a
right on the jaw, which sent Sharkey Oh
his back at the ropes. When Sharkey
aiosc Tie ueu cllucueu ana were IN ulaI
position when the gong sounded. Maher
was using his right hand, sending upper
cuts on the ribs and body and did not
break away when the gong sounded.
When they did break away, one of
Makers seconds rushed over to take
Maher to his corner, when Sharkey
turned and punched the second on the
nose. There were cries of foul, FOUL
while Maher and Sharkey were clinched
at the call of time, but the police jumped
into the ring and created an uproar by
the principals, seconds aS]1,
referee. MN
The bout was declared a draw.
The men will all be taken to
One. Hundred and Fourth street pos.
station. Nsss
Those arrested, including the principals.
seconds and the referee, were escorted to
the One Hundredth and Fourth street DO
lice station, where they furnished bail.
So far Brady has not been arrested
Dan Lynch of San Francisco, Sharkey's
time keeper, and Steven O'Donnell of
New York, who acted as the clubs time
keeper, were among those arrested and
released on bail.