The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-10

ser o. people IL the house, this was very
conservative estimate
the men shock hands at JOS
Round l. They Spared carefully FOR a
Minute. Sfarksy holding his hands vide
apart Snarzey iekl for this stomach and
missed ret@s landed light let on the
chest. and Sherkey sent his ie.r on the
stomach and tfea swung his left on the
chest Saarkey tried right swing, but
was short Tie tried 10 swing again for
the body but fell short once more Shark
ey. still on the aggressive. swung his right
on the reck and they ciinehed Naher
tabled lis left on the wind and swung
his rfght On rhe meek AT the end OF the
round
Round . After some sparring Maher
tabled his ie<t on the neck. ard Sha-key
crossed his right on the neck. sharksy
pu. q Jeff swing high up on Mahsrs arm.
Mahsr sent in a very iow 3ab. but Shark
ey stopped Il with his glove Tom jsbhed
EFT IN the wind and swung again x:.h
LEI, on the chest. Sharkey led and put a
low le<r OF the stomach. and Maher cross
ed his right on the head.
Round g. Sharkey led 4 ief; but fell
short. Aahar crossed hin with the right
on the chest. Sharkey led a LEFT, fell short
and then touched Maher on the nose with
d right swing Peter tented frequently,
and tried 10 draw Sharkey out Tom
tabbed a lesf on the head and they ex-
changed left japs on the face. Both uen
were careful. but Sharkey le{t himself
very open whenever he stepped hack
Round 4. Sharkey SWING his left on the
shoulder and tabbed the same fist in the
stomach Maher coUnterai on the head
with his LETT They then exchanged rights
end iefts on the face. After missing two
rights and let's. Sharksy pat a light left
on the face and they were sparring when
the bell rang.
Round 3 Peter fiddled good deal and
landed q left )ab on the mouth. and
Sharkey jabbed his left on the stomach.
Sharkey swung right on the stomach,
and Maher crossed his left on the face.
Just then Sharkey said: Why don't Gu
Gu. your rustache of?" and jabbed his
lest in the wind. Then he 5abbed right
and left on the face
During this round there Were cries of
fight. fight which showed that some
OF those present did not like such tame
boxing.
Round 6. There was long spell of
fiddipg and dancing around. Sharkey
tried TO get Maher into q corner. Sharkey
led left for the stomach. hut fell short.
Maher Jabbad left on the chest and
Sharkey swung a right on the head.
Peter led left for the face. but fell
short. and then Sharkey sent straight
right on the mouth, which put Maher
down and he fell half through the ropes.
where he remained fully six seconds. His
mouth was bleeding when he get 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
Peter fell short on a left lead for the
face. and Sharkey swung left and right
on the face and head. Sharkey swung
right on the ribs and jabbed his left to
the stomach. Maher clinched, and they
broke away clean. Maher rushed. and
put a right and left swing on the face
and they clinched. After the breakaway
Maner swung left on the face and a
right on the Jaw which sent Sharkey on
his back at the ropes. When Sharkey
arose the men ciinched. and were in that
position when the gong sounded
Maher was using his right hand. send
ing uppercnts on the ribs and head and
did not break when the gong sounded
When they did break one of Makers sec
onds rushed over to take Maher over to
his corner. when Sharkey turned and
punched the second on the nose.
There were cries of foul while Maher
and Sharkey were clinched at the cali Of
time. but the police jumped into the ring
and created an uproar by arresting the
principals. seconds and the referee. The
bout WAS declared a draw