The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-10
Fight Was 4 FIZZLE
Thousands of Sports Dis
gusted Over the Battle
Between Maher and
Sharkey.
D LOST TO QUADE
Close of the Big Shooting Festival
at Union Hill-Notes for
Misunderstanding at
Westside.


At the exhibition given by the Palace
Athletic Club last night, which is con-
trolled by Billy Brady and Pat Powers,
there was the coolest kind of a frost in
the event of the night, the twenty-five
round battle that was advertised between
Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey. The
managers of the club were officially noti-
fled several days before the fight by the
police officials that no real fighting would
be tolerated between the heavy weights
and at the first breach of the rules the
affair would be stopped and the principals
placed under arrest. Yet with this knowl-
edge the sport-promoters kept the facts
out of print as much as possible and
Went ahead with the arrangements, with
a big monetary reward in sight. They
were successful in two things. One was
in packing the house at fabulous prices,
reaping a big harvest in the box office.
The other was in putting the fight on.
That was all, the principals and the police
did the rest, the most prominent act
being performed in the seventh round, in
which he only real fighting was done
during the battle. The principals mixed
it up in this round at close range n
before n advantage to either man was
apparent the police and detectives swarm
ed into the ring and arrested the prin-
cipals, seconds, bottle holders and other
attaches. This was the coup to the event
that sporting men have been talking
about and the newspapers commenting
on for weeks. It was the most unsatis-
factory termination of a light since the
passage of the Horton law and has gone
a long way toward hurting the game in
the Metropolis. Sharkey was somewhat
of a surprise by his stiffness. while
Makers tactics We're a disappointment.
He permitted the sailor to do all the
leading and acted entirely on the defen-
sive. Sharkey was nimble and displayed
a great deal of cleverness. He was quick
with either hand and many of his blows
were delivered with lots of strength. For
six rounds the battle was all in Sharkey's
favor, what little work was performed
having been cut out by the sailor. He
foored Maher, nearly putting him
through the ropes in the sixth round with
a right handler on the neck. In the
seventh, after getting together, Maher
planted a clean hit with his left on
Sharkey's face, knocking him to the floor.
lie was up in quick order and Maher
rushing at his man expected to T7ish him
but the sailor had lots of fTf eft and
they slugged away at short RI keep
ing at 1t after the bell rang, which called
for the interference of the police. as
already noted. As far as it went Sharkey
had a commanding lead, but how long
this would have lasted had the fight con-
tinued meyer will be known. In the pre-
liminary fight Charlie Roden of this city
was defeated by Bobby Quade of New
York. This lasted two and a half rounds
and during the two rounds of this there
was more fighting than there would have
been in twenty between Maher and
Sharkey had their tactics continued in
the remaining rounds as they were pur-
sued in the first six. Roden was the ag-
gressor n fought himself out. He was
at his man all the time, and although
they mixed it constantly Roden's blows
were the most effective and he had Quade
on the entry to Queer street in the second
round but lacked the strength to push
him into it. In the third round Quade
was the fresher and soon had Roden in
distress, the referee stopping the fight to
save him a knockout. There We're more
sporting men present at the battle last
night from this. city than has ever been
at an event of this kind in New York.