The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-10
DRAWN BY POLICE
THE FIGHT BETWEEN MAHER AND
SHARINEY STOPPED AFTER
SEVEN ROUNDS.
IT ALL ENDED In A MIX-UP.
GONG IGNORED AND BOTH MEN
FOUGHT ON AFTER TIME WAS
ED.
kNeCKDOwN FOR EACH PRINCIPAL
Not MEch Shown as 80 Their Rela-
We Merits by the Generally
Tame Fighting.


NEW YORK, June 9.-Peter Maher
and Tom Sharley fought tonight at
the Palace Athletic club for a $4,000
purse. At the end of the seventh
round the police interfered and the
contest resulted in a most unsatisfac-
tory draw. Never in the history Of
the ring has there been such an enor-
nous attendance at boxing bout in
this vicinity. There were about 10000
persons squeezed into the big building
at 10th street and Lexington avenue.
A more representative congregation of
well known sporting men has never
witnessed a boxing mill than that
which assembled at the club house to-
night The quantity of money which
would have changed hands had the
boat resulted in favor of either man
is we'll up in six figures. That there
would be police interference if the men
fought hard was feared by the ma
jority of those who purchased tickets,
but after the two boys, who took part
in the opening bout, had been allowed
to pummel each other without being
stopped by the police. those present
had hopes that the big fellows would
have a good chance to settle the ques-
tiOn Of superiority.
Maher was big favorite, but there
seemed to be plenty of money
on Sharkey. When they be-
gan operations Makers advan-
tage in height and reach was
very marked. Sharkey's style of leav-
ing himself open when stepping away
caused a good deal of comment, and
Ii was easily seen that Maher was in
no hurry to mix matters, as he evi-
IDENTIFY preferred to size his man up.
The boxing was very tame for five
rounds, neither man showing a mark.
In the sixth round Sharkey, with a
well directed straight right on the
mouth, sent Peter spraWling half way
through the ropes, where he struggled
for five seconds before he regained his
feet. AS Maher was getting up Shar-
key rushed toward him, but was called
back by Choynski, who was evidently
afraid that the sailor might commit a
foul Ten seconds later the gong
ended the sixth round, and when
Maher returned to his corner he spat
out a lot Of blood.
FIRST BLOOD FOR SHARKEY.
Sharkey's friends, when they saw
this, yelled First blood for Sharkey,"
and there was a great deal of cheer
ing. The seventh round was nearly
completed when Maher, after getting
in some good blows on Sharkey, sent
the latter to the floor near the ropes
with a left in the wind and a right
swing on the jaw. Tom was up again
inside of five seconds and rushed into
a clinch. In this clinch Maher kept
-icrht on m ND
when the gong sounded neither needed
the warning of the timekeeper, but
kept on hitting each other. One of
MAKERS seconds rushed over and
grabbed Maher. While he was trying
to pull the big fellow away Sharkey
swung his right on the seconds face,
daZing him. By this time the house
was in an uproar, and there were cries
OF foul from the partisans of both
men. The din was terrific, but was in
creased ten-fold when Inspector Nc
Laughlin ordered the police to arrest
all those concerned in the fight Po-
ncemen in uniform swarmed into the
ring, and number of detectives also
climbed through the ropes. The prin-
clpals were the first to be placed I'M
der arrest, and then the seconds and
referee We're told to accompany the
officers. While all this was going on,
the thousands of spectators were clam
oring for decision from the referee
hvhO was busily engaged arguing with
the officers who surrounded him. Fin
ally, it was made known that Referee
CClville had decided to call the bout
draw.
This did not seem to please a good
many. but, according to the conditions
agreed upon by both men, the judg-
ment of the referee was right and
proper
!. Those arrested, including the prin-
cipal. seconds and the referee. were
escorted to the police station, first al
lowing Maher and Sharkey to go to
their dressing rooms and put on their
street clothes All furnished bail So
far Brady has not been arrested Dan
LyEcn. of San Francisco, Sharkey's
tirnekeeper, and Steve O'Donnell, Of
New York, who acted as the clubs
tinGe&eeper, were also arrested and re-
leG-ed on bail.
re relative merits of the men is
Just as much Of a puzzle as ever, and
until they meet again and get q defin-
1te decision, their adherents will not
be satisfied. 1t was said that over
f40 900 were taken in at the box office,
and judging from the number of peo-
pie in the house, this was very con-
se1vative estimate.
PALACE CLUB CROWDED.
When the doors Of the Palace Ath-
ietic club were opened att o'clock Lex,
1ngtOn avenue was crowded with
surging mass Of people, each one EN-
deaVoring to get at the box office first,
ard the corridor at the entrance was
damned. Police Inspector McLaugh-
lin and Capt. Creedon, with a large
force Of blue coats as well as a big
force Of central Office detectives in
civilian dress, soon made the people
form in line and the ticket sellers were
kept busy attending to those who threw
their money at them in reckless man
ner By $50 o'clock there were over
5000 people in the house, and the
crowd outside did not seem to be in
the least diminished. Half an hour