The record-union., 1897-06-10
contest Spike sticks to his colleague

and the crowd began to show signs of
impatience. Sharkey entered the ring
at 1910. He was accompanied by Joe
Choynski, Tim McGrath, Tom Lansing
and Solly Smith He chose the south
west corner, which was the one in
which the winner of the first bout had
sat. He was warmly received, but the
greeting which Maher got was vocifer-
Gus. Peter took his corner at 10:14.
His seconds were Buck Connolly, Pat
Scully, Peter Lowry, Jack Quinn and
Jack Cattanach.
"Pittsburg Phil'' held the watch for
Maher and Danny Lynch did the same
for Sharkey.
Maher came into the ring wearing a
black sweater and black trousers, while
Sharkey was enveloped in a big yellow
bath robe trimmed with blue. Maher
wore black trunks with a green belt,
and Sharkey green trunks with an
American flag for a belt. Both men
said they weighed 173 pounds.
Billy Brady announced before the
men stripped that the agreement be-
tween the men and the referee was
that in case of police interference if
either man was in such condition as
not to have a chance to win. in the
opinion of the referee the latter should
give his decision in favor of the other
man. but that if the referee saw that
the man having the worst of the con-
test had chance to win, then he was
to declare the bout draw. The men
were announced to box Twenty-Five
rounds at catch weights 1t was an
nounced that the men had agreed ia
break clean, and they could box with
either hand free
Then shook hands at 1926.
Round They spared carefully for
a minute, Sharkey holding his hands
wide apart. SharSey led for the stom-
ach and missed. Peter landed a light
left on the chest, and Sharkey sent his
left on the stomach, and then swung
his left on the chest. Sharkey tried a
right swing, but was short He tried
to swing again for the body, but fell
short once more. Sharkey, still on the
aggressive, swung his right ON the neck,
and they clinched. Maher jabbed his
left ON 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 the neck, and Shark
ey crossed his right on the neck
Sharkey put a left swing high up on
Makers arm. Maher sent in a very
low jab, but Sharkey stopped it with
his glove. Tom jabbed a left in the
wind, and swung again with left on
the chest. Sharkey led for the stomach,
and put low left on the stomach, and
Maher crossed his right on the head
Round 3-Sharkey led a left, but fell
short. Mahar crossed him with the
right on the chest Sharkey led left.
fell short, and then touched Maher on
the nose with a right swing Peter
feinted frequently, and tried to draw
Sharkey out. Tom jabbed a left on the
head, and they exchanged left jabs on
the face. Both men We're careful, but
Sharkey left himself very open when
ever he stepped back.
Round 4-Sharkey swung his left on
the shoulder, and jabbed the same fist
in the stomach Maher countered on
the head with his left. They then ex-
changed right and lefts on the face.
After missing two rights and lefts
Sharkey put light left jab on the
face, and they We're sparring when the
bell rang.
Round 5-Peter fiddled good deal,
and landed a left jab on the mouth,
and Sharkey jabbed his left on the
stomach. Sharkey swung a right on
the stomach, and Maher crossed his
left on the face Just then Sharkey
said: why don't you cut your mus
tache Off" and jabbed his left in the
wind. Then he jabbed 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 a long spell of
fiddling 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 a right on
the head. Peter led a left for the face,
but fell short, and then Sharkey sent
a 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 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.
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 a break
away Maher swung a left on the face
and a right on the jaw. which sent
Sharkey on his back at the ropes. When
Sharkey arose the men clinched and
were in that position when the gong
sounded Maher was using his right
hand, sending uppercuts on the ribs and
head, and did not break loose when
the gong sounded When they did
break one of Makers seconds rushed
over to take Maher over to his cor
ner, when Sharkey turned and punched
the second on the nose. There were
cries of foul while Maher and Shark
ey were clinched at the call 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 The
men were taken to the One Hundred
and -fourth-s street Station.
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