The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-10

that the man having the worst of the con-
test had chance to win, then he was to
declare the bout a draw.
The men were announced to box twenty
nVe rounds at catch weights. 1t was stat
ed that they had agreed to break clean,
and that they could box with either hand
free.
They shook hands at 1925 O'Clock. The
story by rounds follows:
Round l-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 hand on
the stomach and then swung his left on
the chest. Sharkey tried a right swing
but was short. He tried a 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 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 the neck and Sharkey
crossed his right on the neck. Sharkey
put left swing high upon Maher's arm.
Maher sent in very low jab, but Sharkey
stopped it with his glove Tom jabbed
left in the wind and swung again with
a left on the chest. Sharkey put low
left on the stomach and Maher his right
on the head
Round 3-Sharkey led a left, but fell
short, and Maher crossed him with the
right on the chest Sharkey led a left,
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 a left on the head and
they exchanged left jabs on the face. Both
men were careful, but Sharkey left him
self very open whenever he stepped back.
Round 4-Sharkey swung his left on the
shoulder and iahhpd he RctO ba
stomach. Maher countered on the head
with his left They then exchanged right
and left smashes on the face. After mis-
sing two rights and iefts, Sharkey put a
light left jab on tn eface, and they were
sparring when the bell rang.
Round 5-Peter fiddled a good deal and
landed left jab on the mouth, and Shar-
Key Jabbed his left on the stomach. Shar-
Key swung a right on the stomach and
Maher crossed his left on the face Just
then Sharkey said: ''Why don't you cut
your moustache Off" and jabbed his left
in the wind. Then he jabbed 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 a long spell of fid-
ding and dancing around. Sharkey tried
to get Maher into neutral corner. Shar-
key led left on the stomach and fell
and Sharkey swung a right on the head
Peter LED left on 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 re-
mained six seconds. His mouth was bleed
ing when he got up and the bell rang ten
seconds later.
Round First blood for Sharxey in
| the last round sent his stock up and Ma
hers face wore a worried look, when he
came to the scratch in this round. Peter
| fell short on 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 in the stomach
Maher clinched and they broke away
| clean. Maher rushed and put right and
left swing on the face and they clinch-
ed. After a breakaway, 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 body and did not breakaway when
| the gong sounded. When they did break
| one OF Mahers seconds rushed over to
| take Maher 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 call of
time, but the police jumped into the ring
| ana created an uproar by arresting the
principals, the seconds and the referee.
The bout was declared a draw
| The principal event of the evening was
| preceded by a bout between Charley Ro-
! den of Jersey City and Robert Quade OF
this city Quade was declared the winner
in the third round.