The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-03
.RUHLIN-NAHER FIGHT A DRAW
BIG FRESHMAN THOUGHT HE
HAD AN EASY THING.
Smuggling Match From the Start, In
Which the Blood Flowed Freely
Some Clever Boxing.

New York, May Peter Maher and
Gus Rubin, the Akron giant, fought
a twenty-round draw before the Lenox
Athletic club tonight.
Maher was nine pounds the lighter of
the two. Maher was the odds-on IA
vorite at 100 to so. Six thousand people
saw the fight. Maher weighed ISL
pounds and Rubin 100. AS soon as the
referee called them together for in
structions, Maher sized up his oppo-
nent. and as he retired to his corner ne
said, I've got an easy thing.
The moment the men shook hands In
the opening round Rubin went right
TO his man and landed q right s-nasa
on Maher, which almost closed the
right eye A hard right on the body
sent Rubin to the floor, and he took
the limit to get up. Peter smashed a
hard right to the right eye, bleeding
it. and each sIugged till the bell rang.
Maher forced the fighting in the
sixth. sending left and right to the race
and neck 1t looked for moment that
Maher was going to knock RuhIln INTO
the land of dreams, but Rubin woke
up Unexpectedly and fought back SO
cleverly that 1t was anybody's night at
the sound of the gong.
Both of Makers eyes were bunged up
when ne toed the mark for the seventh
round, during which he failed TO make
any visible impression on Ruhlln
countenance.
Ruhlins eyes were in mourning when
he came up for the tenth round, ana
Peter sent lefts and rights to the op-
ties in quick succession Gus was
equally ambitious and went all over his
man. landing on body and head very
effectively.
Rubin forced the fighting in the
twelfth round. landing both hands on
face and chest with vigUr, while Maher
played continually for the body, with
a lookout for a possible cross on the
jaw
At the beginning of the next round
Rubin was by far the stronger, but
he was very careful. He was fooled by
a feint fer the jaw, and ducked into a
clean LETT uppercut on the chin. but
Makers blow lacked force. Maher had
the call at the bell
A right swing on the face at the
beginning of the fourteenth round from
Rubin almost put Maher through the
ropes, but the Irishman was game, and
came back without q falter. Maher
forced the pace, sending mis- right to
the body and an occasional left 10 the
neck and wind, but Rubin was also
very much alive and gave an account
of himself
In the sixteenth. the pace which
both had maintained up to this time
was evidently having a serious effect
on each of the fighters, and Maher.
contrary TO all predictions as to his
staying qualities. came out of the mill
at the close of the round by far the
fresher of the two.
Rubin was by far too slow when the
men met in the seventeenth round, and
Maher sent the blood flying from nose
and mouth with let's and rights on the
face. At the close of the round Maher
was still on the aggressive and had
Rubin in d neutral corner.
At the beginning of the nineteenth
round Rubin jumped out of his corner
like a kangaroo. but Maher evaded his
rush. Rubin then ducked into a left
hand hook, which bled his right eye.
Round 20-Maher led. but failed to
land. Rubin landed a right on the
head and Maher countered on the stom-
ach- Rubin tried a left hand on the
head. but missed, and Maher got under.
countering on the wind. He was will
ing to rush matters, but Rubin stood
OFF his rushes and the referee decided
the hout a. draw.