The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-03
Maher and Rubin
Fight Twenty
Round Draw.
AN EVEN MATCH.
Both Pugilists Badly Bat
tered Around the
Eyes.

New York, May 2.-Peter Maher, the
Irish champion heavy weight pugilist,
fought his longest and best battle in
a roped arena when he met Gus Rub
lin, the Akron giant" before the Lee
nox Athletic Club tonight. The men
met for twenty round contest, Maher
being the lighter of the two Six thou
sand persons witnessed the bout. Ma
her was the odds on favorite at 100 to
so. The referee decided the bout a
draw at the end of the goth round.
In the first preliminary Bob Gormully
of New York made Jack Lawson the
terrible Swede," of this city, quit in
the second round of an encounter at
1874 pounds: and in the next bout Cor
mully defeated Harry Stiles, colored,
also of this city, putting the negro to
sleep in the fourth round with right
hand punch in the jaw.
Rubin and Maher then entered the
ring. The men were announced to go
20 rounds at catch weights under
Queensbury rules Maher weighed 1S1
pounds and Rubin 100, at o'clock. In
the first round Rubin landed a right
smash on Maher which almost closed
the optic. A hard right on the body
sent Rubin to the floor. Peter later
smashed a hard right to the right eye,
bleeding it. In the second round Rub
lin had all the better Of it.
In the third round Maher outpointed
his man on leads and sent in damag-
ing blows on wind and head. Rubin
was on the defensive. The fourth and
fifth 11T1nUpntf111 M a n
forced the fighting in the sixth round,
but Rubin fought back cleverly. Both
of Makers eyes were bunged up when
he toed the mark for the seventh
round, during which little was done. In
the eighth Rubin sent a hard left to
Peters left eye, drawing the blood
and the Irishman went back with bot1
hands swinging on neck and body.
A straight left to the jaw from Rub
lin in this ninth round staggered Ma
her. although he exchanged rapid
blows on the body. Ruhlin's eyes were
in mourning when he came up for the
tenth round, and Peter sent lefts and
rights to the optics in quick succession.
Gus landed on body and head effective
ly. Rubin sent q straight left jab to
the face in the eleventh round and
another to the mouth, making the
Irishman stagger.
Rubin forced the pace in the 18th
round. In the next round Rubin was
much the stronger, but he was care
full. Maher had the call at the bell A
right swing on the face in the 18th
round from Rubin almost put Maher
through the ropes, but the Irishman
came back without a falter. Maher
had all the better of the 18th round In
the 10th round, the pace was evidently
having a serious effect on each, but
Maher at the close was the fresher.
Rubin was too slow in the 18th round,
and Maher sent the blood flying from
nose and mouth with lefts and rights.
Hard work on both sides was the
condition of affairs in the 18th round.
In the 18th round, Rubin ducked into
a, left-hand hook which bled his right
eye. Maher whipped in two left upper
cuts on the body, and sent in two clean
lefts on the body. In the goth round,
Rubin landed a right on the ear and
Maher countered on the stomach and
later on the wind. Rubin stood off
Makers PUSHES and the referee Char
ley White, decided the bout draw.