The record-union., 1899-05-03
DECLARED A DRAW.
THE FIGHT BETWEEN MAHER
AND RUHLIN.
A Fast Pace Kept UP From the
Start With Honors Even at the
End Of Twentieth Round.

NEW YORK, May 2.-Peter Maher
and Gus Rubin fought a twentyround
draw before the Lenox Athletic Club
tonight. Maher was the favorite at
100 to 90. Six thousand people saw the
fight Maher weighed 1S1 pounds and
Rubin 100 pounds.
The moment the men shook hands in
the opening round Rubin went right
to his man, and landed a right on Ma
her which almost closed the optic. A
hard body sent Rubin to the floor and
he took the limit to get up. Peter
smashed hard right to the right eye,
bleeding it, and both slugged till the
belt rang.
IL the second round Rubin had all
the better Of the argument sending
straight lefts to the face, while Peter
played for the body.
The three succeeding rounds were of
a give and take order, but Maher out
pointed his man on leads.
Maher forced the fight in the sixth
sending the right to the face and neck,
but Rubin fought back so well that it
was anybody's fight at the sound of the
gong.
DUH VI MditI > eyes were We'll
bunged up when he toed the mark for
the seventh round, during which he
failed to make any visible impression
on Ruhlin's countenance.
In the eighth Ruhlil sent his right
up under Makers chin, but there was
not sufficient force to the blow to count
Toward the end of this round Rubin
sent a hard left to Peters eye, draw
ing blood, and the Irishman went back
with both hands. Maher was the
stronger when the bell rang
A straight left to the jaw from Rub
lin in the ninth round staggered Maher
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 went at his
man and landed on the body and head
very effectively.
Rubin led off with a straight left to
the face in the eleventh round. and sent
another to the mouth, making Maher
stagger.
Rubin forced the fighting in the
Twelfth, landing both hands on the
face and chest with vigor, while Maher
played for the body
At the beginning of the next round
Rubin was by far the stronger, but
he was very careful. He was fooled by
a feint for the jaw, and ducked into a
clean left uppercut on the chin, but
Makers blow lacked steam. Maher
had the call at the bell.
A right swing on the face at the
opening of the fourteenth from Rubin
almost put Peter through the ropes,
but the Irishman was game, and came
back and forced the pace, sending his
right to the body and an occasional left
to the neck and wind, but Rubin was
also very much alive, and gave an ac-
count of himself.
A rapid exchange of rights on the
head opened the Fifteenth and Maher
hooked his left three times on the face,
and sent his right. to the kidneys.
Maher had all the better of this round.
In the sixteenth the pace which both
had maintained up to this time was
evidently having effect on each of the
men, and Maher, contrary to expecta-
tons as to his staying qualities, came
up the fresher of the two.
Rubin was by far too slow when the
men met in the seventeenth and Maher
sent the blood flying from nose and
mouth with lefts and rights on the face.
Beginning the nineteenth round, Rub
lin jumped out of his corner like a
kangaroo. but Maher evaded his rush.
Rubin then ducked into left hook.
Round 20-Maher led but failed to
land. Rubin landed a right on the
head. and Maher countered on the body.
Ruhlin tried a left hand for 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 match a draw.