Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-03
MAHER-RUHLiN BOUT is DRAWN
Twenty Hard Rounds Fail to Decide
Supremacy and Referee Ends
the Fight.

NEW YORK, May 2.-Peter Maher and
Gus Rubin, the Akron Giant" fought a
twenty-round draw before the Lenox Ath-
letic club tonight.
Maher was nine pounds the lighter of the
two. Maher was the odds-on favorte at
100 to 60. Six thousand people saw the
fight.
Maher weighed 1S1 pounds and Rubin
1870. AS soon as the referee called them
together for instructions. Maher sized up
his opponent and as he retired to his cor
ner he said: I've got an easy thing"
The moment the men shook hands in the
opening round Rubin went right at his
man and landed a right smash on Maaher,
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 slugged TIL the bell
rang.
In the second round Rubin had all the
better of the argument, sending, straight
lefts to the face, while Peter played for
the body.
The third round was of a gve-and- take
aging blows on wind and head. Rubin
remained on the defensive and was look
ing for an opportunity to get in cross,
but Peter was too clever, and crossed MS
right to the head frequently, the blows
landing too far back of the mark to be
Maher forced the fighting in the sixth.
sending eft and right TO the face and
would knock Rubin into the land of
dreams, but Rubin woke UP unexpectedly
and fought back 50 cleverly that 1t was
Both of Maher's eyes were well bunged
up when he toed. the mark for the seventh
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In the eighth after a long spell of spar
ring, Rubin sent his right up under
ficient force in the blow to count. Toward
the end, OF this round Rubin sent a hard
left to Peters eye, drawing the blood, and
swinging On neck and body. Maher was
the stronger when the bell rang. ,,,-
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he came up for the tenth round and Peter
succession. Gus was equally ambitious and
went all over his man, landing on body and
head very effectively.
to the face in the eleventh round and sent
another to the mouth making the Irish
man stagger
Peters Strength seemed to give out while
Rubin held his own and when the bell rang
Rubin had the call on points and endur-
round, landing both hands on face and chest
with ylgor, while Maher played continually
for the body with lookout for possible
At the beginning of the next round Rubin
was by far the stronger; but he ne was as very cry
on the chin, but Maher's blow lacked steam
Maher had the call at the bell.
A right swing on the face at the begin
ming of the fourte5nth round from Rubin
almost put Maher through the ropes, but
the Irishman was game and came back
without a falter. Maher forced the pace
sending his right TO the body and an occa-
sional left to the neck and wind but Run
lin was also very much alive and gave an
account of himself.
A rapid exchange of rights on the head
opened the fifteenth round and Maher
hooked his left three times on the face and
sent his right hand to the kidneys Maher
had all the better of this round.
Ir the sixteenth round the pace which
both had maintained up 10 this time was
evidently having a serious effect on each
of the fighters and Maher, contrary to all
prediction as to his staying qualities, came
out OF the mill al the close of the round by
far the fresher OF the two.
Ruhlin was by far too slow when the men
met in the seventeenth round and Maher
sent the blood flying from nose and mouth
with lefts and rights on the face, At the
close Of the round Maher was still on the
aggressive and had Rubin I'm a corner.
Beginning the nineteenth round Ruhlin
jumped out of his corner like a kangaroo.
but Maher evaded his rush. Rubin then
ducked into left hand hook which bled his
right eye.
In round twenty Maher led but failed to
land. Rubin landed right on the head and
Maher countered on the stomach. Rubin
tried a left hand for the head but missed
and Maher got under, counterng on the
wind. He was willing TO rush matters, but