The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-07
LOU H)JSENBN' 5 GOSSIP
PETER MAHER AND TOM SHARKEY
NO LONGER THE DRAWING
CARDS THEY WE'RE
GARDNER MGovKRN FIGHT
Gem Mace, EnEland's oId-Time
Fighter, Preparing to Celebrate
His SEVENTEEN birthday
Tomorrow Night.

CHICAGO, April 5.-(Speoial)-It is al
together probable that by this time those
two slugging eXpCnents of the art pugil-
istic Messrs. NIaher and Sharkey, have
began 10 realize that as hstic attract.o ns
they belong in the past tense.
Several weeks ago Peter and the able
seaman We're matched TO meet In a
twenty hve-round bout for the champion
ship of Ireland save the mark. Articles
were drawn up and signed, and the mus
cular twain sat down TO wait the nu-
merous bids, which their respective man
ayers assured them would be written,
wired and cabled from athletic clubs IN
all parts of the world where jousting
with the padded mitts is looked upon
with favor En- PEASANT, it may be OBJ
served that Thomas and his prospective
opponent are still waiting. The expected
rush OF hight promoters to secure the
match did not materialize, and conse-
quently. at the present time of writing,
the men appear to be as far off as ever
from coming together.
The reason for this coyness on the
part Of the fight promoters is not hard
to find. 1t is an established maxim in
sporting circles that the public have no
use for a loser, and both Sharkey- and
Maher nave figured in that role so fire.
quenly that their value as drawing
cards is way below par The Irish cham
pion, as Maher is usually termed is no
longer the stalwart young fellow that
gave Bob Fitzsimmons such a tough
argument at New Orleans after his first
arrival in this country in 1892. OF late
Years he has shown a decided disincIna-
ton to train for any Of his contests. pre-
terrIng to enter a ring hog fat and take
chances of winning out through the
medium of a single punch rather than
undergo the course of preparation neces-
sary to insure success
In his bout with Joe Choynski here last
year. Maher showed clearly that his
speed had left him. The Californian has
also seen his best days, but on that oc-
casion he found no difficulty in l1eeptng
Maher at a safe distance and peppered
the big Celt with left-hand labs through
the entire six rounds, winning the verdict
with ease.
Since then Maher has done nothing of
any consequence in the squared circle
He has scored wins over such third
raters as Conroy, Haines and Jefrords.
Also for the 'steenth time he put poor
useless Steve ODonnell to sleep. Outside
OF these few feeble stunts IN the arena.
Peter has not added a single victory to
his record, and can no longer be looked
upon as championship possibility
The mauling Sharkev was subiected 70
at the hands of Rubin and Fitzsimmons
besides injuring the sailors reputation
oid not tend to improve the Iatter's phv
seal condition. Although the hardy far
is justly rated as one of the toughest
specimens of humanity that ever answer
ed the sound of the gong, his SQUARE
slnewy frame must have suffered consid-
cradle damage from the buffeting of his
opponents in the past
In fact IT 80.
whether he or Maher has Travelled +ho
further on the down grade. The sailor
mas the caIl III point of age as he is near.
y -FOUR years younger than the man from
Gal"&y ana also possesses the advantage
Oh having taken better care of himssIf
IMAM Maher outside of the ring.
II Is hardly likely that Sharkev vim
LAKE TRIP to the Klondike to light
rank Slavin, although a purse of s1o t0n
has been offered by a Dawson CiF,7 s;,n
dlcate for such a contest. The IIlondilLo
region IS a long way off and the ex>
penses of getting there would datract
considerably from the value of the win
ner's end. There is little doubt but mar
Sharkey would decisively defeat the
Australian who is relic Of a past gen
Grafton and has passed the age of MOS
hstic usefulness, but the son of tba
ocean prefers to look for game nearer
home. -'-@'' u
Sharkey is slated to meet Fred Russau
the big Californian in a ten-round 90 -
Denver on April &c. Russens most 0of-
able performances We're a knockout of
Jack Mccormick in one round and a
scrambling fight with Choynski in which
the latter is said to have had much the
worst of the argument. being chased
merrlly around the ring for several
ROUNDS and finally knocked clean thronab
the ropes. Russell, however lost the de,
clslon on an alleged foul. but not before
ne mad proved pretty concIusively that
ne was Joe's master. Judged from q
form standpoint Russell does not class
with Sharkey and if the sailor fights I'M
to his old standard he should manage 70
trim his big opponent before the Limit 10
reached. -
Russell may furnish the wise men with
surprise. however. Tommy RYAN is of
the opinion that Sharkey is up against
II ana predicts the downfall of the latter
INSIDE OF the ten rounds Scheduled
should the ex-Syracusians prophecy
come true it viii mean the winding IN
VI 0harkey's career as a fighter.
~ me match between Oscar Gardner .nd
10y MSGoVern, scheduled to take n1ana
IN San francisco, on April 70 hos 49,
rather severely criticised by sport wri 1een