The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-18
REFEREE STOPPED FIGHT
lie Declared the Sharkey-Maher Fight
TO Be "No Contest
sHARKEY WANTED TO MAKE A SPEECH.
The Crowd Would Not Listen to Him.
The Fight Was Stopped in the
Third Round.

Philadelphia. January lT-Tom sharkey
and Peter Maher who were heralded to
eight six rounds before the Industrial Ath
letic club for the championship Of ireland
at the Industrial hall tonight. were stopped
by Referee Recap in the middle Of the third
round In one Of the poorest exhibitions
ever given in this city. The men had been
arrested carly in the evening and bound
over in $1,000 bail to keep the peace and
this apparently reduced the steam Of their
blows Not blow was struck which
would have rocked bantam's head
When the bout had progressed for two
and half rounds amid iucessant cat calls,
Kisses and yells Of "tuke them off" and
fake" Referee Recap stepped to the side
Of the ring and said that he had been en-
gagged to referee contest. This is no
contest" he concluded, and the men took
their corners aud the contest was over
Both Sharkcy and the president of the
! club attempted TO address the angry crowd,
! but neither was permitted TO speak. The
! spectators were worked up 10 such pltch
that they broke chairs aud benches 10
( their desire to get even II was ltlle
/ satisfaction for the 1000 who had paid 81,
Tom Sharkey and Peter Maher. the pusil,
/ lists and James H. Mcfarland, an ofnclal
! of the Industrial Athletic club. under the
| auspices Of which organization the Sharkey-
/ Maher fight took pace tonight, We're ar
| rested late this afternoon on warrants
/ charging them with conspiracy to commit
| a breach of the peace. They were held in
/ 5000 bail to keep the peace and 10 appear
! in the court tomorrow morning. Bail was
/ furnished.
The warrants were sworn out by j d.
! BarnitZ a citizen who II IS understood,
! represented the Law and Order society or
! this city. More than dozen witnesses
were subpoenaed. most az them sporting
| writer's on Philadelphia and New York
| newspapers About half dozen witnesses
were examined and the magistrate cons.d-
| cred that there was sufficient evidence 10
warrant him In holding the prisoners. The
men promised thar there would he no knock
out no violence and no infracton of the
/ state laws regarding prize hghung ana
that they would engage only in a sparrlng
| contest. This promise was accepted by the
. magistrate and the BAH was fixed at 5000
for the three men. II they live up to the
promise they will he discharged on their
appearance in court tomorrow morning;
1t was $40 o'clock before the first OF the
enough pepper in the opening bouts to
whet the appettes of the crowd FOR the
Kid FITZGERALD colored. of Baltimore met
the Kentucky Rosebud" OF Philadelphia.
Jack Haegeriy Of Trenton bested Kid
Lew Ryail and Young" Kelly, both of
this city, fought six tame rounds to
draw.
There was tlresOme wait OF lVllA
minutes as the lighters insisted on seeing
their money before entering the ring. 1t
was IL 40 when Sharkey made his appear
ance. He was followed a moment later by
Maher Both men were greeted with ire
mendous applause.
Seated close to the ring were Champion
James j Jeffres and former Champion
Robert Fitzsimmous.
The men quickly donned the gloves and
| al Las the fight began
In Sharkeys corner were Dave sullivan,
a1s,4s Il
Callahan, Peter Lowry and Mike Camp
bell were behind Maker.
First Round--The men spared for few
seconds Sharkey heing the first to lead
Maher rushed to a clinch 1t was evident
, the men intended to obey the mandates 81
the court, for they merely tapped each
There were loud cries Of take them OF, q
and many of the spectators started TO leave
the building, There was not blow In
the first round hard enough 70 jar the
teeth Of a featherweight When the men
took their corners the hall rang with misses
and cries Of take them on and fake. y
Second Round-After fddliug for mo
ment Maher led right aud left in Shar
! keys stomach and they clinched. Sharkey
; slapped Maher on the face with the open
! glove, and the two men wrestled over the
, ring. Sharkey led with his right and Mahel
= ducked into light left uppercut. The
men continued their love taps and the
crowd continued TO hiss. Sharkey landed
light left and Maher countered with
good stif right over the heart Sharkey
landed his open glove on Makers face, but
. the blow was not hard enough to shake
: Peters head The men were dancing about
t the ring when the gong sounded.
Third ROund-Sharkey led for the wind
: but fell short and Peter tapped him OF
the face. Maher landed a light right oil
Sharkey's ribs and received a gentle tai
on the back of the neck he ducked
Maher led for the head and the men cllnch
ed and wresIled. Sharkey tapped Maize
on the head and got light blow on tn,
stomach In return.
In the middle of the round Referee Rocal
' walked 10 the side Of the ring and said
"Cientlemeu. ] was asked to referee
, contest; this is no contest"
= The men took their corners and Sharke,
= attempted 10 make a speech. hut the GROVE
was 50 hoisterous that his words were los
4 among the cat calls and Kisses. The con
test was then abandoned.