Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-31
Fights Ind Fighters
Two Accounts of the Bout Be
tween Maher and O'Brien.

tween Mahep and O'Brien.
One Says That Maher Had All the
Best of 1t, While the Other Init
mates 1t Was Even Up-Many Box
ers May Jump Into the audeville
Jimmy Handler Again Shows
His Yellowness- Other Talk On the
Boxers.
Here are two accounts of the Maher
and O'Brien contest last night:
First Account
Philadelphia. Oct 31.-For the sec
ond time in four weeks Jack O'Brlen
and Peter Maher met at the Penn Art
club last night for SIX rounds, at
catch weights, in the presence OF
small crowd Peter showed in the
first bout that his fighting powers were
ON the wane. for he inflicted but slight
damage on O'Brien, While the latter
punished the former Irish champion
severely about the face.
The fight last night was one OF the
t1ercest ever seen between big men in
this city. It was give and take from
the sound of the gong in the first
round until the end.
Despite O'Brien's exceptional clever
ness. Maher had the better of the strug-
gle in most every round. O'Brien was
forced to fight at a distance, giving
Peters hard hitting qualities due re-
spect.
This was a handicap that O'Brien
Il T.
as Makers reach is fully as long as
his, and the latter could only get to his
opponent by light iabs.
On the other hand MaIer often
caught UBrien with vicious swings.
He also had a distinct advantage in
the clinches, as under the agreement
the men were to punch in clinches
until ordered to break by the referee.
In the second round Maher caught
Jack with hard right and sent him
to tie floor. During the succeeding
rounds O'Brien failed to make good
impression because he was fearful of
a punch that would put him out Of
business.
The spectators gave the verdict to
Maher.
Second Account.
Philadelphia, Oct 31.-Peter Maher.
the Irish champion, and philadelphia
jack O'Brien spared six rounds last
night at the Penn Art club with even
nonors. The men were in fine condition,
and the bout was fast from start to
finish In the. second round Maher
f1oored O'Brien with heavy right
hand blow on the jaw, but O'Brien
was on his feet in an instant, jabbing
Maher three times in the face.
D1Irinor fhn fret fhIpa To11ndo O,Rriou
took the initiative, devoting most of
his attention to Makers face OiBrien
used his left to good advantage, and
occasionally varied the straight punch
ses on the head and neck with right
hand swings to his opponents stom-
ach. In the fourth round there was a
lively exchange of blows. Maher
reaching O'Brien jaw several times.
Both men tried to make it a finish in
the last round. Maher delivered a
smashing blow on O'Brien eve and
both countered on the jaw. Each
played on the face during the entire
round. In the early part of the con-
test Maher tried body blows, but
found them ineffective. He then fol
lowed OBrien's example by leading
for the head.
Jimmy Handler of Newark is a bad
actor. Wednesday night in Boston he
started out in ten round contest with
Bedford Walcott, brother of Joe, the
Black Demon, and lasted until the
ninth round when the referee stopped
the exhibition. Handler should now
retire to the woods, for his showing
was poor. In all his performances of
late Handler has demonstrated his I'M
fitness for even attention from mana
gers of boxing clubs. When he does
not quit he fakes and generally his en-
gagament makes trouble for all con-
cerned. In the preliminaries to the
bouts Jimmy Gardner of Lowell Sc
sured a decision: over Luther Manuel
and Chick Monahan beat Eddie DAILY
Of Baltimore.