Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-18
The Sharkey Maher Fight Is
Stopped in Middle OF Third
Round.
Fake Was Too Apparent..Spec.
tators Broke Up the
Chairs.
Sharkey Attempted to Make .
Speech But Was Howled
Down.

| fnllauelpnla, Ia, Jan. lo.-IOm Snar.
key and Peter Maher, who were herald
ed to fight six rounds before the Indus
trial Athletic Club for the championship
of Ireland, at the Industrial hall las
night, were stopped by Referee RocaI
in the middle of the, third round. in one
of the poorest exhibitions ever given In
| this city. The men had been arrested
early in the evening and bound over Ii
IS, 0G0 bail to keep the peace. This dam
pened their vigor and reduced the steam
| q their blows.
| There was not a blow struck which
would have rocked u bantam's head
When the bout had progressed for tive
and half rounds amid incessant cat
calls, Kisses and yells Of take them Off
and fake" Referee Docap stepped to
the side of the ring and said that he had
been engaged to referee contest. This
I is no contest" he concluded, and the
men took their corners and the contest
was over.
Both Sharkey and the president of the
club attempted to address the angry
crowd, but neither was permitted to
speak The spectators were worked up
to such pitch that they broke chairs
and benches in their desire to get
even" 1t was little satisfaction for the
1000 persons who had paid 81. SO and SIS
for seats.
The attempt made late in the after
noon to prevent the fight by the arrest
OF both Sharkey and Maher had no ef-
feet on the attendance and the big barn
like structure was packed at 9.15 when
the first of the three preliminaries was
called.
Kid Fitzgerald colored, of Baltimore,
met the Kentucky Rosebud" OF Phila-
delphia. 1t was good draw.
Jack Hagerty of Trenton bested kid
Fisher of Brooklyn.
Lew Ryan and Young" Kelly. both
of this city, fought six tame rounds to
draw.
kid" Stein and Billy Fairburn, two
Philadelphians met in the semi-wind-
up. the former having slight advan-
tage.
There was a tiresome wait OF forty
minutes. the fighters insisting on seeing
their money before entering the ring.
1t was 11:40 when Sharkey made his APP
pearance. He was followed moment
later by Maher.
Both men were greeted with tremen-
dous applause.
Seated close to the ring were Cham
pion James ]. Jeffries and former cham
pion. Robert Fitzsimmons.
T Little time was wasted in formaIities,
The men quickly donned the gloves,
and. at 11:45. the fight began. In Shar-
keys corner were Dave Sullivan, Jim
Buckley and All King. while Tim Gala
han, Peter Lowrie and Mike Campbell
were behind Maher.
First round-The men spared for a
few seconds. Sharkey being the first to
lead; Maher rushed to clinch.
1t was evident the men intended to
obey the mandates Of the court, for they
merely tapped each other.
There were loud cries of take them
off" and many Of the spectators started
to leave the building.
There was not blow in the first
round hard enough to jar the teeth of
a featherweight. When the men took
their corners the hall rang with
Kisses and cries Of take them off" and
fake"
Round two-After fddling for a mo-
ment Maher led with light left on
Stomach and they clincehd.
Sharkey slapped Maher on the face
with the open glove and the two men
wrestled over the ring. Sharkey led
with his right and Maher ducked into
light left uppercut. The men con-
tinued their love taps, and the crowd
continued to hiss.
Sharkey landed a light left and
Maher countered with good stiff
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 the
ring when the gong sounded.
Round three-Sharkey led for the
wind, but fell short, and Peter tapped
him on the face.
Peter landed right on Sharkey's
ribs and received gentle tap on the
back of the neck as he ducked. Maher
led for the head and the men clinched
and wrestled. Sharkey tapped Maher
on the head, and got light blow on
the stomach in return.
In the middle of the round Referee
Recap walked to the side Of the ring