Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-07
THE PUGILISTS.
Peter Maher Put to The Mat In
 The First Round.

M9$ltT~-4oun& CorDetE As AAteE Battle in the East-Old Tom Allen and the Fights He Had.
 Boston, Mass, April 7.--George Gard ner of Lowell knocked out Peter Maher the Irish champion, in the first round of what was to have been fifteen round go at the Maverick A. C., East Boston, last evening. The quickness with which Maher was put out created the Impression that he fought q fake battle, but after he was carried to his corner 1t was seen that he had received A hard wallop and had big cut over his left eye, the result of his face coming in contact with the door when he fell
 Gardner was in fine fettle and Maher looked to be in shape, but he had no speed,
 The Lowell man seemed to have no fear Of his opponents punch, and went right after his man with left and right swings instead of jabbing with his left and sending the right over as has been his usual custom. After little fiddling Gardner sent in his left to the face ana landed a right punch on his op- ponent's body. The men clinched but broke immediately and MAher ducked a swing so hard that he fell. Maher tried to send an upper cut to the jaw, but missed and caught hard right on the jaw that sent him to the floor. He took the count, but his hitting pow CTS seemed to have left him and Card ner landed another terrific right on the frishrnan's jaw and he went down again, this time for keeps.
 Buffalo, April 7,--Young Corbett, twice the conqueror of Terry McGov- ern. will not take long rest as a dis patch from San Francisco would have it. That the Denverite will fight be- fore the middle of June was made known yesterday in dispatch from Corbett's manager, to Jack Herman, manager of the International A. c. of Fort Erie, Ont. The telegram says:
 Will start east within week. Cor bett will fight all corners who have n elairn to his title. McGovern is out of if. We will arrive in Buffalo last week of the month. Get some one Yanger, if possible. to fight Corbett at Fort Erie. We would like to have bout held in June, as we sail foE Europe in July. Set down hard on Fitzgerald to beat BrlttlI Be sure and have bout under way when we arrive. but do not con- sider McGoyern.
 POLLOCK,
 Manager Herman said after reading the telegram that he would communi- cate with Yanger's manager in hopes of arranging the bout. If Herman can not secure Yanger, he will seek some other good featherweight as an op- ponent for Corbett. If the bout be- tween the Denverite and Yanger is ar ranged 1t will be fought during the first week in June. Herman says he will offer purse of $S,O0o.
 St Louis, April 7--The death of Tom Allen Sunday of general debility, removes another conspicuous fiuger of the old days of bare knuckle fighting. He was 65 years old. and for the last twenty-five years had conducted a small saloon here.
 Two weeks ago Allen announced his engagement to Mrs Tillie Hartgrave, sayiNg the wedding would be on his sixty-ffth birthday, April 25. Later his condition grew worse and death en- sued,
 k4G W0f&AGO HI SVFO4tlDA AIO llOuANs at which weight he fought most of his battles. He first became known to the followers of the ring in 1861. He met Waggoaer of Birmingham who was a budding Heavyweight. Allen lost From this period until 1876 his career in the ring was varied, Tn that year he came to America On January P, 1869, he met Bill Davis near St Louis, and won in forty-three rounds.
 Aliens first fight in this country with a prominent man was with Mike MeCoole of St Louis. They met on July B. 1889. After nine rounds had been fought McCoole was whipped The McCoole party then cut the ropes and rushed into the ring. The referee was besieged by McCoole's friends to give the verdict to the latter. but the referee refused, and Aliens victory stood Tn the meantime Jem Mace arrived in the United States. Mace challenged Allen and they met near New Orleans in May 1870. Mace won in forty minutes. but Allen scored the first tknockdown Short ly afterward Allen met McCoole again and whiped him in quick order.
 Aliens last fight in America was with Joe Goss. They met for the championship of America and $2.000 The mill was held in Kentucky in 1876 Goss won in flfty-three minutes. tht fight going twenty-one rounds.
 Danny Duane has so far recovered from his sickness that he has chal lenged any lightweight in New Eng land to fight him In three weeks