The Alaska citizen., 1914-04-20
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mistake. says writer for the New
York World Peter. in his best FORM
tipped the beam at 172 pounds. and
had the hardest wallop in America
He was splendidly proportioned
fellow With shoulders and arms like
those OF Fitzsimmons, a clean-lined
body and good shapely legs. Also
Peter always wore mustache. He'd
rather have gone in the ring without
his right leg than without that adorn-
ueut For Peter had ideas concern
ing what constituted manly beauty,
and he lived UP to them.
Away back in 90 Peter Maher
was matched with Joe Choynski, who
was little known IN the East but
had quite a bit of reputation in the
West and the Antipodes Joe was
a remarkably hard hitter and very
clever boxer He weighed only 100
pounds. often less than that. But he
carried his weight high His legs
were like those of Corbett and Fitz
simmons. skinny Above the waist
he was built like real heavy
weight II neck was as thick as
that of wrestler. Above that
thick neck his face looked thin and
narrow, and the effect was exagger-
ated by his long. blond hair. parted
in the middle and allowed to fall
over his ears and neck like the name
Of a Ion Choynski had an inteli-
gent face. He came of scholarly
family. His father was rabbi,
one brother a famous lawyer.
The fight was held in the old
Broadway Athletic club. The PROV
ess Of the men about to meet drew
a great number of New York's most
famous citizens In a box close to
the rngsde sat Theodore Roosevelt,
then president of the board of police
commissioners. later governor of
New York state and President of
the United States. Mr.. Roosevelt
was a clever boxeh himself and
liked nothing better than seeing a
good. fair. evenly-contested glove
contest. Among other famous men at
the rings de were Senator Tim Sui
Ivan. Edward kearney, Charles Reed,
the DIVERS. Andrew Miller and John
Kelly. as well as scores Of business
and sporting men interestd in box
ing
AS Peter Maher clad in a black
sweater. entered the ring betting
commissioners circulated through
the crowd offering 2 to l on the
Irish champion. Choynski slipped
IN quietly. attracting less attention
than the magnificent son Of Erin.
who. stripped to the buff reminded
the spectators of some splendid old
Greek warrior in marble. Yet if
one has thoughtfully compared the
men the look of keen INTEL gence
in CAoynski's face might have Off
set the power that showed in every
ripping muscle of his antagonist and
Rave changed the betting odds.
In the first round they felt each
other out and the ease with which
Choynski clipped under few power
ful blows from Maher began to i'm
press the crowd. Here was no nov
ice, standing up like wooden In
dan to have his head punched
In the second round Choynsk
leaped suddenly init full speed. He
made the fight at long range, avoid
ing Makers furious rushes and the
blows that flew like lightning strokes
and jabbed him so hard that more
than once Peter foundered and
nearly lost his footing.
Soon Joe changed his attack and
began whipping hard lefts into
Peters body, and in spite of his
splendid condition Peter showed
signs of distress. Through the third
and fourth rounds the mixing was
furious, yet Choynski, with eau
lions skill, managed to avoid Makers
hardest swings Any one OF these,
landed on the right spot, would
have ended the fight on the instant
In the third round Peter graZed
Joe's Gin with a left hook, drop
ping him to his knees. where he
rested eight seconds before leaping
up Choynski dug into Peters body
harder than ever and more than
evened the score.
The fifth round was slasher.
Choynski fought with greater eau
ton, but without letting up in the
pace he had set The betting odds
had switched around in his favor
now. He looked all over a
winner, and he felt like a winner
The end of the fifth saw Peter Ma
her staggering and putting while
Choynski danced around and drove
in his punches as deliberately as a
workman hammering home bolt
heads.
When Joe sat in his corner at the