The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-25
Maber Long In Ring


 Maher Long in Ring
 One of the longest ring careers of modern times was that of Peter Ma her who for more than score of years was one of the top-notchers of the American ring Peter was born in Galway Ireland. 46 years ago and was a sort of St. Patrick's Day gift for his parents. He grew to Q height of n6Qrly six feet. but during his ring days he was never much more than a middleweight as he seldom entered the ring over 165 wounds.
 If he had a little more meat. Peter would almost certainly have become champion for he was one of Che hard. est hitters the ring has ever known. When he fought Bob Fltzsimmons on the Mexican border in 1896 he landed a blow in the first round which Ruby Robere testified was the hardest he had ever had to assimilate
 Peter began his career in Dublin brewery. and later became barkeep- CT in a Dublin cafe He had never had occasion to use his fists until one night when @ row started in the pub- lie house, and one of the roisters threw g mug at Peter. That aroused his ire and he waded into the gang and cleaned them all out.
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 His sporting friends then insisted that he displayed his prowess in the ring, and at length he consented. Mia her was then nineteen years old, tall gangling youth. and weighed less than 15O pounds. In 1888 he defeated Mar tin OHare. Tim O'Doherty and other boxers and the next year he made Ia good showing in an exhibition with Peter Jackson In 1891 when he de- cided to emigrate to America, he was the middleweight champion of Great Britain and Ireland. and could not even get match with the heavy weights.
 Maher's first fight on this side was with Jack Fallin, and he knocked him out in the second round He then met three men in one night at Madison Square Garden and knocked them all out in the first round.
 In California he met Joe Mccall. a giant standing nearly six and Q half feet and weighing 225 pounds, and put him away in the third round He also knocked out Joe Godfrey and Mike Monahan. but In 1892 lost to Joe Goddard, the Australian and was defeated in a twenty-round bout with Bob. Fitzsommons in New Orleans.
 Billy Madden. who had been large ly responsible for inducing Peter to try his luck in America, was Maher's second in the Crescent City battle. A big crowd of nearly 5000 fans filled l the Olympic Hall which had hung up a S1O,00O purse for the bout.
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 In the second Maher landed glanc- ing blow which nearly put Fitz away l and in the tenth Fitz was again put on bis guard and made groggy. In the twelfth, however Bob was so much the master that Madden tossed in the sponge. After the battle Bob kissed Peter on the forehead and the two drank to each other from Bob's flask.
 Peters subsequent career was one of ups and downs. He defeated George Frank Slavln, Joe choyinsld. Toe Goddard. and many other good men. and fought draws with Gus Rankin and Jim Hall, but was put out ,y Kid Mccoy, Rubin, Kid Carter Geo. Gardner Jack Monroe md others. Peters ring career ex ended from 1888 to 1909. when he 'etired after being knocked out by lack Fitzgerald in the first round of bout in Philadelphia After he quit he ring he returned to his old trade IS bartender, and was employed by lack Skelly, the once famous feath r weight, in his Workers hotel Pc CT always claimed that he was given D raw deal in many of his fights, ow ng to the influence of the high-up : who bet on his opponents ( md demanded decisions according b Running the bases l Is it the best plan nowadays 10 take