The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-30
M AULIFFE IN SLASHINC DRAW
 WITH SHUbERT

New Haven. March 30-Young Nc
 Auliffe of B1 idgeport met one of the toughest opponents of his career last
 night when hC stacked up against Al
 Shubert of New Bedford. Mass, but
 the Park City boy gave a good &C.,
 count of himself and was awarded a
 draw at the close of the battle by 1 Referee Fitzgerald. There were no
 knockdowns and the decision met with | the approval of practically every per son in the house.
 | Shubert proved just the type of bat 1 tier that the fans expected. From the word Ego" he was literally on top of | his opponent, his infighting methods bringing the older fans back to the days when Terry McGovern held sway. Shubert just walked right in and seldom lost in an exchange of blows while he didn't back water on one occasion. McAuliffe's big ad- vantage in weight carried him in good stead and this undoubtedly prevented Shubert from showing his best form. Shubert made McAuliffe step faster than at any time in his career but the Bridgeporter was always ready and eager to swap whenever the op- portunity demanded. McAuliffe fought a cool, deliberate battle, hitting cleaner and doing less wild rushing than in previous battles here. Me- Auliffe landed several good uppercuts that carried plenty of steam but none of them seemed to have any effect on his bear-cat rival.
 Tboro uya 1iitIo fO chonSa hafWaan the boys in tho first half dozen rounds, however, Shubert started a steady attack on McAuliffes stomach that caused him some worry. Me-. Auliffe jumped out from his corner in the seventh and landed two right uppercuts that apparently angered Shubert.
 The bearcat then mixed it at close quarters by getting in hefty lefts and rights. He then worked himself olt of clinch and smashed a hard l Ut to Mack's ear that sent the Bridge porter back a few yards. Another blow over Msck's right eye re-opened an old cut and the cIaret began to flow. Tn the eighth Shubert con- tinued his attack on McAuliffc's s stomach which earned the honors for him in this round.
 In the ninth round, McAuliffe. the stronger of the two. pulled snnbert around with one hand and hit him with the other. He scored several good nppercuts but none of them seemed to have any effect on Shubert. Shubert was fighting like bulldog as the bell rang, but McAuliffe de- served the bonors for the round. A3 the boys came up for the tenth they rushed into a clinch, both scoring point after point at close range. There was little to choose between them at the close of the session.
 McAuIiffe showed to b.,st advantage in the eleventh. After Shubert had landed an uppercut with good effect, McAuliffe came back an,l landed three body blows without q return. He followed this with hard right that caused the claret to run from cut over Shubert's eye. McAuliffe stood off at long range and peppered another right to Shubert's eye as the bell rang. It was McAuliffes round by big margin.
 The twelfth round brought out plenty of fighting at close quarters, Shubert showing up better than in the previous round. McAuliffe, how ever, held his own at infighting and the bell rang with little to choose be- tween the two.
 Johnny Drummie of Waterbury was awarded the decision ever Dave Medar of New York in the semi-fnal bout of ten rounds.