Show SHORTEST MILL ON 01 RECORD odonnell OP onnell knocked out in sixty three seconds MAHERS TERRIFIC SMASHES I 1 tho the irish Cham champion plon opened and closed the right fight by sending the australian sown down three times in quick succession C orbett made a speech and denounced godfrey defeats woods 3 Ita L I 1 nov II 11 tho the schod aled twenty alve round mill between peter maher the irish champion and steve odonnell of 0 australia who has been long associated with charm chami I 1 I 1 ion on corbett as spurring partner came to an untimely end tonight it win WAS one of 0 tile the quickest battles on to accord cord for odonnell was knocked oc out in ili one round oil only I 1 y of elxia x I 1 i seconds from the start maher never gave his opponent a chance but knocked him down three times in succession and the last time odonnell could not rise never since the opening of 0 the empire athletic club has haa its arena been BO densely crowded as tonight ton leht As carl early y an aa 7 there were hundred of at people outside of the clubhouse including of 0 ilia iho spurting element front boston philadelphia and chicago dian diaan by the long promised mill in the betting of 0 which there aval was 1 a great deai dea faller was waa tile the favorit at 2 to 1 while there were mere some bets snapped up at to GO and to 70 on the irishman as soon as they were offered by those who were taking the odonnell e end n d of 0 it the preliminary bout was a six round go between caspar caslar loot leon of new kew yolk and billy smith 0 of philadelphia at catch weights while taie boys acie cie being prepared in the ring a big biff shout went ment up its as corbett was mas seen pushing his way through the ibe ciona charley white who mho trained fitzsimmons tor for the mill which did not come off was busy handling casper camper leon when col coi bett took his seat in a lio box at the ling side and he greeted the champion warmly tim thil hurst was announced as referee and the boys shook hands at 3 9 in the first two rounds leon contested contented himself by tiring out his man but in the third ho he sent his right and left into I 1 the he face heavily in the fourth each made the others kotlier those nose bleed smith received an and was weak at the close of 0 the lound loon leon banged the visitor badly in the fifth sm swinging ginging twice heavily on the head and jabbing him with both hands on the body and face smith landed it a good one with his right on the head and body and smith was lemarl remarkably c ably strong in the final anal round but he was no match for the new york boy box and the referee declared tie c I 1 ared leon the winner win or CORBETT MAKES A SPEECH As soon as the boys left the ring loud cries for or corbett to make a speech were made some one called three cheers tor for fitzsimmons and they were given alth a 0 will by lanky bobs boba partisans sans ans many of 0 whom were among the spectators orbett corbett climbed through gh tho the ropes and from the ring he addressed the au as well suf as he could amid the c tries cries and cheers he said gentle men than you very much you have all the representative re newspaper men of ameilla amei ica here tonight and all I 1 can say 1 Is it if i was waa in england or australia and acted as fitzsimmons did in this match I 1 would bo be chased out of tho the country cheering ODONNELL LAID OUT odon odonnell 1 I 1 ell was waa the first to enter tho the ring aft after e r corbett had concluded lie he was attended by billy delaney his trainer jimmie mccabe and denny benny murphy it was then and maher followed a minute inter hiter ile he was enquired ired by peter lowrey peter burns and buck cornelius of pittsburg jack mcauliffe sat at tho the ringside right behind maher arid and billy eally brady was close behind lie did not have to wall wait long as the men got bot together and maher quick as light ping smashed his fight on ODon nells jaw odonnell fell ell like ike a log loe but re rained his teet feet as ili the e referee counted seven maher gave cave hin him I 1 no quarter and floored tho the au australian with an another other blow on the jaw with his right this time odonnell laid down for nine seconds tho the moment lie he got up maher it aher hold held him in the same corner and sent his left with sledgehammer force orce on the right jaw odonnell ODon nelI tell fell flat on tits lila back and atter after belne being counted out had to be carried to hla his corner while the referee announced maher the winner time 63 seconds men threw thren up their hats and yelled like lice demons many blany of them succeeded in getting into the ring aln and hugged maher corbett jumped into the ring pushed his way over to tho the visitor anu and grabbed hint him by the hand and congratulated him he said cold maher you have fought a rood good fight it was rumored that corbett had bad presented maher with the heavyweight championship but this rumor was denied later the actual time that both bell men on their feet was 37 seconds the arena was not cleared tor for tully fully thirty minutes after the fight was over odonnell a party had tie no excuse to offer for or the poor showing show lne |