Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-12
ODDS ON DEMPSEY.
How Betting Goes on Wednesdays Prize
Fight in New Orleans.

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Fight I'm New Orleans.
Word from both the Dempsey and Fitzsim-
mons camps shows that both men are in good
condition and confident of the result of the
coming fight for the middle weight champion
ship in New Orleans on Wednesday night. Gus
Tuthill. who viii be one Of Dempsey's seconds,
McAuliffe the other, says Dempsey is in fine health
and will weigh about 80 pounds in the ring.
He is now down to 147 pounds. He brought
along Nose Gunst, the Australian bookmaker,
and between them they are enthusiastic about
Dempscy's prospects and have 900 to bet..
The party will leave Galveston tonight or to-
morrow morning, accompanied by halfa dozen
other fighters, who will all appear at the recep-
tion to Dempsey to be given by the Audubon
Association tomorrow night.
Tuthill also says McAuliffe will next week
sign articles for fight with Jimmy Carroll
before the Olympic Club fer $4,000 purse.
1t viii take place about Mardi Gras
Malachy Hogan. well-known sporting man
OF Chicago, has reserved several boxes for his
party, which arrive in New Orleans tonight
Cincinnati parties have sent down s., 500 to
Lamoth's turf exchange to bet on Dempsey at
odds of five to four. An offer was posted on
the board offering $500 to S40O Oh Dempsey,
but found no takers.
FIGHT FOR $4,000.
Wednesdays fight will be for s12, 900, the
largest purse ever commended for by middle
weight pugilists. No contest since the Sullivan
Kilrain battle has excited such interest among
the sporting men as the rapidly approaching
fight. The title of champion of the world was
since that time he has successfully defended it
against all corners. His unprecedented chain of
victories has earned for him the soubriquet of
the Nonpareil. Dempsey has sustained but one
defeat in his long career, and that was attributed
to an accident. La Blanche, the marine, man
aged to get in a swinging blow on the cham
pion and gained the only victory obtained over
him, although Dempsey whipped the Marine
some time previous with skin-tight gloves.
The Nonpareil tried hard to get OH match
with La Blanche after this and redeem his
laurels, but the Marine was impervious to
taunts and insults and refused to meet Demp-
sey again.
The champion felt the defeat acutely, but was
not long IL getting on another match and Billy
Mccarthy was not slow in accommodating him.
The fight took place before the California Ath-
letic Club, when the Australian was clearly out
classed and easily defeated. As il well known
the Nonpareil is one OF the greatest generals in
the ring, and is possessed of indomitable pluck
and would rather die than show the white
feather.
The only criterion by which to form an opin-
ion as to the relative merits of Dempsey and
Fitzimmons is the form each man showed
asalEst Mccarthy. fltZ1mmOnS' met his cOun-
tryman shortly after his arrival i'll this country,
and completely knocked him out in seven
rounds, making plaything of him. Mccarthy,
however, s:ys he did not trar for this fight
and was ont Of condition. Since that time
Fitzsimmons met Arthur Upham, whom he
vanquished with comparative ease.
THE FIGHTERS COMPARED.
There is great disparity between the height
of the two men, Fitzsimmons standing nearly
four inches taller than Dempsey. The Anti
podean is possessed of an abnormally long
reach. lie has proved himself to be clean,
hard hitter, skillful boxer and a good slayer.
and his record knocker ont might be en-
We'd by the pioneer knocker out, John L. Sulli-
van. The Australian has every possible advan-
tage in the matter Of trimming. which has been
done under the membership of the astute JIM
mic Carroll. The latter considers Fitzsimmons
u world beater.
Dempsey has left no stone unturned
to be in the best possible condition
for the fight. He has been assisted by Arthur
Upham, who, together With Jack McAuliffe and
Denny Costigan. viii be in Dempsey's corner
on Wednesday night. The Nonpareil will fight
at LAT pounds, while the Australian is allowed
to scale l54 five minutes before the contest.