The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MILL.
Nearly HaIra Mu'isn Dollars stsked a.
the Eight Already.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. BIT is estimated
that up to noon to-day nearly bali million
dollars has been stuLed in this city on tie
outcome Of the Dempsey -Fitzsimmon. fight
which comes On tomorrow night Locally.
the betting this morning is 500 10 $50 Iu
favor OF Dempsey. Last night 1t was SlOl
10 500. Tim Colyille telegraphed at noon IA
Boston. 10 place $4,000 even on Dempsey
aud at the same time make bet Of SI,OoO e.
$500 taking the Dempsey end, and syn
dicate OF san Francisco sports wired Gunst.
the san Fran .iscO boOk-maker. 10 put S20,-
900 on DempseT ht odds OF six 10 i've. The
money was soon gObbled up. Reports %
probable interference in the mill are again
current.
The State authorities have reluctantly
arrived at the conclusion that they have no
warrant Tor interfering with the Dempsey
Fiiz-immons match.
SKETCH or THE PCGILIsTs.
The MIL promises 10 boone Of the greatest
mi dleWeight contests America has ever
known. fhe hero Of The battle viii possess
toe much euyicd honor of the champion
''Nopplrcip Of America. Never since the
uix mill b4twecn >ullvan aud kllrain, ai
Richburg. Miss, has the whole country
taken a. much interest iu usiic encounter
as is beins taken iu this contest Ot muscle
aud skill. The prize is $4,000 Sll,OOO OF
which goes 10 the winner, and 81 900 to The
one VINO will be introduced To hollow eyed
defeat.
The iight will be under the auspices o
lhn Olympic club, Of New Orleans, an
being protected by which. will escape ID,
| hand Of the law OF the state.
Following is a brief sketch Of each con
testant:
HERO OF HALF A HUNDRED BATTLES
Jack Dempsey. the hero Of half hun
dred battles, was born in the county OF hi
dare. Ireland. and celebrated his twenty
eighth birthday in thus city Oh Decembei
| 18th last. He came 10 America when lac
and with his parents located In Brooklyn
where he attended school until his fifteenth
year. when he was appren.iced 10 the Il ad'
Of co0pering, at which he became an expert
| While still very young be as very fond 0
athletic xercises. and earned quite repu
! tation as a wrestler, and won numerous
matches.
AT twenty years Of age he abandoned
that style Of sport b. take up pugilism an'
has gradually worked himself up from ~
hounds, TIL now be is the nOnpariel OF th'
| middleweight class, the Emit Of which II
lJl pounds. Dempsey is five feet eigh
inches in height, and will weigh about l4IL
pounds the night be meets Fitzsimmons.
FITZs,IMONs' RECORD.
Robert FitzsimmOps was born Of lIelstan
Cornwall Eng, or June 4. 1862, and is th'
extract Of marriage Of an Irshman and {
Cornish woman. When Bob was but nin'
years Of age his parents moved 10 New "a
| land, wR-Te, as soon as he was OF age. h'
was put to the hOre- sh0eug trade, at whlci
he soon became an adept, and won the it'll
OF best man at his business. Late
on Fitz won first premium ~
horse-shoeing at a great fair held a
the Antipodes. lie began boxing "a an
amateur and beat all the men put agains
him. soon no amateur would meet hin
and he was forced into the professional
1 anks. He has had any number OF fou
round lights which are not herein recounted
except four round draws with Peter Jack
ION, Frank +. Slayin, md Mick Dooley
who was l6S-pOunder.
He landed on the Pacific Coast early u
1890 and Immediately resumed his victori
Gus march, which bas not once beel
checked since he made his initial pugilisti'
bow.
His dimensions taken prior TO entering
the ring with Jack Dempsey, are:
Height, 6 feet inch in his shoes; chest
IL inches; waist, 30; hips. 81; shoulders
~: biceps, IL forearm, IL; thigh. 90; cali
Az; neck. l5T; leg IL - inches long; arm
from armpit 10 end Of middle finger is 3
| inches long.