Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12

and .aid oh. my God Jet uae set out Of here
or shall die. l am sick AZ heart
and sick at stomach and unless can get away
from here believe IN lose my mind move
aamnaeie; revolving spectacle never saw nor
He struggled through the fostering mass Of
humanity into the blessed air Of heaven TO his
carriage and hotel
MAHKR's REACH TOO sHoRf.
Aaher tried to do something and landed
light blow on Fits chest He then tried to
land on the head, but Fitz with q smile dueked.
ard in the rally drove three tremendous jabs
into Maher face, which made him bleed still
more. and as the round ended and the man
walked to his corner lie appeared 10 be very
'igroggy."
When the gong sounded for round four his
seconds had freshened him up wonderfully and
ne appeared strong in spite of his punishment.
AS the men came together Msher tried to lead,
but he was short and did not reach Fits
breast and Fitz iabbed him in the mouth re-
peatediy. IL Was now clear 10 all that. barring
accidents, Mahor would be defea ted lie was
by far the larger ana stronger man OF the two.
put ne Was shorter armed than Fltz; be had
less Judgment, science and agility; his eNper-
fence was more limited and has geueralship was
all at fault Fitz exhibited remarkable activity
and dove and squirmed shout the ring in an
easy but earnest fashion. never losing his head
aud smiling half the time.
Ii was noticed that he did not use his right
hand dozen times during tine contest lie
appeared to be holding it In reserve for the
finish.
1t is useless to tire The SrAR's readers with a
minute account of all the rounds. The press
all over the land has given them. They can be
summed up: Fitz was too quick for his oppo-
And tan lr.. A.
MIN. Maher made game fight; he could not
hit his man, but be fought piuckily for twelve
p'oody rounds. His hackers believed that if
Ne could get IN three or four of his tremendous
pUnchers or body blows be would knock Fitz
shly, but Fitz too wise ana clever to
allow this and danced about the man in such
way that Maher said he Was fighting shadow
| and could not find it,
During the las; round be told Fitz TO knock
MIN out and be done with it. because he could
NOT MT him. lie manfully said after the fight
that his opponent was the better man and
could whip him any way and any day, with
gloves or naked fists
MORE LIKE DEVIL THAN MAN.
The remarkable and astonishing way that
Fitz lodged, slipped and wrisgled about the
ring was amazing, not only to his opponent,
but TO all the spectators He was as supple as
an eel and as quick as a flash Of lightning. lie
can jump backward five or SIX feet and
eye can scarcely follow him. An enthusiastic
individual up in the gallery with a kodak en-
deayored TO catch him. bat said he could not
although he had caught fox hunter on
the full run. He almost doubted the man
being human, but thought he must lie devil
After the twelfth round and aaher had given
up the fight Fitz went over 20 his corner, pro-
duced task, took drink with him, shook his
hand cordially ana then received the congrata-
lations of his own friends and hackers. those
who had won money from Mahers hackers
tainted them In an indecent ami vulgar way
and the vast crowd scattered.
And who were there! As TO the principals.
the winner was an ignorant blacksmith, the
loser day iaborer in a brewery. And who
else were there! There were some gentlemen
there no doubt, but the most of the foul as
semblage were either gamblers or worse. the
very refuse of all large cities, the denominations
OF all iaw-abiding, good and thrifty people. the
hangers-on Of bawdy houses and OF low society,
who hive we'll in a mysterious fashion and dress
gaudily, though never known TO work These
gentry flashed their jewelry and yellow dia-
monds under the electrics and applaaded two
brates as good people applaud action by Booth
or Jefferson or speech by Blaine or Daniel.
FOR PELr, NOT SPORT.
The utter and contemplated libel that all this
brutality is manly art is too monstrous not to
be seen by all men. The idea advanced that such
practices and exhibitions tend to the physical
betterment of the people is a lie as huge as
Olympus.
The writer is a man Of two score and ten,
VINO went TO sea IN Ills early days, who pulled
trigger three Years during the war. who has
seen the wickedness Of Paris and Vienna and
has visited Seven DiaIs aad st. Giles and
all the reekng Sums in other cities abr oad and
from lakes 10 gulf here. but be can truly and
sadly say that he never heard more outrageous
profanity, or more filthy obscenity, and that
he never saw more cowaraly brutality than he
saw and heard at this shindy in this modern
city OF New Orleans. That the people here
condemn these exhibitions Is true, and that the
hand oi the law Will throttle them some of
these days IS true, too. The lottery is tottering
TO Its downfall, and it WAS long work to un-
dermine the structure. After it shall have
fallen and become q ching OF the past these
prize fights Will DC stamped out here. Z.