The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-03
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Fitzsimmons Defeats Maherin Twelve
Rounds at New Orleans.
BOXING AT THE METR0P0lE.
Fencing Bouts mt the Metropole Club this
Evening - Jimmy Murray and Billy
Frazier Fight at the New Bedford Ath-
letic Club Tonight.

of Ireland, an aspirant for heavyweight
honors, and Robert Fitzsimmons, the
New Zealapder, middle-weight champion
OF the world, met last night before the
Olympic Club OF this city, for a purse of
$4,000, of which the loser gets $1,000.
| About 5000 people witnessed the contest
| There were sporting men from England,
Ireland and from every corner OF the
! United States.
Both men were in fine condition. Fitz-
simmons weighed 1G5, Maher IFS. Both
/ were stripped to the waist. Time was
called at 9.15.
In the first round Fitz knocked Maher
| down with q right under the jaw and
landed his left on Maher's nose. Maher
! bled freely from the mouth and Knocked
! Fitzsimmons down as time was called
! This was a terrible round and both men
were carried TO their corners. In the
second round heavy blows were ex-
changed. Msher bled profusely from the
mouth. Fitz jabbed his left into Maher's
bloody mouth and both went to their
corners very weak.
In the third round Maher was the ag
gressor. Each was hit hard. Maher was
almost staggered as time was called by
terrible blow.
In the fourth round Maher still bled
from the mouth. The fighting was Wig
orous. Fitz finally landed two heavy
straight lefts on the mouth and Meher
presented the sight of beaten man. This
round was all in Fitzsimmons' favor.
In the fifth round Maher staggered his
man with left on the jaw. Maher tried
the left for the jaw again and Fitzsim-
mons staggered to his corner.
In the sixth round Fi'z ran away sew
eral times to avoid punishment. Stag
gering blows were exchanged. Honors
| were even.
In the seventh and eighth rounds Fitz-
| sif,,f, had "a of
of the eighth round Moher seemed weak
as he went to his corner.
In the ninth round Maher appeared
rather weak He wasted his strength by
was cool aid looked like a winner. At
the end of the 10th round Maher was
bleeding again and it looked like Fitz-
simmons battle. In the eleventh round
Fitz got in some struggling blows and
was himself hit but lightly. In the l2tn
round Fltzsimmons' left shot into Ma
hers sore mouth, the blood responding
freely. Maher's head went back twice
with two heavy lefts and the Australian
sippedewsy to void punishment. The
Irishman staggered in respond to the
blows. Fitzsimmons, with the left again
hit the sore mouth. Maher staggered as
he went to his corner and gave up the
battle.
The victory was loudly cheered.
Fitzsimmons fought a fair fight and at
the close congratulated Maher on the lat
| ter's game fight. Fitzsimmons proved a
wonderful fighter and his cleverness with
both hands was marvellous.
Before the fight Arthur Upham and
Charley Mitchell boxed four rounds;
Frank Slavin and Felix Vsquelin four
rounds and Slavin and Mitchell four
| rounds.
The Garfield track syndicate of Chicago
bet $4,000 on Fitzsimmons and Jimmy
Adams bet $500 on Maher. Other heavy
bets were made. W
AS the NEWS predicted, lanky Bob was
| n winner over his heavier Irish opponent.
| IL must have broken many hearts at New
| Orleans when they saw how it was going
! and when Maher's seconds refused to let
him be punched longer and threw up the
| sponge in token of defeat, many thousand
dollars changed hands. There seems to
be a charm i'm thirteen for EitZsimmons,
! forit was in that number of rounds that he
defeated Jack Dempsey year ago and IL
was in the thirteenth round that Maher's
seconds acknowledged defeat last night.
| Fitzsimmons was wonder before last
| nights battle Now he is phenomenon.
| He has defeated the idol of Americans and
| the idol of the Emerald Isle. He is the
| champion middleweight OF the world and
now stands among the foremost of the
| heavyweights, capable of coping with the
| best of them.
AS to Maher: What so many good judges
of boxers argued before last night has
| been demonstrated that he was a hurricane
| fighter so long us it WAS coming his way,
| but when it began to go against him he
wasn't in it. Nobody knew whether he
could take punishment or not until last
night when he showed that in a long fight
| he had no business In the ring with a
| good man. He was what may be truly
| called u newspaper fighter. -Four months
| ago he came TO this country, an unknown
! quantity. Madden took him in hand and
nv ba ola mn
| world has ever known, placed him in two
months where he could command n purse
| OF $4,000. 1t will be long time before
| Maher gets another chance at purse of
that size, IL he ever does.
There was fun and sport in the gym
| nasium of the Metropole Club last night,
| when the monthly boxing meeting was
| held There was n crowd, numbering
! fully 400 in the big gymnasium by $50
! o'clock when the sport began, and IL was
an audience that knew how to applaud
| good work and not play the part Of Indians.
| which is so common on occasions OF this
| kind.
When the curtain was rung up Jesse
Brown was in the ring as referee, while
| johnny Moran sat in one corner and Tom
| BOYLE in the other. IL was "A four-round
set-to with biz gloves, and they warmed
| he crowd mp TO pitch of enthusiasm on
| the start OF by their rugged work. Moran
was the larger and at the same time the
clcverer of the pair, bnt Boyle managed
tn keep him busy and mixed 1t up thick
with him at times. The fourth round was
rattler Moran went in TO stop" his
opponent and partially succeeded, but
Boyle stuck 10 his work like a Trojan aud
won the admiration of the crowd by his
| game stand.
Billy Reardon and young Gleason came
next They were very evenly matched as
TO size, weight and reach, but Reardoa,
rs was TO be expected, was the clevercr OF
| the two. IL was Glcasons first public ap-
| pearance, and he gave a splendid account
| OF himself He met Reardon's rushes and
lungcs with the stiffness and cooluess OF
an old-timer, and early in the game gave
| Reardon TO understand that lt was no
waikover. Rearlou landed few clean,
hard jabs in the face and wind, but in the
majority OF cases Gleason met him, and
| gave him tit for tat. Gleason's friends
were highly elated over his showing
againSt "A man OF Rearion's experience.
| The third pair was Eaton OF Olneyville
| and Iucas OF South Providence. The lat
a--nN 90.