The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-09

every corner OF the United States. Chi
cago and New fork between them, had
full 500 delegates. New Orleans supplied
its leading merchants and professional
men. That the sports were there goes
without saying.
Up to this morning the carnival festivi-
ties attracted great deal of attention.
Today, however, has been entirely devoted
to the prize-ighters. There have been
crowds around the st. Charles hotel and
the pool-rooms Betting has been free.
Every rumor has been passed about with
lightning-like rapidly. Every pugilist
has had following; prominent ones like
Slavin and Mitchell have had mob at
their heels. The climax came when Fitz
showed up this morning. He had an
army behind him. His fine condition was
apparent to all who saw him. He came
over on the early train, accompanied by
Chovnski. Greggains and Robertson. and
was in glorious spirits. He laughed, joked
and chatted. but refrained from any men,
ton of the fight. Several people tried to
tell him about Maher. but he refused to
listen, saying that he would see for him
self when he got in the ring.
Fitz is over six feet tall and when he
trained for Dempsey, getting down to 154
pounds, he was so thin that he seemed
liable to break into pieces at any moment.
This time, however, without any weight
limit. he has trained up instead of down,
and has grown as stout as man OF Fits
build can be imagined to be. His broad
shoulders and chest are massed with mus
cles, and his long arms and long, thin legs
hox acfr,ofixy crronaff41 lima 10 fhapn Tho
face, too, is round and ROSY, and altogether
the New Zealsnder looks stronger and bet
ter than ever before. He weighed between
16S and 172 pounds at different portions
of his last work days and tonight was very
near 10 pounds. After he walked and
talked through the crowd in the
morning his friends obtained renewed
confidence and many bets were placed
on him at even money. In the
Paris mutuals the majority of tickets
issued bore the name OF Fitz. Soon after
his arrival Fitz went to the house of a
friend in the lower district, near the Olym-
pic club house, and there spent most Of
the day in rest, timing himself so as to
get TO the arena shortly before the fight.
In accordance with the original program
signed by Billy Madden and the other
members of Makers cabinet, the Irishman
Dave Holland was his constant attendant
He rose leisurely, took short walk,
breakfasted about 10 o'clock, cuddled up
| in a sunny corner of his bed room and
rested for about six hours. At 4 o'clock
| he ate dinner and took no more
nourishment till the fight. Maher was in
great form. Though not as tail as Fitz, he
| looked stronger and full of vim and STAN
ina. He has black hair, low brow. firm
| broad Jaws, square chin and short brown
mustache above a pleasant mouth and a
/ fine set of teeth. His chest and shoulders,
| and especially the latter, were of true
| heavyweight proportions and driving
power was imposed all over them. His
J arms, although long, were heavily mus
Z cled and big and broad of bone, the kind
that could be depended upon for hard
work. From the way the Irishman spoke
and acted he was very confident, although
not in happy mood. There is good
deal of viciousness in his disposition and
] il cropped out continually. He thought
that Slavin and Mitchell and ell of the big
pugilists were anxious to have hi IN
i whipped despite their sweet words to the
contrary; but he said he would win any
i how. He seemed eager for the hour oil
/ the fight, and his talk denoted that he in
| tended to make short work of the New
| Zeaander If he could He refused several
kind invitations TO supper after the show.
intimatlng that he intended to keep
to himself, but he had a private ar
rangement with Holland to open a bottle
of wine at 9 so o'clock. provided the fight
started at 8 o'clock. Holland was imbued
with ali of Makers confidence and got
away from him long enough before the
| fight to place 81 600 upon the result, being
Il ~ favor ~ Mabar Tharo una ono fbino
pion and it was a good deal in the nature
of superstition. He objected strenu-
ously to fighting on Ash Wednesday and
had used every effort to secure some other
date. but without success. The fact
| weighed on him not a little and his