St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-03
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Mitchell Flippant, Slavin Glad,
Madden DowncaSt.


After the big fight the leading sport
ing men present, fighters, newspaper
men, sports and others, gathered i'll the
rooms of the Olympic and discussed
the fight and the merits of
the men. Charley MICHEL and Slavin
were together. Mitchell, when asked
his opinion, said: "Maher ought to be
ashamed to own himself an lrishman.
and lrishmen ought, to be ashamed that
he is one of them. He is the most
eowardly fighter, to my mind, that ever
stepped into the ring. FltZslmmonS. on
the other hand. is wonderfully clever
fighter and a surprise"
~ agree with that" chimed in Slavin,
who was standing behind him. "tltz-
simmons is very clever hghter ana
very shifty. | am more than pleased
at the result because Madden was be-
hind him. Maher is a man who was
built up and advertised Oh the achieve
ments of other people,"
Both Mitchell and Slavin agreed in
saving that the fight, on its conduct,
was the finest that they ever witnessed.
Jim Hall, FitZsimmons' old enemy, sat
i'm front seat and watched the fight
with Parson Davies. When 1t was over
| he said: lit was very good con-
test, indeed.'' Referee Duffy was
equally laconic. IL think Maher
lost because he is fighter that cannot
stand punishment" was the opinion he
expressed of the contest. Billy Meyer
said it was a good fight. In his opinion
it was FitZsilnmons' fight after the first
| round.
.'Sportlng Life" Representative Gale
her, of London, thought the fight was
the best regular tournament he had
ever attended. He sent bulletins OF
the fight to London, and got word from
England that Fleet sire ct was packed
with people. He thinks Fitzsimmons
showed surprising ability in getting
awav from Maher, and said that the
Australian won honestly because he
was the better man of the TWO.
FitzsimmOns, as soon as the battle
was over, danced around the ring with
delight. The crowd pressed around him
and nearly shook his hand off. He was
unmarked. and as clipper as bird.
! When he succeeded in tearing himself
| away from his enthusiastic friends
he pushed his way through
the crowd and went to his
room, where, without assistance,
he quickly donned his street clothes.
| He was in the best Of humor but had
nothing to say, except that he was sat
| listed beforehand that he could win. He
did not remain any length of time at the
club, but, with his party, entered a
carriage and drove up town, promising
to call in the morning for the big end
of what he fought for-the purse.
After the fight Makers quarters were
somewhat deserted. Maher remained
| in the ring Tor time after the fight was
| over. His corner reSembled a slaughter
pen. When he reached his room he
a moist handkerchief into his mouth
to stanch the flow of blood.
Madden, Holland, Tuthill and others
were with him, and they were all very
much cast down over the result. Mad
den said: "FitzsimmonS punched him in
one place all the time. The blood was
running from Makers mouth and was
choking him. In the eleventh round |
saw he had no chance to win. and
told him he had better quit. 1t was
no use to go on. If the fight had con-
| tinued Maher would have been put out
completely, and there was no need for
| that. Our man was not III as good con-
dition as he ought to have been, but of
course that is no excuse now"
Makers upper lip was puffed out, and
| he looked the picture of woe. 81 have
very little to say" be replied to an in
| curry, Except that Fitzsimmons was
| too clever for me. He was very skill
| full in getting away. | had him out in
the first round. but the bell prevented
me from finishing him. Fitzsimmons is
nice, clean. gentlemanly fighter"
| Many sporting men said Maher was
miserabIy handled by his seconds, While
others insisted that the 1rishman's
stubbornness had greatdeal to do with
his defeat. 1t is hardly within the
range of possibility that Maher could
have won if he had prolonged
the contest, although the men who