The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-03
FITZSIMMONS IS WINNER.
MAHER BEATEN AFTER TWELVE
ROUNDS OF FIGHTING.

ROUNDS OF FIGHTING.
Both Men Sent to the Floor In the
First Round-The Australians Blows
All Aimed for the Face, While the
Irishman Was Partial to Body
Blows-The Preliminary Skirmishss
of an Interesting Description.
NEW ORLEANS, March 2.-Peter Maher
Of Ireland, an aspirant for heavy weight
houors, and Robert Fitzsimmons. q New
Zealsnder, who is the middle-weight cham.
pion Of the world, met tonight before the
Olympic Club Of this city for purse of
$4,000, of which the loser gets 81 900. The
Olympic had an arena which
seated nearly 5000 people. By
the addition Of galleries, utilization of
corners and economy of space In
every possible waV, the capacity was in
creased to 5000 and it was fully tested to-
night 1t was magnificent gathering.
There were sporting men from England,
Ireland and from every corner of the
United States. Chicago and New York,
between them, had fully 500 delegates.
New Orleans supplied its leading merchants
and professional men, and that the sports
we're there. goes without saying.
sLUGGERs THE LIONS OF THE HOUR.
Up to this morning the carnival festiv-
tiles attracted a great deal of attention.
To-day, however, has been entirely devoted
to the prize fighters There have been
crowds around the st. Charles hotel and
pool rooms. Betting has been free. Every
rumor has been passed about with light
nng-like rapidity. Every pugilIst
hos follpvuipn
inent men like Slavin and Mitchell
bad mob at their heels. The climax came
when Fitzsmmons showed up this morning.
He had an army behind him. His fine con-
dition was apparent to all who saw him. He
came over on the early train accom-
panied by Choyenski, Greggan and
Robertson, and was in glorious spirits
He laughed, joked and chatted. but re-
Trained from any mention of the light Sew
eral people attempted to tell him about
Maher, but he refused to listen, saying that
he would see for himself when he got into
the ring.
FITzsIMMoNs' APPEARANCE.
Fitzsimmons is over feet tall, and when
he trained for Dempsey, getting down to
l54 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 n
man Of FitZ's build can be imagined to
be. His broad shoulders and chest
are masses of muscle. and his long arms and
long. thin legs have actually graceful lines
to them. His face, too, is round and rosy,
and altogether the New Xealauder looks
stronger and better than ever before. He
weighed between 16S and l72 pounds at
different portions Of his last work days and
tonight was very near ITO pounds.
A TURN IN THE BFTTING.
After he walled 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
mntuals the majority OF the tickets issued
bore the name of Ftzsmmons. Soon after
his arrival Fitz went to the house of a
friend in the lower district, near the
olympic Club house. and there spent most
Of the day in rest, timing himself so as to
get to the arena shortly before the fight.
SCENE OF THE FIGHT
AT S;35 o'clock the arena, with its sea of
humanity decorated in carnival colored
draperies and the flags of all nations, pre-
sented gala sight. Prof. John Duffy was
selected as referee. Capt. Billy Barrett was,
as usual, III charge of the arena.
A few of the big bets registered to-day
were as follows: Charlie johnson, 81, 200
on Maher; Jimmy Adams of New YORK,
$500 on Maher; d. II. Ormsby,
$500 on Fitzsimmons Billy Madden
$1,000 on Maher, the Garfield track syn
dica5e Of Chicago, composed of John Con-
don and Harry Varnell and others. upward
od $4,000 on Fitzsimmons; George Clark of
chicago $4,000 on FitZsimmOus; Steve
Brode 81 ,000 on Maher; Jerry Daley Is
said to have wagered $4,000 on Fitzsim-
mons.
Edward Curtis made his first appearance
as master Of ceremonies and was heartily
cheered
MITCHELL's BOUT WITH UPHAM.
Charles Mitchell and Arthur Upham were
the first to enter the ring at 8:20 o'clock.
Mitchell was accompanied by Frank Slvain,
Tom Allen and Pat Allen. Upham was &C
9G9mpanied by Charley Johnson and Tom
Hogan of Chicago. Tom Allen
was received with applause. Both
men were stripped to tho waist. At
o;3O o'clock the men stepped to the center
o. the ring. Mitchell made a show of Upham
In the first round, bis superiority being
quite apparent. Upham was very weak as
ne came up for the second round. MitcEells
eeVerness was much applauded and he
asVonlshed some Of the spectators whose first
acquaintance with the Englishman was had
"-nlght. The third round was finished all
IN Mltchells favor and the Englishman was
epplauded.
sLAVIN vANQUISHEs vACQUELIN.
Slavin and Vacquelin now took their
paces and there was as much contrast
uoIeo In the men as was the case In the
previous set-to. Vacquelin turned pale as
ul uI upham, though he presented splendid
puyslcal appearance. Both men were
15|lpped to the waist. Slavin's superiority
ou not manifest itself as much over his
yTppohent's as Mitchells did over Upham.
lure was called after two minutes of good
uar1 punching.
me men warmed up in tho second round
q M aul oiavin's hands when offered seldom
q bmpSed Vacquelin's face. The men hit some
na %alu clips in this round, and Slavin's clever
'Ss was much admired.
na,I lue third round was vigorous punching
a Gln, MED, and was a great deal fercer than
N |''chelPs set-to
sLAVIN AND MITCHELL BOX.
olayn did not take Off his gloves after
G,,,, o9ut, but seated himself awaiting
he bis'Vleli, ali, who soon appeared TO box with
tr, 1 australian star. In this set-to Mitchel,'S
r,sa eas were nicely countered by Slav1ns
t"Daug Both men appeared little eau
facao aud the way they raped each others
sly anu stomachs seemed to almost par
10. 90 lne assemblage, and Mitchell did look
tbsr yexed when Referee Duffy separated
ahd sent them away.
r READY FOR THE BIG FIGHT.
lod,ls dus closed the preliminaries and every
for y stretched before settling themselves
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